Radio Kerry – Weekly Tips 33 – Fossa tackles biodiversity loss

Did you know?……   The global climate and biodiversity crisis can seem overwhelming and make us feel powerless to affect any real change. Following a screening of a film called ‘The Letter – a message to our Earth’ in Fossa last September a group of people from the parish were inspired to see what steps […]

Radio Kerry – Weekly Episode 33 – Fossa tackles biodiversity loss

This week on Ours to Protect we’re taking a look at efforts by a community group to do what they can at a local level to tackle biodiversity loss and the climate crisis. Last Sunday there was a huge turnout at Fossa Community Hall for their very first Community Sustainability Fair. Sari Houlihan went along […]

Radio Kerry – Weekly Episode 32 – TY Sustainable Fashion

Listen back to this week’s episode as we sit down with Eve Savage, organiser of the event 2024 HABERDASHERY, an event that focused on engaging students in Circular & Sustainable Design Skills. For more in this series listen to Radio Kerry 10.45am 

KCLR – Weekly Tips 34 – EU Climate Targets

EU CLIMATE TARGETS 2040 – Reducing net emissions by 90% by 2040  In February 2024, the European Commission presented its assessment for a 2040 climate target for the EU. The Commission recommended reducing the EU’s net greenhouse gas emissions by 90% by 2040 relative to 1990. The 2040 climate target will reaffirm the EU’s determination […]

KCLR – Weekly Episode 34 – A Green MEP

On this week’s Ours to Protect, series producer Ethna Quirke spoke with MEP Sean Kelly about the EU Commissions recommendation for the Union to achieve a 90% net reduction on greenhouse gas emissions. For more in this series listen in to KCLR every Thursday at 11.20am

KCLR – Weekly Tips 32 – What is the Deposit Return Scheme?

In this week’s Ours to Protect, show producer Ethna Quirke chatted with Colin O’Byrne, of Voice Ireland who is Lead on the Return for Change campaign, ahead of the introduction of the Deposit Return Scheme, in February. Why and what? In an effort to reduce pollution, a deposit will now have to be paid on […]

KCLR – Weekly Tips 33 – How the ReTurn scheme will work

Ireland is waking up to our first ever Deposit Return scheme this morning. To find out more about how it will all work, the hopes for the project and how you can help make a difference to the climate, series producer Ethna Quirke caught up with Niamh Kelly of Re-Turn to find out more.   […]

KCLR – Weekly Episode 33 – How the ReTurn scheme will work

As Ireland’s first ever deposit return scheme begins it’s official roll out this morning, Ethna caught up with Niamh Kelly of Re-turn to chat about the initiative, the hopes for it’s success in helping reduce our carbon emissions and the specific’s of just how the scheme will work. For more in this series listen in […]