Climate Action Middlesbrough

🌍✨ As the CAM project comes to a close this month, we’ve been reflecting on the positive impact it’s had, and there’s no better example than our work with Teesside Mind.

Around 12 months ago, we worked with them on their first carbon account and an Environmental Action Plan to support reducing greenhouse gas emissions. Fast forward to today, and their second account shows an incredible 18.27% reduction in emissions! 🎉👏

This is a fantastic achievement by the Teesside Mind team, and we’re so impressed with the progress they’ve made. For us at CAM, it’s also a hugely rewarding moment - proof that the tools, advice, and collaboration we provide really are helping organisations move closer to Net Zero.

💚 Thank you Teesside Mind for your commitment and partnership and congratulations again on this brilliant result. Together, we’re making change happen!

⏳ Seen it yet? Don’t miss your chance!
Our Place in the Family of Things is only at the Dorman Museum until mid-September — and it’s a must-see this summer.

🖌️ Stunning art
🌱 Powerful environmental messages
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Open to all ages
💸 And completely FREE!

This is a chance to see how creative arts can help us explore the challenges of climate change, the beauty of nature, and what it means to be part of a shared ecosystem.

Take your time, bring a friend, and see the world through a new lens. 🌍

📍 Dorman Museum, Middlesbrough
📅 Open all summer — closing mid-September
🎟️ Free entry, no booking needed

🌿 It’s happening THIS WEEKEND!

Come get hands-on, creative, and inspired at our peatlands storytelling workshop — where you can use words, sounds, and art to help shape a story about our Earth 🌍

Still a few tickets left!
🎟 Just £2 to take part
🗓 Saturday 23rd August
🕐 1–2 PM
📍 Dorman Museum

Facilitated by the awesome team at Re:Peat 💬🎨

🎫 Grab your spot here: https://online1.venpos.net/ConsumerSite/Products?LID=936&PID=40ccdab6-4f4e-4ae9-bdd4-e767d5d6071a&LNG=en&EV=5ebe6df3-9437-4a1d-a134-6d75575422da

📣 Calling all photographers 📸

Share your bumblebee snaps with us for a chance to be featured in our 2026 Bumblebee Calendar! 📅

📷 Whether you're a professional photographer or someone who loves to capture bumblebees (when they stay still long enough), we want to see YOUR photos!

🐝 We hope to include a range of UK bumblebees to show off our common garden species and our rarer beauties.

🤩 While we can't guarantee that all submissions will be included, your photo could be featured in our calendar for all to admire.

Please submit your best bumblebee photos on our website by midnight Sunday 25 August: https://www.bumblebeeconservation.org/calendar/

Tag a photographer friend you think might be interested 🏷️

📷 Common carder bumblebee by Petra Kleinmann

🎫 Don’t miss your chance to be part of a creative, collaborative story about our planet 🌍 This is our final eco workshop being run this summer! ☀️

Our peat-focused workshop is filling up fast — explore nature through art, sound, writing, and imagination, and discover why peatlands are more powerful than you think 🌾🧠

🗓 Saturday 23rd August
📍 Dorman Museum
🕐 1–2 PM
💸 Only £2

📲 Tickets here: https://online1.venpos.net/ConsumerSite/ShowPage?LID=936&PID=9808c0b8-b89e-45ef-8fd2-3ad018c094f4

Check out this video from This is Teesside following their Pride Week event at the Student Union. 🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍🌈

We were there to show support and engage the Pride community in the fight against climate change. Thanks for having us! 😊

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It's always nice when the partners can come together and work at one event, and yesterday was no exception. Annemarie from Tees Valley Wildlife Trust and Jodie from Middlesbrough Environment City joined a team from Linx Youth Project to take a group of young people rockpooling. What success we had!

We found:
🦞 Squat lobsters
🦀Edible crabs, porcelain crabs, hermit crabs, and velvet swimming crabs
🦐Shrimp
⭐️Common starfish and brittle starfish
🐚Common whelks, limpets, barnacles, common sea urchins, mussels, and periwinkle snails
🪸A sponge (unidentified)

And don't worry, we put them all back as soon as we had identified them...

Getting young people engaged with wildlife and nature is a great way to inspire climate action by giving them something to protect. It is so important that we make sure we are all connected to nature 👨‍👩‍👧‍👦🌍

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🍃🎨 Just a Few Days to Go! 🎨🍃
Looking for something fun, calming, and creative to do with the kids this week? Our Natural Printmaking Workshop at the Dorman Museum is nearly here — and it’s going to be a leafy, arty delight! 🌿✨

🎨 Hosted by the talented Andrea Wood, this hands-on, nature-inspired session will have you:

🖌️ Painting dreamy watercolour backgrounds
🍂 Printing with real leaves and foliage
🧑‍🎨 Using stencils to create beautiful, layered designs

It’s a perfect way to explore art and nature together — and a lovely, relaxed activity for families of all ages.

📅 When: Friday 16th August
🕚 Time: 11am – 12pm
📍 Where: Dorman Museum, Linthorpe Road, Middlesbrough
🎟️ Tickets still available! https://online1.venpos.net/ConsumerSite/ShowPage?LID=936&PID=9808c0b8-b89e-45ef-8fd2-3ad018c094f4

Spaces are limited, so don’t miss out — let’s get creative with nature this summer! 🌈🍃

And don't forget we have one more workshop to go on the 23rd of August where we will be exploring the world of peat...

A big thanks to the green spaces volunteers who attended our first training session in Middlesbrough!

This machine owned by Middlesbrough Council collects the grass as it cuts, saving us a lot of raking work later on 🌱

Thanks to the work of the volunteers from Friends of Bluebell Beck and Friends of Fairy Dell, we managed to cut and collect all of the wildflower meadow in Fairy Dell Park yesterday - work that would usually take several days to complete 🚜

🌿 Teamwork in action! 🌿
Today, two of our Friends of Blue Bell Beck volunteers got hands-on training with MBC’s impressive Grillo Cut & Collect machine, thanks to The Friends of Fairy Dell Park and the wonderful organisation by Annemarie from Tees Valley Wildlife Trust 💚
Here’s to keeping our green spaces thriving! 🌱✨

Thank you for making a splash during ! 🌊 💙

Your support helps protect our incredible seas and the wildlife that calls them home.

You can keep the momentum going by adding your voice to help stop bottom trawling in English offshore Marine Protected Areas which are supposed to protect seabed habitats.
👉 https://action.wildlifetrusts.org/page/171084/action/1