One Planet Week

Food is a big part of culture and at the heart of many communities, and changing our thought processes around what we choose to eat is a massive part of building a sustainable relationship with food.

• Out of the Lab and Into the Frying Pan -  Mon 15th Feb 10:00

Take part in a discussion on ethics of lab grown meat

• Live Cooking Demo - Mon 15th Feb 11:00

Share a virtual community meal with us; learn a new veggie dish with this Live demonstration with our Head Executive Chef, Dave Martin. We’ll send you the recipe, so show us your version of the dish by uploading a photo to marketing@york.ac.uk at any time during One Planet Week (15th -21st Feb) for a chance to win £100 voucher

• Out of Sight, Out of Mind - Thurs 18th Feb 12:30

Learn more about the psychology behind meat consumption and other environmental issues

• Environmental Food Labels - Fri 19th Feb, 12:00

Should consumers know the environmental impact of their food before they buy it? Find out more about this research project from one of our own Dept of Biology students

It’s impossible to talk about sustainability without recognising why we need change. These talks each look at the climate crisis from a different perspective.

• Why we can’t separate anti-racism from the fight against the climate emergency? - Tues 16th Feb, 7:00

Join York Anti-Racist Collective and speaker Simmone Ahiaku to learn about the intersection between Anti-Racism and climate activism

• Neo-Imperialism, Migration and Climate Justice - Thurs 18th Feb, 7:00

Find out more about the complicated implications for climate justice and migration

• Those who foresaw climate change, but the world did not listen - Fri 19th Feb, 7:00pm

Learn about the report that 200 years ago foresaw human action altering the climate

Some of the problems associated with sustainability are too big to change on your own, but together we can work within the community to make a difference

• Volunteering Q+A - Wed 17th Feb, 12:00

Find out more about how to get involved with your local community with a Q+A from Volunteering and some students who’ve already done it

• Spring Into the Outdoors - Wed 17th Feb, 2:00

With spring just around the corner, join our panel of sustainability experts who will answer your questions on the benefits of getting into the outdoors this Spring - there are no stupid questions here!

• Guitar and Bass Repair Workshop - Thurs 18th Feb, 4:00

Repair and reuse! Get your instruments back in working order yourself with this workshop on guitars and basses

• Make Your Own Sustainable Menstrual Products - Thurs 18th Feb, 6:00

Coming to you live from FreetheFlow_ on Instagram, this collaboration between Free the Flow and SewSoc will teach you about Project Gambia and how to sew your own menstrual products

Sustainable communities can be built at a local scale, but must also be part of a global effort. In this topic, we try to look at sustainable from the perspective of all communities

• Precious Plastic York with St Nicks - Mon 15th, 2:00

Find out what’s happening in your local community to recycle our precious plastics

• The Local and the Global - Mon 15th Feb, 7:00

A holistic solution to the climate emergency with local climate activist Patrick Thelwell

• Professional Networking: Sustainability - Tues 16th Feb, 1:00

Take advantage of York’s Alumni network to find out about working in the area of sustainability

• Engaging with Remote Teams for Energy Efficiency Improvement - Wed 17th Feb, 4:00

Learn from the expertise of Peter Lunt, Airbus, as to how remote working has improved energy efficiency

• Eco-Disablism and Us - Wed 17th Feb, 7:00

You’ve heard about the plastic straw debate, but there’s much more to learn about disability and sustainability from D&A speaker Piers Wilkinson

OPW20 was on the theme of Zero Carbon and included a range of educational and practical events to show how low carbon living could be achieved.  We teamed up with GIKI to help people find low carbon foods when they shop and ran a community volunteering event to plant 1000 trees for One Planet both on campus and on local school and community recreation grounds. Some of the presentations from the week can be found on the OPW20 playlist of our Sustainability Youtube channel.

#OPW19

OPW2019 had some great events from the Ocean Plastics Exhibition to Ethical Clothes Swaps, Quizzes, Tombola, Eco-cafe crawls and making your own Beeswax Wrap workshop.

We also had our "More Sustainable Options" labels in the Nisa in Market Square, which highlighted local and seasonal products, vegan options, fairtrade accreditations, recycled materials, and/or use of sustainable palm oil.

Our calendar below shows all the activities which ran throughout the week.

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#OPW18

In 2018 staff and students demonstrated their commitment to the theme (and principle) of Zero Waste! 

Starting with a Karaoke Night in the Courtyard, #OPW18 included a range of workshops from upcycling to fixing musical instruments; a college recycling audit competition; a Zero Waste Challenge; a virtual Wonder Wander in the 3Sixty Room; and building a bug hotel building - to name but a few.