IFLA ENSULIB Newsletter, Volume 5, Number 1 (June 2025)
A downloadable PDF is available.
Table of Contents
Message from the Chair (page 4)
About the Editorial Committee (page 5)
ENSULIB Proudly Announces the Release of Its New Book Libraries Driving Education for Sustainable Development (page 6)
An Environmental Game – Virtual islands, real lessons: exploring environmental awareness in libraries with Animal Crossing: New Horizons (page 7)
A Documentary Film of Sustainability – It’s All Connected: The Art of Sustainability (page 9)
An Environmental Scan – The ACRL Environmental Scan Highlights Climate Resilience & Sustainability in Higher Education (page 9)
Sustainability Guides – Seeds of Change: Environmental Education Resources from Spain (page 10)
Green Library Conferences and Seminars Around the World (page 13)
–Georgia – ‘Green Library’ conference at the Goethe-Institut Georgien: Focus on sustainability (page 13)
–USA – ROOTS Library Leadership Summit: Re-imagining Organizational Operations Toward Sustainability (page 14)
The 10th IFLA Green Library Award Candidates Share Their Stories (page 15)
–Brazil – I Found a Book Hortolândia (page 15)
–China – Plas-Bottle Renaissance: Going to the Library as a sustainable lifestyle (page 16)
–Lithuania – The Library of Things: Lithuania’s Green Innovation Empowering Communities (page 18)
–Philippines – I am a Valenzuelano, I Care for the Environment: A Green Library Project (page 20)
–Poland – Recommitment to Paper as a Way to Salvag in Opole (page 22)
Green, Sustainable Libraries and Projects Around the World (page 24)
–Austria – Vienna University Library Introduces New Sustainability Strategy (page 24)
–China – Building a Sustainable and Inclusive Future: The 1000 Digital Reading Service Spaces Initiative (page 25)
–Croatia – International Day for Biological Diversity: let’s research! (page 27)
–Finland – Activist Diploma as a Tool for Eco-social Education (page 29)
–Finland – Sustainability workshops deliver concrete actions – Report and model published (page 30)
–Italy – A High School with a ‘BiblioGreen’ Heart: The Bibliopoint Orazio in Rome’s Sustainable Education Journey (page 31)
–Latvia – The Project “EU4Dialogue: Improving Exchanges Across the Divide Through Education and Culture” has concluded (page 34)
–Poland – Activities at the Goethe-Institut Warsaw during the Library Week in Poland 2025 (page 36)
–Serbia – Co-lib: A Regional Platform for Sustainable Libraries and Knowledge Exchange (page 37)
–Serbia – Exchanging ideas – swaps in Belgrade, Zagreb and Athens (page 38)
–Serbia – The Poets’ Alley (page 40)
–Spain – Shared stories, an inclusive and technological project promoted by the Libraries of the Camilo José Cela University and the Universitat Oberta de Catalunya (page 42)
–Turkey – Blending tradition and innovation with a green heart in the middle: the Rami Library in Istanbul (page 44)
–Turkey- Burdur City Public Library: A Green Model for a Sustainable Future (page 45)
–Turkey – “Community Power for a Green Future” Project – Without Wasting Any Time, A Green Idea workshop (page 48)
–Turkey – Sustainability Works in Library Services of Local Governments: The Case of Esenler Municipality (page 51)
–USA – Promoting the Library as a Sustainable Practice (page 53)
International Days Observed by the United Nations July – December 2025 (page 55)