BiblioGreen
RESIDENCIES FOR SUSTAINABLE LIBRARIES
THE RESIDENCY
10 Goethe-Institutes from Armenia, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Georgia, Greece, Poland, Romania, Serbia, Slovakia, Turkey and Ukraine invite experts and libraries to participate in a project centered on sustainable and green libraries.
Residency Goal: What We Aim to Achieve Together
The library residency creates space for creative ideas, promotes sustainable action and strengthens libraries as vibrant spaces of transformation. The goal is to foster ecological responsibility and establish libraries as centers of expertise for sustainability.
Shaping the Future: Libraries as Sustainable Knowledge Spaces
- Strengthening libraries as centers of expertise for sustainability: developing and implementing strategies on topics such as recycling, environmental education and circular economy
- Libraries as networking spaces: promoting exchange between librarians, experts, journalists and activists in the fields of ecology and sustainability
- Libraries as drivers of social change: integrating sustainability as a core component of library work
PROJECT TIMELINE AND KEY PROGRAM ELEMENTS
The project will launch in fall 2025 with a digital kick-off event and initial networking activities. This will be followed by several online formats for professional exchange and short residency stays in 10 libraries. The project will conclude with a joint meeting of all participants in Warsaw.
PARTICIPATING LIBRARIES AND THEIR GREEN PROJECTS
PARTICIPATING EXPERTS
City · Environment · Culture
In the city’s heartbeat, knowledge is growing.
As part of the programme BiblioGreen – Residencies for Sustainable Libraries, the Goethe-Institut Athen is collaborating with the environmental organization Mamagaia to organize a series of educational and participatory activities under the title “City · Environment · Culture: In the city’s heartbeat, knowledge is growing”.
The aim is to connect spaces of education, knowledge, and information — such as libraries and schools — with active participation in communities of environmental awareness, learning, and action. The activities include:
- Experiential educational workshops for schools (primary and secondary education)
- Training sessions for teachers on sustainability and environmental education
- Training sessions for librarians on environmental management systems
- An open call to organizations and collectives to create an environmental hub and to co-organize events and festivals throughout 2026
City Environment Culture seeks to actively demonstrate that libraries are not simply places for reading or storing knowledge; they function as living hubs of social action and environmental awareness. They provide a platform for transforming theory into practice, activating local communities, and equipping citizens with the tools to actively contribute to environmental protection and urban sustainable development.
The complete programme is presented through our series of events.
CONTACT
Nikoletta Stathopoulou, Head of Library and Information
nikoletta.stathopoulou@goethe.dePARTNER
The educational and participatory activities under the title City · Environment · Culture are carried out in cooperation with the environmental organization Mamagea.
