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York Environmental Sustainability Institute (YESI)
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Interdisciplinary research partnerships generating sustainable solutions to global challenges. Newsletter: http://bit.ly/2yVFYz6, YESI 🎬: https://ow.ly/8u2A50Tz00M
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We’ll share news, events + opps on research tackling today’s biggest environmental challenges. Expect conversations on:

🌱Food, Water + Waste
🌳Resilient Socio-ecological Systems
🌎Environment + Health

Connect, share ideas + collaborate with like-minded individuals. Let’s build a sustainable future!🚀
Last chance to join us for Rethinking Conservation Strategies in Brazil.

📅Tue 18 Nov
📍hybrid
🔗https://buff.ly/Op2Zun5

Dr Carlos Hugo Rocha will explore what the UK National Park model can teach us about sustainable, community-led land management in Brazil’s vulnerable Campos Gerais Ecoregion
November 17, 2025 at 1:53 PM
💼 #FundingFriday: (Pre-announcement): EPSRC Prosperity Partnerships 2027

This upcoming call will fund ambitious, collaborative research that’s business-led + co-created with academia, driving UK prosperity through innovation, jobs + sustainability.

🔗 buff.ly/v4muL0I
Pre-announcement: EPSRC Prosperity Partnerships 2027
Apply for funding to support ambitious, collaborative research programmes.
www.ukri.org
November 14, 2025 at 12:30 PM
We didn’t win but we had a fabulous and uplifting night at the #THEAwards and we were honoured to be shortlisted in the Environmental Leadership category.

Congratulations to all the inspiring winners and nominees, you’re all amazing 👏👏👏
November 14, 2025 at 9:41 AM
#FundingFriday: AHRC-BBC New Generation Thinkers 2026 scheme gives 5 ECRs the chance to work with BBC producers, appear on air + learn how to bring big ideas to the public.

💡Apply by 28 Jan 2026
📻Open to late PhD–8 yrs post-PhD researchers with a passion for storytelling!
🔗 buff.ly/QQqK7Aj
AHRC and BBC New Generation Thinkers 2026
This scheme offers five early career researchers the opportunity to work with programme makers at BBC Radio 4. They will appear on a number of episodes and shadow the production process to understand…
www.ukri.org
November 14, 2025 at 9:30 AM
Super happy to be nominated for #THEAwards Outstanding Environmental Leadership Award🤞🤞🤞 @york.ac.uk
November 13, 2025 at 9:27 PM
Having a fabulous night, 🤞🤞🤞#TheAwards
November 13, 2025 at 8:56 PM
🎮 Play for the Planet 3: Play Harder!

Join us Fri 24 Apr 2026 (York) to explore how games can tackle environmental challenges through play — from tabletop to digital and RPGs.

Call for contributions now open (deadline 10 Jan)!

💡 Talks, workshops, world cafés + more.

🔗 buff.ly/zdrsky9
November 13, 2025 at 12:30 PM
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November 12, 2025 at 4:38 PM
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Really pleased to see the work of Banki Chunwate's work in Nasawara State #Nigeria now published - great insights on community perceptions of the importance of #ecosystem services from gazetted #forests
@yesiuoy.bsky.social @anthropocenebio.bsky.social
www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
Understanding community perceptions of the importance of ecosystem services from gazetted forests
Understanding how protected areas support forest community livelihoods is crucial for informing forest conservation and reducing land degradation. This paper evaluates ecosystem services perceived ...
www.tandfonline.com
November 12, 2025 at 4:15 PM
🌿 New resource from YESI Knowledge Exchange project & Hey Smile!

Explore our “What do we mean by environmental quality?” infographic — key insights from workshops + interviews across Yorkshire + the Humber 💡

Freely shareable + includes a Padlet for ideas + resources 👇
🔗 buff.ly/JhL8NI6
Environmental quality for nature-based interventions for health | Genially
Want to create interactive content? It’s easy in Genially!
view.genially.com
November 12, 2025 at 1:30 PM
📢 Reminder: Join us Tues 18 Nov, for the next YESI International Fellows Seminar

Rethinking Conservation Strategies in Brazil: Lessons from UK National Parks for the Campos Gerais Ecoregion

📍 ENV/105x, Environment Building (Campus West)
💻 In-person + online

👉 Book your place: buff.ly/Op2Zun5
November 12, 2025 at 9:30 AM
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Urban green spaces have the potential to mitigate some of the negative effects of urbanisation, delivering broad positive impacts to people, biodiversity & the urban ecosystem. LCAB PhD student Rebecca Morris talks about her project investigating these spaces in LMICs

www.york.ac.uk/anthropocene...
Urban green spaces matter most where people and biodiversity are most vulnerable
As tropical low- and middle-income countries share trends in biodiversity loss, climate risk and rapid urbanisation, green spaces can serve as multifunctional oases in otherwise concrete jungles.
www.york.ac.uk
November 11, 2025 at 12:29 PM
Shape the future of the Tropical Ecosystems Network! 🌴

Join us for an interactive in-person workshop to share ideas, plan future events + help guide the Network’s direction.

📅 Thurs 20 Nov 2025

Open to all, but we encourage existing members to come and help shape what’s next! buff.ly/ARGo1nK
November 11, 2025 at 12:30 PM
Join us for the next InTREEgue Network meeting (Tue 9 Dec, online) as we grow the University Tree Trail 🌳🌲 👣

We’ll review the tree trail content submitted so far and how to organise it + share project + Festival of Ideas application updates, all welcome!

🔗 Register here: buff.ly/dII7bF6
November 11, 2025 at 9:30 AM
🎄Join the YESI Community Christmas Celebration!

A relaxed drop-in for @york.ac.uk staff + students passionate about sustainability.

✨ Drinks, mince pies + festive vibes.
🕐 ECR Hour: chat with Judith, Kelly + Oli about future YESI activities.

Festive wear optional but encouraged!🔗 buff.ly/g1py3sQ
November 10, 2025 at 12:30 PM
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Very excited to be working with some excellent partners across Europe and Africa to strengthen our understanding on the importance of Mountains for navigating future climate, biodiversity and sustainability challenges @mtnresearchmri.bsky.social
@yesiuoy.bsky.social
@anthropocenebio.bsky.social
Rob Marchant, Laura Pereira, Unai Pascual, and Thomas Hickler will use their ERC Synergy Grant to understand how nature and societies interact in and beyond mountain socioecological systems ⛰️

@rob-marchant.bsky.social @laurap18.bsky.social @upascual.bsky.social

👉 buff.ly/ZQhLp4h

#ERCSyG
November 10, 2025 at 9:06 AM
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Very exciting @yesiuoy.bsky.social seminar coming up. Prof. Rocha challenges our thinking about land ownership in national parks, and moves toward some possible solutions for Campos Gerais in Brazil!

www.york.ac.uk/yesi/events/...
Rethinking Conservation Strategies in Brazil
Discover how lessons from UK National Parks are inspiring locally adapted strategies to support sustainable land management and biodiversity conservation in Campos Gerais and the Atlantic Rainforest, ...
www.york.ac.uk
November 10, 2025 at 11:34 AM
🎉@erc.europa.eu announces the winners of the 2025 Synergy Grants!

Proud to see @rob-marchant.bsky.social’s AFRI-CAN project, exploring East African mountain social-ecological dynamics, among them.

👉Read more: buff.ly/ZQhLp4h

Rob co-leads our Resilient Socio-ecological Systems theme @york.ac.uk.🌍
Synergy Grants 2025: Examples of projects
How do you solve science’s toughest puzzles? By joining forces. Sixty-six research teams, bringing together 239 scientists, will receive a total of €684 million in European Research Council Synergy…
erc.europa.eu
November 10, 2025 at 9:01 AM
#FundingFriday🌍

Students + ECRs: apply for The Greenhouse – Training for Activists (Spring 2026) in Italy

Build your political ecology skills + connect with green-minded changemakers across Europe🌿

📅 3–8 March 2026
💶 Fee: €75–120 (all other costs covered)
🗓️ Apply by: 18/11/25

👉 buff.ly/7ARjW0O
November 7, 2025 at 12:30 PM
#FundingFriday: @unearthodox.bsky.social’s Exploration Co-Lab 2026: Edges of Possibility is open! 👣

An opportunity to reimage nature–society systems and push the edges of what’s possible 🌍

🔹CHF 10K + shared support pool
🔹Open to students

Apply by: 25/11/25 👉 buff.ly/FsGW9m2
November 7, 2025 at 9:30 AM
How can lessons from UK National Parks help shape conservation in Brazil’s Campos Gerais Ecoregion?

Join Dr Carlos Hugo Rocha on 18 Nov (1–1.50pm) for Rethinking Conservation Strategies in Brazil — exploring locally adapted approaches to sustainable land management.

🔗 buff.ly/6rYgehX
November 6, 2025 at 9:30 AM
Want to stay up to date on all things environmental sustainability at York? 💚

YESI’s weekly newsletter brings together news, funding calls, events, papers + policy updates — all focused on sustainability + interdisciplinary collaboration.

Subscribe + explore the latest edition👇
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November 5, 2025 at 12:30 PM
Ready to Play for the Planet 3: Play harder? 🌍🎲

Join us on 24 April 2026 in York for a day of environmental game design, research + play!

We’re also calling for contributions — share your ideas, questions, or games exploring sustainability through play.

🗓️ Deadline: 10 Jan 2026
🔗 buff.ly/jQ4ChZ0
November 5, 2025 at 9:30 AM
🍽️ Do you research food or food systems?

@tabledebates.bsky.social, @foodpolicycitysg.bsky.social + @wellcometrust.bsky.social, want your input to help shape the future of food systems research.

🕒 Share what you need from funders + your research priorities, take the survey: buff.ly/1iIQgAu
November 4, 2025 at 12:30 PM
Shape the future of the Tropical Ecosystems Network! 🌴🌎

Join us on 20 Nov (2–3.30pm) for an interactive workshop to share ideas, explore collaborations and plan the year ahead.

📍 B/M/052, Biology Building | Free, booking required
Open to all staff & students 🔗 buff.ly/XECVgLe
November 4, 2025 at 9:30 AM