Ecolution

In the second part we head to Laois to spend time with John McHugh, Farming for Nature Ambassador and Organic Farmer. We meet Brigid Barry who runs FFN. And we talk with Mary Kate and Michael, two kids who live on a dairy farm. Plus Dr Shane and the Brain Trust.

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In the first of two parts, we talk farming and biodiversity with Liam Lysaght, visit St Patrick’s School in Galway to see their award winning container garden, and head West to hear how Brendan Dunford and the Burren Programme are helping farmers change for nature in Co. Clare. Plus Dr Shane and you.

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In a collaboration with five An Taisce Green Schools, we ask what does water mean to us?

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For World Bee Day 2021 and National Biodiversity Week, Ecolution takes a trip to Wicklow to see how one family is trying to help our native pollinators at the Bee Sanctuary of Ireland.

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This week, we plunge into the world of art and environment. Katie Holten discusses her Tree Alphabet at Visual in Carlow, and why words matter. Catherine Marshall talks about how art helps us see. Little Button Diaries have tips on green craft, and kids around Ireland talk creativity and possibility.

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Today, Eamon Ryan, the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications joins us to answer kid’s questions about the Climate Action Bill. And activists Aoife (Foróige), Saoirse (Climate Ambassador) and Ella (Eco-Unesco) join the call to drill deeper into the issue.

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Ecolution has teamed up with UNICEF Ireland for this episode to rummage through the mess that is Fast Fashion. 7 teenagers collaborated to make a show about our messy relationship with cheap clothes.

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Today we celebrate Earth Day by digging into why it matters that everyone is considered, Globally, in our actions on Climate. We meet Joan and Clare of the Rise Up Movement in Uganda. Environmentalist Saoirse McHugh talks Climate Justice and Tomm Moore of Cartoon Saloon discusses their film for Greenpeace. Plus, Dr Shane and the Brain Trust.

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Each of you listening cares about the environment and wants to play a part. In this episode we follow Saoirse Exton, a 15 year old An Taisce Climate Ambassador, to see how she approaches the Climate struggle and tries to make a difference.

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Today we discuss silence, and how little of it we now get. Matt Mikkelson of Quiet Parks International talks noise pollution and how saving One Square Inch of silence protects a whole park. And kids around Ireland share the noise of the places they live.

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