KCLR – Weekly Tips 26 – The Little Green Grocer

This week on Ours to Protect, show producer Ethna Quirke headed to Kilkenny’s Parliament Street to chat to Sarah Duggan, co-owner of the Little Green Grocery store to chat about shopping sustainably this Christmas. Sarah and her sister Eleanor are passionate about delicious fresh healthy food. The shelves of their store are filled with wonderful […]

KCLR – Weekly Episode 26 – The Little Green Grocer

This week on Ours to Protect, show producer Ethna Quirke headed to Kilkenny’s Parliament Street to chat to Sarah Duggan, co-owner of the Little Green Grocer store to chat about shopping sustainably this Christmas. Sarah and her sister Eleanor are passionate about delicious fresh healthy food. The shelves of their store are filled with wonderful […]

WLR – Weekly Episode 26 – Sustainable Christmas Shopping

It’s the time of the year when we can all going little crazy when it comes to shopping… think of all those “just in case gifts”! So this Christmas we’re asking you to be more mindful when you shop.  Think local, think reusing, re purposing, think charity and vintage shops, maybe even making your own […]

Midwest Radio – Weekly Episode 24 – Green Friday

This week Midwest Radio spoke to Cian Charlton from the clothing company 35 Vintage about their ‘Green Friday’ initiative they are running this year, planting trees for every item of clothes sold. For more in this series listen in to Midwest Radio every Friday at 9.50am.

C103 – Weekly Tips 24 – Green Friday

Did you know?    New research this month revealed that 4 in 10 online shoppers intend to complete their Christmas gifts and non-food shopping over the coming weekend.   Consumers in Ireland will spend about €5-billion-euro this Christmas, so keeping a decent proportion of this huge spend within the local economy will create wealth here, […]

Classic Hits – Weekly Tips 19 – Cutting down waste in your weekly shop

  This week Ireland’s Classic Hits Radio looked at ways we can decrease our packaging waste on our weekly shop.   Tips to cut back on packaging waste…. Reuse Produce Bags Buy reusable cotton produce bags for fruit and vegetables, and always choose loose varieties.  Reuse Containers Take large glass jars or other reusable containers and use […]

Cork’s 96FM – Weekly Tips 18 – More Sustainable Supermarkets

Did you know…  23 stores took part in the initiative this year, and the combined energy savings from these stores is 6.3 million KWH, enough to power 861 Irish homes. The Cork city group used the SEAI grant in their Glanmire and The Lough Store to update their refrigeration in The Lough and install solar […]