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 Environmental Programs Division.

Criteria
The title must have been published in the United States in the 2008 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

2009 Submission Deadline
March 31, 2009

Green Prize Presentation Date
Green Prize Winners will be announced in fall 2009.

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

2008 Green Prize Awards
On Saturday, October 4, 2008 the Library announced the winners of the 2008 Green Prize for Sustainable Literature Awards.

Adult Nonfiction
Blessed Unrest: How the Largest Movement in the World Came into Being and Why No One Saw it Coming  
by Paul Hawken
published by Viking Press 

Adult Reference
The Virtuous Consumer: Your Essential Shopping Guide for a Better, Kinder, Healthier World
by Leslie Garrett
published by New World Library 

Adult Local Impact
The Santa Monica Farmers’ Market Cookbook: Seasonal Foods, Simple Recipes, and Stories from the Market and Farm
by Amelia Saltsman
published by Blenheim Press 

Adult Honorable Mention
Animal, Vegetable, Miracle: A Year of Food Life
by Barbara Kingsolver
published by Harper Perennial 

Youth Nonfiction
One Well: The Story of Water on Earth
By Rochelle Strauss
illustrated by Rosemary Woods
published by Kids Can Press

Youth Picture Book
On Meadowview Street 
written and illustrated by Henry Cole
published by Greenwillow  

Youth Local Impact
The Down-to-Earth Guide to Global Warming
by Laurie David and Cambria Gordon
published by Orchard Books 

Youth Honorable Mention
Winston of Churchill: One Bear’s Battle Against Global Warming
by Jean Davies Okimoto
illustrated by Jeremiah Trammell
published by Sasquatch Books

Pioneer Award
The Lorax
by Theodor Seuss Geisel, “Dr. Seuss”
published by Random House

2008 Green Prize Awards Winners
2007 Green Prize Award Winners