The Future’s in Our Hands: Reclaiming our rivers

Sat Jun 06 2026 at 04:30 pm to 06:00 pm UTC+01:00

Room LMB/030, Law and Sociology Building | York

York Festival of Ideas
Publisher/HostYork Festival of Ideas
The Future\u2019s in Our Hands: Reclaiming our rivers
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Join experts to decode the chemicals in our waterways and learn actionable steps to restore the health of our rivers.
About this Event

Speaker: Alistair Boxall

Antibiotics, cosmetics, insecticides, and herbicides: our rivers are exposed to thousands of chemicals every day. But the story doesn't have to end there.

Join our panel of experts as they decode the chemical cocktail in our waterways and share actionable steps we can all take to restore the health of our rivers.

Speakers include environmental scientist Alistair Boxall of the University of York, a member of the Defra Hazardous Substances Advisory Committee, who leads NERC-funded ECOMIX project which is exploring chemical pollution in Yorkshire’s rivers.

This event is part of the Festival Focus ‘Reclaiming Our Rivers’. You may also be interested in the exhibition ‘Confluence for Change: Making the invisible visible’ which is taking place throughout the Festival. (Hyperlink to add)

Image credit: William Joshua Templeton

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Room LMB/030, Law and Sociology Building, Campus East, York, United Kingdom

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