Saturday 3 October – Sunday 1 November 2026
Explore nature, biodiversity and climate resilience on the York rivers trail. Share ideas to help shape its future.
Start your path to becoming an eco-warrior by sowing pollinator-friendly wildflowers for the rampart by Fishergate Postern Tower.
Explore nature, biodiversity and climate resilience on the York rivers trail. Share ideas to help shape its future.
A community meal based on local produce, eaten at long tables to encourage connection & conversations about food. Pay-what-you-can donation (sugg. £8)
Exhibition exploring York's rivers through photography, stories and creative responses inspired by nature, place and community.
Join ESAY at the University of York for a climate science workshop: Climate Fresk.
Creating a sanctuary for nature in the grounds of a historic church.
Wild Friday sessions at Hull Road Park may involve helping to maintain the wildlife areas, eco crafting, habitat building, wildlife surveys and walks.
The YSJ Living Lab, York Together and Singing Resistance York bring you a feast for your ears, voice, belly and mind!
St Nicks' Autumn Fayre is a free-to-attend, community-led event for the whole family that's filled to the brim with good vibes and cosy Autumn cheer.
This gardener-led tour will explore Homestead Park through a permaculture lens! Discover the “why?” behind the methods used by the gardening team.
An opportunity to come and contribute to improvements to the cemetery. Meet other local people and explore building on the friends group.
What could the food system look like in 2050? Design your own future through an interactive workshop addressing current environmental challenges.
Discover simple actions that can help support York's rivers, biodiversity and climate resilience for future generations.
Join us for a night of climate and environment related poetry, music, and spoken word. Come along as a performer, or simply sit back and enjoy the show!
What if York could become a National Park City? Join us to discuss, act and build momentum to establish a new title for York!
A chance to learn from an expert about what's behind this summers' wildfires and lack of rain and discuss how we can adapt to extreme heat in York.
Learn about ways to address local food & climate resilience with community-supported agriculture. An expert panel will be joining us for the evening.
From nature play activities and crafts to the nappy library to good coffee and cake! Join us for a morning of green fun!
Wild Friday sessions at Hull Road Park may involve helping to maintain the wildlife areas, eco crafting, habitat building, wildlife surveys and walks.
Join us to cut the ribbon on a new, improved Rawcliffe Country Park! Music, food, activities - and try out our new 'soundwalk' trail of Rawcliffe.
Biodiversity Collage turns science into a team game. Work together to connect the causes, mechanisms and effects of the ecological crisis.
With experience from YoCo and other community-led projects we’ll dive beyond the buildings we inhabit and explore ways to create better places for us and the planet.
Castle Howard's Future Landscapes comes to York Environment Festival exploring flooding, drought and resilience through Hundred Springs.