Near FM – Listen Again

Michael Sullivan chats with Odile Le Bolloch, Environmental scientist, with the EPA about making every day Stop Food Waste Day by taking some simple actions to make use-by dates work for us.

Visit:  www.epa.ie  &  www.stopfoodwaste.ie

 

 

 

Michael Sullivan chats with June Tinsley, NCBI head of Advocacy and Communications about The Possibility Project, an initiative working to overcome barriers in the built environment, through partnership with businesses and stakeholders.

For more information visit:  www.ncbi.ie

 

Institute of Arts Design & Technology Bernadette Meagher joins Noel McGuinness to discuss Dun Laoghaire- Rathdown County Council is pleased to announce the short films which have recently been awarded funding under the first frames scheme.

For more information visit:   www.iadt.ie

 

Global Action Plan, an environmental NGO based in Ballymun, has welcomed the latest report by the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC). The report makes it quite clear that we have a simple choice: ‘delay and pay’, or plan for a greener way of living now and to discuss the report and what it means for us.

Hans Zomer, CEO of Global Action Plan speaks to Adrianne Murphy.

For more info please visit:

http://www.globalactionplan.ie

Photo: Graeme Maclean via Flickr (CC BY)

The Irish Architecture Foundation (IAF) and The Housing Agency have announced details of an open call that is looking for innovative ideas to improve Ireland’s housing sector, in Dublin and in towns and villages around the country.

The initiative is called ‘Housing Unlocked’, and Adrianne Murphy speaks to IAF Director, Nathalie Weadick to explain the project and people can get involved in designing our cities.

For more info please visit:

 http://www.architecturefoundation.ie

or

http://www.housingagency.ie

Sean Loughran of Fingal One Future, a local climate campaign group who organised local resistance to the proposed plant at Kilshane joins Donie Tarrant to explain the thinking behind the objection to the plant and what he sees as the future for energy production in Ireland as demand increases.

Web-Link: https://www.onefuture.ie/join/

Regular contributor Alan Tuffery joins Donie Tarrant to discuss “What is the feeling of wonder?” Alan explores Transcendental experiences and Personal experiences. Alan will explain why we should spend less time looking at phone and more time paying attention. Take time to appreciate the world around you: ‘stand and stare’. Don’t just photograph it, experience it.

Paddy O’Reilly Coordinator of the “Better Ballymun” Campaign joins Donie Tarrant to explain about the campaign and the forthcoming visit President Michael D. Higgins on the 4th March 2022.

Web-Link: https://www.facebook.com/events/ballymun/better-ballymun/2221420754825615/

Melanie Murphy, a Certified Infant Massage Instructor (CIMI), from the Preparing for Life team joins Donie Tarrant to explain all about a Dads-only Baby Massage group she is starting. 

Web-Link: www.preparingforlife.ie/

Fergus Carroll is joined by Enda Mc Dermott to pay tribute to the late Lewis Patrick HUGHES (Podge), Clontarf, Dublin and formerly of the Staff of Mt. Temple School. Podge was a ledged of Irish, Leinster, and Clontarf cricket.