Green Libraries Week

Join us this Green Libraries Week (21 – 28 October) and discover a full programme of sustainability events and activities here at the Library.

What's on

  1. Group of people photographed from behind, they are walking alongside a canal
    Free

    Canal Tales: Canal Tales Summer Procession

    Celebrate the Canal Tales journey through a summer procession, live performance, and community gathering.

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  2. A child holding up a tablet in a pink frame
    Years 5 – 11
    Free

    Green Libraries Week: Schools

    Navigating climate mis- and disinformation is the focus of this year’s Green Libraries Week for schools.

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  3. Free

    Writing a Greener Future: A Creative Writing Workshop for Young Writers

    Join award-winning author Laura Baggaley for a creative writing workshop exploring thrutopian futures – imagining paths from today toward something better.

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  4. Black and white portrait of a man wearing glasses, smiling next to a cover of a book title The Wolf Road by Richard Lambert, with an illustration of a wolf.
    Join author Richard Lambert for an online climate fiction writing masterclass.
    Free

    Green Libraries Week: Climate Fiction with Richard Lambert

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  5. Free

    Writing Climate Fiction That Changes Minds

    Join us to explore how can we communicate climate change in a way that inspires joyful action rather than climate anxiety.

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  6. Mouse VII drawing by John Berger

    John Berger: Do You Know What I Watch?

    A choral reading by Katya and Yves Berger, following animal traces in John Berger’s work.

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  7. Illustration of the life-cycle of a butterfly
    Free

    National Emergency Briefing – Community Screening

    Screening followed by a Q&A.

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  8. British Library at St Pancras with solar panels on the roof.
    Free

    Setting up a Staff Sustainability Network

    Discover how staff at the British Library created an impactful Sustainability Staff Network.

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  9. Black and white printed image
    Free

    Libraries and Positive Climate Action: Climate Resilience

    Hear how libraries and cultural organisations around the world are responding to the challenges of climate change.

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  10. Two people speak to a small audience of event attendees.
    Free

    Start-up Stars: From Purpose to Profit

    A conversation with purpose-driven founders exploring how they are turning environmental and social challenges into viable businesses.

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  11. A school child holding a speaker to their ear while looking at a screen showing the tops of green trees
    Years 7 – 10
    Free

    To The Source: an Eco Journey Through Our Collection

    Students will think critically about sustainability, the records of information and the narrative power of objects.

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