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In this fast-paced, interactive game night, you will compete to build the ultimate green city using Urban Labor-a-tree, a strategy board game inspired by real community voices. Choose where to plant, who to help, and how to balance climate, nature, and people. No planning skills needed. Get ready to put your game on and harness the power of creativity, teamwork and a bit of strategy. Ideal for gamers, changemakers and anyone who loves a good challenge.
This Games Night series is hosted by the YESI Play for the Planet Network at the University of York.
Join us on Tuesday 14 October 2025, 17:30–20:00, at the Sustainability Clinic, Market Square, University of York (YO10 5DD).
Open to anyone aged 16 years and over. No planning experience needed – just bring your creativity and enthusiasm. Light refreshments provided.
York Environment Festival (YEFest) is a city-wide celebration of nature, sustainability, and community action. Run by volunteers and York Environment Forum, it showcases local groups, events, and ideas that help make York a greener, more resilient city.
Project / Novel methods to map the social and cultural value of trees to inform policy decisions regarding urban treescapes.
Project / YESI Fellows collaborate on interdisciplinary environmental science. 2025 Fellow Joanne Morris, at SEI, leads a treescape project.
Feature / The Branching Out project connected researchers, policymakers and communities to integrate the social and cultural value of UK city treescapes into planning.
Feature / This International Day of Forests, SEI shares four insights into how forests support food security, climate resilience and sustainable cities.
Feature / Urban Labor-a-tree, a new game, helps people to imagine urban trees by creating an inclusive city treescape.
