KCLR's Follow The Leaders

On this week's episode:

Carlow firefighter Paul Curran chronicles his cycling journey.
Carlow County Council's Director of Services Pádraig O'Gorman looks at the Active Travel Initiative.
Former Carlow football manager Turlough O'Brien critically analyses cycling as a mode of transport.

On this week's episode:

Carlow County Councillor Andrea Dalton shares her story of changing to an electric vehicle and speaks about the initiatives by the Council to help promote eco-friendly transport.

The National Transport Authority's Ian Gourley looks at the various ways in which the public body are making environmentally beneficial decisisons.

Senior Executive Engineer with the Carlow County Council Tadhg Madden describes the practicalities of owning an electric car.

On this week's episode: 

Alex Hamilton, senior engineer with the South East Energy Agency, is back to tell us about the different ways we can make our homes more energy efficient. 

Local homeowner Fiona Donnelly tells us about the practicalities involved in amending a home to be environmentally friendly. 

Kilkenny County Council’s Environmental Awareness Officer Bernadette Maloney looks at the practical steps we can take in every walk of life to make energy more sustainable.

Follow the Leaders is our new programme where listeners will hear from the people who are leading the way and have already made the changes necessary to meet the challenges posed by climate change, and who are taking steps to reduce their carbon footprint.

Over the course of the series, we will be meeting individuals who represent the changes required across each of the themes in Ireland’s Climate Action Plan: Home / Energy; Travel; Food and Waste; The Circular Economy and Local Climate & Environmental Action and listeners will be able to find out in detail about what is involved in making meaningful changes across each of these five areas. 

Follow The Leaders aims to show that while thinking globally about climate change, there are people who are taking action locally, and if more people follow their lead, the necessary steps to halt the climate crisis can be achieved.

In the second episode of Follow the Leaders the focus of our discussion is on Home & Energy, with a specific focus on communities and homes.

Callan Community Energy's speaks about the targets that are being set in Callan over the long-term and the immediate future.

Senior engineer with the South East Energy Agency Alex Hamilton describes the various ways we can be more efficient with our energy use.

Carlow County Councilor Will Patton explains the work being done by the Tullow Tidy Towns Committee.

Follow the Leaders is our new programme where listeners will hear from the people who are leading the way and have already made the changes necessary to meet the challenges posed by climate change, and who are taking steps to reduce their carbon footprint.

Over the course of the series, we will be meeting individuals who represent the changes required across each of the themes in Ireland’s Climate Action Plan: Home / Energy; Travel; Food and Waste; The Circular Economy and Local Climate & Environmental Action and listeners will be able to find out in detail about what is involved in making meaningful changes across each of these five areas. 

Follow The Leaders aims to show that while thinking globally about climate change, there are people who are taking action locally, and if more people follow their lead, the necessary steps to halt the climate crisis can be achieved.

In this first episode of Follow the Leaders the focus of our discussion is on Home & Energy, with a specific focus on agriculture and business.

Paul O’Brien, Chair of the IFA Environment and Rural Affairs Committee, Eamonn Sheehan, Farmer in County Kilkenny & George Hatton a Carlow Farmer spoke in detail to Robbie Dowling. They chat through what EPA and IFA Smart Farming Programme is, how to get involved and how it has been of benefit to Eamonn & George on their farms.

O’Shea Farms is a major supplier of fresh fruit and vegetables, supplying wholesale and retail outlets across Ireland and we hear more about the changes they have made in a bid to become more sustainable. Robbie Dowling met with Tom Murray, Agronomist at O’Shea Farms.