The Climate Resilience Jam: A Participatory Panel Experience

Join Living Lab's panels & activities to spark climate-resilient solutions. Don’t just hear about the future—help us build it! Founded in 2022, the York St John Living Lab is a vibrant network of staff, students and community partners working together to explore ecological justice.

Following our work on food systems and air quality, the Living Lab has spent the past two years exploring Climate Resilience. By bringing together a vibrant mix of artists, scientists, and linguists, we highlight urgent environmental injustices while imagining hopeful, creative solutions for the future.

This event is open to all, and the powerful mix of panellists and project contributors underscores our ambition to create an experience that is hopeful and holistic.

The Living Lab is funded by the Institute for Social Justice.

Order of events

15.00 - Introductions
15.05 - Panel 1 (20 mins) Spaces for making things happen: A collaborative project between interior design students and the Estates team to design a campus-based student climate activism hub.
15.25 - Panel 2 (20mins) Demonstrating democratic decision-making: Investigating the use of People’s Assemblies and creative funding models to empower collective action.
15.45 - BREAK – connect or disconnect (15 mins)
People can either have disconnect or connect (simple on the table activity / reflection / walk to community garden )
16.00 - Panel 3 (20 mins) Sharing stories: Elevating diverse voices and perspectives from global communities.
16.20 - Panel 4 (20 mins) Powerful partnerships: Building bridges between community organisations and student-led research initiatives.
16.40 - (50 mins) Action shaping activity: Bringing together expertise and enthusiasm in the room, through interactive activity to think about the future.
17.30 - ENDS