KCLR's Ours To Protect

It's the final episode of Ours to Protect, KCLR's monthly environmental series, which has been led by the children and young people from across Carlow & Kilkenny.   The pupils of Kilkenny-based Gaelscoil Osrai and School of the Holy Spirit, as well as Bunscoil McAuley Rice in Callan and St. Brigid’s National School in Bagenalstown, have been asking questions and sharing their thoughts on a ran...

In the penultimate episode of Ours To Protect, students from Gaelscoil Osraí, Kilkenny, Bunscoil McAuley Rice, Callan, Co. Kilkenny, St. Brigid’s National School, Bagenalstown, Co. Carlow and School of the Holy Spirit, Kilkenny have focused their attention on the subject of travel and transport along with energy.   The students have been asking questions such as where does our electricity come fro...

In our latest episode of Ours to Protect, students from Gaelscoil Osraí, Kilkenny, Bunscoil McAuley Rice, Callan, Co. Kilkenny, St. Brigid’s National School, Bagenalstown, Co. Carlow and School of the Holy Spirit, Kilkenny have turned their attention to the topic of Fast Fashion, questioning why is fast fashion bad for the planet, what happens clothes that are donated to clothes banks/charity shop...

In our third episode of Ours to Protect we turn our attention to Biodiversity, and opening this month’s programme we hear audio of wildlife and nature recorded from the grounds of Kilkenny College as part of a collaboration with metaLAB Havard Climate Institute for Climate and Sound,  which aims to map climate change through sound.  This month, students from Gaelscoil Osraí, Kilkenny, Bunscoil McA...

In this month’s episode of Ours to Protect we are joined by students from Gaelscoil Osraí, Kilkenny, Bunscoil McAuley Rice, Callan, Co. Kilkenny, St. Brigid’s National School, Bagenalstown, Co. Carlow and School of the Holy Spirit, Kilkenny who bring us into the world of plastics with their questions focusing on the Re-Turn scheme and wanting to understand how effective the scheme is and how it is...

Ours to Protect returns for a second series and this time the children are asking the questions.   In our first episode we’re talking all things food waste. Questions from the children lead the discussions around food waste and its impact on the environment, what we can we do to reduce food waste and what happens our compost – listen back to find out the answers to these questions and pick up some...

The final episode of Ours To Protect shows a panel of experts look back on how the project has gone. They look back on some of the topics covered and discuss the positive impact the series has had. Remember, you can listen back to this and all previous episodes on our website and via ourstoprotect.ie , where you’ll also find fact sheets each week to help you in your climate care journey. Ours to P...

After almost a whole year, we’re bringing you the last episode of Ours to Protect . Series producer Ethna Quirke caught up with Maura Kiely from Leave No Trace Ireland to talk about their Love this Place campaign, which launched this week.   Remember, you can listen back to this and all previous episodes on our website and via ourstoprotect.ie , where you’ll also find fact sheets each week to help...

Carlow Educate Together have won the 2024 Nature Hero Award. In its largest scheme to date more than 79,000 children from 305 schools across 26 counties took part in supporting local biodiversity. In this week’s Ours to Protect, we hear from teacher Mark O’Brien, students at the school and Nature Minister Malcolm Noonan, who presented the school with a Nature Hero Award plaque and €10,000 to makeo...

This week on Ours to Protect, series producer Ethna Quirke caught up with Pat Brett, Director of Kilkenny based company, EcoPower about his work in the wind energy industry, his passion for the climate and the future direction of his company. Remember, you can listen back to this and all previous episodes on our website and via ourstoprotect.ie , where you’ll also find fact sheets each week to hel...

Last week on Ours to Protect, Bernadette Moloney, Biodiversity Officer with Kilkenny County Council, joined series producer Ethna Quirke for a chat about her role and the upcoming National Biodiversity Week. This week, we’re bringing you part 2 of that chat, where Bernadette talks us through some of the incredible local events coming up soon. Remember, you can listen back to this and all previous...

Biodiversity Week is coming to Kilkenny and Carlow later this month, so this week, series producer Ethna Quirke sat down with Biodiversity Officer with Kilkenny County Council, Bernadette Moloney to find out more about her role. Tune in next week as we’ll bring you part two of that chat where we find out all about the events locally to mark National Biodiversity Week. Remember, you can listen back...

This week on Ours To Protect, series producer Ethna Quirke chats with Ronan Power, CEO of Pinergy Solar. They talk about all things residential solar power.    Remember, you can listen back to this and all previous episodes on our website and via ourstoprotect.ie , where you’ll also find fact sheets each week to help you in your climate care journey. Ours to Protect is funded by Coimisiún na Meán...

In this installment of Ours to Protect, Brian chats with Stephen Keogh of CEPA. CEPA are a voluntary group representing communities all over Ireland that are directly impacted by wind energy developments. Stephen tells Brian about a march the Environmental Protection Alliance will hold to the offices of Dáil Éireann for Robust Wind Farm Regulations. He tells us why it's being held and what they ho...

On this week's "Ours To Protect" Brian Redmond spoke to Dr. Maria Martin, Senior Inspector, Office of Environmental Sustainability, with the Environmental Protection Agency.   Remember, you can listen back to this and all previous episodes on our website and via ourstoprotect.ie , where you’ll also find fact sheets each week to help you in your climate care journey. ‘Ours to Protect’ is funded by...

On this week’s Ours to Protect, series producer Ethna Quirke chats with Emlyn Cullen, National Spring Clean manager, about the initiative, now in it’s 25th year. Have a listen to how you and your community can get involved.   Remember, you can listen back to this and all previous episodes on our website and via ourstoprotect.ie , where you’ll also find fact sheets each week to help you in your cli...

With 62,000 tonnes of waste expected to be generated this Easter bank holiday weekend, show producer Ethna Quirke caught up with Laura Sherry, Head of Marketing at Repak to find out how best to dispose of all of that Easter Egg packaging.   Remember, you can listen back to this and all previous episodes on our website and via ourstoprotect.ie , where you’ll also find fact sheets each week to help...

In this installment of Ours to Protect, Brian chats with Bernadette Moloney, Biodiversity Officer with Kilkenny County Council.  They discuss the work of the biodiversity officer, the Kilkenny County Council environmental plan, education and awareness, and an upcoming bee identification workshop.   Remember, you can listen back to this and all previous episodes on our website and via ourstoprotect...

This week on Ours To Protect , series producer Ethna Quirke chats with James Burgess, National Country Manager of the European Recycling Platform, to talk about electrical cables and a St. Patrick’s Day parade installation called “Trash Mammoth".   Remember, you can listen back to this and all previous episodes on our website and via ourstoprotect.ie , where you’ll also find fact sheets each week...

This week on Ours to Protect Kevin Swift, Regional Waste Co-Ordinator with the Regional Waste Management Planning Offices joins us. He tells us about the first of it’s kind national plan which aims to stop waste growth over the next six years in a bid to prevent over a quarter of a million tonnes of waste. Remember, you can listen back to this and all previous episodes on our website and via ourst...

On this week's Ours to Protect, series producer Ethna Quirke caught up with her name sake, George Quirke about living off grid.   Remember, you can listen back to this and all previous episodes on our website and via ourstoprotect.ie , where you’ll also find times and fact sheets each week to help you in your climate care journey. Ours to Protect is funded by Coimisiún na Meán with the Television...

On this week’s Ours to Protect, series Producer Ethna Quirke chatted to  Thomais Kakouli Duarte, Director of Research at Enviro Core in SETU Carlow about the importance of climate action research, her own love of nature and The Green Campus group.  Remember you can listen back to this and all episodes of the Ours to Protect series on our website and on the series website Ourstoprotect dot ie where...

This week on Ours to Protect, series producer Ethna Quirke spoke to the EPA about yesterday’s announcement of 14.3 million euro investment into research projects.  Darragh O’Neill, Senior Manager of the EPA’s Research Programme outlines some of the 33 projects to receive funding.   Remember you can listen back to this and all episodes in the Ours to Protect series on the KCLR website and on Ours t...

On this week’s Ours to Protect, series producer Ethna Quirke spoke with MEP Seán Kelly about the EU Commission's recommendation for the EU to achieve a 90% net reduction in greenhouse gas emissions by 2040.  Remember you can listen back to this and all episodes in the Ours to Protect series on the KCLR website and on Ours to Protect dot it. You’ll also find tips and support to help you in your cli...

As Ireland’s first-ever deposit return scheme begins its official roll-out this morning, Ethna Quirke catches up with Niamh Kelly of Re-turn to chat about the initiative, the hopes for its success in helping reduce our carbon emissions and the specifics of just how the scheme will work Remember you can listen back to this and all episodes in the Ours to Protect series on the KCLR website and on Ou...