Council launches blueprint to protect and restore County Durham nature #CountyDurham #Darlington #Stockton

Rightwing narrative fuelling false belief UK public oppose net zero, study finds

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 eastangliabylines.co.uk/lifestyle/co...

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#HouseWithoutBills?#Passivhaus#retrofit#Passivhaus

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...

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/

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 greendurham.org.uk/green-street...

🌱 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...

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...

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 💫

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 greendurham.org.uk/listing-cate...

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

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. 🐦🏠 https://buff.ly/4hVpIBf

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 🗺️ 🐌

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.

Not sure if folk elsewhere have seen this - the urgent closure of the Gateshead Flyover for structural reasons now also means there are no metros crossing the Tyne. Key transport links across the region have been severed. www.chroniclelive.co.uk/news/north-e...

Local news of the day is an early Christmas present for local rail - new services to Newcastle Central Station & Newcastle Manors Railway Line as the Northumberland Line is now officially open! 🚞

Never forget, a 13-year study found that protected bike-lanes led to a drastic decline in fatalities for all road users. ALL ROAD USERS. And painted bike-lanes? No safety improvement at all. For sharrows, it’s actually safer to NOT have them. Via @usa.streetsblog.org @nyc.streetsblog.org

By special request. Could not get the cheap action camera to focus properly, but you get the idea. I don;t expect a knock on the door from Mr Anderson anytime soon

The type of Tram TfNE/Nexus have looked at for their long term aspirations of street running in Newcastle, and between South Shields and Doxford Park in Sunderland #FutureTransport #TfNE #Nexus #Trams #Streetcars

Weirdly I found this out as I was thinking about middle-aged, grey-haired cycling women and wanted to see how old Heidi Alexander was, and then I realised she’s also a geographer. (And she wears a gold helmet!)

Check out our latest @slowwaysuk.bsky.social newsletter mailchi.mp/slowways/sne... ✅ 90% of cities connected by verified #SlowWays walking routes ✨ An online chat with me next week 🦫 Tech team wanted to help improve our website ❤️ Get the Slow Ways pocket atlas as a gift for someone And more!

Not sure Bluesky needs another video of the lovely new Tyne Pedestrian and Cycle Tunnel inclined lifts, but it’s getting one. I wish we hadn’t had to wait so long, but they are good.

So lovely to see this film doing the rounds on my feed. It explores the cycling experiences of two groups of teenage girls, one from Darlington and one from Bremen, reflecting on both cycling and what it is to be a teenage girl. It's well worth and hour of your time. www.youtube.com/watch?v=O-gU...

If you’d like to know how you design buildings that close performance gaps and improve comfort why not come to the Thermal Bypass Workshop I’m delivering next week. www.greenregister.org.uk/events/event...

Good morning 🥶 I’m at Central this morning to take a train to Newcastle…from Newcastle…via Ashington! Feel incredibly lucky to get a preview round trip before services commence next month. I’ll share what I see below and give yas a little teaser!

Good, thoughtful response from the Landworkers Alliance (which, unlike the NFU, actually speaks for farm labourers, tenant farmers, small-scale farmers) to the Labour budget; ELMS; APR. landworkersalliance.org.uk/reflections-...

Green Durham Map of Campaign Groups issueshttps://greendurham.org.uk/listing-category/campaign/

We still need volunteers to help us plant trees on Friday, celebrating National Tree Week. We would LOVE you to join us! Please share this. Details here: living-woods.org.uk/news/join-us...

Reminder that Newcastle City Council is currently consulting on a movement strategy. The deadline for submissions is Fri 29 Nov 2024 so this week is the last chance to have your say in the future of transport in our city. www.spaceforgosforth.com/movement-str...

Thinking of a wintery walk this weekend? Could you use your walking time to contribute to the new national walking network? Just choose a route from www.slowways.org and then review it afterwards to enable other people to follow in your footsteps. 60%+ of Slow Ways have already been reviewed!

The government's latest carbon capture scheme faces legal challenges, as evidence suggests it may not be as beneficial as it seems

Still tickets available for our NE Rewilding Network Gathering happening 5th December sponsored by Rewilding Britain www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/north-east-rewilding-network-gathering-tickets-957250611347?aff=ebdsoporgprofile

This is the field that was to become The Woodland Orchard, when I first walked onto the site in 2005. It looked fantastic, but I didn't know then that the soil wasn't in great shape. It started an incredible, near 20 year journey learning about soil health and regeneration. Follow for updates!

Thanks to National Lottery players, in recent years, we’ve restored water vole populations, inspired people to protect our coastline, begun work on the Great North Fen and helped people make the most of their local greenspaces. #ThanksToYou #NationalLottery30

We're part of the #TransitionNetwork and also run the Transition Durham email list and Facebook group. greendurham.org.uk/networks/