Climate cafe tomorrow evening (Wednesday), 15 May, 7.00pm – 8.30pm

Posted on 14/05/2024 by John Gray

Organised together with York Climate Café, this event is free to take part, and everyone is welcome.

Register here https://www.eventbrite.com/e/york-climate-cafe-outdoors-in-the-park-tickets-901945622637 if you’re able to, or just come along. The venue is outside in the beautiful Rowntree Park: meet at the Dovecot outside the cafe at 7pm and bring whatever you need to keep warm. If you can bring your own mug that would be great!

New to the idea of a Climate Café?

Well, have you ever felt you’d like to talk about how you think and feel about the climate crisis but don’t have the chance amongst friends and family? A climate cafe is a safe, facilitated space to share your experience and to draw strength from knowing you’re not alone.

If you love nature, and are concerned about the climate and biodiversity crisis, a Climate Café is a chance to voice those feelings and to talk with others. You won’t be told what to believe or what to do. Someone once said after attending a Climate Café: “Nothing’s changed, but I feel so much better!”

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Final reminder to sign up for Street-re-cycle, Sunday 12 May, midday to 4pm

Posted on 05/05/2024 by John Gray

If you want your address to be on Sunday’s trail: deadline is 6pm today (Thursday 9 May). e-mail info@planetsouthbank.org.uk. Be sure to include in your name, address and postcode – thank you!

New to Street-re-cycle? It’s now in its tenth year! Here’s how it works.

Sort out your stuff – books, clothes, DVDs, shoes, toys, games, small pieces of furniture…

Display your items outside your house the Sunday. There’ll be front yards and gardens full of surprises! Note: This really is a case of the more the merrier, so do talk to your near neighbours about signing up too. We’ve seen over the years that the more there’s a cluster of houses together, it makes the event more fun and you will get more visitors and general footfall resulting in more stuff being shifted.

We’ll publish a list of all the households taking part.

And as people arrive on the Sunday to see what you’re offering, you simply sell it – swap it – give it away.

It’s a great way to meet your neighbours and pass on some items in a fun and friendly way. And passing things on in this way means there’s less need for new stuff to be made in the world.

To sign up: e-mail info@planetsouthbank.org.uk by 6pm, Thursday 9 May. Be sure to include in your name, address and postcode – thank you.

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Upcoming events: our next Street-re-Cycle, the next Climate Cafe, Foraging walks, and “Earth-Hope” – the Ebor lecture next week

Posted on 01/05/2024 by John Gray

Earth-Hope – Ebor Lecture given by Rupert Read, Wednesday 8 May 5pm at York St John and online – see more details and link below.

Planet South Bank’s next Street-re-Cycle will be on Sunday 12 May – more details below and how to sign up.

Next Climate Cafe, evening of Wednesday 15 May; save the date!; venue to be announced.

The next in our series of Foraging Walks, Sunday 26 May, 2pm to 3.30pm – last few tickets available. https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/planet-south-bank-york-cares-foraging-walk-led-by-local-forager-carl-wain-tickets-881970346047

Free hybrid Ebor Lecture: Earth-Hope Wednesday 8 May, 5pm. Not a Planet South Bank event, but we think this lecture will be of keen interest to environmentally-minded people in York.

Summary of the lecture: Through the coming climate chaos we will find common cause in a spiritual orientation to our planetary home (5pm -6pm) – online and in-person at York St John University.

Rupert Read is Co-Director of the Climate Majority Project and Emeritus Professor of Philosophy at the University of East Anglia. He is the author of several books, including “This Civilisation is Finished”, “Parents for a Future”, “Why Climate Breakdown Matters” and “Do you want to know the truth? The surprising rewards of climate honesty.” Link for tickets.

Street-re-Cycle, Sunday 12 May, 12 midday to 4pm. Now in its tenth year!

Your local opportunity to clear out clutter and meet folk in your community too. Be part of a trail of local addresses, for people to come and buy/swap/take away the things you no longer need.

Maybe you’ll start putting things bit by bit over the next few weeks, getting things ready for the day? Or maybe you’ll plan a weekend beforehand for a big clear-out? Either way, it’s a great chance to ‘walk more lightly on the earth’ and to pass your stuff on to a good home.

Register your address to be on the trail – email info@planetsouthbank.org.uk or send us a message through our Contact page

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Climate Science – public talk, online, this Wednesday evening 24th April

Posted on 22/04/2024 by John Gray

A final chance to sign up to Wednesday’s special talk on the climate science predictions for York.

Did you know climate scientists tell stories about possible future pathways? We recently ran a very well-attended in-person talk by climate scientist Dr James King, and we know that a number of people were unable to come along on the night.

And, those who came along found the talk to be engaging, thought-provoking and fun – who knew climate scientists have a sense of humour?!

So we’re handing Dr King the stage again, online this time – join the session and find out for yourself:

Wednesday 24 April, 7.45pm to 9.15pm: Hear Dr King share cutting-edge research on the detail of these climate science stories and their implications for our future. Signup at Eventbrite to receive the Zoom details https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/climate-science-and-storytelling-tickets-882053715407?aff=oddtdtcreator

For more information about our community creative writing project How We Made It Through, see our special page https://planetsouthbank.org.uk/how-we-made-it-through/

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Tomorrow’s Spring Fair at the community garden

Posted on 20/04/2024 by John Gray

Sunday 21 April, 2pm to 4pm, at the community garden beside St Clements Church on Scarcroft Road.

All welcome; and if you’re out and about anyway for Open Studios, why not drop in?

Stalls selling local hand-made gifts, seed-planting, cakes and biscuits, plants for sale, seed-identification game – something for all the family.

Check out our community composting scheme, and try your hand at some weeding or planting.

And there’s a Blossom Festival on Scarcroft Green between 3pm and 4pm tomorrow as well, making a great combination of events to enjoy.

Looking forward to seeing you – the weather looks perfect for it!

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Tickets now available for our next two Foraging Walks

Posted on 16/04/2024 by John Gray

Sundays 28 April and 26 May, 2pm.

Our first foraging walk, led by local foraging expert Carl Wain, was fully booked – all the tickets were snapped up.

So take your chance for these next two walks – whether you missed out first time, or if you were on that first walk and want to learn and see more.

Here are the Eventbrite links, with information about each walk:

Sunday 28 April

Sunday 26 May

We look forward to you joining us!

As the seasons change, so do the plants and those that are available to eat. So having the opportunity to walk through the seasons is a great way to get closer to nature.

Future dates in 2024 are the last Sunday of each month, at 2pm: Sunday 30th June, Sunday 28th July, Sunday 25th August and Sunday 29th September. To receive details of the Eventbrite sign-up for these walks, please sign-up for updates at https://planetsouthbank.org.uk/subscribe-for-updates/

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Upcoming events – climate science, Spring Fair, and news of a climate and environment hustings for the Mayoral elections

Posted on 15/04/2024 by John Gray

Coming up this Sunday, 21 April, Planet South Bank’s wonderful annual Spring Fair – more details here.

Did you know climate scientists tell stories about possible future pathways? We recently ran a very well-attended in-person talk by climate scientist Dr James King, and we know that a number of people were unable to come along on the night.

And, those who came along found the talk to be engaging, thought-provoking and fun (who knew climate scientists have a sense of humour?)

So we’re handing Dr King the stage again, online this time – join the session and find out for yourself:

Wednesday 24 April, 7.45pm to 9.15pm: Hear Dr King share cutting-edge research on the detail of these climate science stories and their implications for our future. Signup at Eventbrite to receive the Zoom details https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/climate-science-and-storytelling-tickets-882053715407?aff=oddtdtcreator

And Planet South Bank has been sent news of a Climate and Nature Hustings for the Mayoral Elections in York and North Yorkshire. The event is coordinated by Friends of the Earth in association with the Regional Youth Climate Assembly, Yorkshire Wildlife Trust, North Yorkshire West Federation Women’s Institute, Yorkshire Dales Rivers Trust and the National Trust.

Monday 22 April, 7pm, online. Details here https://actionnetwork.org/events/york-and-north-yorkshire-climate-nature-hustings

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This year’s Spring Fair, Sunday 21st April

Posted on 10/04/2024 by John Gray

Our popular Spring Fair takes place at the community garden from 2pm to 4pm on Sunday 21st April.

If you’ve not met the community garden before, it’s next to St Clements Church on Scarcroft Road – it’s known as the Nose, to reflect its triangle shape!

There’ll be stalls, children’s activities, and information about the garden and our community composing scheme. You could try your hand weeding or planting – there’s room for hands old and young to have a go.

And if you’re out and about for York Open Studios that Sunday, why not call in for some refreshment along your route?

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Climate Science and Storytelling – Monday 8 April, 7pm, Southlands Church on Bishopthorpe Road

Posted on 05/04/2024 by John Gray

Did you know that climate scientists tell stories to themselves?

Their stories have really cool names. How about “SSP1-2.6”, or “SSP2-4.5”?!

But as you might expect, these stories – which are essentially projections about the future – have a really important purpose.

Each story sets out a different human carbon-pathway in the future, and what that means for the climate – and therefore, what those different stories would means for local communities such as South Bank in York.

Come along and hear climate scientist Dr James King share cutting-edge research on the detail of these climate science stories and their implications for our future.

Southlands Church on Bishopthorpe Road, Monday 8th April, 7pm to 9pm. “Make Another World: Science, stories, and South Bank”.

Dr King is a Climate Scientist and Physical Geographer at the Leverhulme Centre for Climate Change Mitigation at the University of Sheffield.

Please feel free to invite people who you feel may be interested in the topic.

This talk is being to support “How we made it through”, an Planet South Bank project to create stories of hope from the future. For more information see https://planetsouthbank.org.uk/how-we-made-it-through/

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Climate Science and Storytelling – Monday 8 April, 7pm, Southlands Church on Bishopthorpe Road

Posted on 05/04/2024 by John Gray

Did you know that climate scientists tell stories to themselves?

Their stories have really cool names. How about “SSP1-2.6”, or “SSP2-4.5”?!

But as you might expect, these stories – which are essentially projections about the future – have a really important purpose.

Each story sets out a different human carbon-pathway in the future, and what that means for the climate – and therefore, what those different stories would means for local communities such as South Bank in York.

Come along and hear climate scientist Dr James King share cutting-edge research on the detail of these climate science stories and their implications for our future.

Southlands Church on Bishopthorpe Road, Monday 8th April, 7pm to 9pm. “Make Another World: Science, stories, and South Bank”.

Dr King is a Climate Scientist and Physical Geographer at the Leverhulme Centre for Climate Change Mitigation at the University of Sheffield.

Please feel free to invite people who you feel may be interested in the topic.

This talk is being to support “How we made it through”, an Planet South Bank project to create stories of hope from the future. For more information see https://planetsouthbank.org.uk/how-we-made-it-through/

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