Leeds Digital Festival

Monday, 16 April, 2018 - 13:00 to Friday, 27 April, 2018 - 23:00

The North's largest digital festival returns for a two week run, with more events than ever. Check out the wide range of opportunities to learn and get involved in the digital sector in Leeds, including Festival favourites FinTech North and Code in the Dark, as well as events based around data, healthtech, sports tech and startups. 

 

 

Designing Edibles Spaces Leeds

Saturday, 24 March, 2018 - 10:00 to Sunday, 25 March, 2018 - 17:00

Would you like to be:

* Growing your own food but feel you don’t have space or the time?

* Eating more organic food but think it’s too expensive?

 

This course will give you the design skills and knowledge to transform your garden or urban space into an abundant, edible garden, that is full of food, friendly to wildlife, looks good, and needs little maintenance.

 

On Everest - Lone Twin

Thursday, 22 March, 2018 - 19:45 to 21:00

As part of three days of intensive mountain culture Performing Mountains are hosting a restaging of Lone Twin’s debut performance ‘On Everest’.  

Filibuster

Thursday, 22 March, 2018 - 19:30 to 21:00

Part of Leeds Festival of Science.

 

Suitable for ages 14+ (under 16s must be accompanied by a responsible adult).

A show about climate change from comedian and environmental economist Matt Winning, describing how global warming is destroying both the planet and his life. 

See the home of the future being made

Thursday, 22 March, 2018 - 12:00 to 20:00

On Thursday 22nd March between 12pm – 8pm Citu is opening its doors and letting the public into Citu Works to see the Citu Home being made. Visitors will be guided through the process using virtual reality to see how sustainability and design are incorporated
The event takes place in an igloo with free food, drink and music.

High Water, Common Ground: film screening and discussion

Wednesday, 21 March, 2018 - 16:30 to 19:00

High Water Common Ground is a thought-provoking, unreleased 'documentary-meets-toolkit' about natural flood management. The screening will be followed by a discussion on the future of natural capital in Yorkshire, where a changing climate, air pollution and developments such as Leeds FAS2, HS2, South Bank, the Clean Air Zone and the Northern Forest all present major challenges and opportunities.

Wildlines @ The Leeds Library

Thursday, 15 March, 2018 - 19:15 to Saturday, 17 March, 2018 - 21:00

A three-day programme of talks, readings and Q&As curated by writer Richard Smyth and in partnership with the Leeds Library, the Leeds Big Bookend and Leeds Inspired. It will bring some of the UK’s leading writers and thinkers on nature to the Leeds Library, the oldest surviving subscription library of its type in the UK. Writers appearing  include Alex Preston (As Kingfishers Catch Fire) and Rob Cowen (Common Ground)

Renewable Energy and Fuel Poverty Debate

Friday, 9 March, 2018 - 19:00 to 21:00

Can renewable energy... reduce poverty? Provide benefits to the local community? Be affordable? Protect our environment? A panel discussion for the Eco-Church Initiative with speakers: Philip Davies, MP for Shipley; Emma Bridge, Community Energy England; Sam Hall, Bright Blue; Andy Stephenson, Narec Distributed Energy

Circular Economy Mapping Week - Yorkshire

Thursday, 8 February, 2018 - 15:00 to 21:00

This Circular Economy Club (CEC) event will expand your knowledge around circular initiatives taking place in Yorkshire. It is also an opportunity to socialise with other circular economy professionals and brainstorm future projects. Mapping Week Sessions are happening all over the world in February; you can see an introductory video here.