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…
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…
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…
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,…
A Cookbook for Students by Students
This semester, the Living Lab has set out to produce a cookbook that acts as a snapshot of student food cultures in 2023. From Tiktok food trends of cube croissants…
Living Lab: Burns Night
‘But mark the Rustic, haggis-fed, / The trembling earth resounds his tread.’ – ‘An Address to a Haggis’ (1786). With words from the heart and enchanting melodies, Robert Burns’ renowned…
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…
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.…
Sustenance: A Fine Art exhibition as part of the Living Lab
This semester, a group of seven Fine Art students opted to join the Living Lab and make a collaborative response to issues around the food system, together with their lecturer…
Learning Outside the Classroom – and through the Living Lab
The Living Lab gives the core team chances to go visiting other departments and their activities – to give talks about the project, or support teaching. It’s a brilliant chance…