Upcoming events
Plant and manage an ecosystem to produce food and win biodiversity points!
Treat yourself to a skill for the festive period with our Climate Fresk workshop! Open to all.
A training opportunity for those who have participated in a Climate Fresk workshop. Continue your journey and train up as a facilitator with this 3-hour session.
Past events
Come to the Sustainability Clinic for a screening of "Future Council" by Damon Gameau.
Find out what students want and hack your existing teaching to introduce climate change, environmental justice and sustainability in your classes.
Especially for Professional Services staff. Connect with others to learn the fundamentals behind climate change and turn this knowledge into collective action.
Especially for academic staff. Connect with others to learn the fundamentals behind climate change and turn this knowledge into collective action.
Game Nights for York Environment Festival 2025.
Join us at the University of York to celebrate World Geothermal Energy Day 2025 with a public lecture exploring the science of geothermal energy and sharing updates on our own geothermal project on Campus East.
Join us in the Ron Cooke Hub atrium to learn more about the upcoming seismic survey taking place in late October, the next step in the University’s deep geothermal energy project.
Join us at York Explore library to learn about geothermal energy, chat with the University's geothermal team, and take part in interactive geothermal activities.
Join us at Tang Hall Explore to learn about geothermal energy, chat with the University's geothermal team, and take part in interactive geothermal activities.
Game Nights for York Environment Festival 2025
Joins us for the launch of "Teaching and Learning Climate and Environmental Justice in Law Schools. Global Perspectives on Transforming the Curriculum"
Come make a tiny narrative game with Bitsy, made by Adam Le Doux.
Game Nights for York Environment Festival 2025
Learn the fundamental science behind climate change and turn this knowledge into collective action. Part of York Environment Festival 2025.
York Environment Festival 2025 (YEFest) is the fifth annual city-wide festival aimed at showcasing and celebrating the work of environment groups active in York.
Visit us at this year's Welcome Fair to discover Sustainability at York and explore how you can get involved during your time here.
Join us for the first session in our new series of monthly InTREEgue Network meetings, bringing together tree enthusiasts from across the University and beyond.
Stop by the Sustainability Clinic during this year's Find Your Feet Trail! Take part in fun activities while chatting to our friendly sustainability team.
Are you a postgraduate student? Come and say hi at this year's Postgrad Fair to discover Sustainability at York and explore how you can get involved during your time here.
We are hosting a kick-off workshop to discuss possible research aligned to the University of York's Deep Geothermal Energy Project.
Come and playtest Dawn, a shortened version of the environmental game Daybreak.
Join this 4-week online course to discover how environmental research can inform how we respond to and solve the major global environmental issues of today.
Join SEI-Y for a special Clean Air Day webinar by the INGENIOUS project during London Climate Action Week!
Attending an Open Day on 21 or 22 June? Visit us in the Sustainability Clinic to find out about sustainability opportunities while studying at the University.
Come and play "Kyoto" in the Sustainability Clinic for our next Play for the Planet game session.
A drop-in Open Day exploring the University of York’s new Deep Geothermal Energy Project, delivered in partnership with Echo Geo.
This interactive session will teach you the fundamental science behind climate change and empower you to take action through small-group discussion, reflection on emotions and collaborative action planning.
This year's Festival of Ideas feature a wide range of nature-based activities. Take part in some balsam bashing on a guided nature walk, discover the alien microbes living in the Earth’s crust and hear from BBC Countryfile presenter Tom Heaps.
Join the 2025 Pint of Science festival in May, where SEI researchers from the University of York will explore vital environmental topics.
Urban Tree Festival event! Join us in the Sustainability Clinic and be among the first to experience Urban Labor-a-Tree, our brand-new treescapes board game! Based on insights from the Branching Out project.
Part of the Urban Tree Festival! Join us for an engaging online webinar showcasing two innovative outputs from the Branching Out project!
Join our next Play for the Planet Network monthly meetup for Catastrophic, a joyful card game designed at York.
Emphasising the interconnectedness of each individual to each other and their environment, this exhibit focuses on the power of each person to initiate positive change.
Join Play for the Planet for a Tipping Point play session and learn about the impacts of climate change, and the different responses possible.
Play for the Plant brings together educators, researchers and game developers to engage playfully with games.
Join in with organised events across the city, and add your nature photos onto iNaturalist to contribute to observations of biodiversity all around you during the York City Nature Challenge, 25-28 April 2025.
A training opportunity for those who have participated in a Climate Fresk workshop. Continue your journey and train up as a facilitator with this 3-hour session.
Join us for Beyond Borders: York Climate Narratives, a unique evening where voices from the frontlines of climate change take center stage.
ESAY x Biology event - an A2Y Production directed by Louisa Jones and Vladimir Morozov followed by a conversation with Dr Abi Perrin and Dr Truzaar Dordi.
Biodiversity Collage turns science into a team game. Work together to connect the causes, mechanisms and effects of the ecological crisis.
Come along to the annual showcase of student sustainability research across Yorkshire institutions, hosted at the University of Leeds.
Join Edible York and the International Pathway College for an interactive workshop on how the University and its community can maintain a sustainable food system.
Join York Students’ Union in James Hall on Campus West for a sustainability-themed fair.
This session explores game making and play practices as aesthetic interventions in addressing the challenges of global heating.