Radio Kerry – July Broadcast 1 – Lenamore National School
This week on Ours to Protect we’re visiting Lenamore National School, who are in the process of building a climate action hub on their school grounds, that will revitalise the heart of the community and provide a drop off point for sorting and recycling plastics and textiles. We also spoke to Pauline McDonough from MyWaste.ie, […]
Radio Kerry – June Broadcast 2 – Kenmare Bay Pair trawling
TY students of Pobalscoil Inbhear Scéine in Kenmare have been campaigning for the last two years to highlight the damage caused to fish, seabirds and marine mammals like seals and dolphins by the practice of pair trawling. Their work has earned them two major national awards – last year they won the UNESCO Young Environmentalist […]
Radio Kerry – June Broadcast 1 – Lyrecrompane Community National School
On this week’s episode of Ours to Protect we’ll be speaking to the students of Lyreacrompane Community National School about what their local bog lands mean to them. We’ll also be speaking to Biosphere Officer Brendan Kirwin of The Kerry Biosphere Reserve to see what we can be doing to preserve this unique ecosystem. Special […]
Midwest Radio – June Broadcast – Swifts, Students and Preserving the Coast
In this episode we’ll be discussing the award winning project on Swift Conservation conducted by 3 students from Ballinrobe Community School. Lynda Huxley of Swift Conservation Mayo will share her thoughts on the project and the state of the swift here in County Mayo. We will also be speaking to students from Scoil Náisiúnta Corrchloch […]
Midlands 103 – June Broadcast 2 – Portlaoise Climate Action Alliance
On Ours To Protect this morning, you’ll hear about the ambitious plans by the Portlaoise Climate Alliance. 11-year-old Izabel Faulkner has questions for Karen Moore, Community Climate Action Officer at Laois County Council and Michele Castiaux, who’s a member of Portlaoise Climate Alliance and Green-Schools Travel Officer. For more on climate change – listen in […]
Midlands 103 – June Broadcast 1 – Bees
Coming up on today’s Ours To Protect this morning, we’ll be discussing bees and how you can build a hive in your back garden. Sinead Hubble and student Emily Carroll from St. Mary’s in Edenderry have met with members of the Irish Federation of Bee Keepers to find out the dos and don’ts of beekeeping. […]
LMFM – June Broadcast – Why Recycling is Still Important
“Recycling & Waste Management” We like to think we’ve come a long way since the “reduce, re-use, recycle” campaign of yesteryear – but have we? There are now more ways than ever to deal with our waste, yet it takes constant re-enforcement to keep us on track. So how are we doing? More importantly are […]
KCLR – June Broadcast – Everyday Plastics
In this month’s episode of Ours to Protect we are joined by students from Gaelscoil Osraí, Kilkenny, Bunscoil McAuley Rice, Callan, Co. Kilkenny, St. Brigid’s National School, Bagenalstown, Co. Carlow and School of the Holy Spirit, Kilkenny who bring us into the world of plastics with their questions focusing on the Re-Turn scheme and wanting […]
Highland Radio – July Broadcast – Littering the Coast
Listen back to this weeks episode as Donna Marie chats to local children about the problem of litter and the strange places they have found rubbish! She also meets with Semus McLaughlin, Buncrana Tidy Town Youth Liason Officer and finds out about the work the group does and his own work with schools. Maria Mc Devitt […]
Highland Radio – June Broadcast – Food Waste
Listen back to this episode from Highland Radio as Donna Marie chats to Patsy Toland Founding member of Change makers about the importance of Donegal potatoes, Beibhinn Mullins, Clonmany Food Pantry which is a project that began in 2018 linking with Food Cloud to redistribute surplus supermarket food. Initially, after-school children were key in […]
