Our Changeprint
Our Changeprint can be measured by our applied research that boosts carbon science and the evidence for restoring carbon ecosystems; policy transfer that shapes local and national perspectives and priorities on nature-based carbon capture and storage; and project work, connecting people and organisations with their peatlands and with each other.
Our story
At the Centre, we focus on keeping carbon where it belongs; on inspiring action; on repairing nature. We have driven change at local and national levels, priding ourselves on strategic, creative, collaborative, and above all, necessary change.
Founded in 2007 and based in Dumfries and Galloway, we began our work by offering the first Carbon Management Masters with Glasgow University. Since then, we've delivered multiple projects around carbon accounting before moving our focus onto sustainable land management and peatlands.
At present, we work on peatland restoration and to influence the training and strategies within that sector. We connect people with their peatlands via science and art with Peatland Connections, and have developed education projects to combat rising eco-anxiety in our young people.
Our programmes extend to advising policy makers and changemakers on carbon science and reducing the damaging impacts to peatlands. We also play a key role in bringing people together, to form consensus and to restore carbon ecosystems.
Our advice
Building confidence to talk about this topic and take action is vital. Climate change and the sustainable development goals are becoming embedded into the Scottish curriculum, but teachers still report low knowledge and confidence in bringing these topics into the classroom.
Doom and gloom narratives can make apathy and eco-anxiety worse - so we must be clear on how to communicate about climate change at home and in the classroom in ways that are empowering.
