Positive Change Week is Lancaster University’s biggest celebration of diversity, sustainability and positive impact. This year, the week will run from Monday 2 March – Friday 6 March 2026.

As part of our commitment to sustainability, the Library is hosting a range of events for Positive Change Week:

• Book Exchange Event

Library Events Space, Monday 2nd March, 12:00pm to 2:00pm

Pop in for a relaxed drop-in book exchange. Bring along a book (or a few!) that you’re ready to rehome and swap them for something new to read — no registration needed.

• Sustainability in Research Forum

Library Events Space, Tuesday 3 March 2026, 10:00am to 3:00pm

Researchers are invited to join our speakers from FST, FHM, LUMS for an interdisciplinary forum on Sustainability in Research Across Lancaster University. This event will be hosted by Dr Seth Robinson and the Reimagining Research Practices Team.

• Stitch Club

Library Events Space, Tuesday 3 March 2026, 5:00pm to 7:00pm

Join our regular weekly Library Stitch Club, a safe, supportive and creative space to help you learn to mend your well-loved clothes. We have a sewing machine, notions, yarn, fabric, spinning wheel, spindles and needles and we welcome beginners as well as more experienced crafters. No need to book, just drop in!

• Itinerancia, an exhibition on the UN Sustainable Development Goals

Library Stairwell Exhibition Space, Monday 2nd March – Thursday 30th April 2026

Itinerancia (Itinerance in English) is an exhibition consisting of seventeen posters in which artists from Spain and Latin America have captured their visions of the 17 Sustainable Development Goals of the United Nation’s 2030 Agenda. The exhibition, on loan from the Cervantes Institute, will be shown in Lancaster University Library between the 1st of March and 24th of April. An inaugural roundtable event (featuring Lancaster academics and a colloquium of artists) will be held in the Library on the 18th of March.

In addition to these events, you’ll also find a book display dedicated to sustainability in the Library Foyer area. You can also explore a wide range of online resources related to sustainability on your Subject Guide.

Have you got an idea for a sustainability-focused event, exhibition or activity that could take place in the Library? See details of how you can submit an event request. If you wish to partner with us around sustainability in any other way, please contact us.