Galway Bay – Weekly Tips 27 – Funding Climate Action
Did you know… Galway County Council has recently launched a groundbreaking Community Climate Action Fund, providing €762,000 to support communities and not-for-profit organizations in developing climate-focused projects? The funding is split up into categories of up to €20,000 for small projects, €21,000-€50,000 for medium projects, and €51,000-€100,000 for large-scale endeavours? This initiative enables a range […]
Galway Bay – Weekly Episode 27 – Funding Climate Action
This week Galway Bay FM looked at funding climate action with Denise Feeney, Community Climate Action Officer with Galway County Council. For more in this series listen in to Galway Bay FM every Thursday at 11.30am.
Galway Bay – Weekly Tip 26 – A Sustainable Christmas
Did you know…? Irish consumers spend about €5 billion at Christmas time on extra packaging such as gift wrapping paper A Repak study from 2022 shows that 72% of people would like to be more conscious of how much extra waste they generate around Christmas time. 46% of people also said they don’t intend to […]
Galway Bay – Weekly Episode 26 – A Sustainable Christmas
This week Galway Bay FM looked at a sustainable Christmas with Dr Sheila Malone , lecturer from the University of Galway’s JE Carnes School of Business and Economics. For more in this series listen in to Galway Bay every Thursday at 11.30am
Galway Bay – Weekly Tips 25 – The benefits of farming for Indigenous Wool
Did you know… The use of indigenous Irish wool brings remarkable environmental benefits! Galway Sheep, Ireland’s only recognized indigenous breed, thrive in their natural environment. They graze on local grasses, requiring minimal intervention and contributing to a more sustainable farming system. Wool is a natural and biodegradable fibre. When disposed of, it decomposes naturally, enriching […]
Galway Bay – Weekly Episode 25 – The benefits of farming for Indigenous Wool
This week Galway Bay FM looked at the environmental benefits of using indigenous Irish wool with Blátnaid Gallagher, co-founder of the Galway Wool Co-op. For more in this series listen in to Galway Bay FM every Thursday at 11.30am
East Coast – Weekly Tips 31 – Farming and Fertilisers
In this episode Max speaks with Paul Billings, MD of Germinal UK & Ireland and Patrick Carroll, a dairy farmer from Limerick about reducing the dependence of grassland farming on nitrogen fertilisers. Germinal is currently carrying out a research project with two aims. To reduce or even eliminate the need for chemical nitrogen application to […]
East Coast – Weekly Episode 31 – Farming and Fertilisers
Listen back to this week’s episode as we chat with Paul Billings MD of Germinal UK & Ireland and dairy farmer, Patrick Carroll about fertilisers and farming. For more in this series listen in to East Coast every Thursday at 8pm.
East Coast – Weekly Tips 30 – BT Young Scientist
Week 30 The BT Young Scientist & Technology Exhibition In this episode Max visits The BT Young Scientist & Technology Exhibition to talk with exhibitors about projects with an environmental focus. Aimee Duggan and Eimear Lawlor from Deodorant 101, A Solution to Pollution spoke about their project which led to the development of a new […]
East Coast – Weekly Episode 30 – BT Young Scientist
Listen back to this week’s episode as we chat to students Aimee Duggan and Eimear Lawlor from St Mary’s College in Arklow about Deodorant 101, A Solution to Pollution and Evie Kenny, Frey Hobbs and Luke Strahan from Global Action Plan. For more in this series listen in to East Coast every Thursday at 8pm.
