Professor Pete Lunn is the founder and head of the ESRI’s Behavioural Research Unit. A behavioural economist, Pete’s primary research interest is how people make judgements and decisions that affect environmental, financial and health outcomes. Today we discuss the climate crisis to ask why we find it so hard to adapt our behaviours.

Ecolution is the podcast for kids who want to make a difference in the fight against Climate Change. Evie Kenny, a 14 year old Climate activist, takes a trip into the cloudy waters of our changing planet. For children aged 10+. Bronze award in the Climate category in the Irish Podcast Awards 2022. Part of the award-winning catalogue of junior podcasts for kids from RTÉ.

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Ep 92 – What's Stopping Us?

For our hundredth episode Evie spoke with the unstoppable, inspirational and inimitable Liz Bonnin to hear all about her astounding career as a TV presenter and campaigner bringing the wonders of the natural world to our screens.  And Liz answered questions from kids across Ireland.

Ep 100 – Liz Bonnin

The Ocean Cleanup is a non-profit organization developing and scaling technologies to rid the oceans of plastic. We spoke with Matthias Egger, their Director of Environmental & Social Affairs about how he became involved, how they work so effectively and why he has hope for the future.

Ep 99 – The Ocean Cleanup

Today we look at two differing approaches to conserving whales in our oceans. Melanie White of Clearwater Marine Research Institute talks about their efforts to document the last remaining Right Whales. And we get on board with Neptune’s Navy to hear about their approach to whale protection.

Ep 92 – What's Stopping Us?

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