week17

10 steg til bærekraft (NO)
Et samlingsbasert nettkurs med grunnleggende kunnskap om hva bærekraft er, hvorfor biblioteket bør arbeide med bærekraft, og ikke minst hvordan du kan gjøre det.

A Greener Library (DK)
With Royal Danish Library’s Climate Strategy 2025, the library commits itself to creating a greener and more climate-friendly library.

Best-practice/SDGs and LIbraries Inspirational examples (DK)
Public meetings, swap markets and floral meadows. Ideas and new initiatives are coming thick and fast from the local library. 

Bærekraftsbiblioteket (NO)
Bærekraftsbiblioteket består av boklister med aktiviteter til alle 17 bærekraftsmålene, og tilbyr deltakerne en litterær og samtalebasert forståelse av verdens felles arbeidsplan. Bærekraftsbiblioteket er et opplegg for skoler, biblioteker og andre organisasjoner til å arrangere lesesirkler for barn og unge i alderen 6–15 år.

The Brisbane Declaration (IFLA)
What future do we want for knowledge and information? The Brisbane Declaration sets out key principles, based on the collected inputs of participants at the IFLA Information Futures Summit.

Design Thinking for Libraries (DK/US)
The Public Libraries in Aarhus (Denmark) and Chicago (USA), with funding from the Gates Foundation, created the Design Thinking for Libraries toolkit to introduce a way of working that will help you understand the needs of your patrons and engage your communities like never before. 

E-PANEMA (EBLIDA)
The Portal of EU-funded, SDG-oriented library projects

Environment, Sustainability and Libraries Section (IFLA/ENSULIB)
IFLA’s Environment, Sustainability and Libraries Section (ENSULIB) aim is to encourage librarians to inspire their communities into more environmentally sustainable way of action, by providing materials on green librarianship, giving voice to green librarians and library projects worldwide, leading by example, and offering a discussion forum.

Futures Literacy (UNESCO)
Using the Future
This report is an exploration of how to enable future-ready decision-making in organisations, through strategic foresight, and more future-conscious decisions on an individual level, through fostering futures literacy and broader inclusion of the public in futures work in general. Participatory futures – a guide to how mass involvement with shaping the future can solve complex problems. Transforming the future – anticipation in the 21. century.

• Future Literacy Laboratory Playbook (UNESCO)
• The Futures Bazaar: A Public Imagination Toolkit (UK)
  Future workshop toolkit, with focus on future objects. Developed for BBC/UK.
• Come rain or shine: Preparing public libraries for the future in an age of uncertainty. (UK) Futures Literacy in public libraries. By CILIP/UK.

Green Libraries week (GB)
Green Libraries Week, led by CILIP, is the national, annual celebration of libraries, across all sectors, from public libraries on the high street to national, health and academic libraries where we focus on the climate and sustainability. Resources and downloads 2024

Inspirationshefte fra den Norske Biblioteksforening (NO)

Julie’s Bicycle – Learn, listen, read, watch, think, act… (GB)
Julie’s Bicycle is a pioneering not-for-profit, mobilising the arts and culture to take action on the climate, nature and justice crisis. Explore the resource hub for practical tools and support on how to take climate action now, to get up to speed on policy and to learn more about JB’s rich and varied programme.

Kulturlivets Klimapåvirkning (No)
Rapportens primære formål er at kortlægge, analysere og forstå de klimamæssige konsekvenser af aktiviteter i den norske kultursektor.
Resume på Dansk.

Libraries & Well-Being: A Case Study from The New York Public Library (US)
In today’s society, libraries stand out as among the last truly public institutions. Providing access to resources without financial, social, or physical barriers, public libraries make a unique contribution to promoting individual and collective flourishing throughout the communities they serve.

Library (SDG) map of the world (IFLA)
The UN 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development is a framework of 17 Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) spanning economic, environmental and social development. SGD stories demonstrate how libraries and access to information contribute to improved outcomes across all SDGs. Select a country to see relevant stories.

Mistra Environmental Communication (SE)
Mistra Environmental Communication, a four-year research programme, seeks to develop communication in the area of environmental sustainability from often being a matter of one-way communication these days to becoming a real dialogue among various parties, even when they have divergent opinions and interests.

Nordic Green Roadmap for Cultural Institutions (NORDIC)
The Green Roadmap for Cultural Institutions in the Nordic Region aims to enable cultural institutions and artists to act now – whether they are already engaged in green transition or taking their first steps.

SDG research (NO)
Explore SDG-related research from Norway

Second European Report on Sustainable Development Goals and Libraries (DK/EU).

Social acceptance as a prerequisite for the green transition
There is an urgent need to accelerate climate action and the green transition. This requires broad public support and social acceptance of new technologies, initiatives and policies to succeed. (CONCITO/DK, CICERO/NO, Tyrsky Consulting/FIN)

SUMMIT OF THE FUTURE (UN)
World leaders adopt a Pact for the Future that includes a Global Digital Compact and a Declaration on Future Generations. The Pact covers a broad range of themes including peace and security, sustainable development, climate change, digital cooperation, human rights, gender, youth and future generations, and the transformation of global governance.

Sustainability and environmental awareness (FIN) – from Library Channel

Sustainability in Danish Public Libraries (DK) How do the Sustainable Development Goals Inspire their Work? From Bibliothek Forschung und Praxis (2021).

Sustainable Libraries Initiative (US)
The Sustainable Libraries Initiative (SLI) provides library leaders with a proven path forward to co-create libraries and communities that will thrive in the coming years. The Sustainable Library Certification Program and the SLI community of practice focuses your leadership to enable your library, and ultimately your community, to become more environmentally sound, socially equitable and economically feasible. National Climate Action Strategy for Libraries – Library Sustainability Webpages inspiration

Sustainability in Academic Libraries (US)
Academic Libraries’ Efforts to Create a Sustainable Future

The World’s Best Solutions Live (DK) – SDG festival concept from Ballerup Library

Upscaling sustainable collaborative consumption using public libraries (NORDIC) Nordic Journal for Library and Informations Science. Vol. 4, no. 1 (2023).

What Is ‘Futures Literacy’ and Why Is It Important?
By Nicklas Larsen, Jeanette Kæseler Mortensen & Riel Miller, Farsight – Feb 11, 2020.