Cork’s Red FM – Weekly Tips 12 – Food Cloud Part 1

Did You Know: Food production & waste is the 2nd biggest contributor to climate change. 40% of food is wasted globally. Huge amounts of food waste comes from the dairy industry as it’s one of our largest industries. France has become the first country in the world to ban supermarkets from wasting food & enforces […]

Cork’s Red FM – Weekly Episode 12 – Food Cloud Part 1

Listen back to this weeks episode with Elaine Smith as she chats with Emer Delahunty, Community Developer with Food Cloud about how food production & waste is the 2nd biggest contributor to climate change. For more in this series listen in to Cork’s Red FM every Monday at 8.50pm every week.

Cork’s Red FM – Weekly Tips 11 – Avoiding Food Waste

  Did You Know: The average Irish household can save €700 a year by saving food. In the food industry roughly 70% of buffet food is wasted. Irish food producers deal in surplus produce. Orla McAndrew works with food producers to buy their surplus food & uses it in her business for catering. She will […]

Cork’s Red FM – Weekly Episode 11 – Avoiding Food Waste

Listen back as Elaine Smith from Cork’s Red FM chats with Orla McAndrew, a Bespoke Wedding & Event Catering professional about how to avoid waste at home and at your family occasions.  For more in this series listen in to Cork’s Red FM every Monday at 8.50pm.

Cork’s Red FM – Weekly Tips 10 – Fair Seas Ireland Part 2

  Did You Know: Marine biodiversity sequesters CO2 from the atmosphere, stores it for generations if left undisturbed.  Phytoplankton, sea grass & salt marsh are primary producers for storing Co2 & are allies to the fight against climate change.  Seagrass captures Co2 up to 35 times faster than a tropical rainforest. Accounting for up to […]

Cork’s Red FM – Weekly Episode 9 – Fair Seas Part 1

Did You Know: Marine Protected Areas (MPAs) Are Designated Areas That Are Set Aside For Conservation. Marine Protected Areas Preserve & Protect Marine Life & Their Habitats Within Them. Just 9% of the Irish Sea is protected. Fair Seas Ireland are on a mission to pinpoint areas of importance for protection. By 2030, Ireland aims […]

Cork’s Red FM – Weekly Episode 9 – Fair Seas Part 1

Listen back to this week’s episode as Elaine Smith chats with Dr Donal Griffin who is the Marine Policy Officer at Fair Seas Ireland and hear their discussion on what makes up a Marine Protected Area.  For more in this series listen in to Cork’s Red FM every Monday at 8.50pm

Classic Hits – Weekly Tips 16 – The re-emergence of Cloth Nappies – Pt. 2

  This week Ireland’s Classic Hits Radio met with Kate Doyle, who is chair of Cloth Nappy Library Ireland, and also the founder of The Nappy Market, to discuss the resources available to those who would like to switch to cloth nappies. What resources are available? Cloth Nappy Library is a non-profit organisation run by […]