Q102 – Weekly Tip Sheet 2 – Fresh Cuts and Fast Fashion
This week Dublin’s Q102 looked at Sustainable Fashion and the impact Fast Fashion has on the environment Did you know… According to the UN Environment Programme, the fashion industry is the second biggest consumer of water The fashion industry is responsible for around 10% of global carbon emissions. Penneys is aiming to make all of […]
Q102 – Weekly Episode 2 – Fresh Cuts and Fast Fashion
Listen back as Luke Delaney chats with Stephen Murphy of Fresh Cuts Clothing, an Irish sustainable fashion brand about Fast Fashion, pressure on retailers and why sustainability is key to his brand. For more in this series listen in every Wednesday at 7pm
Radio Kerry – Weekly Tip 2 – Impact of Plastic on our beaches
This week Radio Kerry looked at the impact of plastic on our beaches Did you know… Approximately 10 million tonnes of litter end up in the world’s oceans and seas each year. • Plastics make up approximately 80% of all marine litter. • Plastic doesn’t decompose, it breaks down into smaller versions known as micro-plastics. […]
KCLR – Weekly Tip Sheet 2 – Why we need more Trees
Did you know? Trees capture carbon from the atmosphere as they grow. Through a process of photosynthesis, woods and forests absorb atmospheric carbon and lock it up for centuries. The entire woodland ecosystem plays a huge role in combating climate change and restoring biodiversity, including the living wood, roots, leaves, deadwood, surrounding soils and […]
KCLR -Weekly Episode 2 – Newtown Dunleckney National School – a Green School
It’s week three of our brand new, hugely exciting, year-long radio project called “Ours To Protect”. This week show Producer Ethna Quirke was out and about for a chat with The Green Schools Committee of Newtown Dunleckney National School about their tree planting initiative and being awarded their 4th Green Schools Flag. Listen in Every […]
Highland Radio – Weekly Tip Sheet – Pay it Forward Freecycling and the Circular Economy
Highland Radio – Weekly Episode 2 – Letterkenny Pay It Forward Freecycle Group
Listen back to this weeks episode on Highland Radio as Donna Marie chats with members of the Letterkenny Pay It Forward Freecycle Group and explains about the circular economy. For more in this series listen in every Tuesday at 12.30pm
LMFM – Weekly Tip sheet 2 – GIY and the EPA
GIY ‘To Do List’ Tip Sheet for June: Watering and weeding duties step up a notch – the tunnel/greenhouse in particular will require a good deal of water from now on. Watch the weather and water outside as required. Water in the morning if possible. Add a good dressing of mulch around plants to reduce […]
LMFM – Weekly Episode 2 – GIY and the EPA
This week we hear from Nell Ward from Get Ireland Growing and Wayne Trodd, Scientific Officer with the Environmental Protection Agency. Social enterprise GIY are calling on people and communities across Ireland to participate in their annual ‘Get Ireland Growing’ Campaign. Launching tomorrow, on the summer solstice on 21st June, Get Ireland Growing aims to […]
Tipp FM – Weekly Tip Sheet 2 – Sustainable Schools
This week Tipp FM looked at the impact of the merging of two primary schools in Tipperary to form Bunscoil na Cathrach in Cahir. A modern school and building that would take in modern considerations – like the environment. Did you know… Bunscoil na Cathrach currently has 412 pupils – which means it is […]
