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SUMMARY:Game night 1: Daybreak - Can you Save the Planet?
DESCRIPTION:Join us for a collaborative board game where the stakes couldn’t be higher – our planet’s future. \nIn Daybreak (https://www.daybreakgame.org/how-to-play)\, you’ll team up to tackle the global challenge of climate change by building resilient societies and introducing green technology across sectors and regions. Can your strategies avert crises and lead us toward a sustainable future? A fun\, challenging\, and timely experience. \nThis activity is suitable for anyone aged 16 years+. \nBooking is required and can be done here.
URL:https://yorkenvironmentfestival.org.uk/event/game-night-daybreak-save-the-planet/
LOCATION:Sustainability Clinic\, Market Square\, University of York\, Sustainability Clinic\, Market Square\, University of York\, York\, YO105DD
CATEGORIES:Climate Justice,Getting Creative,Socials
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SUMMARY:Curious & Creative Gardening Tour: Wildlife-Friendly Museum Gardens
DESCRIPTION:Learn about the initiatives and interventions York Museums Trust’s Gardens Team have made to make their busy public garden more wildlife friendly. Take a tour around over 10 acres of grounds\, discovering inspiration for your own garden or workplace green spaces. \nYou’ll learn about climate change and biodiversity\, discover the importance of insects for the food chain and how to manage your green space throughout the seasons to create wildlife habitat\, and adopt a new perspective with some native weeds. \n  \nSuited to people aged 12+ with an interest in making green spaces more wildlife friendly. Under 16’s must be accompanied by and adult. \nMeet on the hard standing in front of the entrance to the Yorkshire Museum. The tour will take an accessible route around the Museum Gardens. \nYork Museums Trust opens York Museum Gardens free of charge for all to enjoy. As a registered charity\, York Museum Trust encourage visitors to consider donating to enable the Trust to continue maintaining and preserving their gardens and buildings for generations to come. \nBooking required and can be done here. \nPlease note: This event is weather dependant. If adverse weather conditions cause this event to be cancelled\, ticket holders will be notified.
URL:https://yorkenvironmentfestival.org.uk/event/curious-creative-gardening-tour/2025-10-09/
LOCATION:Yorkshire Museum Gardens\, Museum St\, York\, YO1 7FR\, United Kingdom
CATEGORIES:Arts & Crafts,Building Sustainably,Family-friendly,Getting Creative,In The Garden,Learning,Out In Nature,Sustainable Business,Sustainable Living
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SUMMARY:Game night 2: Design Your York - Planning with Urban Labor-a-tree
DESCRIPTION:In this fast-paced\, interactive game night\, you’ll 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. \nGet 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. \nSuitable for ages 16+. \nBooking is required and can be done here.
URL:https://yorkenvironmentfestival.org.uk/event/game-night-design-your-york/
LOCATION:Sustainability Clinic\, Market Square\, University of York\, Sustainability Clinic\, Market Square\, University of York\, York\, YO105DD
CATEGORIES:Climate Justice,Getting Creative
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SUMMARY:Curious & Creative Gardening Tour: Wildlife-Friendly Museum Gardens
DESCRIPTION:Learn about the initiatives and interventions York Museums Trust’s Gardens Team have made to make their busy public garden more wildlife friendly. Take a tour around over 10 acres of grounds\, discovering inspiration for your own garden or workplace green spaces. \nYou’ll learn about climate change and biodiversity\, discover the importance of insects for the food chain and how to manage your green space throughout the seasons to create wildlife habitat\, and adopt a new perspective with some native weeds. \n  \nSuited to people aged 12+ with an interest in making green spaces more wildlife friendly. Under 16’s must be accompanied by and adult. \nMeet on the hard standing in front of the entrance to the Yorkshire Museum. The tour will take an accessible route around the Museum Gardens. \nYork Museums Trust opens York Museum Gardens free of charge for all to enjoy. As a registered charity\, York Museum Trust encourage visitors to consider donating to enable the Trust to continue maintaining and preserving their gardens and buildings for generations to come. \nBooking required and can be done here. \nPlease note: This event is weather dependant. If adverse weather conditions cause this event to be cancelled\, ticket holders will be notified.
URL:https://yorkenvironmentfestival.org.uk/event/curious-creative-gardening-tour/2025-10-15/
LOCATION:Yorkshire Museum Gardens\, Museum St\, York\, YO1 7FR\, United Kingdom
CATEGORIES:Arts & Crafts,Building Sustainably,Family-friendly,Getting Creative,In The Garden,Learning,Out In Nature,Sustainable Business,Sustainable Living
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SUMMARY:Curious & Creative Gardening Tour: Wildlife-Friendly Museum Gardens
DESCRIPTION:Learn about the initiatives and interventions York Museums Trust’s Gardens Team have made to make their busy public garden more wildlife friendly. Take a tour around over 10 acres of grounds\, discovering inspiration for your own garden or workplace green spaces. \nYou’ll learn about climate change and biodiversity\, discover the importance of insects for the food chain and how to manage your green space throughout the seasons to create wildlife habitat\, and adopt a new perspective with some native weeds. \n  \nSuited to people aged 12+ with an interest in making green spaces more wildlife friendly. Under 16’s must be accompanied by and adult. \nMeet on the hard standing in front of the entrance to the Yorkshire Museum. The tour will take an accessible route around the Museum Gardens. \nYork Museums Trust opens York Museum Gardens free of charge for all to enjoy. As a registered charity\, York Museum Trust encourage visitors to consider donating to enable the Trust to continue maintaining and preserving their gardens and buildings for generations to come. \nBooking required and can be done here. \nPlease note: This event is weather dependant. If adverse weather conditions cause this event to be cancelled\, ticket holders will be notified.
URL:https://yorkenvironmentfestival.org.uk/event/curious-creative-gardening-tour/2025-10-21/
LOCATION:Yorkshire Museum Gardens\, Museum St\, York\, YO1 7FR\, United Kingdom
CATEGORIES:Arts & Crafts,Building Sustainably,Family-friendly,Getting Creative,In The Garden,Learning,Out In Nature,Sustainable Business,Sustainable Living
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SUMMARY:Nature in the City - Games to Grow Greener and Wilder Urban Spaces
DESCRIPTION:Discover two innovative board games exploring nature’s place in urban life. Come experiment\, discuss\, and reflect on how small choices shape our shared environments: \nSet in the city of Bangalore\, India\, Birds in the City helps you connect with nature and understand the links between urbanisation and bird diversity. \nSet in the city of York\, UK\, Urban Labor-a-tree challenges you to grow thriving treescapes that meet diverse community needs. \nCan your team design the greenest\, wildest neighbourhood? Outplan the rest and reshape your city together. \nSuitable for anyone aged 14 years+. \nBooking is required for this event and can be done here. \n 
URL:https://yorkenvironmentfestival.org.uk/event/nature-in-the-city-games/
LOCATION:Sustainability Clinic\, Market Square\, University of York\, Sustainability Clinic\, Market Square\, University of York\, York\, YO105DD
CATEGORIES:Climate Justice,Getting Creative,Socials
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SUMMARY:'How We Made It Through'
DESCRIPTION:A celebration of our community thrutopia creative writing project. ‘How We Made It Through’ invited people to create stories from the future where we’ve made it through – hence ‘thrutopia’. Over thirty individual entries were received\, in media ranging from prose to poetry\, & from collage to needle felting.  \nLearn about the project design and how it can be easily replicated; listen to readings from the anthology; an option to buy your own copy; & reflect on what thrutopia can look like in your own locality. \nNo minimum age requirement. \nCopies of the book will be available for a donation.
URL:https://yorkenvironmentfestival.org.uk/event/how-we-made-it-through/
LOCATION:Friargate Quaker Meeting House\, Friargate Quaker Meeting House\, Friargate\, York\, YO1 9RL\, United Kingdom
CATEGORIES:Getting Creative,Learning,Sustainable Living
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