bring your favorite mug or water bottle to ALA  I’m not going to
ALA. As I mentioned before, I’m not a member and Philadelphia in
January is not my idea of a good time. However, I do stay in
touch with many ALA-ers and Monika Antonelli brought this Task
Force of the Environment Campaign “Cup by Cup for a Greener ALA”
It’s very very simple    1. Bring a reusable cup to Midwinter
2. Fill it with a favorite beverage   3. Raise your cup and tell
colleagues how you are helping the planet   4. Drink, repeat &
support TFOE-SRRT efforts toward a sustainable ALA.  One of the
things that is distressing about having these big destination
events is the huge amounts of waste that are generated. Council
alone prints up tons of paper documents that were already
distributed electronically, many of which are recycled
(hopefully) or thrown out (likely) right after the meeting.
Even conscientious librarians who might bring their meals if
they were just going to work wind up buying bottled water and
packaged snacks because th