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IFLA Satellite Event: Environment, Sustainability and Libraries
Back of the bust of George Boole. Text carved into the stone pillar holding the bust reads 'George Boole LL.D. D.C.L. F.R.S. was born in Lincoln on 2 November 1815 and died in Cork on 8 December 1864. Founder of Symbolic Logic and father of the Digital Age he was the first Professor of Mathematics of this University.

George Boole bust

Photo from Martha Lerski. 

The Green Wall in UCC Library - a vertical wall of live plants.

UCC Library's Green Wall

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Hydroponics tower producing lettuce.

Hydroponics Tower in UCC Library

Photo from Martha Lerski.

Martha Lerski speaks at a podium. Text on the presentation slide behind her reads in bullet points: Reciprocal approaches. Open access to materials - which the public uses. Link Biocultural and Academic and Scientific Knowledge. Living Heritage/Dynamic approach aligns with crosswalking, relational, and easily-updated digital capacities. Library best practices align with stakeholder-driven, respectful knowledge sharing.

Martha Lerski Presentation: Calling for an Open Access Biocultural-Knowledge Database Towards Sustained Climate Action

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Martha Lerski speaks in front of a podium The presentation behind her features an image of a forest on fire.

Martha Lerski Presentation: Calling for an Open Access Biocultural-Knowledge Database Towards Sustained Climate Action

Photo from Martha Lerski. 

A woman stands in front of a presentation screen. The slide behind her shows a picture of a tree in front of a building. Text on the slide reads: "La Médiathèque de la Canopée: a pilot library for sustainable development for the Parisian network."

Best Green Library Project (France - Paris Médiathèque de la Canopée-la fontaine)

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Three women and a man stand on stage. One of the women holds a paper, the IFLA Green Library Award 2022 for Best Green Library Project.

Best Green Library Project (France - Paris Médiathèque de la Canopée-la fontaine)

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Two women stand next to each other. The woman on the left holds a piece of paper. Text on the paper reads "IFLA Green Library Award 2022. Awarded as Winner in Category 'Best Green Library Project' Médiathèque de la Canopée-la fontaine, Paris, France"

Best Green Library Project (France - Paris Médiathèque de la Canopée-la fontaine)

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A woman stands in front of a presentation. The slide behind her shows three images of a library. Two images are of a green grove space. The other image is of a sunken reading area. Title text for the slide reads "Approach to the Spatial Design."

Best Green Library (Singapore - Singapore National Library Board)

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A woman smiles while holding a piece of paper. Text on the paper reads "IFLA Green Library Award 2022. Awarded as Winner in Category 'Best Green Library' National Library Board Singapore, Singapore."

Best Green Library (Singapore - Singapore National Library Board)

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A man stands holding a microphone. Two women stand to his left and right. The two women are looking at him and smiling.

Harri Sahavirta and winners of the IFLA Green Library Awards winners

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A woman stands at a podium, gesturing towards the presentation slide behind her. Title of the slide reads 'Meet Plantotek." Text underneath, in bullet points, reads "Everyone can adopt and bring back home plants, for free and without counterpart. Free for users and near-zero budget for the institutions. A low-tech, innovating project (collections, services, programs)."

Best Green Library Project Runner-up (Belgium - Jette BiblioJette and BibJette)

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Two women and a man stand on stage. The woman in the middle holds a piece of paper. Text on the paper reads "IFLA Green Library Award 2022. Awarded as Runner-up in Category 'Best Green Library Project' BiblioJette and BibJette, Belgium."

Best Green Library Project Runner-up (Belgium - Jette BiblioJette and BibJette)

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A woman stands at a podium, reading from a piece of paper she is holding. Text on the presentation slide behind her reads "Biblionatura Collserola."

Best Green Library Runner-up (Spain - Barcelona Collserola Josep Miracle Library)

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A woman smiles while holding a piece of paper. Text on the paper reads "IFLA Green Library Award 2022. Awarded as Runner-up in Category 'Best Green Library' Collserola Josep Miracle Library, Barcelona, Spain"

Best Green Library Runner-up (Spain - Barcelona Collserola Josep Miracle Library)

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Two women present on stage. Text on the presentation slide behind them reads "Valente Branch Library, Cambridge, Massachusetts, USA" and contains an image of a modern building.

Best Green Library Runner-up (USA - Boston, MA Valente Branch Library Cambridge Public Library)

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Three women and a man stand on stage. One of the women holds a piece of paper. Text on the paper reads "IFLA Green Library Award 2022. Awarded as Runner-up in Category 'Best Green Library' Valente Branch Library, Boston, MA"

Best Green Library Runner-up (USA - Boston, MA Valente Branch Library Cambridge Public Library)

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A group of people stand on stage. Some of them hold pieces of paper in their hands. Text on the presentation slide behind them reads "7th IFLA Green Library Award 2022 Summary"

Winners and runner-ups of the IFLA Green Library Awards 2022

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A woman stands, looking to the side. Her right hand covers her mouth. To her right is a large monitor with a presentation slide. To her left is a banner which reads "Welcome to UCC Library."

Christie Koontz Presentation: Going Green, Green Greener, with true Marketing: a Practical Approach with Illustrative Examples

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A woman stands, look to the side. Her right hand covers her chest and she holds a presentation remote in her left hand.

Christie Koontz Presentation: Going Green, Green Greener, with true Marketing: a Practical Approach with Illustrative Examples

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A woman stands behind a podium. Text on the presentation behind her reads "We need business unusual."

Loida Garcia-Febo Presentation: “Leaving no one Behind: Marketing Sustainable Libraries”

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A woman smiles while standing behind a podium. Text on the presentation slide behind her reads "Leaving no one behind: Marketing Sustainable Libraries"

Loida Garcia-Febo Presentation: “Leaving no one Behind: Marketing Sustainable Libraries”

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A woman stands behind a podium. Text on the presentation slide behind her reads "This is a great opportunity for political advocacy at every political level!"

Jacqueline Breidlid Presentation: Sustainability as a Tool for Political Advocacy in Libraries

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A man speaks at an event. Title text on the presentation slide behind him reads "Sustainability: top-down push - down to up demand." Underneath, in bullet points, "Sustainability strategies: municipal, national and global like Carbon Neutral Helsinki 2030 and UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). Citizens and library users are concerned about environment and sustainability. How public libraries have answer the challenge? Survey (2020): 166 responses from Finnish public libraries. Value survey for staff (2021): 184 responses. New tools: SDGs (workshops)."

Harri Sahavirta Presentation: Advocating Public Libraries by SDGs 

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Seated audience members for an event. One woman holds a microphone and is speaking.

Audience

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Seated audience members for a meeting. One man is standing up and holds a microphone.

Audience

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Seated audience members for an event. One audience member is holding a microphone and speaking while a woman stands besides her.

Audience

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A group of people stand together, smiling at the camera.

ENSULIB / Management and Marketing / Preservation and Conservation Sections IFLA Satellite Meeting in Cork, Ireland,  22-23 July 2022

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Two men and a woman smile at the camera.

Elaine Harrington, Alan Carbery and Timmy Dineen

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A man sits holding a microphone in the foreground. Behind him, slightly out of focus in the background, a woman sits looking at him.

Harri Sahavirta and Loida Garcia-Febo

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A man stands holding a microphone and a tablet.

Harri Sahavirta

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A woman sits at a table holding a microphone.

Jacqueline Breidlid

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A woman sits at a table, holding a microphone.

Katharina Portugal

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Two women sit at a table. Behind them, a woman on a video call can be seen. One of the women holds a microphone in her hand and is speaking.

Viviana Vitari, Selenay Aytac and Katharina Portugal

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Two women are seated. One woman holds a microphone. In the background, a woman can be seen on a video call.

Leila Sonkkanen, Viviana Vitari and Selenay Aytac

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Two women sit at a table. One woman is speaking into a microphone while the other looks at her.

Loida Garcia-Febo and Christie Koontz

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