Highland Radio – Weekly Tips 39 – Fair Trade Fortnight. Part 2
Did you know? Fairtrade fortnight runs from Monday March 4th until Sunday March 17th – St. Patrick’s Day! You can tell what products are fairtrade by the easy to identify logo: However there are a few different logos you might see: You can learn what these are more mean here > https://www.fairtrade.net/about/fairtrade-marks/ Generally speaking, if […]
Highland Radio – Weekly Episode 39 – Fair Trade Fortnight. Part 2
In the second part of our series on Fair Trade fortnight, Donna Marie Doherty from Highland Radio spoke to Patsy Toland, ChangeMakers Facilitator about FairTrade Fortnight. For more this series listen in to Highland Radio every Tuesday at 12.30pm.
Highland Radio – Weekly Tips 38 – Fair Trade Fortnight. Part 1
This week Highland Radio spoke to Patsy Toland, ChangeMakers Facilitator about FairTrade Fortnight. Did you know? Fairtrade fortnight runs from Monday March 4th until Sunday March 17th – St. Patrick’s Day! You can tell what products are fairtrade by the easy to identify logo: However there are a few different logos you might see: You […]
Highland Radio – Weekly Episode 38 – Fair Trade Fortnight. Part 1
This week Highland Radio spoke to Patsy Toland, ChangeMakers Facilitator about FairTrade Fortnight. For more in this series listen in to Highland Radio every Tuesday at 12.30pm.
Highland Radio – Weekly Tips 37 – Repair Cafes
This week Highland Radio spoke to Caroline McGuinness Brookes, Project Manager with Foyle Repair Café and Joanne Butler, Manager of Donegal Community Gardens. Did you know? A repair cafe is a pop up event organised with volunteers for members of the public to bring in their broken items to get fixed. It’s a free event […]
Highland Radio – Weekly Episode 37 – Repair Cafes
Listen back to this week’s episode as Donna Marie Doherty chats to Caroline McGuinness Brookes, Project Manager with Foyle Repair Café and Joanne Butler, Manager of Donegal Community Gardens. For more in this series listen in to Highland Radio every Tuesday at 12.30pm.
LMFM – Weekly Tips 42 – EPA Summary
EPA Industrial and Waste Licence Enforcement Summary 2023 – Key Highlights The EPA carried out over 1,200 inspections at 535 licensed industrial and waste facilities. 91 per cent of these were unannounced. The Licence & Enforcement Access Portal (LEAP) launched in 2023 giving the public enhanced access to environmental information. The EPA identified 11 sites […]
LMFM – Weekly Episode 42 – EU Marine project, Aspen Ideas, EPA and Earth rotation
On this week’s episode: A new climate change research project aims to find a way forward that both supports and protects Ireland’s fishing and marine communities. Researchers in Mary Immaculate College will receive €300,000 to investigate the issue as part of the EU’s Blue Economy Partnership programme. Some of the world’s leading climate scientists gathered […]
LMFM – Weekly Tips 41 – Renewing your heating system for Sustainability
Heat pump systems Older gas and oil-fired boilers waste energy and are costly to run. This is because of the amount of fuel they need to maintain comfort levels and hot water in the home. By replacing an older gas or oil boiler with a heat pump system you can: transform the comfort levels in […]
LMFM – Weekly Episode 41 – Green Climate Directive, SEAI, Clean Coasts and ARC
On this week’s episode: In the absence of specific rules on claims regarding the ‘green’ nature of products, how can consumers be sure that such claims are reliable, comparable and verifiable throughout the European Union? The Green Claims Directive (“GCD”) proposal was adopted by the European Commission this month and is expected to commence in […]
