{"id":6646,"date":"2025-04-21T12:26:23","date_gmt":"2025-04-21T16:26:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www2.hshsl.umaryland.edu\/hslupdates\/?p=6646"},"modified":"2025-04-21T12:26:23","modified_gmt":"2025-04-21T16:26:23","slug":"earth-day-is-april-22-support-sustainability-at-the-hshsl","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www2.hshsl.umaryland.edu\/hslupdates\/?p=6646","title":{"rendered":"Earth Day is April 22: Support Sustainability at the HSHSL"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"alignleft size-full is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"4480\" height=\"4480\" src=\"https:\/\/www2.hshsl.umaryland.edu\/hslupdates\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/quokkabottles-Ejc1F0eON_4-unsplash.jpg\" alt=\"Reusable water bottle between white sneakers of a person with wildflowers poking out of their socks.\" class=\"wp-image-6648\" style=\"width:402px;height:auto\"\/><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n<p class=\"\" data-start=\"329\" data-end=\"532\">Small actions can add up to a big difference. To celebrate Earth Day and look toward a greener future, we\u2019re proud to support UMB&#8217;s Office of Sustainability and their vital work on campus.<\/p>\n<p class=\"\" data-start=\"534\" data-end=\"837\">Libraries are natural champions of sustainability. By sharing books, technology and spaces, we reduce waste and encourage thoughtful use of resources.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p class=\"\" data-start=\"839\" data-end=\"1212\"><span style=\"font-size: revert; color: initial;\">Here are a few ways you can help support a greener library:<\/span><\/p>\n<ul data-start=\"1293\" data-end=\"1588\">\n<li class=\"\" data-start=\"1293\" data-end=\"1339\">\n<p class=\"\" data-start=\"1295\" data-end=\"1339\">Turn off study room lights when you leave.<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li class=\"\" data-start=\"1293\" data-end=\"1339\">\n<p class=\"\" data-start=\"1295\" data-end=\"1339\">Use our recycling bins for paper, batteries, and other approved materials.<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li class=\"\" data-start=\"1403\" data-end=\"1495\">\n<p class=\"\" data-start=\"1405\" data-end=\"1495\">Bring a reusable water bottle<strong>*<\/strong> \u2014 we have bottle-filling stations throughout the building.<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li class=\"\" data-start=\"1496\" data-end=\"1588\">\n<p class=\"\" data-start=\"1498\" data-end=\"1588\">Borrow, don&#8217;t buy. From leisure reads to interlibrary loan, we&#8217;ve got you covered.<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p class=\"\" data-start=\"1590\" data-end=\"1732\">Have ideas for how the HSHSL can be even more sustainable? We&#8217;d love to <a href=\"https:\/\/www2.hshsl.umaryland.edu\/hshsl\/assistance\/suggest.cfm\">hear from you<\/a>.\u00a0<br \/>*\u00a0<em>your lost water bottle could be at the front desk, we&#8217;d love to give it back to you.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Small actions can add up to a big difference. To celebrate Earth Day and look toward a greener future, we\u2019re proud to support UMB&#8217;s Office of Sustainability and their vital work on campus. Libraries are natural champions of sustainability. By &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www2.hshsl.umaryland.edu\/hslupdates\/?p=6646\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":6648,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[22],"tags":[801,802],"class_list":["post-6646","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-announcement","tag-earth-day","tag-sustainability"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www2.hshsl.umaryland.edu\/hslupdates\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6646"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www2.hshsl.umaryland.edu\/hslupdates\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www2.hshsl.umaryland.edu\/hslupdates\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www2.hshsl.umaryland.edu\/hslupdates\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/5"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www2.hshsl.umaryland.edu\/hslupdates\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=6646"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www2.hshsl.umaryland.edu\/hslupdates\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6646\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":6649,"href":"https:\/\/www2.hshsl.umaryland.edu\/hslupdates\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6646\/revisions\/6649"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www2.hshsl.umaryland.edu\/hslupdates\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/6648"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www2.hshsl.umaryland.edu\/hslupdates\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=6646"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www2.hshsl.umaryland.edu\/hslupdates\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=6646"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www2.hshsl.umaryland.edu\/hslupdates\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=6646"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}