Our journey begins with a presentation to the library board, staff and volunteers, as well surveying our stakeholders and forming a sustainability team.  

Our sustainability team will work through 12 categories that are aligned with our survey results. Each libraries goals and tasks are unique to that library. Actions within each category provide the team with the opportunity to take a closer look at how things are done and/or consumed at the library and provide the team with the opportunity to think differently about how we will proceed on that issue in the future.

Twelve Categories

• Organizational Commitment

• Energy

• Materials Management – Waste & Recycling

• Materials Management – Purchasing

• Transportation

• Land Use

• Water

• Collective Impact

• Social Cohesion

• Community Resilience

• Financial Sustainability

• Collections

Once we have completed our progress through the sustainable initiative, we will have a final presentation to summarize the work we completed for the Sustainable Libraries Evaluation Team and as a way to share what we have accomplished with the Bucksport community.