By Health & Wellness Librarian Claire Ong
Spring is here—the perfect time to explore ways to start or strengthen your green living habits. Green living contributes to a healthier planet and a healthier future for all.
By practicing sustainability, you’re contributing to a healthier environment and, therefore, a healthier future for everyone. Green living not only helps protect the planet but also supports healthier lifestyles, including healthy food choices, physical activity, and greater mental well-being.
Check out green living titles
Browse titles on sustainable living at home—in your garden, kitchen, pantry, and closet—curated by our Collection Management Librarians.
Browse magazines
Keep up to date by reading various health magazines for ways to inspire, motivate, and make mindful choices to create a cleaner, healthier lifestyle. Use your library card to access these titles:
- Bicycling: Ways to start your cycling journey—for the Earth and to improve your health, for the new and/or occasional rider.
- Men’s Health: Advice on fitness, nutrition, grooming, and health.
- Men’s Journal: Recommendations on health and fitness, as well as outdoor and camping and fitness gear.
- Runner’s World: Runner’s World has Information on training for an upcoming 5K.
- Women’s Health: Fitness advice, workout tips, and more.
- Woman’s World: Information on health and nutrition for women over 50.
Read newspapers
Through the library’s online newspaper subscriptions, you can access:
- Chicago Tribune’s Health and Food section, where you will find recipes and information on diet and nutrition.
- The New York Times‘ Well, Sustainable Living, and Cooking sections, where you can find recommendations on how to boost your wellness and improve your green living lifestyle.
More ways to live green
Already living green? Consider going a step further by supporting the Oak Park Conservatory by volunteering or attending one of their upcoming free Virtual Gardening or Learn and Grow lectures.
For further information, check out our Sustainability and Environment page, which is dedicated to keeping you up-to-date on local resources and the library’s sustainability initiatives.
About Claire
Health and Wellness Librarian Claire believes creativity is essential to well-being. Her reading tastes vary with the seasons, and when not working through her pile of books, she is on a mission to traverse the world.