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The American Library Association has called climate change the “greatest challenge of our generation.” In partnership with the Mid-Hudson Library System and Ramapo Catskill Library System,  Sustainable Hudson Valley has designed a program of action planning, training and support for libraries as living laboratories for climate resilience in their communities.  This will help library leadership make their facilities energy-secure, safe and comfortable in extreme weather, and position them  to serve as community hubs for education and action projects to help their surrounding neighborhood deal with climate change.

This cohort program includes 4-sessions to facilitate participants’ understanding of climate resilience needs and opportunities at and around their locations, and the participatory approaches to working with local stakeholder partners to capture these opportunities.

Session 3 [In Person: Gardiner Library] How to Get it Done. More on Financing and Planning, with detailed case studies and discussion of technical assistance resources. Funding sources, requirements and pitfalls; timing of funding opportunities; matching funds required, and opportunities by sector (electrification and building heating and cooling; landscaping for storm/ flood resilience, biodiversity and food production; transportation; communications and emergency response) will be covered.

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Gardiner Library
133 Farmer's Turnpike Gardiner 12525