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GreenFUBiB working Group

Concept - Practice - Networking

Janet Wagner, GreenFUBib group leader, University Library, Freie Universität Berlin

Overview

01 Sustainability at Freie Universität Berlin

02 GreenFUBib

03 Initiatives, networking

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© Mark Bollhorst/dbv
Joint SDG campaign together with German library association “Deutscher Bibliotheksverband” (dbv), 2023 in front of the entrance to Philological Library

Sustainability at Freie Universität Berlin (FU)

Our strategy and values:

Values

Advisory Committee & Working Groups

Governance

How it started....

2020

Workshop-results as a Starting point

Health, mobility, (business trips, commuting), digitization, training, exchange, ideas...

march 2021... Founding

Environmental Sustainability 5 R's

Establishment of the permanent working group "GreenFUBib" (concept, logo, name, members, meetings)

Since 2021... Networking

Local and International networking

Partners: Libraries4Future, IFLA-section ENSULIB, German green library network, Bibliosuisse, local networks at the university and throughout Berlin

GreenFUBib

Fields of action

Baskets instead of plastic bags

Receipt paper 100% recycled

Climate-neutral delivery to local booksellers, since 2014 in the Philological library

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Education for sustainable development with pupils and trainees

Re-use furniture in a branch library

These improvements have been even realised years before the official FU Declaration on the Climate Emergency from 2019.

GreenFUBib: Fields of action!

Scan first! ENSULIB Newsletter issue 03/2023

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We promote our local book suppliers‘ commitment for sustainability: Plastic-free book deliveries and alternative packaging options, ongoing discussions and negotiations on this topic

Library garden & seed library since many years Effective climate protection requires healthy and stable ecosystems!

Watering sponsorships

"Let me sustain you!"! Virtual Advent calendar in December 2023

Campus-wide actions and regular information activities

Cycling in the library: Fitness for your body – and power for your mobile device!

Attraction during FU Sustainabilty Days, June 2022: „Throne of Books”

Re-use - second chance for paper! Writing blocks for merchandising

GreenFUBib booth at Sustainability days, June 2023

Show your green action!

GreenFUBib created the poster template, now it is used by ENSULIB with the campaign: "The Green Library Poster"

Green activties on the website and in a permanent display
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Engage! We make the SDGs more visible!

Together with the German Library Association, SDG photo gallery in 2023

Philological library

Philological Library© Mark Bollhorst/dbv

Philological Library©Mark Bollhorst/dbv

Professional photos for communication

GreenFuBib supports: Biodiversity in front of the Library

FU Research group on soil ecology receives a three-year research area, library provides support, e.g. with water supply and communication

Spring/summer 2023: Boosting GreenFUBib through communication work: from flowering meadow to field experiment! Biodiversity & research at the doorstep of Library for Social Sciences and Eastern European Studies

Spring 2023 : GreenFUBib receives award as tap water-friendly library system

"Meet & Greet" on the World Water Day 2023: GreenFUBib in FU garden place “Blätterlaube“ (= Leaves Arbor; this name was given according to the popular names for the most important FU buildings “Rostlaube = Rust Arbor”, “Silberlaube” = Silver Arbor, and “Holzlaube” = Wood Arbor) with water quiz, plant swap and presentation of the working group

Planning in 2024: GreenFUBib in cooperation with the university sports centre

Move4Health in libraries of the Freie Universität Berlin

GreenFUBib – Part of the SDG report

ENgage! Be a "FUturist"!

Multiple participation in funding projects on sustainability and climate protection at Freie Universität Berlin.

2022

Outdoor-project: Cycling and generating green electricity on the Dahlem campus. Unfortunately, the project was not realized due to conflicting objectives on the part of the technical department

2023

Wildlife-proof bins on campus: project to retrofit existing bins, together with students and the initiative "Blooming Campus"

Life-long learning!

GreenFUBib excursion and long-term experimentation with plant cultivation and climatic vegetables

2022

Visiting the Cradle-to-Cradle-Lab in Berlin

2023

Annual plant swaps for students and collegues

Supporting seminar course for sustainable development: Creating a climate map and securing results together with FU-Students

Education for sustainable development for the next generation of professionals in libraries!
The current trainees planting a young pear tree in front of the Library of Social Sciences and Eastern European Studies. Experiencing the green library in theory and practice is an essential part in their three-years training. (09/2022)

August 2023: 2-day workshop for trainees in Berlin libraries on the topic: "Education for sustainable development" (ESD)

Thanks!

contact: Janet.Wagner@fu-berlin.de
©Mattheo Mareski-Iffländer, Members of GreenFUBib, 2023
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