Do you care about the environment but don’t know how you can make a difference? This year’s York Environment Weeks programme is full of ideas for how you can take action, whether that’s by making changes in your day-to-day life, working towards making your business more green, or participating in collective campaigning. By working together and learning from one another, we are able to have much more of an impact. Read on for more details of upcoming events.

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Thursday 3rd October, 10am-12.30pm: Save Energy & Money

Find out how to save energy and money around the home with Age UK York, City of York Council and Older Citizens Advocacy York. Enjoy short talks, info stalls, free LED bulbs for eligible residents and more. 

York Explore Library

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Thursday 3rd October, 7-9pm: Calling female-business owners: “how can we make our businesses more green?”

Hear from local business owners Alice Maynard of The Outside In and Laura Johnson of Dogobees about what they have been doing to make their businesses more green. An opportunity for learning, conversation and connection, hosted by York CliConnect.

Micklegate Social

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Saturday 5th October, 12-2pm: Welcome to YorEnergy: Energy Solutions for Every York Home

Discover how YorEnergy, a new service for York residents, can make your home more energy and cost-efficient. Come along to hear from retrofit experts and community energy champions.

Priory Street Centre

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Sunday 6th October, 10.15-11.30am: York Kidical Mass

Join a fun, family-friendly protest ride to campaign for safer cycling around York. The ride will be around 3 miles and is suitable for all ages. Cargo bikes, decorated bikes, placards (#Room to ride #Safe cycle routes to schools), flags, and speakers encouraged.

Meet at Hungate Library Bellerby Court, Hungate, YO1 7AF

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Sunday 6th October, 4-6pm: Defending our Environment: Protest Rights and the Law Discussion

Have you been thinking about joining a protest? Unsure about how to participate safely? Heard about new laws restricting protests and want to understand what they mean and how they’re being used? Join YorkCliConnect to find out about UK protest law and policing. 

Micklegate Social

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Browse the full YEWs24 programme

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Tell us what you think!
If you’ve attended an event, please send us a few words of feedback. What was good? What did you learn or try out for the first time? What is different for you because of the event you attended? And what might be done better, or more effectively, another time?

info@yorkenvironmentweek.org.uk

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Events beyond YEWs24, that we think might be of interest:

York Bike Belles Autumn Nature Programme, 1st October – 8th December

This programme is free and inclusive for all ages and abilities of York Residents. There’s weekly walks, rides, workshops and supported rides for those with reduced mobility, every week for 10 weeks. 

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Saturday 5th October, 10am-4pm: UK Fungi Day

The Yorkshire Arboretum is joining in with British Mycological Society celebrations for UK Fungi Day with a range of interactive learning and activities in the Tree Health Centre.

The Yorkshire Arboretum

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Saturday 5th October, 2-5pm: Comedy vs Climate Change Workshops

Partnering with the Ryevitalise Landscape Partnership scheme, Comedy vs Climate Change is offering climate comedy workshops for participants aged 18-30.

Theatre@41, Monkgate

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York Environment Weeks is a great opportunity to find out more about environmental issues and learn new skills. This year’s festival includes a range of talks, workshops and panel discussions, on everything from climate justice to how to have better conversations about climate change. Read on to find out what’s coming up in the next couple of weeks.

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Tuesday 24th September, 7-8.30m: Divestment – How to stop our pensions funding climate catastrophe

Join York TUC and York City Unison to hear from trade unionists and campaigners active in the movement to divest our pensions away from fossil fuel companies and those that finance them. 

At West Offices and online

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Thursday 26th September, 7-7.45pm: Global Justice York – Towards a Fossil Fuel Non-Proliferation Treaty

This talk gives an introduction to proposals for a Fossil Fuel Non-Proliferation Treaty that will stop the expansion of coal, oil and gas production, bring about a fair phase-out of fossil fuel production and ensure a just transition away from fossil fuels.

Online

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Thursday 26th September, 7-9pm: No Climate Justice On Occupied Land

This panel meeting hosted by York Palestine Assembly will discuss the intersection between climate justice and the fight for justice for those on occupied land. It will consider the impact of colonisation, the militarisation of society and the weaponisation of natural resources like water.Friends Meeting House, Friargate

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Tuesday 1st October, 7-8.30pm: Beyond Drax: A Real Green Future for Yorkshire and the Humber

Join the Stop Burning Trees Coalition to learn how we can secure a better future for workers and local communities by transitioning away from energy generated by burning trees at Drax.Spark York, Piccadilly

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Friday 4th October, 7-9pm: Friends of the Earth invite you to meet four leading Councillors for a discussion on York’s environment

Friends of the Earth host an environmental panel and Q&A with four local Councillors: Jenny Kent, Michael Pavlovic, Kate Ravilious and Stephen Fenton. Register to submit your questions in advance.

Main Hall, York CVS, Priory Street

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Sunday 6th October, 1-3pm: #talkingclimate: A toolkit for more effective conversations

Do you find it hard to talk to people in your life about climate change? Join YorkCliConnect for a two-hour workshop to build up a practical toolkit, based on Climate Outreach research, to practise talking about climate change with your friends, family and colleagues.

Micklegate Social

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A request to all of you who participate in events– Please send us a few words of feedback. What was good? What did you learn or try out for the first time? What is different for you because of the event you attended? … and of course what might be done better, or more effectively, another time. It can get lonely here as the Volunteer Organising Team and its always useful to hear how this festival is going from the participants point of view.

Events beyond YEWs24, that we think might be of interest:

Friday 27th September, 9am-4pm: Restoring Nature Conference

Designed to help Town and Parish Councils fulfil their increasing obligations to support nature recovery, this conference is open to anyone with an interest in increasing local biodiversity.

Kirby Misperton Village Hall

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Tuesday 1st October, 6.30-8.30pm: Re-imaging the future – a writing workshop for dreamers and writers

A free event run by Mikyla Limpkin, a local author and community educator, this workshop aims to generate and record visions and ideas for a better world. Open to  non-writers and writers of all ages and abilities.

Friargate Quaker Meeting House, Friargate, York, YO1 9RL

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Saturday 5th October, 10am-4pm: UK Fungi Day

The Yorkshire Arboretum is joining in with British Mycological Society celebrations for UK Fungi Day with a range of interactive learning and activities in the Tree Health Centre.

The Yorkshire Arboretum

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Saturday 5th October, 2-5pm: Comedy vs Climate Change Workshops

Partnering with the Ryevitalise Landscape Partnership scheme, Comedy vs Climate Change is offering climate comedy workshops for participants aged 18-30.

Theatre@41, Monkgate

Kidical Mass Bike Ride (Sunday 6th October) looking for marshals

Marshalling is a fun and easy way to help out – no special skills required – just an ability to cycle! We need some faster cyclists to get ahead of the main group but also normal/slow cyclists to ride with the group. We’ll provide a briefing in advance and on the day (marshals needed from approx 9.30 am to 11.30 am, Hungate to Millennium Bridge). If you can help please email your name to yorkcyclecampaign@gmail.com with kidical mass marshal in the subject line.

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Saturday 21st September, 3pm: Green Screen: X Trillion + Panel

A feature documentary following the gruelling journey of eXXpedition’s all-women crew led by Emily Penn as they sail 3,000 miles across the North Pacific Ocean through the densest accumulation of ocean plastic on the planet. Followed by a panel discussion.

City Screen Picturehouse

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Friday 27th September, 9am-4pm: Restoring Nature Conference

Designed to help Town and Parish Councils fulfil their increasing obligations to support nature recovery, this conference is open to anyone with an interest in increasing local biodiversity.

Kirby Misperton Village Hall

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Tuesday 1st October, 6.30-8.30pm: Re-imaging the future – a writing workshop for dreamers and writers

A free event run by Mikyla Limpkin, a local author and community educator, this workshop aims to generate and record visions and ideas for a better world. Open to  non-writers and writers of all ages and abilities. No booking required.

Friargate Quaker Meeting House, Friargate, York, YO1 9RL

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Saturday 5th October, 10am-4pm, UK Fungi Day

The Yorkshire Arboretum is joining in with British Mycological Society celebrations for UK Fungi Day with a range of interactive learning and activities in the Tree Health Centre.

The Yorkshire Arboretum