# Your Local Library is Fighting Climate Change

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Podcast: [Second Nature](https://stenobird.com/podcast/second-nature-6886500)
Published: 2025-06-18T09:00:00+00:00
Episode link: http://www.thecommons.earth/episode/9-your-local-library-is-fighting-climate-change
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-> 🚨 Tell your U.S. reps not to cut federal funding for public libraries. -> Short Survey: Tell us what you think of Second Nature Libraries are icons of the sharing economy. When we borrow books, media, and tools from the library, we save ourselves from needing to buy new stuff. But did you know that libraries are also community hubs for climate resilience? From heatwaves to hurricanes, thousands of people have used libraries as free spaces to escape the elements and find respite. In this community episode, we're everything that our listeners get from their local libraries. 🌎 See photos of our contributors and find further reading in the full show notes and citations . 📱 To join the Commons community, download the app . 📷 Follow Second Nature on Instagram . Episode Credits Listener contributions: Kelly Kandra Hughes, PhD, Alexa Rivera, Sare, Shaila, Taylor Barkley, Evan Goodchild Editing and engineering: Evan Goodchild‍ Hosting and production: Katelan Cunningham

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