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Feeding the Campus 2022-23

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.
Students at York St John campus doing gardening activity

Show some love for your campus with Wild Wednesdays – starting this week!

As Spring approaches, it could be the perfect time to turn your hand to greener things, as Wild Wednesdays start up again on 6 March, from 1pm to 3pm. Community…

March 4, 2024 in Feeding the Campus 2022-23.
Students from York St John University leading on Food Stories project

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…

February 24, 2024 in Ecological Justice, Feeding the Campus 2022-23.
Food Stories display in YSJ Library

My Placement with the Living Lab: Bringing history student skills to the plate!

‘YSJ Food Stories – student culinary culture in the cost-of-living crisis’ builds on the Cookbook. Led by students from across disciplines, the Living Lab will continue to deepen our understanding…

January 24, 2024 in Feeding the Campus 2022-23, Student Intern.
Student introduces proposal to large audience.

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.
Selection of raw veg and fruit on a table

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.
A diagram showing the stages of circular economy design

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.
Poster for the film 'Kiss The Ground'

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.
Red Tower volunteers holding a fundraising cheque

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.

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…

February 23, 2023 in Feeding the Campus 2022-23.

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Sustainable Fashion Zine: Call-Out, Out With The New, In With The Old

Friendly Living Fund: WinterKind, Warm Clothing Collection and Distribution

“Not merely as a methodological choice, but a political and ethical stance on whose knowledge is valued”  

Friendly Living Fund: Compost Project

Building Change Together: A Look Inside a People’s Assembly

Friendly Living Fund: SMART Study Group

Where Is the Space for Quiet ADHD?

“Research led by autistic and other neurodivergent people is the solution”

Meet our new ISJ intern!

“Co-research feels different”

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