Achievements Supporting communities
8th November 2024 / 8th November 2024 by pressdurham
Project Heritage 100 The project’s aim is to deliver 100 walks across County Durham that enable people to re-discover their local heritage. It is funded by the Walk and Talk Trust, a North-East charity dedicated to improving lives by enhancing people’s connection to the countryside. They note that: To help the Trust start the project […]
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Achievements Elections
5th July 2024 / 27th September 2024 by pressdurham
What a night for the Green Party! We now have four Green MPs to represent us at Westminster. This result is an incredible breakthrough for the Green Party and shows how much appetite there is for something different from the status quo. Many North East Green Party activists contributed to this success, both by travelling […]
Petition Sewage
1st June 2024 / 9th October 2024 by pressdurham
Jonathan Elmer reports that “the Browney regularly floods into Holiday Park as this forms part of the natural flood catchment. On the 17th March this year, community volunteers litter picked the park after flood water had receded. We were horrified to discover condoms and sanitary towel applicators as well as raw sewage deposited by the […]
Biodiversity Ecological emergency Opinion piece
7th April 2024 / 9th October 2024 by pressdurham
Durham County Council (DCC) is developing a Local Nature Recovery Strategy; you can find out more HERE. A link to their public questionnaire is HERE. County Durham Green Party welcomes this important initiative. The strategy is a blueprint for the recovery of nature, showing where and how natural habitats can be supported, extended and linked-up. […]
Net Zero
5th March 2024 / 9th October 2024 by pressdurham
The net-zero economy is not just hot air when it comes to creating well paid jobs which protect our future An article in the Northern Echo HERE celebrates the achievements of Hartlepool which can boast the biggest net-zero economy in the North East, also placing it within the top ten districts in the country. The […]
Elections Public engagement
26th February 2024 / 9th October 2024 by pressdurham
All the candidates standing for North East Mayor, including the Green Party’s Andrew Gray, will be answering questions at a debate in St Chad’s College. If you are interested in having your question answered by the candidates, or you just want to hear what they have to say, you can attend by booking online with […]
Biodiversity Climate Ecological emergency Rights of Nature
28th November 2023 / 16th October 2024 by pressdurham
Introduction From the air we breathe, the food we eat, and the water we drink, nature provides the necessities for us to live. Without them, there would be no people, nevermind an economy. For centuries we have used this planet to grow our civilization, but we know that the planet necessarily has limits. We must […]
Pollution Privatisation
2nd November 2023 / 16th October 2024 by pressdurham
The Green Party of County Durham (CDGP) is calling for the return of bus services to public ownership as the long running strike continues, which has seen many residents stranded and suffering hardship. Employees of Go NorthEast are currently on indefinite strike over pay and conditions. The Green Party of County Durham believes public transport […]
Biodiversity Community involvement Ecological emergency Green belt
18th September 2023 / 16th October 2024 by pressdurham
Council Process Formal Declaration of the Ponderosa as a ‘Local Nature Reserve’ Following a request from Cllr Jonathan Elmer, Durham County Council are processing the declaration of the Ponderosa (and all areas bounded in red above) as a Local Nature Reserve. This is a statutory designation made under the National Parks Act, 1949, that will […]
Climate Democracy Extinction Rebellion Local elections
23rd April 2023 / 16th October 2024 by pressdurham
The Green Party has reiterated its call for a rapid transition away from fossil fuels as climate activists gather in London this weekend and said a vote for the Greens in the local elections next month is a vote for climate action. Several high profile Greens will be speaking during the four days of action, […]
Birthday Community involvement Food
11th April 2023 / 16th October 2024 by pressdurham
The environmentally-conscious REfUSE community café in Chester-le-Street is celebrating its 5th birthday this Friday (April 14th) – five years of producing nutritious meals from food that would normally go to waste. To celebrate, the café has commissioned a new window painting by local artist Lisa Malia. County Durham Green Party co-ordinator Fiona Shenton says: “We […]
Climate IPCC Press release
27th March 2023 / 16th October 2024 by pressdurham
County Durham Greens are urging the County Council to accelerate its response to climate change following a devastating report by the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC). The report paints a grim picture of the future if action isn’t taken now by governments to address the rise in greenhouse gas emissions which are warming the […]
Community involvement Cost-of-living crisis
23rd January 2023 / 16th October 2024 by pressdurham
If you are affected, please reach out and ask for help Record inflation and energy prices have added £hundreds onto monthly household bills, and the crisis is set to bite this winter. This may push some residents into serious financial hardship and some may have to choose between staying warm or eating. If this is […]
Achievements Biodiversity Ecological emergency Press release
20th December 2022 / 16th October 2024 by pressdurham
A question to full Council by Green Party county councillor Jonathan Elmer to declare an ecological emergency in County Durham has resulted in an action plan to protect habitats and improve biodiversity. Durham County Council’s Cabinet has approved a report outlining the Council’s response to the declaration of an ecological emergency in April 2022. Commenting […]
COP26 Jobs of the future Press release
8th December 2022 / 16th October 2024 by pressdurham
The Government’s decision to give the go-ahead for a new coal mine in Cumbria has been labelled a disgrace by County Durham Green Party. Commenting on Levelling-Up Secretary Michael Gove’s decision (7 December) to approve the mine, County Durham Green Party co-ordinator Fiona Shenton said; “It’s a disgrace that this decision has been cynically delayed […]
Austerity Cost-of-living crisis
18th November 2022 / 16th October 2024 by pressdurham
Photo by www.traveljunction.com downloaded from https://www.flickr.com/photos/128012202@N05/16608813171 The Green Party has condemned the Chancellor’s austerity Budget after he announced spending cuts of £30 billion which will impact the poorest the hardest. County Durham Green Party co-ordinator Fiona Shenton warned that yesterday’s Autumn Statement has left people paying the price for a decade of Conservative economic mismanagement, […]
Green belt Housing Planning rules Press release
4th November 2022 / 16th October 2024 by pressdurham
Both developers of the Sniperley Park site near Durham City have now formally withdrawn their appeals against the non-determination of their original proposals for the site. The Inspector had refused permission for the developers’ later revisions to be considered within the appeals process, and there was considerable local support for Durham County Council’s resolve to […]
Green belt Housing Planning rules
27th October 2022 / 16th October 2024 by pressdurham
Map (simplified) of proposed Sniperley development – © CC BY-SA OpenStreetMap contributors The two developers of the huge Sniperley Park housing site north of Durham City are taking Durham County Council to appeal for allegedly delaying a decision on their planning applications. County Durham Green Party has been highly critical of the developers’ plans in […]
AGM Durham Green Party
27th July 2022 / 16th October 2024 by pressdurham
Recently retired bioscientist Fiona Shenton has been elected co-ordinator of County Durham Green Party. She will serve for a year and is being supported by former co-ordinators and county councillor Jonathan Elmer. In her letter introducing herself to members she paid tribute to retiring co-ordinator Rupert Friederichsen. “Rupert has done an excellent job in the […]
Achievements Local elections
17th July 2022 / 16th October 2024 by pressdurham
We’ve won an award! County Durham Greens have won the ‘Working Together’ Award in the annual Green Party Regional Awards at its AGM. A panel of judges gave us the award in recognition of our generosity in helping other local Green Party branches, particularly Sunderland, in the run up to May’s local elections. The nomination […]
Community involvement Durham Green Party
27th February 2022 / 16th October 2024 by pressdurham
Are you interested in Green issues? Are you worried about the future for your grand-children? Join us and help “build back better” from your local village/town to further afield. If the video doesn’t show below, either click this link to go to the video on YouTube or allow cookies.
Green belt Planning rules
10th February 2022 / 16th October 2024 by pressdurham
While the UK government is sued over its net-zero strategy plans, County Durham Greens are busy fighting to make County Durham sustainable by objecting strongly to plans for 2,400 homes on green belt land. Opposition to green belt plans Sniperley Park, Bent House Lane (Sherburn Road), and the Aykley Heads housing developments are being built […]
Durham GP members Elections
24th January 2022 / 16th October 2024 by pressdurham
Green Party candidate Rebecca Dixon McWaters will fight the by-election in the Ferryhill division of County Durham. The by-election has been called following the death of Labour Cllr Brian Avery. It will take place on 24th February. Rebecca, who has lived in Ferryhill since 2013, is passionate about representing the division on the County Council […]
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Achievements Durham Green Party End of Year Review
27th December 2021 / 16th October 2024 by pressdurham
Our Co-ordinator Rupert Friederichsen highlights eight positives from 2021 for the County Durham Green party and looks ahead to making 2022 even better. One: We devoted the first quarter of 2021 to intense campaigning. It was heartening to see so many new as well as the familiar faces in our team. Weekend after weekend, we […]
