Ours to Protect

This week Ours to Protect on Ocean FM looks at the capacity of our soils to store carbon and a beautiful creative project by the Soil Collective to open the door on the word of the microscopic soil ecosystem to young children. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Today Ours to Protect touches on different kinds of construction and building materials that could help us reduce the impact of building on the environment. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

This week we discuss the idea of getting protein from insects with scientists from ATU Sligo and see how the idea might go down with the Sligo public. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Ours to Protect seeks to seek out the most sustainable option when it comes to Christmas Trees and suggests a few alternative ideas for those looking to be a little more creative. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Pack it in, pack it out: We hear how we can enjoy the great outdoors with a clear conscience See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Connie Nell and the Community Gardeners in Cranmore give us the heads up on Water Conservation See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Presenting the second episode of Language of the Lough, recorded as a tribute to the rare and beautiful atmosphere of Lough Arrow in Sligo, its people, its nature and its precious, wild trout. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Catch up on all the fun of Clar Sa Charr from The Breakfast Club this week.     See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

You are invited to enjoy , Language of the Lough. This is the first of two episodes, recorded as a tribute to the rare and beautiful atmosphere of Lough Arrow in Sligo, its people, its nature and its precious, wild trout. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

We were joined this morning on The Breakfast Club by students and staff of GaelScoil Eirne for Clar Sa Charr See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Ireland's forty shades of green have been a defining feature of our home for centuries. However this iconic image is not created simply by green grass - it's a patchwork of different colours and textures created by rushes, sedges, hay meadows and pretty delicate flowers. In this episode, ecologists Dolores Byrne and Derek McLoughlin discuss how farmers in the North West can keep their green fields...

For the fifth programme in our series we are taking in Minecraft, marram grass and marvelling at how natural features like dunes and nature based solutions can protect our coasts. With Clean Coasts and the innovative SCORE research project from ATU, we will see how communities living by the coast are being equipped to deal sustainably with impacts of climate change such as more severe storms and i...

In Our Nature soaks up the ethereal atmosphere of our peatlands, on a trip to Lough Easkey with ecologist Derek McLoughlin and a visit to The Canopy's big restoration project nearby. We hear how sphagnum moss was exported to the frontlines during WWI, discover carnivorous flowers, and hear about the incredible carbon busting power of our forgotten bogs - while exploring a future-focussed project t...

Woodlands: At one time it was said that a squirrel could travel from one side of Ireland to the other through the tree-tops without ever touching the ground. However today Ireland is one of the least forested countries in Europe - something that is being addressed to help reduce our carbon emissions. Today we are going to marvel at what our trees bring us in their own right, for climate change, bi...

This week In Our Nature goes underground to look at the fascinating world of the microscopic life teeming in our soils with soil scientist, Aga Piwowarczyc, and we stretch our imaginations with the Soil Collective's children's theatre project. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

This is the first programme in the In Our Nature series , in which we are going to see some gorgeous wild places across the North West of Ireland through the keen eyes of a group of scientists, experts and enthusiasts. They will uncover what it is that makes them so special, reveal the wonder of the nature that they shelter and to see how they are faring in our changing environment. While we're th...

On this week’s ‘ours to protect feature’ which is an Ocean FM Programming Initiative to raise awareness of Climate change and to educate us on how to make a difference, as well as enabling us to actively encourage climate change locally. This Week Aisling Heraughty has a special feature on tree plating by the Lough Gill Distillery and how this initiative will look to help protect the environment....