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A fun day out for all the family
This Saturday the Crichton Campus will play host to hundreds of visitors as it celebrates our local wildlife and natural environment at the 2015 Dumfries and Galloway Environment Fair.
The event, which is supported by the universities, will take place on Saturday 14 March between 10am and 3.30pm in the Rutherford McCowan Building, the Crichton. The event has been organised by Dumfries and Galloway Council’s Countryside Rangers and students from the University of Glasgow with funding from DG Council.
The Fair is free for everyone and offers a variety of both indoor and outdoor activities from making shelters and charcoal with the Rangers to chatting to Environmental Stewards and even test driving an Eco car. The Fair is also a chance to find out more about recycling, sustainable transport and volunteering as well as learning what you can do to make a difference to your local environment.
Volunteer organiser and Glasgow University student, Henriette Scholz, said: “For visitors, having the Crichton as this year’s venue provides the perfect occasion to have a look around the Dumfries University Campus and find out about higher education. We students will be more than happy to talk about our experience. Visitors will also get the chance to talk to people from across the environmental sector!”
Of further information contact the Environment Fair 2015 Project Team via email or phone (07702 212728) or find them on social media. |
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CPN 2014 presentations now available online
On Tuesday 4 and Wednesday 5 November 2014 the Coastal Partnerships Network Annual Forum, an event for Coastal Partnership Officers, their Board and Steering Group members and the organisations that work in partnership with them, took place in Cumbria.
The conference featured key policy updates and partnership news. An optional half day field trip to Morecambe Bay with the North West Coastal Forum’s biennial coastal conference was also offered.
All presentations from the two day conference can now be viewed and downloaded here.
CPN chair Niall Benson is pleased to announce that "feedback from the event was very positive". Next year’s event will be held on 4/5 November 2015
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Marine Strategy Framework Directive Consultation
The consultation is seeking your views on the UK's proposed programme of measures to maintain or achieve Good Environmental Status (GES) in their seas by 2020.
The programme relates to biological diversity, non-indigenous species, commercially exploited fish and shellfish, food webs, human-induced eutrophication, sea floor integrity, hydrographical conditions, contaminants, contaminants in fish and other seafood, marine litter and introduction of energy (including underwater noise).
The consultation runs until the 24th April 2015 and more information can be found here.
A Scottish consultation event will be held on Thursday 2 April 2015 at the Holiday Inn, 132 Corstorphine Road, Edinburgh, EH12 6UA. Please contact Susan Ewart if you wish to register for this event.
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