IPCC Report 2023
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Machar’s Observer article – Food Waste
Another grass-roots initiative taking place in the DG8 area to help the local community reduce its carbon footprint and increase its sustainability! Read the article here
Machar’s Observer article – Apple Days and Orchard Months
Read the article here Let’s hear it for Apples! This sums up MAC-CAN’s hopes for September and October becoming Orchard months in the future, for local communities in the area to come together annually to celebrate local apples, and enjoy them! Here is looking forward another abundant apple season for next year and a place …
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Wild Geese of Dumfries & Galloway
Dumfries and Galloway is a wonderful place to see geese as here you can find six of the seven species of geese in the UK. The geese to be found are: Most of these geese are migratory and arrive in September/October, spending the winter here until February/March, before returning to northern climes to breed.Many of …
Machar’s Observer article – Climate Action
Read the article here Please be aware that the website address in the article should be mac-can.org.uk
Growing Food in Waste
Most people who grow food (or garden) want to try and do so in a cost effective and productive way, especially nowadays with the rising costs in pretty much everything! Waste Not, Want Not There is so much potential in much of the waste that humans, and indeed modern society in general now, produces…. and …
Pond Creation
Ponds are permanent or seasonal waterbodies between 1 m2 and 2 hectares in surface area (about 2.5 football pitches). This definition includes: temporary ponds that dry up in warm weather during the summer months any that occur during the year, as well as tiny waterbodies pools and very shallow ponds ‘wader scrapes’ Ponds can be …
MAC-CAN begins
Click here for all the details of this inaugural meeting It is always interesting (and necessary) to know and be able to look back on where, when and how all this began. So, here is a transcript of the report made, capturing the information from the very first gathering which helped to create what we …
MAC-CAN; Biosphere in Action
The Galloway and Southern Ayrshire UNESCO Biosphere is delighted to be part of MAC-CAN. There are many shared values between GSAB and MAC-CAN around sustainability and a focus on local action in the face of the global climate crisis. What is the Climate Crisis? The climate of this planet is changing. It has been for …
Action for Scotland’s Seas
Launched in 2021 The Solway Marine Litter Project has the ambition to have over 200 miles of cleaner coastline in Dumfries and Galloway. MAC-CAN volunteers contributed to this action for climate change and protection of nature by taking part in a huge organised litter pick, here in the Machars. For more information on …