Editor’s choice
Editor’s choice
Take part in a guided walk and help us celebrate the launch of the reactivated University of York Campus Tree Trail.
Designed in the 1960s, the diverse campus treescape is an important home for wildlife and a haven for staff, students and visitors to enjoy.
Whether you’re a nature lover, a family explorer or curious about the living landscape around you, why not come along and learn how trees connect our past, present and future.
Discover the wilder side of the University of York’s stunning Campus East with a multi-sensory workshop designed to reconnect you with the outdoors.
Blending play, science and mindfulness, our event features interactive nature games, a guided biodiversity walk and hands-on creative activities. As you explore, gain a unique insight into a new plan being developed for managing campus green spaces and the built environment.
Join us for some family fun as we spark children’s imaginations with a range of hands-on, interactive activities.
Fresh Air, Fresh Roots
Step into our hands-on ‘miniature room’ to explore the air around us. Try raising CO2 with just your breath and a straw, track your score, and discover why air quality matters and how small actions at home can help. Also check out our interactive boardgame which invites players to plot out and plan tree governance strategies in the City of York.
What does the future hold for the trees in our towns and cities?
Dive into Urban Labor-a Tree, a fast-paced strategy board game where you are the architect of a greener city. Team up with researchers from the Stockholm Environment Institute to uncover the perfect future treescapes, balancing climate, nature and people.
No experience is needed, just creativity and teamwork.
Human wellbeing and prosperity are entirely dependent on the health of nature. Mumta Ito is rewriting the rules with the UK Nature’s Rights Bill – a bold legal framework that puts nature’s health first, ensuring our laws and economy work within the planet’s limits, not against them.
Hear about Mumta’s journey from a high-flying lawyer to a pioneering advocate for nature and explore how we move beyond sustainability to a truly regenerative world.
Bringing together a group of experts with diverse perspectives we’ll discuss how a rights of nature approach might help to reframe human-nature relations and provide the basis for transformational change.
We’ll explore how legal and economic frameworks could work within the planet’s limits, not against them.
Each panellist will give a short introductory talk, followed by a wider Q&A and discussion. Chaired by Sabine Clarke, Associate Director of LCAB, from the Department of History.
The York Festival of Ideas runs from 23 May until 6 July. There are hundreds of events taking place, with something for everyone. You can find out about all the events and when they’re happening on the festival website.
Perspective / In this perspective for Climate Home News, Kate Williamson and Magnus Benzie outline how the UK can build public support for climate adaptation policy agendas.
Project / Exploring how local champions, trusted advice and accessible finance can support home retrofit uptake in York and North Yorkshire.
Event on 01 July in Leeds / Join us in Leeds for a day of research and collaboration focused on the impact of indoor environments on child and adolescent health.
