Saturday 31st October (10-4) and Sunday 1st November (12.30-4)
PSB founder member, Cath Mortimer, has worked with friends from PSB and other groups to create an art exhibition related to the once-and-future swamps of South Bank. Comprising photography, drawing and a form of large-scale printing, you are invited to walk through the installation, view a slideshow and handle pieces which address how humans have thrived in and near wetlands, and consider how we may live in watery lands again in the future.
In South Bank tomorrow there’s a trail of households putting stuff outside their doors. Why not head out to see what you can pick up?
There’ll be toys, games, clothes, curios, books, jigsaws, crockery, bikes, odds and ends… it’s a great way to walk around the neighbourhood and to meet new people.
And why not join it up with listening to the jazz down on Bishhopthorpe Road car park, from midday onwards – the finale of the York Jazz Festival.
Now in its 11th year, this Street-re-Cycle has more households taking part than ever before. 46 addresses in total, which are accessed via a QR code.
Printed copies of the trail are in the Bishy Road Sainsbury’s, and by the cherry tree opposite Sainsbury’s, for people to help themselves.
Would you like your address to be on the trail next time? We’ll probably run the next Street-re-Cycle in May next year. If you’re not already signed up to receive our occasional e-mails, please sign up at https://planetsouthbank.org.uk/contact/subscribe-for-updates/ to stay informed.
The next of the regular Climate Listening Circle (organised by York Climate Cafe in alliance with Planet South Bank) will be at Rowntree Park this Tuesday 29 September, 6 to 7pm. Open to everyone; no need to have attended a listening circle before.
Our ever-popular Street-re-Cycle takes place midday to 4pm, this coming Sunday 4 October.
It’s a great chance for households in the South Bank area to have a clear-out, pass things on to new homes, and to meet new people in the neighbourhood.
To sign up your household, please e-mail info@planetsouthbank.org.uk by Thursday 1st October, 5pm
Planet South Bank and Clements Hall have organised a meeting to explore what we can do to address food security locally in the context of a potential emergency and food shortages.
The meeting is on Monday 5 October at Clements Hall (Art Room, upstairs) at 7.30pm. We do hope you are able to attend – please e-mail linda.speidel@clementshall.org.uk if you’re planning to come along.
We should be in a position to report back on a prior meeting with Rachael Maskell MP on this subject too.
We ran an on-street survey on Bishopthorpe Road in August on food security, which had plenty of engagement – see the photo of the ‘dot’ questions below. The survey indicated that people feel York can do more to feed itself; they also wanted more information about what can be done locally – which is why the meeting on 5 October is happening.
If there are any significant local stakeholders connected with food that you think we should be inviting, please let us know.
This is all part of action that has been initiated since our joint screening of the People’s Emergency Briefing film in June. More local screenings are planned, if you’ve not yet seen it or want to see it again with friends or family – details of York screenings are here https://york.earth/peb/
The next Climate Listening Circle is Tuesday 14th July 6-7pm in Rowntree Park. Meet at the dovecote. Book a place (free!) using Eventbrite
A Climate Listening Circle is a quiet, welcoming place to bring your feelings about the climate. We’re all in this together, and it can help to know that your feelings are shared, understood and held in community. Bring a mug if you fancy a cup of tea (or bring your own beverage of choice).
On Sunday 4th October, 12 noon to 4pm, we’ll be running our regular Street-re-Cycle.
Joining in is simple. If you live in South Bank, register your house with Planet South Bankinfo@planetsouthbank.org.uk and put anything that you’d like to recycle at the front of your house. There’ll be a trail of addresses for people to visit through the day. This is a great opportunity to get rid of things that you don’t need, but can’t think what to do with – books, toys, clothes, DIY bits and pieces, etc. You can offer your stuff for free, or sell them.
The more people who sign up, especially if they’re on the same street, the more visitors they get, so talk to your neighbours to get them signed up too – everyone loves a good clear-out!
On Saturday 31st October and Sunday 1st November, there will be an art exhibition at Southlands Methodist Church. Island South Bank and the Good Swamp look at the once-and-future swamps of South Bank; during prehistoric times, we were surrounded by wetlands that we moved through and used for resources (fishing, reed-cutting, etc.), and sea-level rises means that the wetlands will return. Come and walk through the installation, and find out more. NB Timings are different for Saturday (10-4) and Sunday (12.30-4), due to the church service.
More details on both of these events will be posted nearer the time.
Join us for an afternoon of foraging in our local area and discussing best sustainable practices, along paths and open spaces beside the River Ouse.
We are delighted that as well as walk-leader and forager Carl Wain we will also be joined by Alastair Fitter, well-known York ecologist and naturalist and President of the Yorkshire Wildlife Trust. As part of the walk, Alastair will be sharing his own expertise on soils, microbia and nature’s responses to climate change – the things which we don’t see but which are such a critical part of the world we are part of.
The walk will last up to one and a half hours; for those who would like to, we’ll head for tea/coffee in a riverside cafe afterwards.
Meet by 2pm beside the Millennium Bridge, on the Rowntree Park / Bishopthorpe Road side of the river.
Join us for an afternoon of foraging in our local area and discussing best sustainable practices, along paths and open spaces beside the River Ouse.
We are delighted that as well as walk-leader and forager Carl Wain we will also be joined by Alastair Fitter, well-known York ecologist and naturalist and President of the Yorkshire Wildlife Trust. As part of the walk, Alastair will be sharing his own expertise on soils, microbia and nature’s responses to climate change – the things which we don’t see but which are such a critical part of the world we are part of.
The walk will last up to one and a half hours; for those who would like to, we’ll head for tea/coffee in a riverside cafe afterwards.
Meet by 2pm beside the Millennium Bridge, on the Rowntree Park / Bishopthorpe Road side of the river.
Join our ever-popular local foraging walks, in the company of experienced local forager Carl Wain.
Sunday 9 August, 14.00 to 15.30 – full details and free tickets here. We’ll meet just before 14.00 by the river at the Millennium Bridge (Rowntree Park side).
We are delighted to announce that we will also be joined by Alastair Fitter, well-known York ecologist and naturalist and President of the Yorkshire Wildlife Trust. As part of the walk, Alastair will be sharing his own expertise on soils, microbia and nature’s responses to climate change – the things which we don’t see but which are such a critical part of the world we are part of.
These walks are a great opportunity to get to know your area better, meet other local people, and learn about food-for-free in our hedgerows and open spaces.
For those who would like to, we will finish the walk with tea or coffee in a riverside cafe.
It’s difficult to know what people think – and so you can’t know whether your own thoughts, worries or hopes are shared with other people. That can be hard, in troubling times.
At Bishopthorpe Road Street Party last month, we decided to ask a few questions, using the techniques of Common Ground. We made a flip chart, stood at ‘Cherry Tree Corner’ (opposite Sainsbury’s) and asked passersby if they wanted to add a dot to the chart. It was a lovely day for a chat and people were in a festive mood. We had decided to be there for just an hour, but lots of people stopped and talked about what they thought, and where to put their ‘dot’.
It certainly provoked some discussions, and we’re going to do it again sometime!
