The Historical Archives of the European Union and the State Archives of Florence, along with partners from the SAGA project, inaugurate an archival exhibit on sustainable practices and initiatives over the centuries. The exhibit will be open to the public from 19 June through 27 September 2026.
Sustainability did not begin with modern climate debates. For centuries, it was simply the logic of survival: how to heat, build, produce, and travel without exhausting available resources, and in being prepared for subsequent seasons.
The SAGA project - Sustainable Archives and Greener Approaches - has brought together its partner archives in the creation of Stories and History of Sustainability, an historical exhibition that traces the long experience of sustainable practices through archival sources. Several major European archives from Italy, Hungary, Spain, Malta and Portugal have drawn from their rich collections to illustrate the creativity, ingenuity and environmentally respectful practices people developed in previous eras to adapt to contexts shaped by limited resources.
In Italy, the Italian language version of the exhibit will be inaugurated on 19 June 2026 at noon at the Archivio di Stato di Firenze, Viale della Giovine Italia, 6, Florence. The exhibit will also be translated and installed in partner archives across Europe.
SAGA is an innovative transnational EU project addressing the shared need to protect national archives from natural and human-made disasters, climate change, and sustainability risks. Partners come from Spain, Hungary, Malta, Portugal, Ireland, Italy, Poland, Slovakia.
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