Understand the causes and impacts of climate change in 3 short hours

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Understand the causes and impacts of climate change in 3 short hours

The discussion group is based on Greta Thunberg’s The Climate Book.

Can questions change the world?

Join us for a two-hour opportunity to learn more about your favourite treat - chocolate!

Join us for a role playing card game that deals with various challenges that we all face in the context of sustainability and climate action.

Join us for a role playing card game that deals with various challenges that we all face in the context of sustainability and climate action.

Discover the beauty and artistry of nature journaling in this immersive and hands-on workshop designed for beginners.

A role-based thought experiment that puts participants in a position of interested parties and policymakers to resolving environmental sustainability issues.

Can questions change the world?

A nature-connectivity experience around the University of York's green campus

Take part in a role playing card game that deals with various challenges that we all face in the context of sustainability and climate action.

Biodiversity Collage turns science into a team game. Work together to connect the causes, mechanisms and effects of the ecological crisis.

Climate Fresk turns climate science into a team game. Work together to connect the causes, mechanisms and effects of the climate crisis.

Our two panels explore a different approach to urban regeneration through inclusive growth and harnessing the power of major employer institutions, education providers and social enterprise for more equitable and inclusive economic outcomes.

What would a Rewilded York look like? An informative, imaginative vision of the part York could play in the future of rewilding in Yorkshire

Environmental writer Louise Gray tracks the stories of our five-a-day, from farm to fruit bowl.

Delve into the topic of biodiversity and discover the nuanced relationships between humanity and nature.

Join us for a guided walk exploring the flora and fauna of the University of York campus grounds.

Join our panel of experts to hear all about the groundbreaking ‘Pyramids of Life’ project that seeks to better understand how we can work sustainably to manage our oceans, and how to promote biodiversity.

How we move about in our daily lives impacts the environment as well as our health. This workshop, hosted in collaboration with the York Cycle Campaign Group, will explore what a ‘just transition’ away from current systems and infrastructures.

Celebrate the beauty and diversity of our nation’s plants with ecologist, writer and BBC Countryfile presenter Mike Dilger, who discusses his mission to see 1,000 different wild plants in one calendar year.

Zoologist Louise Allcock leads you down into the canyons, trenches and hydrothermal vents of the watery abyss, presenting the deep ocean and its inhabitants as you have never seen them before.

Come and see river restoration in action as part of the York Cares Big Community Challenge, which is happening throughout June. Learn about the York Becks project, which aims to recreate, restore and renaturalise York’s urban watercourses so that the

What could a truly cycle-friendly city look like? Join us to hear all about ‘42 Ways’, York Cycle Campaign’s manifesto that critiques the existing transport policy in York and presents a more rational alternative that puts cycling at the heart of a n

Join us for a panel discussion on urban sustainability, focusing on how waste tyres are being made into new resources in the megacity of Lagos, Nigeria.

Discover how a collaborative project between the Universities of York and Maastricht is helping to transform our food system through business model innovation.

Human geographer Anika Haque of the University of York discusses the importance of gender equality for sustainable development, focusing in particular on the ways in which cities in the Global South demonstrate the structural marginalisation of urban

Join us for an evocative soundwalk through the acoustic world of 16th-century York that will enable you to immerse yourself in our city’s rich heritage.

A Festival of Ideas event: Join the Woodmeadow Trust and learn how fungi, flowering plants, trees and animals all play their part in keeping our soils, and our planet healthy.

At the end of this training, you will be a facilitator of Climate Fresk and you will be able to raise awareness amongst others about the causes and consequences of climate change.

Want to help tackle climate change but don’t have the time to become a climate scientist? In just 3 hours, our collaborative Climate Fresk workshop will teach you the fundamental science behind climate change and empower you to take action.

Join us to explore our campus and expand your knowledge of biodiversity with a walk and casual cake event.

Join YESI for the 13th Tropical Ecosystem Network meeting, which will focus on ‘Adaptation and resilience in tropical mountain ecosystems’, a timely theme following the United Nations International Year of Sustainable Mountain Development in 2022.

The Student Sustainability Research Conference is back in 2023 with presenters from 12 Yorkshire-based institutions!

Nicola Carslaw introduces the many ways in which we can be exposed to air pollution indoors