I'm dreaming of a Green Christmas ♫
It's the 1st of December and Christmas is getting near! We have put together some tips and ideas to make this Christmas a green one....
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- Nov 15, 2019
- 1 min
Castle Douglas Academy Unveil School Woodland Information Board
Castle Douglas Academy John Muir pupils recently unveiled their School Woodland Information Board. As part of achieving the Award, the...
- Jul 26, 2019
- 2 min
Peatland ACTION and The Power of Data!
In January the Peatland ACTION Data Team were kindly invited by the Crichton Carbon Centre to a training event in Dumfries and Galloway....
- Jul 3, 2019
- 2 min
Castle Douglas Primary School – Biosphere Explorers Project Delivery
The end of the Summer term saw the completion of the delivery of the Biosphere Explorers Project to Castle Douglas Primary School P5...
- May 28, 2019
- 1 min
Biosphere Explorers Trip to Threave Estate – May 2019
Taking advantage of the recent excellent weather, Biosphere Explorers took the John Muir Award students from Castle Douglas High School...
- Apr 11, 2019
- 1 min
Biosphere Explorers Trip to Taliesin - March 2019
The sun made a brief appearance just in time for our latest Biosphere Explorers visit to Taliesin Community Woodland south of Castle...
- Apr 3, 2019
- 1 min
Peatland Restoration events across Scotland
The Crichton Carbon Centre, on behalf of Peatland ACTION, will be running a two day peatland restoration training event designed...
- Feb 19, 2019
- 1 min
Trip to Red Kite Feeding Station at Laurieston
On a chilly afternoon in January, some John Muir Award pupils from Dalry Academy visited the Red Kite Feeding Station at Bellymack Farm,...
- Dec 20, 2018
- 1 min
Wishing you a Merry Christmas
It's been a fantastic year for us at the Carbon Centre. We have been busy with new projects, new staff and a new training course that is...
- Dec 13, 2018
- 1 min
Environmental artist
We are working closely with a local Environmental Artist, Kate Foster, on our peatland projects. Kate has created some beautiful pieces...
- Oct 26, 2018
- 1 min
Peatland Restoration event is a great success in Lochgilphead.
Our Peatland Action restoration event in Lochgilphead was a great success! We ran two courses back to back covering both theory and...
- May 16, 2018
- 1 min
May 2018 *** We are Recruiting (again!) ***
We are delighted to have secured funding through the Galloway Glens Landscape Partnership Project and from Holywood Trust for our new...
- Mar 8, 2018
- 1 min
International Women's Day 2018
The Crichton Carbon Centre celebrated International Women's Day 2018 doing what we doing best! We spent the afternoon with Galloway...
- Feb 5, 2018
- 1 min
February 2018 We have made headlines!
Jayne recently did an interview with BBC online discussing the Refill project in D&G. You can read the article and see her brilliant...
- Feb 1, 2018
- 1 min
March 2018 *** We are Recruiting ***
We are looking for a Peatland Project Officer to join the team. Please check out our Jobs page for more information. **Applications now...
- Jan 30, 2018
- 2 min
Three reasons to reduce your plastic water bottle use in 2018
1. It saves you money! We all like to save a bit of money, so we can buy something special, save towards a holiday or just to tighten our...
- Jan 25, 2018
- 1 min
Sustainable: The Podcast - The Crichton Carbon Centre interview about Peatlands and Refill D&G
In December last year Emily and Jayne were interviewed by Tabi from EarthSelf for Sustainable: The Podcast, which was released on the...
- Jan 11, 2018
- 1 min
January 2018 Sustainable Initiatives that Work podcast
Back in December Jayne and Emily recorded a podcast with Earthself who produce "Sustainable: The Podcast". Since its inception in May...
- Dec 20, 2017
- 1 min
New Year and New Projects…
It’s been a busy end to 2017 at the Crichton Carbon Centre and the future looks to be even busier! Our Refill D&G project, aiming to...
- Dec 16, 2017
- 1 min
Do you remember when water wasn't sold in plastic bottles?
I remember getting water at the drinking fountain, it was fun, free and they were everywhere! In fact i'm sure people used to gather at...
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