This interactive session demonstrates how green information literacy can be taught through a combination of brief lecture, audio and video clips, a guided drawing exercise, and facilitated discussion. Drawing on library instruction and course-integrated teaching at the University of Hawaii at Manoa, participants will experience activities used with students to examine the environmental costs of everyday digital behaviors. The session focuses on electricity use, water consumption, carbon emissions, and particulate pollution associated with search, streaming, cloud storage, and AI tools. It also introduces emerging approaches for teaching the lifecycle of digital devices, including resource extraction, global supply chains, and e-device disposal. Time will be reserved for participant questions, reflection, and sharing.
Participants will: 1. Gain insights to the hidden ecological impacts of common digital behaviors and connect them to information literacy 2. Explore green information literacy tools and instructional approaches that can be adapted for use at their own library
