Ecolution

We investigate the country that gave us Greta and remains top of the chart on Climate Action; Sweden! We talk to Swedish kids, teachers and, in an Ecolution first, the Swedish Ambassador to Ireland.

This week we try to make sense of the bush fires in Australia. And we meet Damon Gameau, director of the documentary "2040", a truly positive look at where we could be in 20 years if we just harnessed the technology we already have at our disposal, to heal the planet.

We visit Ireland's first Democratic school to see how they're changing the way they learn, to fit the World in which we now live. And Social Ecologist, Kathryn McCabe takes the students on a guided exercise in Eco Anxiety. If you worry about Climate Change, this episode could help.

This week's Ecolution showcases all the amazing ways the school kids of Ireland are coming up with solutions to Climate Change. We went to the enormous melting pot of Ideas that is the BT Young Scientist and Technology Exhibition 2020.

We’re joined by Muireann and Cian, two young Climate Activists, to discuss the state of Protest amongst the young people of Ireland, and talk about what you could do to join the debate.

In this episode we join Physicist Phil Smith in the Science Gallery to take a trip through their Plastics Exhibition. Why is it everywhere, and what can we do about it? This Exhibition runs until the 9th of February but then it tours the country throughout 2020.

In this episode we join an amazing venture started by Belvedere College. Four Inner City Schools join them in a plan to bring gardens fed by fish into the classroom.

We go on the hunt for a Christmas that's good to us and the planet. People making gifts that give back, kids selling toys and countless tips from the kids of Scoil Chaitriona.

In this episode we meet Patricia Forde, author of The Wordsmith, a book about a time after "The Melting". Set in a future we hope doesn't happen, James learns what we might do better now to avoid it.

Muireann Ní Chíobháin and Michael Kelly join James to discuss GIY’s Know-It-Allmanac, the ultimate family guide to growing and cooking food throughout the year.

This week Ecolution went Live from the Mutiny Theatre with Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment, Richard Bruton.

We meet kids making a difference and show how you can too. This is a fight for us all. Strikes in the city and the young people of Eco Unesco leading the change, with Counsellor Mike Hackett tackling the very real issue of Climate Anxiety.

Exactly what happens to your poo when you flush the loo? We go down the pipe to find out and think about how important water is to us, a tiny island nation. From Trawlers fishing for plastic to worms that eat your poop.

We look to Ireland's energy future with a Power Station that turns your Junk into electricity, kids building windmills and Lara Hanlon, a scientist who thinks she sees a future of us all eating Insects.

The Rediscovery Centre in Ballymun talk about just how long your chewing gum will last and we visit a shop where Waste is a thing of the past. We join rebels on a beach clean, and two kids take us shopping to see just how we can make a difference in the choices we make.

We go into the woods with Wild Awake, the forest school reconnecting kids to nature, buzz to a school where bees are part of the curriculum and quiz zoologist Shane McGuinness on why biodiversity is so important. And two girls from Ballybough give bees a fighting chance.

Ecolution is a brand new podcast from RTÉ Jr Radio, for kids who want to make a difference in the fight against Climate Change. James Dunne, a 16 year old Climate activist takes a trip into the cloudy waters of the environment to see young people doing their bit to combat the crisis.