Radio Kerry – Weekly Episode 44 – MTU Innovation
This week on Ours to Protect, Sorcha spoke with some students from MTU Kerry, who won an award for their idea for a sustainable business. She spoke with them about the project and fast fashion.
Radio Kerry – Weekly Tips 43 – Tralee Rowing Club’s Biodiversity Awareness Implementation Project
Did you know?…… The club has been awarded a grant through the Community Foundation Ireland and National Parks and Wildlife service. Education Minister and Kerry TD Norma Foley recently launched the club’s latest project at Tralee Bay Wetlands. This is the second grant awarded to TRC under the CFI Biodiversity Fund. It follows funding for TRC’s […]
Radio Kerry – Weekly Episode 43 – Tralee Rowing Club’s Biodiversity Awareness Implementation Project
This week on Ours to Protect we’ll be taking a look at Tralee Rowing Club’s Biodiversity Awareness Implementation Project. The club has been awarded a grant through the Community Foundation Ireland and National Parks and Wildlife service. Sorcha Burke has more.
KCLR – Weekly Tips 50 – Leave no Trace
2024 ‘Love This Place’ campaign asks the public to enjoy and respect Ireland’s great outdoor spaces Leave No Trace Ireland (LNT) – Ireland’s only outdoor ethics programme, which promotes the responsible use of the outdoors – has in collaboration with partners launched the 2024 ‘Love This Place’ Public Awareness Campaign urging the public to […]
KCLR – Weekly Episode 50 – Leave no Trace
Well after almost a whole year, we’re bringing you the last episode of Ours To Protect this morning – Series producer Ethna Quirke caught up with Maura Kiely from Leave No Trace Ireland to take about their Love this Place campaign, which launched this week.
KCLR – Weekly Episode 49 – The Nature Hero Award 2024
The Nature Hero Award is Ireland’s largest outdoor learning award across the education sector. It is a mark of excellence for a school that recognises exceptional work by young people and teachers to help nature. The aim of the achievement is to create an educational space that nurtures a love of nature, develops a […]
KCLR – Weekly Episode 49 – Carlow Educate Together win Nature Hero Award 2024
Carlow Educate Together have won the 2024 Nature Hero Award. In its largest scheme to date more than 79,000 children from 305 schools across 26 counties took part in supporting local biodiversity. In this week’s Ours to Protect, we’ll hear from teacher Mark O’Brien, students at the school and Nature Minister Malcolm Noonan, who presented […]
KCLR – Weekly Tips 48 – Wind Turbines
How Do Wind Turbines Work? Wind turbines work on a simple principle: instead of using electricity to make wind—like a fan—wind turbines use wind to make electricity. Wind turns the propeller-like blades of a turbine around a rotor, which spins a generator, which creates electricity. Wind is a form of solar energy caused by a combination […]
KCLR – Weekly Episode 48 – Eco Industry
On this week’s Ours to Protect, series producer Ethna Quirke caught up with Pat Brett, Director of Kilkenny based company, EcoPower about his work in the wind energy industry, his passion for the climate and the future direction of his company.
KCLR – Weekly Tips 46 – Kilkenny Biodiversity week
On this week’s Ours to Protect, series producer Ethna Quirke spoke to Bernadette Moloney, Biodiversity Officer with Kilkenny County Council ahead of National Biodiversity Week, which takes place later this month. What is Biodiversity? Biodiversity is all the different kinds of life you’ll find in one area—the variety of animals, plants, fungi, and even microorganisms […]
