Midwest Radio – Weekly Episode 7 – The Moy Valley Decarbonising Community
This week we speak to Neil Cruise from the Moy Valley Decarbonising Community, this project covers the areas of Knockmore, Foxford, Bohola & Pontoon. We ask Neil about the project’s two strands, the first being a new sustainable green project in Foxford. Neil goes on to explain that sustainable energy is to the fore at […]
Clare FM – Weekly Tips 9 – Hare’s Corner / The Burrenbeo Trust
Tips: * It’s really easy to make space for nature through creation of a mini woodland, a mini orchard or a pond on your land * If you have an area of your farm that’s wild and you don’t use, this can be developed as your Hare’s Corner. * If you don’t […]
Clare FM – Weekly Episode 9 – Hare’s Corner / The Burrenbeo Trust
The Burrenbeo Trust is a charity established in 2008 to create greater appreciation for the Burren landscape. However, through need and demand it has evolved to widen that remit to landscapes beyond the Burren. One of the trust’s most successful projects has been the Hare’s Corner an initiative that helps landowners make more space for […]
Clare FM – Weekly Tips 8 – Ennis Tidy Towns
* Tidy Towns Committees can expand their traditional role of litter-picking and keeping their areas well kept. They can also do their bit for biodiversity without much effort. * Devise and design a Biodiversity Toolkit for your members * Local groups may be interested in supporting your project. Ask local clubs and groups […]
Clare FM – Weekly Episode 8 – Ennis Tidy Towns
Ennis Tidy Towns Committee is one of the most recognised and progressive in the country. The group was established over 30 years ago in an effort to galvanise the community to work together to ensure Ennis was not only a great place to live but to work in and visit also. While the role of […]
Clare FM – Weekly Tips 7 – The Shannon Wetlands
* Many hands make like work…. The community is key to the success of this project. Local groups work very well together on this project. Get as many local groups involved in your project. * Be sure to seek funding from as many sources as possible to help progress your project. Seek advice […]
Clare FM – Weekly Episode 7 – The Shannon Wetlands
Listen back to this weeks episode as Clare FM visits the Shannon Town Community Wetlands, a community initiative undertaken by members of Dúchas na Sionna, Shannon Tidy Towns and Shannon Men’s Shed as well as other interested groups and individuals. A committee to manage the project was set up in 2016 while works at the site […]
C103 – Weekly Tips 9 – Sustainable Weddings in Ireland
This week C103FM talked with Wedding Caterer Orla McAndrew and owner of Bella Bleu Vintage Lucy Ryan Did you know? The average wedding produces 400 lbs of rubbish and 63 tons of CO2, with an estimated 2.5 million weddings per year, that is about 1 billion lbs of trash and as many emissions […]
C103 – Weekly Episode 9 – Sustainable Weddings in Ireland
Listen back to this weeks episode as C103FM talked with Wedding Caterer Orla McAndrew and owner of Bella Bleu Vintage Lucy Ryan about how to have a sustainable wedding. For more in this series, listen in to C103 every Friday at 11.45am
C103 – Weekly Tips 8 – Sustainable Tourism in Cork
This week C103FM talked with Colleen Phillips of Inch Hideaway and Laura Behan of Ballymaloe House Did you know? Tourism is an enormous and widespread industry. It is found all over the world, so its impacts, social, economic, and environmental, are also worldwide. These impacts can be positive, doing good, or negative, doing […]
