York Environment Week is back – with a focus this year on participation and showcasing a variety of responses to climate change and sustainable living.
With the first two editions of the event taking place during the height of the pandemic, much of the action had to take place online via Zoom.
Now in its third year and with more opportunity for in-person events, York Environment Week will take place from Saturday 24 September to Sunday 2 October.
Penny Bainbridge, chair of York Environment Forum and organiser of York Environment Week said: “York Environment Week each year is a celebration of working together, having the power to make a difference for the planet. We are all helping to create a safer and greener future.”
The diverse program of events ranges from the local and personal through to national issues – including how to make our homes cheaper to heat and more comfortable, looking at the natural environment, and exploring how we send a message to central government about local concerns.
We’ve put together a guide to six of the week’s highlights.
To find out more about York Environment Week and to see the full programme of events – visit their website here.
Six highlights for York Environment Week
Tang Hall, Ready, Steady, Cook!
Young chefs will cook quick and yummy dishes using seasonal locally grown food. Recipes, sample tastings, games, competitions, prizes, lucky dip all with an environmental and local theme.
- Tang Hall Community Centre, Fifth Avenue, Tang Hall YO31 OUG
- Sat 24 Sep
- 12-2pm
- Drop in
Street-re-Cycle
Households in South Bank selling or giving away items on the doorstep. Turn up in South Bank from 11am to 3pm to find items needing a new home and to meet local people.
- Planet South Bank area – within Nunnery Lane, Tadcaster Road & the racecourse
- Sun 25 Sep
- 11am – 3pm
- Drop in
#KidicalMass York Cycle Ride
#KidicalMass is a free social ride for cyclists of all ages, to show everyone that we want to cycle and need safe spaces for cycling! The route will be traffic-free cycle paths where possible from York Minster finishing at St Nick’s Autumn Fayre.
- Starts at York Minster, by the tree near the West door, through York, to finish at St Nicholas Fields, Rawdon Ave
- Sun 25 Sep
- 1-3pm
- Book here
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St Nicks Autumn Fayre
Come to a celebration of nature’s harvest: Nature and foraging walks, refreshments from local breweries and distilleries, meadow planting, live music, challenges and games, poetry and nature writing, arts and craft, woodland adventures – and more!
- St Nicks Environment Centre and Nature Reserve, Rawdon Avenue, York YO10 3FW
- Sun 25 Sep
- 1-5pm
- Drop in
Who are Extinction Rebellion?
Extinction Rebellion (XR) is an environmental pressure group with 3 key demands for governments: tell the truth about the climate crisis, act now, and look beyond politics. If you’d like to find out more about the York branch of XR, come along to our talk and Q&A.
- Friends Meeting House, Penn Room, Friargate, York, YO1 9RL
- Tues 27 Sep
- 7pm
- Booking not required
Climate Café
A small gathering of people meeting with facilitators to share their feelings about the climate crisis. It is a confidential, warm, friendly, hospitable occasion – involving cake, hot drinks, maybe a glass of wine or beer.
- Angel On The Green, 2-4, Bishopthorpe Rd, York YO23 1JJ
- Thurs 29 Sep
- 7-8:45pm
- Book here