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York Environmental Sustainability Institute (YESI)
@yesiuoy.bsky.social
Interdisciplinary research partnerships generating sustainable solutions to global challenges. Newsletter: http://bit.ly/2yVFYz6, YESI 🎬: https://ow.ly/8u2A50Tz00M
🌳 Happy #NationalTreeWeek!

Join us on 2 Dec for "Storytelling as Method for Inclusive + Reciprocal Research Practices".

Creative outdoor storytelling w/shop (11-12) with Lotte Dijkstra, then an indoor hybrid session (12:30-2).

Bring people + place together! buff.ly/vBfDpac
November 25, 2025 at 12:30 PM
🔹 Paid Food Shines Consultancy Placements UK-Based Doctoral + PHD Students!

Work with NGOs + govt to explore real food-system challenges.

✔️ Remote or hybrid, Mar–Sept 2026
✔️ Open to all disciplines
✔️ Must attend Food Shines Conference (19/02/26)
🗓️ Apply by 1 Dec 2025
📘 Full pack: buff.ly/EOIozIA
November 24, 2025 at 12:30 PM
🌱#RetrofitFutures2025 is coming up!

Hear Luke Gooding (SEI York) on how locally rooted One Stop Shops like #YorEnergy can speed up climate action, build trust + make retrofit work for all.

For local authorities, policymakers + practitioners driving York’s 2030 goals.

Sign up: buff.ly/0gORAZX
November 20, 2025 at 12:30 PM
BE@York Seminar: Technology Readiness of Bio-based Construction Materials
📅 Tues 25 Nov 2025, 12–1pm
🎤 Mark Corbett, Biorenewables Development Centre

No booking required. Open to staff + PGRs. 🔗 buff.ly/De5HKcG

Join us to explore the future of sustainable, bio-based materials in construction.
November 20, 2025 at 9:30 AM
🌿 Storytelling as Method for Inclusive + Reciprocal Research Practices – Tues 2 Dec, 11:00–14:00 @york.ac.uk

Join guest speaker Lotte Dijkstra for an outdoor storytelling workshop + hybrid talk on inclusive, place-based research.

Free, open to staff + students. Booking here: 🔗 buff.ly/vBfDpac
November 19, 2025 at 12:30 PM
🎄✨ Join #YESI for a relaxed, drop-in festive get-together.

Mince pies, good company + space to unwind with others passionate about environmental sustainability. 🔗 buff.ly/2a8xXVG

👋 ECR Hour – come share your ideas for future YESI ECR activities.

Festive attire optional but encouraged!
November 18, 2025 at 12:30 PM
🌳 InTREEgue Network Monthly Meeting – University Tree Trail Update

Join us Tues 9 Dec, 11 - 12 pm (online) to review progress on the University of York’s Tree Trail project 🌲

We’ll discuss ideas for tags, categories + ways to bring the trail to life — all welcome!

🎟️ Book here: buff.ly/dII7bF6
November 18, 2025 at 10:01 AM
Last chance to join us for Rethinking Conservation Strategies in Brazil.

📅Tue 18 Nov
📍hybrid
🔗https://buff.ly/Op2Zun5

Dr Carlos Hugo Rocha will explore what the UK National Park model can teach us about sustainable, community-led land management in Brazil’s vulnerable Campos Gerais Ecoregion
November 17, 2025 at 1:53 PM
We didn’t win but we had a fabulous and uplifting night at the #THEAwards and we were honoured to be shortlisted in the Environmental Leadership category.

Congratulations to all the inspiring winners and nominees, you’re all amazing 👏👏👏
November 14, 2025 at 9:41 AM
Super happy to be nominated for #THEAwards Outstanding Environmental Leadership Award🤞🤞🤞 @york.ac.uk
November 13, 2025 at 9:27 PM
Having a fabulous night, 🤞🤞🤞#TheAwards
November 13, 2025 at 8:56 PM
🎮 Play for the Planet 3: Play Harder!

Join us Fri 24 Apr 2026 (York) to explore how games can tackle environmental challenges through play — from tabletop to digital and RPGs.

Call for contributions now open (deadline 10 Jan)!

💡 Talks, workshops, world cafés + more.

🔗 buff.ly/zdrsky9
November 13, 2025 at 12:30 PM
📢 Reminder: Join us Tues 18 Nov, for the next YESI International Fellows Seminar

Rethinking Conservation Strategies in Brazil: Lessons from UK National Parks for the Campos Gerais Ecoregion

📍 ENV/105x, Environment Building (Campus West)
💻 In-person + online

👉 Book your place: buff.ly/Op2Zun5
November 12, 2025 at 9:30 AM
Shape the future of the Tropical Ecosystems Network! 🌴

Join us for an interactive in-person workshop to share ideas, plan future events + help guide the Network’s direction.

📅 Thurs 20 Nov 2025

Open to all, but we encourage existing members to come and help shape what’s next! buff.ly/ARGo1nK
November 11, 2025 at 12:30 PM
Join us for the next InTREEgue Network meeting (Tue 9 Dec, online) as we grow the University Tree Trail 🌳🌲 👣

We’ll review the tree trail content submitted so far and how to organise it + share project + Festival of Ideas application updates, all welcome!

🔗 Register here: buff.ly/dII7bF6
November 11, 2025 at 9:30 AM
🎄Join the YESI Community Christmas Celebration!

A relaxed drop-in for @york.ac.uk staff + students passionate about sustainability.

✨ Drinks, mince pies + festive vibes.
🕐 ECR Hour: chat with Judith, Kelly + Oli about future YESI activities.

Festive wear optional but encouraged!🔗 buff.ly/g1py3sQ
November 10, 2025 at 12:30 PM
How can lessons from UK National Parks help shape conservation in Brazil’s Campos Gerais Ecoregion?

Join Dr Carlos Hugo Rocha on 18 Nov (1–1.50pm) for Rethinking Conservation Strategies in Brazil — exploring locally adapted approaches to sustainable land management.

🔗 buff.ly/6rYgehX
November 6, 2025 at 9:30 AM
Want to stay up to date on all things environmental sustainability at York? 💚

YESI’s weekly newsletter brings together news, funding calls, events, papers + policy updates — all focused on sustainability + interdisciplinary collaboration.

Subscribe + explore the latest edition👇
🔗 buff.ly/cRXadah
November 5, 2025 at 12:30 PM
Ready to Play for the Planet 3: Play harder? 🌍🎲

Join us on 24 April 2026 in York for a day of environmental game design, research + play!

We’re also calling for contributions — share your ideas, questions, or games exploring sustainability through play.

🗓️ Deadline: 10 Jan 2026
🔗 buff.ly/jQ4ChZ0
November 5, 2025 at 9:30 AM
🍽️ Do you research food or food systems?

@tabledebates.bsky.social, @foodpolicycitysg.bsky.social + @wellcometrust.bsky.social, want your input to help shape the future of food systems research.

🕒 Share what you need from funders + your research priorities, take the survey: buff.ly/1iIQgAu
November 4, 2025 at 12:30 PM
Shape the future of the Tropical Ecosystems Network! 🌴🌎

Join us on 20 Nov (2–3.30pm) for an interactive workshop to share ideas, explore collaborations and plan the year ahead.

📍 B/M/052, Biology Building | Free, booking required
Open to all staff & students 🔗 buff.ly/XECVgLe
November 4, 2025 at 9:30 AM
Happening Monday!

Last chance to join YESI for Interdisciplinary Research: Back to Basics — an open discussion on the why, how, and realities of working across disciplines.

📅 Mon 3 Nov | 🕐 1–3pm
📍 University of York
Led by Prof. Des Fitzgerald

🎟 Free, booking still open: buff.ly/2aZG2TX
October 31, 2025 at 2:06 PM
How can lessons from UK National Parks help protect Brazil’s threatened Campos Gerais Ecoregion? 🌿

Join Dr Carlos Hugo Rocha (UEPG) for a seminar exploring how partnership-based conservation models can inspire new, locally grounded strategies for the Atlantic Rainforest.

🔗 buff.ly/6rYgehX
October 30, 2025 at 3:45 PM
Join us for the Environment, Resilience and Justice Workshop — a 90-minute hybrid session exploring how we can advance resilience + justice in the people–environment nexus, — sharing research ideas and pathways to a more just, sustainable world.. 🌱

🔗 buff.ly/bsqU3UB
October 30, 2025 at 10:00 AM
Are cities bad for us, or are we just telling the wrong story about urban life?🌆

Join us for @desfitzgerald.bsky.social’s public lecture, The City of Today is a Dying Thing, exploring the complex relationship between cities, health + the environment.

📆 Mon 3 Nov
📍 @york.ac.uk
🎟 buff.ly/z4D0Jv4
October 29, 2025 at 11:32 AM