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GREEN Online Masterclass w/ Nate Hill and Helene Bruhn Schvartzman | Join on 14 January, 14:00-15:00 CET
As part of our Erasmus+ project BUDDIES – Connected Libraries & Communities, the Aarhus Public Libraries is organising a series of masterclasses along the themes of The Europe Challenge: Digital, Green, and Social.
In the Green masterclass on 14 January (14:00-15:00 CET), you will have the chance to meet and chat with two library innovators: Helene Bruhn Schvartzman from Aarhus Public Libraries and Nate Hill from METRO in New York, US.
About Helene Bruhn Schvartzman:
Helene is a Library Transformer at Aarhus Public Libraries (APL) and during her time at APL, Helene has been working with transformation process – in the early days towards libraries becoming Community Centers recently platforms for a sustainable future. Helene will talk about how Co-design, Systemic design, Participatory Design and Planetary Design can support the libraries in developing new competences and building capacity in planetary design and nature connectedness.
About Nate Hill:
Nate is the Director of the Metropolitan New York Library Council (METRO), a network of about 150 libraries and archives predominantly in the New York City area. Nate will talk about the design and development of METRO’s Library Field project. The Library Field is an open-air laboratory where library workers can reestablish their connection to nature and reflect on the work they do and why they are doing it. The Field itself is a secluded 26-acre location just 40 minutes north of Manhattan.
Schedule:
- Welcome (5 min)
- Presentations from two library innovators (for each – 15 min and 5 min Q&A):
- Helene Bruhn Schvartzman
- Nate Hill
- Discussion (10 min)
- Sum up (5 min)
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