Q102 – Weekly Tips 5 – The importance of our Oceans
This week Dublin’s Q102 spoke to Harriett and Flossie Donnelly, founders of Flossie and the Beach Cleaners, an environmental and marine charity. Did you know… UN Climate Change say that the ocean has long taken the brunt of the impacts of human-made global warming By the end of the 21st century, global sea level is […]
Q102 – Weekly Episode 5 – Flossie and the Beach Cleaners
This week Dublin’s Q102 spoke to Harriett and Flossie Donnelly, founders of Flossie and the Beach Cleaners, an environmental and marine charity. For more in this series listen in to Q102 every Wednesday at 7pm
Radio Kerry – Weekly Tips 6 – Single Use Cups
This week on Ours to Protect we looked at Killarney’s plan to become the first town in Ireland to ban single-use coffee cups. From the 31st of July independent local coffee shops and hotels in the town will only offer takeaway tea and coffee in reusable cups. Did you know?…. At […]
Radio Kerry – Weekly Tips 7 – Upcycling and how to do it
This week on Ours to Protect we looked at the upcycling of clothes and furniture by attending a repair café that was held in Maddens Coffee Shop in Tralee. Upcycling is defined as reusing discarded objects or material in such a way as to create a product of higher quality or value than the […]
Radio Kerry – Weekly Episode 7 – Upcycling in Tralee
This week on Ours to Protect we are looking at the upcycling of clothes and furniture. Sorcha attended a repair café in Maddens Coffee Shop in Tralee to hear more about they are operating within the circular economy. For more in this series listen in to Radio Kerry every Tuesday at 10.45am
Radio Kerry – Weekly Tips 5 – Fast Fashion
This week on Ours to Protect, we looked at Fast Fashion and the impact it has on the environment. Did you know…. Fast Fashion is responsible for 8% to 10% of Greenhouse Gas emissions. It is also the fourth highest resource and water use after food, housing and transport. Approximately 170 thousand […]
Radio Kerry – Weekly Episode 5 – Fast Fashion
Listen in as Radio Kerry continue their new environmental series, Ours to Protect. This week Sorcha looked into Fast Fashion and its wider impact. Fast Fashion can be defined as inexpensive, mass-produced clothing in response to the latest trends and micro-trends. This mass-production can lead to over-consumption, but the synthetic fibres and raw-materials used to […]
KCLR – Weekly Tips 7 – The Climate Change Advisory Council
What is climate change? “Climate change” means a change of climate which is attributed directly or indirectly to human activity that alters the composition of the global atmosphere and which is in addition to natural climate variability observed over comparable time periods. – United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change, Article 1 What are Ireland’s […]
KCLR – Weekly Episode 7 – Where are we on our Climate Change Targets?
On this week’s episode of ‘Ours to Protect’, show producer Ethna Quirke spoke to Chair of the Climate Change Advisory Council, Marie Donnelly about where we are in terms of meeting our Climate targets. For more in this series, listen in to KCLR every Thursday at 11.20am
KCLR – Weekly Tips 6 – Eco Art in your Area
Artists Anne Cleary & Denis Connolly are navigating Ireland’s inland waterways meeting local artists, scientists, and communities to spark climate action. The Mayfair has been undertaking a zero carbon journey to the east – along the Shannon, Grand Canal and Barrow – from Askeaton on the Shannon’s Atlantic estuary to Howth Harbour on the Irish […]
