Permaculture, the park, and climate justice guided tour
This gardener-led tour will explore Homestead Park through a permaculture lens! Discover the “why?” behind the methods used by the gardening team.
Saturday 3 October – Sunday 1 November 2026
This gardener-led tour will explore Homestead Park through a permaculture lens! Discover the “why?” behind the methods used by the gardening team.
What does a berry mean to you? Come along and find out in a relaxed, thoughtful writing workshop, where you will produce your own poems about plants
Supporting education settings with sustainability.
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!
Explore the hidden environmental cost of the Russo-Ukrainian war, learn more about ecocide, effect on wildlife, and restorative justice
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!
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.
Collaborative exercises inspired by river biology, hydrology & folklore.
A day of action and celebration for Yorkshire rivers.
Join us for an evening of words, music and poetry celebrating rivers as part of a day of action.
Castle Howard's Future Landscapes comes to York Environment Festival exploring flooding, drought and resilience through Hundred Springs.
What’s in the Ouse, and is it is safe to go in or on it? Explore myths, citizen science and the future of York’s rivers in an interactive discussion
Take action against Drax, the UK's biggest carbon emitter, and their plans for a tree burning data centre in Yorkshire. A brighter future is possible.
Guided walk along the York rivers trail to the River Foss, exploring heritage, wildlife and the river's role in a resilient city.
Zoom out and explore earth's systems and understand the 9 planetary boundaries in perspective. Join a 3-hour interactive workshop.
Campaigning for better buses, better for people and for the planet
A celebration of mending, a demonstration of the work of York’s Repair Cafes, and the chance to learn some mending skills
Guided walk along the York rivers trail to the River Foss, exploring heritage, wildlife and the river's role in a resilient city.
Join us at a beautiful orchard. Have a go at apple picking and then try your hand on our apple press, to enjoy the freshest juice you’ll ever taste!
