FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Contact:
Cosette Ratliff, Supervising Librarian, 510-747-7716
Jane Chisaki, Library Director, 510-747-7747
The Alameda Free Library Sponsors a Book-to-Action Series: Libraries Outside
The community is invited to the Alameda Free Library’s Book-to-Action series of events, featuring The Nature Principle by Richard Louv, to be held during March and April 2016 at the Main Library, 1550 Oak St. Alameda.
What would our lives be like if our days and nights were as immersed in nature as they are in technology? How can each of us help create that life-enhancing world, not only in a hypothetical future, but right now, for our families and for ourselves? Explore this and other questions with other community members during the Libraries Outside Book-to-Action events.
Register for this event by calling or coming by the Reference Desk at any Alameda Free Library location.
The Book-to-Action program is a variation on the traditional library book group—it offers participants not only the opportunity to collectively read and discuss a book and meet a book author, but also to put their newfound knowledge into action by engaging in a community service project or activity related to the book's topic. Book-to-Action is a project of the California State Library in partnership with the California Center for the Book, and it is being implemented in libraries throughout the State. The project was supported in whole or in part by the U.S. Institute of Museum and Library Services under the provisions of the Library Services and Technology Act, administered in California by the State Librarian.
DISCUSS THE BOOK:
Join local residents to discuss The Nature Principle, which poses the suggestion that adults and communities need nature, now more than ever, for physical, mental and spiritual health. Share with other readers your favorite aspects of the book, and pose questions you'd like to discuss. A copy of the book will be provided, by the Library, for the first 50 participants. Books will be available for pick-up at the library by February 29, 2016.
MEET THE AUTHOR:
Richard Louv is journalist and author of eight books, including Last Child in the Woods: Saving Our Children From Nature-Deficit Disorder and The Nature Principle: Reconnecting with Life in a Virtual Age.
He is co-founder and Chairman Emeritus of the Children & Nature Network, an organization helping build the international movement to connect people and communities to the natural world.
GET INVOLVED:
Get involved with Libraries Outside, guided by the Alameda Recreation and Parks Department, we will be helping to create a better outdoors experience for everyone.
The Alameda Free Library sponsors a Book-to-Action series:
Libraries Outside
Event Dates
Monday, February 29
Books available for pick-up at Alameda Free Library, 1550 Oak St.
Sunday, April 3
Book Discussion
2 p.m.
Main Library
Sunday, April 17
Meet Author Richard Louv via Skype
2 p.m.
Main Library
Community Service Program
April, 2016 – exact date and location pending.
Alameda Free Library
1550 Oak St
Alameda, CA 94501
510-747-7777
