Sunshine 106.8FM – Weekly Tips 8 – Sustainable Toy Club
On this week’s show we looked at Ireland’s First Sustainable Toy Club – Clever Tots. Clever Tots Toy Club is an Irish toy rental service, that enables parents to introduce sustainable sourced and developmentally appropriate toys to their young children. Created by husband-and-wife team Jenel and Didier, the concept of introducing a regular ‘toys for […]
Sunshine 106.8FM – Weekly Episode 8 – Sustainable Toy Club
Listen back to this week’s episode from Sunshine 106.8FM as Carol Dooley finds out about a sustainable toy club and chats to Jenel Sanders of Clever Tots about the initiative. For more in this series listen in to Sunshine 106.8FM every Monday at 7pm
Sunshine 106.8FM – Weekly Tips 7 – Sustainable Hotels
How is the Iveagh Garden a Sustainable Hotel? We harness power from the river Swan which flows directly underneath the hotel to generate our heating and cooling systems. The extractor fans in our kitchens are recycled back through the filtration systems to assist with the cooling element of the extractor fans. The entire hotel is […]
Sunshine 106.8FM – Weekly Episode 7 – Sustainable Hotels
Listen back to this episode as Carol Cooley discovers all about sustainable hotel stays and chats with John Pardy, the General Manager of The Ivy Garden Hotel – Europe’s First Sustainable Hotel For more in this series, listen in to Sunshine 106.8FM every Monday at 7pm
Cork’s Red FM – Weekly Tips 8 – The Hive Mind
Did You Know: Bees can travel up to 10 kilometres from a hive in search of food. Queen bees can be hereditary. When a Queen dies, her offspring can be introduced to a hive as the new Queen. The hive at St.John’s College rooftop has up to 70,000 bees. This can increase to 90,000 during […]
Cork’s Red FM – Weekly Episode 8 – The Hive Mind
Listen back to this week’s episode as Elaine Smith chats with Mark Riordan from Hive Mind about his hives in the middle of Cork City Centre. For more in this series, listen in to Cork’s Red FM every Monday at 8.50pm
Cork’s Red FM – Weekly Tips 7 – The Hollyhill Seed Library Cork
Did You Know: Growing your own fruit, veg & flowers at home has a huge list of benefits. It creates new green spaces for wildlife. Pollinators have more habitats to pollinate. It reduces carbon emissions, there’s no need for mechanical farm machinery or transportation of goods. It reduces pesticides & fertilisers. There’s less food […]
Cork’s Red FM – Weekly Episode 7 – The Hollyhill Seed Library Cork
Listen back to this episode as Elaine Smith from Cork’s Red FM chats with Librarian Elizabeth about the seedbank in Hollyhill and how it operates. For more in this series listen in to Cork’s Red FM every Monday at 8.50pm
Classic Hits – Weekly Tips 9 – Organic Gardening
This week Ireland’s Classic Hits Radio is looking at ways we can cut down on the use of harmful pesticides and herbicides in the garden. Did you know…. Pesticides can cause short-term adverse health effects, called acute effects, as well as chronic adverse effects that can occur months or years after exposure. Acute (Immediate) Health […]
Classic Hits – Weekly Episode 9 – Organic Gardening
Listen back to this episode as Traic Ó Braonáin finds out about the damage of using pesticide and herbicide products in the garden and chats to the founder of 100% Organic betterplants.ie Ollie Greene. For more in this series listen in to Classic Hits every Monday at 1.30pm
