Enviro 19th June 2017

JUNE 19th 2017- SCHEDULE ENVIRO NEARFM – 90.3
Presenters : Britt Du Fournet – Joe Dunne
A program created by John Haughton

EION CRAVEN

LIVING IN A YURT in the West of Ireland…
It is a solution for the homeless? (he is not homeless, this is an experiment) – self-build and simple living. pros and cons of this type of lifestyle and various methods and practicalities of it all, like DIY, growing food and fuel, which hopefully might inspire others to think of similar projects. Potato growing in Peru…1000’s of varieties of potatoes are grown in Peru as opposed to a few dozens in Ireland…should we introduce more varieties ? it will help with blights and other diseases…

PADRAIC FOGARTY
IWT publisher

boar, cranes and wolves
WROTE BOOK : Whittled Away

Padraig talks about the biodiversity crisis and how it is affecting Ireland….a global problem but at the local level. Wild fires…

Pádraic Fogarty charts how the grim failure to manage our natural resources has impoverished our country. But… he also reveals the possibilities for the future…we can fill our seas with fish, farm in tune with nature, and create forests that benefit both people and wildlife. He calls for the return of long-lost species like wild- boar, cranes and wolves, (beavers?) showing how nature and wildlife can recover hand in hand.