Whole Earth Library Giving Tree

Share Books. Save Trees.

Visit the Giving Tree at Whole Earth Library at Thoreau

Each year thirty million trees are cut down to print books in the United States alone. One way to reduce this growing number is to share books by visiting the Whole Earth Library. They typical library in the United States prevents 250 tons of greenhouse-gas emissions each year, because a library book has only a fraction of the economic and ecological cost of a book purchased from a store.

The unique collection of sustainability-focused books and resources at the Whole Earth Library gives you the incredible opportunity to learn about the latest in environmental stewardship while practicing it. This holiday season you can demonstrate your support for our local library at the Giving Tree. By making a small donation of ten dollars or more you can help to make the collection grow and to keep it current in these rapidly changing fields of knowledge it covers. Each donor will receive a bookmark “leaf” to hang from the tree. Donations can be brought directly to the library during regular hours, or contact Bruce DeMartini at bruce@thoreau.org. While you are there, check out a book for your holiday travels, or recycle your previously-read books at the Book Swap Cart.

Visit us in the back of Presidio Building 1016, at Lincoln Blvd. Torney Ave.

The week of December 15, we will be open every day from 11:00am to 2:00pm