Our year with sanctuary seekers at the community allotment
As the harvest season draws to a close, it is a good time of year to offer an update on how 2024 has been on The Haxby Road Community allotment…
What does an intern at the ISJ get up to?
Maisie Wilson shares stories and insights from their time as an Intern at the ISJ 2023-2024. From creating the first student-led podcasts and behind-the-scenes editing work from across the social…
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…
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…
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…
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…
Doing Change: Education for Social Justice celebration
Doing Change is a celebration of York St John University’s commitment to education for social justice and the platform for the annual Archbishop of York Lecture in Social Justice. This…