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Enviro – 9th January 2017

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In the first half hour, Gillian Bird of the DSPCA (the Dublin Society for Prevention of Cruelty to Animals) talked about recent animal cruelty incidents (see Irish Independent article 5 th . January 2017- ‘Alarm over kid’s roles in animal abuse cases’). She…

Enviro – 19th December 2016

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On this week’s edition of Enviro, Britt & Joe speak to Dr. Anita Donaghy , Senior Conservation Officer, BirdWatch Ireland. She wants to raise awareness of the plight of the Curlew: breeding Curlew are fast disappearing from the Irish landscape. “If we…

Enviro – 12th December 2016

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This Enviro program started with forest Friends internship students Vanesse and Julia explaining how they learned about the environment and its importance to them. They recited the song about gardening “Inch by Inch” made popular by Pete Seeger. The program celebrated Bob…

Enviro – 5th December 2016

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Robert Navan talked about the send off which the Cuban people gave to the leader of the Cuban revolution Fidel Castro, who died on November 25 2016 aged 90. In the discussion which followed, it referred to last week’s explanation by Simon…

Enviro – 28th November 2016

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Simon McGuinness, National Coordinator of Cuba Support Group Ireland uses Cuba as a case study of sustainable development in his MSc module level course at the Dublin Institute of Technology. Simon’s contention that Cuba is the only currently successful model for sustainable…

Enviro – 21st November 2016

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This week’s topics: Rosetta and Juno probes results – Where does the water on earth come from? Was it brought down by comets? Is there life on other planets? Are we going to terraform Mars and live there? ROSETTA PROBE (European…

Enviro – 14th November 2016

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This program celebrated the music and songs of Leonard Cohen. It covered a wide range of topics including discussion of the findings of the Environmental Protection Agency Ireland (EPA). It asked the question is ‘Trumpism’ good for the US and the world…

Enviro – 7th November 2016

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The program updated listeners on important environmental issues. It discussed the importance of the Standing Rock Native North American Reservation’s protest in opposition to the Dakota access oil pipeline and the US first Nation’s struggle and treatment over time with songs and…

Enviro – October 17th 2016

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Britt & Joe’s first guest is Gill Weyman from the Cork Nature Network (CNN). She has a passion on all wildlife and as part of CNN she runs an otters and invasive species projects. Her interest is also ladybirds and she is working on a PhD on ladybirds…

Enviro – August 29th 2016

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Britt & Joe’s first guest is Manna Farm’s Thomas O Connor is based in Kerry (www.transitionkerry.org). Sustainability & photosynthesis is instead of NUKE. He attended the permaculture gathering at the end of August. He is totally against the expansion nuclear power for 2 main reasons: the very long term effects of…

Enviro – 24th October 2016

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Susan Carton from Love Leitrim updated ENVIRO listeners as to the, health, costs, and climatic aspects of fracking. She talked about some bad experiences of fracking in the US, where methane much more serious than CO2 is released and ground water contaminated. She explained…

Enviro – 10th August 2016

admin October 12, 2016

PART ONE: Environmentalist Brendan Kelly updated listeners on the right to water, the polluter pays principle and the implications of these. He spoke about the current consultation with regard to the Aarhus Convention. Ireland ratified the UNECE Convention on Access to Information, Public Participation…