Santa Monica Public Library presents
The Green Prize for Sustainable Literature


The Green Prize for Sustainable Literature has been established by the Santa Monica Public Library to complement the strong commitment to sustainability established by the City of Santa Monica.

The Library wishes to encourage and commend authors, illustrators, and publishers who produce quality books for adults and young people that make significant contributions to, support the ideas of, and broaden public awareness of sustainability. The City of Santa Monica’s Sustainable City Plan defines sustainability as “meeting current needs - environmental, economic, and social - without compromising the ability of future generations to do the same.”

The Green Prize is sponsored by the Santa Monica Public Library and the City
of Santa Monica’s Office of Sustainability and the Environment.

The 2010 Green Prize for Sustainable Literature

Criteria
The title must have been published in the United States in the 2009 calendar year. The titles should reflect basic sustainability criteria:
-Future and long-term oriented
-Awareness of ecological and resource limits
-Regional as well as global in scope
-Cognizant that everything is interconnected
-Concerned with creating diverse and balanced communities
-Inclusive of social equality and well-being
-Supportive of public involvement in community decisions
-Promotes environmental, economic or social equity ideals
-Published using sustainable practices

Titles were also judged on:
-Effective presentation of material, including exceptional integration of text, illustration, and design
-Distinctive literary quality
-Originality of scholarship, including uniqueness of format or approach to the topic
-Youth titles should be appropriate for children in grades K-12 and have potential for classroom use

Green Prize Committee
Books were judged by a panel of librarians, teachers, and local authorities on sustainability issues.

Submission Guidelines
Publishers, authors, and the public are welcome to suggest candidates for the Prize, and may submit more than one title.  Publishers and authors should send two copies of the book and a brief cover letter that includes contact information, and indicates how you learned about the Green Prize.

Send submissions to:
Nancy Bender
Santa Monica Public Library
601 Santa Monica Blvd.
Santa Monica, CA 90401

2010 Submission Deadline
The submission deadline was April 30, 2010.

2010 Green Prize Presentation Date
Green Prize Winners will be announced at a presentation in Fall 2010.  The exact date is to be announced.

Questions should be directed to Nancy Bender, Public Services Librarian, Santa Monica Public Library: nancy.bender@smgov.net or 310/458-8922.
                                        

2009 Green Prize Awards
On Saturday, October 3, 2009 the Library announced the winners of
the 2009 Green Prize for Sustainable Literature Awards.

	Adult Nonfiction Fruitless Fall: The Collapse of the Honey Bee and the Coming Agricultural Crisis by Rowan Jacobsen, published by Bloomsbury USA
	Adult Reference Living Like Ed: A Guide to the Eco-Friendly Life by Ed Begley, Jr., published by Clarkson Potter
	Adult Local Impact Smogtown: The Lung-Burning History of Pollution in Los Angeles by Chip Jacobs and William J. Kelly, published by The Overlook Press
	Adult Honorable Mention The Green Collar Economy: How One Solution Can Fix Our Two Biggest Problems by Van Jones, published by HarperOne
	Youth Fiction Grow: A Novel in Verse by Juanita Havill, illustrated by Stanislawa Kodman, published by Peachtree Publishers
	Youth Nonfiction                                           True Green Kids: 100 Things You Can Do to Save the Planet by Kim McKay and Jenny Bonnin, published by National Geographic Society
	Youth Picture Book                                       The Trouble with Dragons by Debi Gliori, published by Walker & Company
	Youth Reference                                            Earth Matters: An Encyclopedia of Ecology by Dorling Kindersley Limited (foreword by David de Rothschild), published by DK Publishing
	Youth Fiction Honorable Mention               Exodus by Julie Bertagna, published by Walker & Company
	Youth Nonfiction Honorable Mention      10 Things I Can Do to Help My World by Melanie Walsh, published by Candlewick Press
	Pioneer Award                                               Jane Goodall

2009 Green Prize Award Winners
2008 Green Prize Award Winners
2007 Green Prize Award Winners