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Dec 17, 20191 min read

Merry Christmas and best wishes for 2020!

As we wind up for the Christmas holiday we've had a week of looking back and reflecting on the memories made in 2019. In a year that's...

Dec 1, 20191 min read

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....

Nov 15, 20191 min read

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, 20192 min read

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, 20192 min read

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, 20191 min read

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, 20191 min read

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, 20191 min read

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, 20191 min read

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, 20181 min read

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, 20181 min read

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, 20181 min read

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, 20181 min read

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, 20181 min read

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, 20181 min read

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, 20181 min read

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, 20182 min read

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, 20181 min read

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, 20181 min read

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, 20171 min read

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...