Want to win £150 for your college environment project? All colleges have the chance to win this amazing prize in the My Greenspace Varsity Cup!

Join the Greenspace Team for one of our balsam bashes at the Botanic Garden to help control the spread of Himalayan Balsam. All students and staff are welcome.

The Botanic Garden Team have been busy planting 30 metres of low-Weardale native hedge on Hollingside Lane.

Yesterday, the second annual Psychologists for Environmental Action panel took place.

The RSPB's Big Garden Birdwatch is the world’s largest garden wildlife survey. Every year, hundreds of thousands of nature lovers take part, helping to build a picture of how garden birds are faring.

If everyone on Earth lived like people in the UK, we’d need over two and a half planets to regenerate and absorb our waste; a clear signal we need to move toward a circular economy of reuse, repair and longer-lasting items. So how can you make a difference?

Can you spare two minutes to complete a hedgehog sightings survey?

Are you passionate about hedgehog conservation? Would you like to sharpen your species identification skills while contributing to a nationwide citizen science project?

Collingwood College were our summer term winners. Which college or department will be victorious in Michaelmas?

Thank you to Prof Stephen Willis and Kieran Lawrence, Department of Bioscience at Durham University, for this great image. This stunning woodcock, a forest-nesting, nocturnal wader, turned up outside of Biosciences earlier in the week.

The countdown is on - Winter Wheelers starts on 1 December and you’re invited to take part! Whether you ride every day or haven’t been on a bike in years, this free, fun challenge is for everyone - individuals, workplaces, schools and community groups.

Following the team’s submission of three applications this year, Durham University was shortlisted in two categories for the 2025 Green Gown Awards.