York Sustainability Network
The York Sustainability Network brings together alumni, staff and students who are passionate about overcoming the challenges facing our planet and creates a forum to share new ideas and solutions to create a more sustainable world.
Join our wellbeing action days!
Being out in nature is known to improve our wellbeing as well as having a positive impact on our local environment. With this in mind, the Alumni Sustainability Network is working on a series of wellbeing action days to take place throughout the year. Get your hands dirty and make a positive impact on our environment and your wellbeing. Good for you, good for the planet!
At our last action day the Alumni Sustainability Network took part in City Nature Challenge, a 4-day worldwide bioblitz event, and we collectively made 213 observations of 140 different species during the challenge, which is a great achievement! All the observations made from 26 and 29 April 2024 will be used for research to understand biodiversity of the area.
Our next Alumni Action Day will take place at the beautiful Wheldrake Ings nature reserve on Saturday 8th June, where we'll be helping to improve the sustainability of their wildflower meadows!
News and Events
Alumni Action Day at Wheldrake Ings Nature Reserve
Come and join us on Saturday 8 June 2024 for an afternoon of outdoor activity at the beautiful Wheldrake Ings Nature Reserve.
Watch: Food Production & Consumption Panel Discussion
Watch experts dive into the topic of Sustainable Food Consumption and Production in our latest panel discussion which took place as part of Sustainability Week 2024.
Stockholm Environment Institute News & Events
The Stockholm Environment Institute (SEI) is an independent, international research institute, which has specialised in environment and development research for over thirty years.
Sustainability on LinkedIn Learning
York for Life has partnered with education industry leader LinkedIn Learning to provide University of York alumni with free access to their extensive catalogue of expert-led content, real-world insights and hands-on courses. A wide variety of sustainability-related modules are available for you to upskill or satisfy your curiosity to drive positive change for a more sustainable future.
Join our iNaturalist project!
Join our Alumni Sustainability Network project on iNaturalist, an app that allows users to share photos of their observations of nature and identify them with the help of others. The app is easy to use and you only need your smartphone's camera to record an observation.
By joining our project on iNaturalist, you can connect with fellow alumni who share your passion for sustainability, learn more about local ecosystems, and share your own observations of nature with our global community!
Sustainability Newsletter
Sign up to our Sustainability newsletter to find out about the latest research happening at York and to hear about the sustainability journeys of alumni across the world.
Sustainable York
Sustainability has been an important part of York for many years and is one of the key research themes. The launch of the 2022-30 Sustainability Plan also sees the University committing to becoming carbon neutral by 2030. Find out more about our research and the new sustainability initiatives helping us achieve these goals.
Read the latest sustainability news on the University’s Sustainability Blog.
Get in touch
We are still in the early stages of developing the Sustainability Network and would love to hear from you if you are interested in getting more involved or have any suggestions or ideas for how we can build the network. Contact us at alumni@york.ac.uk