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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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GreenDurham.org.uk @greendurham.org.uk · Nov 20
We're part of the #TransitionNetwork and also run the Transition Durham email list and Facebook group. greendurham.org.uk/networks/
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Green Durham administers the following community email networks and social media, sharing news on local green action in our region. List members can send emails to the network and will receive, typica...
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Do you know a Northeast repair café that should be on our Map? Let us know, we can fix that!
January 31, 2026 at 11:00 AM
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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/
Green Durham Repair Café Map
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.
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January 29, 2026 at 8:14 PM
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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/
January 29, 2026 at 8:12 PM
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We're recruiting for a Network Development Manager.

More info and apply here 👉 buff.ly/VZa3cws
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
November 25, 2025 at 5:05 PM
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Look, there is a nice story in the news: Hip-hop group Arrested Development 'saved' by repair cafe www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Hip-hop group Arrested Development 'saved' by repair cafe - BBC News
Volunteers at Falmouth Repair Cafe fix vital equipment just in time for Arrested Development gig.
www.bbc.co.uk
November 20, 2025 at 5:55 PM
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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...
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November 6, 2025 at 8:50 PM
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Ecologist
Northumberland County Council, Morpeth, Northumberland, £39,862 - £44,075 pa
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October 30, 2025 at 9:20 AM
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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...
October 22, 2025 at 11:01 PM
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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...
October 2, 2025 at 7:29 PM
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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...
An icon depicting the Permaculture ethics of Earth care, People care, and Fair share
August 14, 2025 at 8:40 PM
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Join us for July's Green Drinks, where this month's theme is Local Food greendurham.org.uk/event/green-...
Picture shows two glasses of a green drink.
July 24, 2025 at 7:10 PM
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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...
Twelve of England’s regional mayors back plan to create ‘national active travel network’
Exclusive: Unprecedented move to focus initially on helping children to walk, cycle or scoot to school safely
www.theguardian.com
July 2, 2025 at 7:34 AM
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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 💫
July 2, 2025 at 3:38 PM
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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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June 25, 2025 at 10:21 AM
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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-...
Green Drinks June - Volunteering
Green Durham’s own meet-up event based on the greendrinks.org model. The aim is to give people involved with or interested in environmental organisations an opportunity to network and share ideas. ...
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June 1, 2025 at 11:59 AM
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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?...
20. The final episode...
YouTube video by Happy Heat Pump Podcast
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April 22, 2025 at 8:02 AM
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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
April 13, 2025 at 8:49 AM
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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.
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Map of County Durham
April 6, 2025 at 7:20 AM
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Bird nesting season runs from March to September each year. Learn more about nest boxes in this blog. 🐦🏠

https://buff.ly/4hVpIBf
February 16, 2025 at 9:20 AM
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slowwaysuk.bsky.social
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 🗺️ 🐌
January 10, 2025 at 5:19 PM
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Pedestrian and cycle tunnel update for next week.

www.tynepedestrianandcyclisttunnels.co.uk/2024/12/20/o...
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.
December 20, 2024 at 2:59 PM
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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.
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December 20, 2024 at 10:24 AM
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alisonstenning.bsky.social
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...
Gateshead Flyover crisis deepens as Tyne and Wear Metro system cut in half
Tyne and Wear Metro bosses have tonight suspended services between Monument and Gateshead Stadium, after being advised that they should not travel underneath the closed flyover
www.chroniclelive.co.uk
December 20, 2024 at 6:46 AM
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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! 🚞
Transport Secretary opens 'crucial' Northumberland Line railway
Passenger services between Newcastle and Ashington are set to begin this weekend
www.chroniclelive.co.uk
December 12, 2024 at 7:45 PM
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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
Separated Bike Lanes Means Safer Streets, Study Says — Streetsblog USA
Cities that build protected lanes for cyclists end up with safer roads for people on bikes and people in cars and on foot, a new study of 12 large metropolises revealed Wednesday.
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December 10, 2024 at 7:27 AM