Gnome Hats – Gnome Zone Weeklong Challenge

Creating your own costumes from items around the house can help spur imagination as well as be a lesson in recycling and ‘use what you have.’  This week’s Gnome Zone Challenge teaches you how to make a your own Gnome Hat using materials from around the house. Remember to share your final project on social …

Recycled Materials Mini Village – Gnome Zone Weeklong Challenge

This week’s Gnome Zone Challenge comes from our friend Elizabeth Morisette from the Fort Collins Museum of Art. What sort of mini village can you craft out of recycled materials? Supplies needed: Toilet Paper Tubes Yogurt Containers Coffee Cans construction paper glue scissors markers Here’s what you do: Collect all kinds of cans, bottles, and …

Your Library’s Eco-Friendly Résumé

Earth Week is coming up April 16-22, and we thought it might be a good idea to submit our eco-friendly résumé to you to offer an overview of some of the many ways the Poudre River Public Library District is working to reduce our overall environmental impact, improve sustainability, and encourage internal green practices. We …

“Green Up” Your Holidays

Happy December everyone! Hope you had a great holiday weekend, but as you know that was just the start of the season. Here are some ideas from the Library District Green Team to make your holidays, specifically the gift-giving aspects, more environmentally friendly. Ways to REDUCE this holiday season: Batteries – Roughly 40% of all …