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Argyll Countryside Trust @actinargyll.bsky.social · 1d

Free certified Carbon Literacy training for anyone in Argyll & Bute 🌿
Perfect for Third Sector organisations & community groups looking to boost their climate knowledge and resilience.
📅 18 & 20 Nov | Online
🎓 Includes certification
Book your place: 👉 buff.ly/vhr7D97

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Argyll Countryside Trust @actinargyll.bsky.social · 1d

🌱 Food for Thought is coming to Mull!
📅 Mon 27 Oct, 6–9pm
📍@atandmt.bsky.social

Screening Rooted + group conversation on building a stronger, sustainable local food system, part of a series hosted by ABCAN.

Free but booking essential 👉 buff.ly/7O8dwuU

Supported by The Pebble Trust

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Alliance for Scotland's Rainforest @asrainforest.bsky.social · 2d

Can you help remove invasive rhododendrons from #ScotlandsRainforest? @actinargyll.bsky.social is contracting for rope specialists to help tackle some of the most challenging sites. Is this role for you? buff.ly/iYWJKVp
📷 Caz Austen

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Argyll Countryside Trust @actinargyll.bsky.social · 4d

🍄🌿 Happy #UKFungusDay!

We’re thrilled that Ben Mitchell, part of our West Cowal Rainforest Recording Project, has been shortlisted for the NBN Newcomer Award 2025 🎉

Read more about his story + why recording matters 👉 buff.ly/erV1xsu

#ScotlandsRainforest #NBNawards

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Argyll Countryside Trust @actinargyll.bsky.social · 5d

This #ScotClimateWeek we’re sharing how people across Argyll & Bute are turning ambition into action 🌍

Check out our October ACT newsletter: rainforest restoration, food hubs, community projects + more ➡️ buff.ly/wcNJOqa

Argyll Countryside Trust @actinargyll.bsky.social · 6d

Food plays a huge role in climate action. Through our ABCAN team we are exploring how Argyll & Bute can grow a stronger, fairer and more sustainable local food system 🌱

Find out more about our work and upcoming events: buff.ly/joULz9O

#ScotClimateWeek #FoodSystems

Argyll Countryside Trust @actinargyll.bsky.social · 7d

Great opportunity with our friends at Community Woodlands Association! 🌳

Community Woodlands Association @communitywoods.bsky.social · 8d

Less than a week left to apply for our fabulous p/t Woodland officer post - get your application in now! 😊

Find out more: www.communitywoods.org/newsan.../cw...

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Argyll Countryside Trust @actinargyll.bsky.social · 8d

🌱 12 community projects in Argyll & Bute awarded £11,000 from the ABCAN Climate Action Seed Fund. From food growing to fuel poverty nature, communities are taking climate action.

👉 buff.ly/AYnYkDt

📷 MS Centre Mid Argyll

#ScotClimateWeek #LetsDoNetZero

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Argyll Countryside Trust @actinargyll.bsky.social · 9d

We co-hosted a recent biofluorescence night walk in Glenan Community Woodland 🌌

David at Reveal Nature calls the rainforest at Glenan, a “treasure trove of colour and fluorescent magic” and they’re spot on!

David's full write up 👉 buff.ly/ZZDywUI

📷 Reveal Nature

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Argyll Countryside Trust @actinargyll.bsky.social · 9d

🌱 Climate action starts in our communities. This #ScotClimateWeek we’re celebrating with ABCAN + sharing exciting updates all week. Stay tuned + let’s get climate ready together! ✨ Join here 👉 buff.ly/APASl41
#LetsDoNetZero

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Argyll Countryside Trust @actinargyll.bsky.social · 12d

Huge thanks to Kinga, our Habitat Restoration Trainee, for all her passion and hard work 🌿

From habitat surveys to native tree planting to community events, her blog shares her experiences👉 buff.ly/T6lq5Td

Thanks also to Esmée Fairbairn Foundation for making it possible 💚

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Argyll Countryside Trust @actinargyll.bsky.social · 14d

🌱 Food for Thought – Helensburgh & Lomond

🗓 Sun 2 Nov | 11–3:30
📍 Rhu & Shandon Community Centre
🎬 Film (Rooted)
🗣 Local speakers
💬 Group session
🥗 Free lunch

👥 Hosted by ABCAN | Supported by the Scottish Government

🔗 Free tickets: buff.ly/Ec6nSJD

#FoodForThought #LocalFood #ArgyllAndBute

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Argyll Countryside Trust @actinargyll.bsky.social · 15d

🔍 ACT is looking for rope access specialists to manage Rhododendron ponticum control on steep sites near Tayvallich.

🗓️ Tender deadline: 20th October 2025
💰 Estimated value: £200,000
📍 Location: North Knapdale, Argyll

Full details on Public Contracts Scotland: buff.ly/zo9T4Ym

📷 Ian Dow/ACT

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Argyll Countryside Trust @actinargyll.bsky.social · 19d

Lovely to see our Peatland Gaelic Walk and Talk with Islay Gaelic Centre featured in The Ileach this month! 🌿
The event on Islay was a chance to celebrate peatland biodiversity and learn some Gaelic words along the way.

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Argyll Countryside Trust @actinargyll.bsky.social · 19d

@asrainforest.bsky.social partners joined us in West Cowal this week🌿 We explored Ash & Hazel refugia, saw cattle grazing trials at Kyles of Bute, and shared ideas on tackling Rhododendron at scale. Showers, lichens & an Osprey rounded off an inspiring day in #ScotlandsRainforest!
📷 Ian Dow/ACT

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Argyll Countryside Trust @actinargyll.bsky.social · 22d

🌿 A brilliant visit from the Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh, Benmore team to Kilmory Walled Garden last week. Plant discoveries, glimpses of local wildlife and plenty of fresh ideas for the garden’s future. ✨
📷 Josh Leckie / ACT

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Argyll Countryside Trust @actinargyll.bsky.social · 23d

Kinga led a brilliant session with the Rural Skills class at Islay High School learning about peatlands, their ecosystems, restoration, and how peat and Sphagnum mosses filter water. 🌱
Thanks to Natural Resources Wales for the ‘Peat is neat’ challenge and Esmée Fairbairn Foundation for supporting!

Argyll Countryside Trust @actinargyll.bsky.social · 26d

Yesterday our Argyll and Bute Climate Action Network (ABCAN) team gathered in Kilmory to talk climate action across education, food + community 🌍
Big thanks to Jamie + Cath from @cescotland.bsky.social for a great session on climate hubs + resources 🌱
Join our network here 👉 buff.ly/tdLQwpf

Argyll Countryside Trust @actinargyll.bsky.social · 29d

🌱 Food for Thought: Conversations Across Argyll & Bute, Helensburgh & Lomond

🗓 Sunday 2 November
📍 Rhu & Shandon Community Centre
🎬 Film screening
🗣 Local panel
💬 Group session
🥗 Free local lunch

Hosted by ABCAN and supported by the Scottish Government

🔗 Book : buff.ly/HjsQFDP

Poster for food event with vegetable illustrations and image from the film 'Rooted'

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Argyll Countryside Trust @actinargyll.bsky.social · Sep 6

🌿 Just a few spaces left!
Join Our Rainforest Futures, with Woodland Trust + ACT, for a rainforest restoration day at Dunollie Woods, Oban.

📅 Thurs 11 Sept, 10am–2pm
🥪 Lunch included

Come and be part of this collaborative restoration effort
Register here 👉 buff.ly/VrHfOrq

#ScotlandsRainforest

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Highlands Rewilding @highlandsrewilding.bsky.social · Sep 4

Imagine the future of Tayvallich

For centuries this land has been deforested. But just across the water lies Taynish National Nature Reserve – a living reminder of what once was, and what can return.
Woodland coming back, Wildlife thriving Carbon stored, Communities supported
#Scotlandsrainforest

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Argyll Countryside Trust @actinargyll.bsky.social · Sep 4

🌱 Exploring Local Food Hubs for Argyll & Bute
📅 Mon 8 Sept | 6:30–8pm | Online

Part of the ABCAN events series. Hear insights from Food Lochaber + join the discussion on building stronger local food systems.

✨ A few spaces are still available – grab yours here 👉 buff.ly/1KMdCYm

Argyll Countryside Trust @actinargyll.bsky.social · Sep 3

ACT is a finalist in the Scottish Land and Estates Helping it Happen Awards 2025 🎉 We’re shortlisted for the Iver Salvesen Award for Combatting Climate Change sponsored by Murray Beith Murray 🌍💚 Congrats to all the nominees! Fingers crossed for 1 October 🤞 #HiH2025

Argyll Countryside Trust @actinargyll.bsky.social · Sep 1

🌿 We’re teaming up with the Woodland Trust in Scotland’s rainforest on 11 Sept, 10am–2pm at Dunollie Woods, Oban!
We’ll thin beech regeneration to open the canopy & help more species thrive!
🥪 Lunch included
👉 Register here: buff.ly/VrHfOrq

Argyll Countryside Trust @actinargyll.bsky.social · Aug 28

Earlier this week our Board explored Scotland’s rainforest in Tayvallich under glorious sunshine 🌞 We’re lucky to have this special habitat in Argyll, and we’ve all got a part to play in protecting it. 🌿
📷 Victoria Winters

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