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Machars and Cree Valley Climate Action Network (MAC-CAN) is a registered Scottish charity whose charitable purpose is to advance climate, biodiversity and environmental protection and/or improvement through positive, local education and practical action.

What's Going On?

Thank you for popping by, do stop a while and fill your boots with 

a glorious mix of folks, ideas, events, information – and more – about 

local climate action here in South-West Scotland!

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Highlights of this month

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Coming up ....

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More Clothes Swaps!

More Crop Swaps!

Autumn Apple Days!

Whithorn Food Festival!

MAC-CAN AGM! 

Investigating the wildlife in Kilsture Forest

KFCG Citizen Science Project – Monitoring Mondays at Kilsture 
– First Monday of the month – 
All welcome! 
Join in for their first group recording sessions!
KFGC will be running a range of different surveys to fill gaps in the information already recorded on the forest and monitor certain sites and species regularly. 
No experience needed – help with how to record with and without the iNaturalist app will be on hand.

Upping the regions fresh produce – do you grow or will be growing sustainably produced fruit and vegetables in Dumfries and Galloway? 

📣📣 If you’re a veg producer or thinking about setting up a market garden in South West Scotland, Abi Mordin wants to hear from you! 📣📣

We’re establishing a group for learning and supporting each other, and we had our first face to face meet up in July, near Auchencairn.
Please get in touch with here directly if producing veg for sale is on your radar.
ab*@pr*******.uk

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QUESTIONS?

Whether you would like to know more, get involved 

or learn how we can connect with and support 

more local projects, please get in touch!