It’s time to prioritise wellbeing over endless growth. Let's embrace systemic solutions to tackle climate and social crises for an alternative future. 💚✨ #LifeOverGrowth #BeyondGrowth #TimeForChange #AlternativeFutures

#53 in our #YorkshireIn100Species series is live on our website today! This time, Phill Robinson, Senior Aquarist at The Deep Phill Robinson introduces us to one of our rare solitary bees, the coastal specialist Sea Aster Mining Bee: neyedc.org.uk/100-species/20… 🐝

northyorkshire-council.com/4BPJ-1LDRW-8AA… February edition of the Climate Change Newsletter from North Yorkshire Council.

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To anyone interested in rivers, rights, re-thinking property & re-imagining water relations, these three seminars––by the excellent Talking Rivers collective–– have just been announced. 👇👇👇👇 talkingrivers.org/we-are-all-in-…

The Yorkshire Naturalists' Union conference is back this March, on the theme of 'The 'Amateur' Naturalist and the Professional Ecologist: Bridging the Gap' in partnership with CIEEM Book your tickets below!

Mapping Marton Wood Chrysalis Arts are delighted to announce that we have secured funding from Arts Council England to support a new creative programme for our Marton Wood Slow Art initiative. From this spring, we’ll be collaborating with a range of partners, artists and communities.

First round of commissioning opportunities for artists in Bradford! Excited to see what projects emerge!#CityofCulture2025 #bradford2025

The @GroundworkKL Residency is now live for applications Culture Declares Emergency

It’s been a busy week! NatureNorth conference highlighting natures contribution to net zero and recovery & now #conferenceofthenorth #COTN24 great to hear @Art4theMasseys sum up the Place and Culture session - should all cultural venues be free for young people in the North?

We're looking for new moth recorders to join us this year! 🦋We're offering an intro into moth recording & ID, a workshop to build your own moth trap & support throughout the moth trapping season. For more info on how to volunteer, please email [email protected]

NEYEDC will be attending Molescroft Wildlife Network's 'Hedgehog Highways' event this Saturday, sharing with the network and the wider community how we can support them in making and utilising biological records 🦔 For more info: molescroftwn.org

There are so many green spaces in our towns and villages that are over-mown or sprayed, but which could instead be boosting biodiversity and bringing nature back into our lives like this corner of Cambridge. RT if you agree 🐝

Fungi: Web of Life, narrated by Björk, is coming to non-IMAX cinemas across the UK via the Demand platform. These scheduling screenings will only go ahead if a minimum number of tickets are sold. Please book & share if you are keen! uk.demand.film/fungi-web-life/

Today is #EarthDay2024. Proud to be doing our bit 😊🌍

Delighted to see the launch of this groundbreaking State of Yorkshire’s Nature report

Action for climate empowerment & children and youth #EcologicalTransition Rise up Movement Vanessa Nakate Tard Foundation

NEYEDC Director Simon, Rob Mackay (Newcastle University) & Rosie Barrett (Chrysalis Arts) ran an Art & Ecology workshop at Marton Wood with primary school pupils last week, helping them to explore the wood sonically & ecologically to make soundscape compositions 🍃🔊 Great work!

The climate crisis is biodiversity in crisis, so let's defend nature in its entirety #JustTransition24 Vanessa Nakate Rise up Movement Tard Foundation

Looking forward to leading a sound walk, listening and composition workshop this weekend with Chrysalis Arts for the Mapping Marton Wood project. Places still available!