Classic Hits FM – Weekly Tips 45 – World Earth Day – The problem with plastics

This week on Ireland’s Classic Hits Radio we’re discussing the them of World Earth Day ‘Planet vs. Plastics’.    5 Ways Plastic Harms the Environment   KILLS OCEAN LIFE By now you’ve probably heard about the mass amounts of plastic polluting oceans and other waterways. Plastic debris makes its way into oceans from rivers, shorelines, […]

Classic Hits FM – Weekly Tips 44 – Buying and selling pre-loved clothes

This week on Ireland’s Classic Hits Radio we’re looking at the growing interest in pre-loved clothes.  Ten great reasons to buy pre-loved Renounce Fast Fashion Fast fashion has a bad press and in most cases, justifiably so. We’re all aware to some degree of the true cost of fast fashion and its detrimental impact on […]

Classic Hits FM – Weekly Tips 43 – Environmental Photography for Schools

This week on Ireland’s Classic Hits Radio we’re looking at environmental workshops for young people. Top 10 Benefits of Environmental Education Imagination and enthusiasm are heightened – Environmental Education is hands-on, interactive learning that sparks the imagination and unlocks creativity. When it’s integrated into the curriculum, students are more enthusiastic and engaged in learning, which […]

BEAT – Episode 2 – The Panel

To mark the one-year anniversary of the beginning of Beat’s Climate Action series Ours to Protect, this extended episode looks back at what we have learned in the last twelve months. Orla talks to Patrick Kirwan, a climate activist and TY coordinator at Ard Scoil na Mara in Tramore, Co. Waterford. They’re joined by Louise […]

BEAT – Weekly Tips 50 – The End!

Did you know? Green Graveyard Company  The South East region is home to Ireland’s first – and only – natural burial ground. The Green Graveyard Company is located at the foothills of the Blackstairs Mountains in Killiane, Co. Wexford. They offer a final resting place surrounded by nature – with no headstone – where you […]

BEAT – Weekly Episode 50 – The End!

What better way to mark the end of our series Ours to Protect than by discussing… The End. Orla visits a green graveyard in Co. Wexford and talks to a man producing a more environmentally friendly coffin. 

BEAT – Weekly Tips 49 – Alpacas

Who are Ceadogán? Ceadogán Rugmakers is a family business that holds its core values of quality and sustainability very close to heart. They work with the finest natural materials to produce lasting pieces of beauty and integrity. Their workshop and showroom are in their family homestead, a stone-walled farmyard dating back to the 17th century. […]