Get Involved

Litter picking image staff/students/Bill Bryson volunteering

Information for Staff and Students

All information for our staff and students can be accessed through our internal Sharepoint page. If you would like to get involved with Greenspace, visit our Sharepoint to find out more!

Visit our Sharepoint

My Greenspace is an interactive programme available for everyone at Durham. We want as many people to join our Greenspace Movement as possible and reward you for your positive behaviours that improve individual and university-wide sustainability and wellbeing. Download My Greenspace today and become part of our community!

MyGreenspace app banner

We also host a variety of events throughout the year which are open to anyone! More information is available on our internal webpages.

Explore our Living Lab Case Study as an example of Staff and Student Engagement.

Stay in the loop

Follow our updates on social media and join the Greenspace Community!

Join the global citizen science project and help us identify plant, animal and insect species by taking part in the City Nature Challenge 2025 and attending one of our public events.

Friday 25 April

10:00 – 14:00: events at the Great North Museum (Hancock)

13:00-15:00: leaving from Low Burnhall Woodland Trust carpark

Saturday 26 April

11:00 – 13:00: Nuns Moor Park, Fenham, Newcastle upon Tyne

Sunday 27 April

10:00 – 14:00: Saltholme Nature Reserve, Seaton Carew Road, Middlesbrough

10:00 - 14:00: Cresswell Pele Tower, Cresswell, Northumberland

11:00 - 13:00: Durham University Botanic Garden (overflow carpark)

Monday 28 April

10:00 - 14:00 Whitburn Bents, Sunderland