Critical Thinking and Writing about Sustainability

1. Sustainability
Lisa Carter
Reference & Instruction Librarian
Santa Clara University Library

2. Today We Will:
1. Define sustainability
2. Learn about the history of
sustainability at SCU
3. Learn how to navigate the library’s
website
4. Discover where to find scholarly
articles

3. Sustainability:
WHAT IS IT?

4. “We do not inherit the
Earth from our ancestors;
we borrow it from our
children.”
– Native American Proverb

5. “We never know the
worth of water till the
well is dry.”
– Thomas Fuller, Historian

6. Learn about the history of
sustainability at SCU

7. Learn how to navigate the
library’s website

8. scu.edu/library/

12. Discover where to find
scholarly articles

13. Questions?