Going Green : Buildings, Management, Programmes and Services.

Intro -- Contents -- About IFLA -- Preface -- Part 1: General -- 1. A Garden on the Roof Doesn't Make a Library Green -- 2. Libraries Sow the Seed of a Sustainable Society -- 3. Contemplative Pedagogy -- 4. Public Libraries' Contribution to Sustainable Development Goals -- 5. Environmental Responsibility in Brazilian Libraries -- Part 2: Public Libraries -- 6. The Green Corner at Vaggeryd Public Library -- 7. Action to Combat Climate Change and its Impact -- 8. The BookboXX -- 9. Garbage Hero -- 10. From a Green Library to a Sustainable Library -- 11. Urban Gardening, Foodsharing and Makerspaces -- 12. Green Library of the Neighbourhood -- 13. The Green Story of the Public Library Užice, Serbia -- Part 3: Academic Libraries -- 14. More Than Just a Green Building -- 15. The Awareness of Young African Students to Protection of the Environment -- 16. Challenges and Opportunities in Implementing a Sustainable Approach at Academic Libraries -- 17. Information Dissemination is Not Enough -- 18. Going Green to Embrace Aesthetic Reflections and Sustainable Library Buildings -- Appendix -- Abbreviations -- Contributors.

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