Sustainability Week offers a range of events, talks, workshops, and activities to engage the University community in sustainability practices.
Taking place in March each year, Sustainability Week is a week in which staff, students, alumni and our local community can take part in sustainability-themed events, talks and workshops. It also provides an opportunity to engage the whole community with the University's ambitious goals outlined in our Sustainability Plan 2021-2030.
“Sustainability is at the core of our University strategy, and is becoming ever more pressing. Our Plan to achieve carbon neutrality by 2030 is under way, so for Sustainability Week this year I encourage you to find out more about what we're doing, and to get involved with the research, educational and social events planned by our students and staff.”
Charlie Jeffrey, Vice-Chancellor
Sustainability Week 2025 took place from 3-7 March. Over 25 free events were organised for staff, students and alumni, with some open to the public. Highlights included the second-ever Anne Lister Sustainability Fair, a multi-sensory nature walk, campus biodiversity tours, Bug Hotel building, a public lecture on "The Psychology of (not) Eating Meat", Fruit Tree planting on Campus East, and a Sewing Repair Workshop.
The week also offered a platform to engage the entire community in the University's ambitious sustainability goals, featuring a lunch time event on the Sustainability Plan and a drop-in session on our Energy Saving Campaign.
Sustainability Week's mission is twofold:
Sustainability Week takes place in March each year. There are several ways that you can engage with Sustainability Week:
Being more sustainable isn’t just for Sustainability Week. Read through our web pages to explore other actions that you can take towards living, working, and studying more sustainably.
Sustainability at York
