Green Libraries Week

Join us this Green Libraries Week (27 October – 2 November) and discover a full programme of sustainability events and activities here at the Library. You can also explore our free Entrance Hall display, Stories from a Sustainable Future, which explores how our collections reveal the story of our changing planet.

What's on

  1. Composite image of the five event speakers. Each is a headshot, each speaker is looking toward the camera

    Voices for Change: Stories from the Environmental Movement

    Leaders of Greenpeace UK, Friends of the Earth, Natural England and the Green Party on 50 years of action.

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  2. The Houses of Parliament, Big Ben and Westminster Bridge barely visible in the smog.
    Free

    Remembering Smog: Community Workshop on Air Pollution

    Join a community workshop on air pollution past, present, and future and share your own experiences.

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  3. A small pile of dirt and an earthworm sit on top of a book that was once blue but is now patchy and distorted. A part of the printed title is visible.
    Free

    Books in their Elements: Print Culture in the Age of Climate Change

    The Panizzi Lectures 2025, delivered by Professor Isabel Hofmeyr.

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  4. image shows flowers in sunlight

    The Wordsworth Lecture: Romantic Ecology Rebooted

    with Jonathan Bate.

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  5. The Houses of Parliament, Big Ben and Westminster Bridge barely visible in the smog.
    Free

    SMOG STORIES: A Lived History of Air Pollution in Britain

    Learn about histories of air pollution with Visiting Postdoctoral Research Fellow in Sustainability, Kathy Davies.

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  6. Blue and white cyanotype impressions of algae
    Free

    Libraries and positive climate action: inform to transform

    Explore how libraries are embracing climate literacy to empower staff, users and communities.

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