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Reaching across the disciplinary lines

Cath Heinemeyer and Ellie Steel report back on the ‘Collab in the Lab’ when Biomedical Sciences students invited those from other departments to find out more about their research on…

April 23, 2025 in Education for Social Justice, Resilience in a Changing Climate, Resilience in a Changing Climate, Student Intern.

The Garden Project: Student innovation, concentrated on ecological, sustainable goals

Living Lab intern Hayden Costello updates the campus community on recent experiments, in collaboration with the Students’ Union, in creating a student-led café – including a takeover of St Crux…

March 12, 2024 in Ecological Justice, Education for Social Justice, Feeding the Campus 2022-23, Student Intern.
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Feeding the Campus: York St John’s First People’s Assembly

AJ Heritage, MRes student in Applied Linguistics and research assistant to the Ecological Justice Research Group, reports on the launch event of this year’s Living Lab – a People’s Assembly…

October 10, 2023 in Ecological Justice, Education for Social Justice, Feeding the Campus 2022-23.
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How Brussels Renewed My Hope in Humanity and its Future

Literature student Michaela Bosman, recently returned from a Pagoda Sustainable Global Experience internship in Brussels funded by the Careers and Student Opportunities Team, reflects on her transformative learning on the…

August 15, 2023 in Ecological Justice, Student Intern.
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Planet Food York: a cafe for all

Living Lab bloggers Lauryn Wilson and Charlie Malbon interviewed Rosie Walker-Lyne, a third year York St John student of English Language and Linguistics who volunteers at Planet Food York. Rosemary…

April 6, 2023 in Ecological Justice, Education for Social Justice, Feeding the Campus 2022-23, Student Intern.
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The Circular Economy at York St John

In this post, student blogger Michaela Bosman (2nd year Literature) investigates the concept of a ‘circular economy’ and some close-to-home examples of how it can be key to transforming the…

March 27, 2023 in Ecological Justice, Education for Social Justice, Feeding the Campus 2022-23, Student Intern.
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Green Week – focus on the Living Lab

This blog post is written by Living Lab: Feeding the Campus student researcher Hayden Costello.  A second year psychology student, Hayden has been engaging with students across the University to…

March 21, 2023 in Ecological Justice, Education for Social Justice, Feeding the Campus 2022-23, Student Intern.
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Red Tower York – helping the community one bite at a time

As interns with the Living Lab, Lauryn Wilson and Charlie Malbon had the opportunity to meet with Mike Calvert (the chairman) and Bill Hill (a CIC director) from Red Tower,…

March 15, 2023 in Ecological Justice, Feeding the Campus 2022-23, Student Intern.

Big Garden Birdwatch: help the Grounds team’s work for wildlife

In this post, Martin Ammann, new gardener in the Estates Management & Development team, invites students and staff to get involved with a citizen science project to help monitor and…

January 23, 2023 in Ecological Justice, Feeding the Campus 2022-23.

Introducing the Living Lab core student team!

The Living Lab is blessed with a truly wonderful team of student interns and student researchers from five different departments of the university. We realised we hadn’t introduced them yet.…

January 10, 2023 in Ecological Justice, Education for Social Justice, Feeding the Campus 2022-23, Uncategorized.

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Woven together: A Workshop of Craft and Climate Conversation.

Reaching across the disciplinary lines

Turning Passion into Progress: Celebrating individuals and partnerships creating meaningful change.

Student micro-grant scheme addresses cost-of-living challenges and climate resilience.

Community Research Grant gathering: Through the eyes of a student intern

Writing Resilience – A Creative Writing Anthology on Resilience In A Changing Climate

Shared knowledge, shared value: exploring meaningful impact with our Community Research Grants

New neurodiversity-positive research informing campuses across the UK

Re-imagining Door 84: Empowering Communities Through Participatory Research

Dr Matthew Green’s journey as the first ISJ affiliated PhD

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