Crichton Carbon Centre

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...

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....

Castle Douglas Academy John Muir pupils recently unveiled their School Woodland Information Board. As part of achieving the Award, the...

In January the Peatland ACTION Data Team were kindly invited by the Crichton Carbon Centre to a training event in Dumfries and Galloway....

The end of the Summer term saw the completion of the delivery of the Biosphere Explorers Project to Castle Douglas Primary School P5...

Taking advantage of the recent excellent weather, Biosphere Explorers took the John Muir Award students from Castle Douglas High School...

The sun made a brief appearance just in time for our latest Biosphere Explorers visit to Taliesin Community Woodland south of Castle...

The Crichton Carbon Centre, on behalf of Peatland ACTION, will be running a two day peatland restoration training event designed...

On a chilly afternoon in January, some John Muir Award pupils from Dalry Academy visited the Red Kite Feeding Station at Bellymack Farm,...

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...

We are working closely with a local Environmental Artist, Kate Foster, on our peatland projects. Kate has created some beautiful pieces...

Our Peatland Action restoration event in Lochgilphead was a great success! We ran two courses back to back covering both theory and...

We are delighted to have secured funding through the Galloway Glens Landscape Partnership Project and from Holywood Trust for our new...

The Crichton Carbon Centre celebrated International Women's Day 2018 doing what we doing best! We spent the afternoon with Galloway...

Jayne recently did an interview with BBC online discussing the Refill project in D&G. You can read the article and see her brilliant...

We are looking for a Peatland Project Officer to join the team. Please check out our Jobs page for more information. **Applications now...

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...

In December last year Emily and Jayne were interviewed by Tabi from EarthSelf for Sustainable: The Podcast, which was released on the...

Back in December Jayne and Emily recorded a podcast with Earthself who produce "Sustainable: The Podcast". Since its inception in May...

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...