Friendly Living Fund: Greening the Groves
In this post Martha Cattell (Living Lab Research Assistant) caught up with Tracy from The Groves Association who received funding alongside YSJ student Rae for a project entitled ‘Greening the…
“Co-production has taught me never to underestimate any form of knowledge”
This blogpost by Dr Olalekan Adekola is part of the ISJ series on co-production. Different post-graduate researchers and academics affiliated to the ISJ share their thoughts about doing co-production as part of their research.…
Friendly Living Fund: WinterKind, Warm Clothing Collection and Distribution
In this post Martha Cattell (Living Lab Research Assistant) caught up with Ruke Ejegreh who received funding along with other students from the London Campus who are part of Encantus…
Weathering the Change: Building Climate Resilience at York St John University
Martha Cattell, the Living Lab’s new Research Assistant, explores just why the current Living Lab focuses on climate resilience, how climate change is already affecting our campus, and how staff…
Writing Resilience – A Creative Writing Anthology on Resilience In A Changing Climate
Are you a creative thinker, passionate about action in the climate crisis, or looking to put yourself out there and be a part of an exciting YSJU community project? Why…
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…
Students invited to submit creative food stories for new publication
Building on the Student Cookbook success! The York St John Student Cookbook was created by an editorial team of 21 volunteer students from 6 different degree programmes, sharing recipes and…
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…
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…
The Community Garden: Helping to Build a Greener Campus
Matthew Peyton, ISJ student intern, joined the Living Lab Community Garden volunteers and the University Grounds Team for the first outdoor session! Last week I was invited to take part…