Thank you to the folks at American Libraries magazine for inviting me to write the anchor article for the issue devoted entirely to the topic of sustainability! It’s a thrill to see sustainability in the spotlight like this and I so appreciate seeing many of the wonderful colleagues I’ve had the pleasure to work with over the years to advance this topic in the profession in this issue as well, like the one and only Matthew Bollerman, the co-founder of the Sustainable Libraries Initiative (SLI); Rene Tanner, who I have had the honor of partnering with on several key projects I feel have been critical to advancing an understanding of the importance of this core value in our profession; and Sarah Tribelhorn, a leading voice on this topic in the academic library community. What a line up!