Cork’s Red FM – Weekly Tips 25 – Kinsale Transition Town

Did You Know: Kinsale is one of the first towns in the world to become a Transition Town, starting in 2001. The town follows the ideologies of Permaculture. Kinsale College was also one of the first colleges to teach permaculture, attracting students from around the world. They rolled out the Transition Town in a number […]

Cork’s Red FM – Weekly Tips 24 – A Zero Waste Food Company

Did You Know: Permaculture is a philosophy of sustainable design that started in Tasmania. It’s the study of the forest and patterns that happen over time and how it can be implemented in businesses. Here’s how My Goodness implants permaculture and a zero waste approach: Food waste and shavings are hard to use, it was […]

Cork’s Red FM – Weekly Episode 24 –

Listen back to this week’s episode as we find out about My Goodness, a zero waste, food business based in Cork. For more in this series listen in to Cork’s Red FM every Monday at 8.50pm.

Cork’s Red FM – Weekly Tips 23 – Cork’s Urban Soil Project

Did You Know: A biodigester uses food scraps mixed with cardboard (which is a source of carbon dioxide) and nitrogen to make compost. These are mixed together and broken down to eventually make soil. The aim is to stop wasting our waste and reuse it to give it a new life and purpose. The biodigester […]

Cork’s 96FM – Weekly Tips 24 – Gum Litter

Did you know…  92% of people now recognise that dropped gum is litter. 71% of people correctly identify the core message of the campaign. 9% Chewing gum has continued to fall as a percentage of litter since GLT began – from a high of 30.8% in 2008 to a low of 9.1% in 2021. 1 […]