The Library
for a Happy Future
The Library
for a Happy Future
What is a
good life ?
The Library for a Happy Future is a place where art, science, spirituality and
community come together.
It asks: How can we live in ways that are healthy and sustainable – for ourselves, our communities, and the environment?
Rooted in One Health and One Wellbeing, the Library explores the connections between humans, animals, plants, and ecosystems.
More than just a space for reflection, it is a living lab where joy, resilience, and new ways of living together emerge through concrete projects – but how exactly do these new ways take shape?
The Library
in Neuchâtel
3.10.2024
-1.12.2024
Anchoring Visions in Action
The Library doesn’t just collect knowledge – it writes its own stories and makes visions for healthy living tangible today.
Using creative methods, we explore what really matters to people – from mental health and community to sustainability. It’s not just about collecting data, but about practical, creative, and sensory ways to engage with One Health and One Wellbeing, like:
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Sound & Film – make visions tangible
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Pilot Projects – try ideas directly
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Interactive Archives – explore knowledge playfully
Part of the work also includes data analysis, which can inform future decisions. Which ideas will take root first?
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Yes and no. The Library is not a traditional library – it is a library of action.
Projects are created in collaboration with schools, companies, cities, and youth groups. Participants include residents, teams, school classes, youth initiatives, and experts of all kinds.
Texts, media, and a curated book selection document what has been experienced and implemented – but how far can these experiences reach?
Is the Library
an actual place?
Dialogue between Generations
In the Library, young and old meet to share ideas and learn from one another.
Young people bring courage, openness, and the freedom to challenge old structures. Older generations bring knowledge, experience, and perspective.
Only together does the power to create real change emerge – but what happens when all voices are truly heard?
The Library makes tangible how closely our health is connected to the health of animals, plants, and ecosystems.
The search for connection begins with water, sweet and salty, flowing through all areas of life. At the start, the Library asks decision-makers and experts which topics are most relevant to the relationship between humans and the environment.
The focus is on personal and emotional connections to nature, beyond viewing it as a resource. This reveals the cultural, emotional, and physical significance of nature for health and wellbeing.
What would happen if we could truly feel this connection?
One Health - One Wellbeing
Bottles of Vals?
I chose this image because there are different people.
There are people who are rather calm.
There are people who have more strength.
And there are also waters that are so different.
(Photo voice with school children in Vals)
I need water every day
I chose this image because I drink a lot of water in my daily life.
(Photo voice with school children in Vals)
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