# @uwmadsohe on Facebook

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- **Original URL:** https://www.facebook.com/1642504237056710/posts/1574443243862810
- **Gondola URL:** https://gondola.cc/posts/55048038-uwmadsohe-facebook
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- **Posted:** 2025-11-12T18:00:36.000+00:00

## Caption

Two human ecologists wanted to know how libraries can support environmental and community well-being. To understand the ways that libraries tell their sustainability stories, Erin Hamilton, assistant professor of Design Studies, and Rachael Shields, PhD in Design Studies student, partnered with five public libraries across the U.S. and Canada that are LEED certified, meaning the buildings use environmentally responsible practices.

One of their many takeaways was that colorful kids' signs with mascots and simple phrasing make sustainability topics easier to understand for both children and adults. Learn more about the research: https://humanecology.wisc.edu/how-human-ecologists-are-propelling-environmental-well-being-through-design/

#HumanEcology #Sustainability #Libraries #LEED

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## Tags

libraries, leed, humanecology, sustainability

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