COP28 Debrief Panel with COP28 DU Delegated

Join us on Tuesday 13th February from 8pm-9:30pm to explore the results of COP28! There will be welcome drinks in the Undercroft Bar, Castle from 7pm before the event.

We're privileged to host all 6 distinguished Durham University academics who travelled to Dubai to observe the conference. 

Our expert speakers include, Prof. Chris Stokes, Prof. Laura Marsiliani, Prof. Andrew Russell, Prof. Petra Minnerop, Prof. Oliver Belcher, and Ghulam Mustafa Kamran who all held observer status at COP28. They will each give a brief summary of their conference experience followed by a panel discussion and Q&A session will offer the opportunity to ask them all about COP28 and their thoughts on the conference.

This event is free and open to all, and we encourage active participation and questions from the audience. Refreshments will be provided!

Michaelmas Term can be a rush, and signing up to societies can get out of control so you may have missed us! This is why we’ll be at Refreshers Fair on Wednesday the 24th of January at Dunelm House from 14:30 - 18:00. Come along to here all the exciting things that we have planned for the term.

Join us on the 18th of January at the SU Ballroom for the second instalment of our award-winning Sustainability fair.

With freebies, exclusives and over 20 sustainability socieities attending from across County Durham it is not to be missed.

If you’re interested in being a stall holder (free) email durhamclimate@durham.ac.uk or DM us on social media.

Durham Change Catalyst! 🌟

Monday, Jan 15th, 6- 7 PM

📍 Elvet Riverside ER144

Find out more about social justice campaigns and groups in Durham Uni, create connections with likeminded people and take part in a campaign workshop!

Whether its Climate Justice, Refugee rights, student housing or more we want to get together all the movers and shakers in Durham to think about how we can support each other and encourage new students to get involved.

We particularly want to welcome first year students who have not yet been involved in a social justice society or campaign to come along and hear more.

Societies involved so far include: ECO DU, Durham STAR, Int fem Soc, Just Love Durham, DPOCA, Effective Altruism, Amnesty, Tenants Union and more!

There will also be an informal drinks social for anyone who wants to continue conversations.🙌

Join us for an engaging conversation with the acclaimed author and founder of a social enterprise, Mim Skinner, as she discusses her latest book, "Living Together." This insightful discussion will commence at 6:30pm on Monday, November 6th, at Collected Bookstore, located at Unit 44, Riverwalk, Durham, DH1 4SL. Leading the conversation will be Eve, the President of DUCS, although all attendees are encouraged to pose questions to Mim.

Skinner's book delves into the pressing social and environmental challenges brought about by our increasingly scattered lives and the profound advantages of communal living, such as student housing. Through an inspiring journey across the UK's communes, eco-villages, and co-living spaces, she explores more compassionate, interconnected, and sustainable ways of existence, offering timely insights.

Recent statistics reveal that 76% of people believe we've grown more distant from our neighbors in the past two decades. We are now less likely than previous generations to know our neighbors' names, foster cross-generational friendships, or collaborate on resource-sharing and childcare. As mental health concerns intensify, the climate crisis escalates, and societal divisions deepen, Skinner's groundbreaking book probes whether there are superior models for cohabitation.

Skinner embarks on an exploration of communities that have rejected individualism and nuclear family structures in favor of embracing a more collective way of life. Her encounters with those who have dared to envision and adopt alternative ways of existence take her to countercultural hippy communes, the disability-centered L'Arche communities, safe spaces for the queer community, environmental advocacy groups, rehabilitation support networks, and more. Throughout these encounters, she investigates how each of these communities confronts the contemporary social issues of our time and discovers greener, more connected ways to live together.

Tickets are available on the door but we request all purchase one in advance through the link in our bio (you also get 20% off the book if you're a DUCS member). 

Love and learn

Join us for our first quiz of the year on Friday the 20th of October at Kingsgate Bar, located in the Student Union.

Max 6 people in each team, but if you don’t have a team don’t worry there will be lots of lovely people who you can work with.

Lots (and I mean LOTS) of tasty chocolate from the amazing H!P as our prizes.

A Conversation with Durham alumni Peter Kirby and Will Smith. Peter and Will are the founders of Tred, a mobile banking app and card which tracks and offsets carbon emissions. By providing clear data on C02 emissions per purchase, and by offering the chance to offset all personal emissions, they aim to help individuals reduce their emissions drastically. After a crowdfunding drive this year they received over 1,000 investors and currently have 30,000 people on the waiting list for the card.

Riverford Organic Farmers Ltd is an organic farm and UK-wide organic vegetable box delivery company founded by Guy Singh-Watson in 1987. It is a certified B Corp with a net worth of over $100 million.

A talk and Q&A with Marco Duso, a Partner at Boston Consulting Group. Marco has been instrumental in building BCG’s climate and sustainability side and launched the BCG Center for Climate and Sustainability. He advises businesses and governments on climate action and is a former fellow of the World Economic Form, leading on climate action.

We are delighted to be collaborating with Durham Women in Business and SixDegrees Durham for this event.

James Close - Head of Climate, Natwest

Come listen to James talk about the future of sustainable finance.

Come and find us in the Fresher’s Fair at MC to sign up and hear more about our events and projects for the coming year