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The people of County Durham & North East region are doing amazing things to reduce the impact on our planet. Green Durham provides free information about these local green businesses, projects and organisations. #LocalFood #TransitionNetwork #Permaculture
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Urban agro-ecology is a local revolution where neighbourhoods plant the seeds of collective action. Ready to get your hands dirty? Search for a "community allotment" near you. By Prof Neli Demireva
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Our map includes Community Gardens, Orchards & Woodlands across Durham and the Northeast. If we have yours listed, please let us know we have the details right. If we're missing any please send us some details and we'll do our best to include it as soon as we can #CommunityGarden #CountyDurham
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Wouldn’t the world be better if there were spaces where people could just come and grow their own food? Or better still just pick what’s there? Good news: such spaces exist- they are called Community Gardens. greendurham.org.uk/community-ga...
📺Loved Guy Martin's #HouseWithoutBills?
Sign up for our weekly FREE 'Lunch & Learn' webinars over the next few months to take a deep dive into #Passivhaus #retrofit.
For homeowners & construction professionals new to #Passivhaus.
https://www.passivhaustrust.org.uk/event_detail.php?eId=1538
In March:
🌷Adding flowers with Hannah Lamb
🌳 Adding agroforestry with @benraskin.bsky.social of @thesoilassociation.bsky.social
☀️ Building resilience with Andy Dibben
💚 Growing inclusion through twinning with Jade Bashford of the Real Farming Trust www.tickettailor.com/events/commu...
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Group of people with a ladder looking at veteran fruit trees in winter in an orchard
Trained form fruit trees in neat lines within grass in Spring
Woman smiling up a ladder pruning a veteran apple tree in winter
We're thrilled to be running our Certificate in Community Orcharding Course (CICO) at #RHS Garden Wisley this Spring.
Save £200 if you book before 14 Feb with our Early Bird prices. We also have a small number of subsidised places: 👉 www.theorchardproject.org.uk/events/cicow...
#CommunityOrchards
Do you know a Northeast repair café that should be on our Map? Let us know, we can fix that!
A Repair Café is a community space you can bring broken household items to and learn how to fix them. Where you’ll find tools, materials and help from skilled volunteers.
greendurham.org.uk/repair-cafe/
You might consider donating if you:
-Use our services to connect with other green-minded folks
-Promote your project through our networks
-Use our services to support your livelihood
-Want to support green action & help grow sustainability in the North East
Durham.greendurham.org.uk/donation/
Graphic reads: We are recruiting for a Network Development Manager Contract: Permanent Location: England: Yorkshire & Midlands / Hybrid. The role involves in-person meetings and site visits. Full time 37.5 hours per week – we are happy to talk flexible working £32596 per annum (pro rata for part time) Closing date: 23:59 07 December 2025
We're recruiting for a Network Development Manager.
More info and apply here 👉 buff.ly/VZa3cws
Look, there is a nice story in the news: Hip-hop group Arrested Development 'saved' by repair cafe www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Green Street Pioneers Newcastle initiative is a programme dedicated to helping businesses become more environmentally sustainable. We’re working with 40 independent businesses in the heart of Newcastle to help them become greener and build a sustainable community
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🌱 Step into Transition Launch Training a free, self-paced course to learn, act, and connect through the heart of the Transition Movement.
8 modules, global community, endless inspiration to turn ideas into action. 🌍
👉 courses.transitionnetwork.org/courses/cour...
Out next Green Drinks is on 16th October with and into talk of "Housing - Staying cool in summer and warm in winter" greendurham.org.uk/listing/durh...
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Northeast England Permaculture Map - Green Durham's map of projects inspired by the ethics and principals of #Permaculture. If you know of a project that should be on the map, please let us know. greendurham.org.uk/listing-cate...
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Join us for July's Green Drinks, where this month's theme is Local Food greendurham.org.uk/event/green-...
Twelve mayoral authorities signed up to a new safer routes to school initiative. Great to see this and hope it is more successful than the last attempt at this in the late 1990s. www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
Do you use a wheelchair or a mobility scooter?
We at #SlowWays have proven a method for finding and sharing the best walking routes.
Would you like something similar for wheelchair and scooter routes?
Take a look 👉 www.crowdfunder.co.uk/p/slowways @slowwaysuk.bsky.social 💫
Who's missing from the map? Does your group provide opportunities to volunteers? Are we missing your community garden? Drop us a message or come along to this week's Green Drinks and tell us all about it.
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Volunteering for an environmental group can help you gain practical skills or be an opportunity to share your knowledge, while connecting with like-minded people.
Our map shows opportunities around County Durham & the North East region
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26 June @ 19:00
Royal County Hotel, Old Elvet, Durham, DH1 3JN
The conservatory area
The theme of our next Green Drinks is volunteering opportunities
Come and tell people about the opportunities to volunteer for your "Green" project, the type of volunteering work you’re looking for or tell us about interesting volunteering tales you have to tell
greendurham.org.uk/event/green-...
BBC bans Evan Davis from informing the public on heat pumps. “As the world has ‘progressed’ in the past few months” the BBC “has become concerned that anything like this - informing people about heat pumps - can be interpreted as treading on areas of pulic controversy” youtu.be/RJPKgngqoX0?...
Volunteering is a great way to donate your time and skills to nature! Our volunteers carry out a huge range of tasks:
🌼 Caring for nature reserves
📋 Office admin
🛒 Gift shop sales
🔍 Species surveying
Learn more 👉 www.durhamwt.com/volunteer
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Green Durham is a not-for-profit Community Interest Company (CIC) which aims to help the people of County Durham and wider Northeast, live a more sustainable life.
greendurham.org.uk
Bird nesting season runs from March to September each year. Learn more about nest boxes in this blog. 🐦🏠
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There is a Slow Way near you!🫵
We believe that all of us should be able to walk safely, reliably and directly to any neighbouring community, so we’re working to make that happen.
Visit our website or download the Slow Ways app to view (and hopefully walk!) a route near you today 🗺️ 🐌
Please note that maintenance work will need to take place on the following dates: • Monday 3rd December — North inclined lift will be out of service from loam to 5pm (please note tunnels remain open and people can still use the vertical lifts). • Tuesday 24th December — South inclined lift will be out of service from 8am to 3pm (please note the tunnels remain open and people can still use the vertical lifts). • The tunnels will be closed to the public from 10pm Monday 23rd December until 2am Tuesday 24th December. Please note there will not be a replacement bus service at this time.
Pedestrian and cycle tunnel update for next week.
www.tynepedestrianandcyclisttunnels.co.uk/2024/12/20/o...
The GreenDurham.org.uk site has had a bit of an upgrade. We're still working through the odd issue, so let us know if you find anything that needs fixing.
