 Ours to Protect brings a flavour of how sustainability and climate action are inspiring lots of different groups in our communities. We will hear about biodiversity and future focussed rainwater harvesting in Carraroe, planting and orchards at the Sligo Children's Community Garden, greener buildings from architecture students at ATU Sligo and supporting our health by connecting with nature through the Havin a Laugh charity. 

Ours to Protect brings a flavour of how sustainability and climate action are inspiring lots of different groups in our communities. We will hear about biodiversity and future focussed rainwater harvesting in Carraroe, planting and orchards at the Sligo Children's Community Garden, greener buildings from architecture students at ATU Sligo and supporting our health by connecting with nature through the Havin a Laugh charity.

Ours to Protect - Sustainable Communities

Fast fashion is one of the topics we'll be looking at today on Ours to Protect, as students from Ballinode College put their favourite brands under the microscope at a workshop with Eco UNESCO's Tim Mac. We will also be looking at ways that we can cut down on plastic, by taking a trip to Sligo's refill shop. Áine O'Loughlen, Environment Awareness Officer with Sligo County Council joins us to explain how easy it is to compost Autumn leaves and to introduce new green initiatives at Sligo Rovers and among Sligo's business community. 

Fast fashion is one of the topics we'll be looking at today on Ours to Protect, as students from Ballinode College put their favourite brands under the microscope at a workshop with Eco UNESCO's Tim Mac. We will also be looking at ways that we can cut down on plastic, by taking a trip to Sligo's refill shop. Áine O'Loughlen, Environment Awareness Officer with Sligo County Council joins us to explain how easy it is to compost Autumn leaves and to introduce new green initiatives at Sligo Rovers and among Sligo's business community.

Ours to Protect - Waste and Fast Fashion

In this episode we see how topics around environment, climate and sustainability are taught in our classrooms. We will get a flavour of An Taisce's Green Schools programme from Carbury School students in Sligo and Travel Officer, Dolores McWeeney. We hear how three secondary schools in Sligo and Mayo are blazing a trail on environmental education by piloting a new leaving cert subject in Climate Action and Sustainable Development and meet a gaggle of different students from primary schools across County Sligo who have been helping to trial and develop a primary school workbook that uncovers the concepts behind the Sustainable Development Goals.

In this episode we see how topics around environment, climate and sustainability are taught in our classrooms. We will get a flavour of An Taisce's Green Schools programme from Carbury School students in Sligo and Travel Officer, Dolores McWeeney. We hear how three secondary schools in Sligo and Mayo are blazing a trail on environmental education by piloting a new leaving cert subject in Climate Action and Sustainable Development and meet a gaggle of different students from primary schools across County Sligo who have been helping to trial and develop a primary school workbook that uncovers the concepts behind the Sustainable Development Goals.

Ours to Protect - Environment and Sustainability in Our Schools

The second episode of Ours to Protect concentrates on the natural world, taking in ancient trees at Cleveragh Wood with the Hometree Charity, regenerating forests at Hazel wood with Joan Swift of the Sligo Cycling Campaign and leafy river banks with ecologist Piro Kocsis. We are also looking at how anyone can easily engage with citizen science to help protect the diversity of life here, with Michael Bell of Birdwatch Ireland and Dr. Adam Smith.

The second episode of Ours to Protect concentrates on the natural world, taking in ancient trees at Cleveragh Wood with the Hometree Charity, regenerating forests at Hazel wood with Joan Swift of the Sligo Cycling Campaign and leafy river banks with ecologist Piro Kocsis. We are also looking at how anyone can easily engage with citizen science to help protect the diversity of life here, with Michael Bell of Birdwatch Ireland and Dr. Adam Smith.

Ours to Protect - Biodiversity, Community and Citizen Science

This month on Ours to Protect we are splashing around the Summer filled waters of the North West with fishermen, paddlers and swimmers of all kinds. Looking at the life that inhabits our waterways is one of the best and simplest ways to tell if they are healthy and Dara Timpson of Inland fisheries will be scooping up creepy crawlies that let us know how clean our water is. Luke Kenny of the Local Authorities Water Programme will pass on a few tips for ensuring that our rivers and lakes remain at their best and Aga Piwowarczyc explains how we can all use our water connection for good. 

This month on Ours to Protect we are splashing around the Summer filled waters of the North West with fishermen, paddlers and swimmers of all kinds. Looking at the life that inhabits our waterways is one of the best and simplest ways to tell if they are healthy and Dara Timpson of Inland fisheries will be scooping up creepy crawlies that let us know how clean our water is. Luke Kenny of the Local Authorities Water Programme will pass on a few tips for ensuring that our rivers and lakes remain at their best and Aga Piwowarczyc explains how we can all use our water connection for good.

Ours to Protect - Waterways and Coasts

Ours to Protect returns with a half hour broadcast on the last Sunday of the month. In this first episode, we're weighing up a few different options for sustainable transport. We'll be joining some local schools as they participate in Seachtain na Rothar, we'll talk to engineer and sustainable transport researcher, Brian McCann and we'll hear from Sligo Cycling Campaign.

Ours to Protect returns with a half hour broadcast on the last Sunday of the month. In this first episode, we're weighing up a few different options for sustainable transport. We'll be joining some local schools as they participate in Seachtain na Rothar, we'll talk to engineer and sustainable transport researcher, Brian McCann and we'll hear from Sligo Cycling Campaign.

Ours to Protect - Sustainable Travel

In the third and final episode of Digging Deep we see how social farming can foster wider connections and generates positivity in ways that you might never expect, on a visit o Aidan Gillen's Tattie Hoaker Farm in North Sligo. We also turn our focus to the other side of the coin to see how social farming rubs off on host farmers and their farms and get the view of occupational therapists from mental health services on a farm visit.

In the third and final episode of Digging Deep we see how social farming can foster wider connections and generates positivity in ways that you might never expect, on a visit o Aidan Gillen's Tattie Hoaker Farm in North Sligo. We also turn our focus to the other side of the coin to see how social farming rubs off on host farmers and their farms and get the view of occupational therapists from mental health services on a farm visit.

Digging Deep - Episode Three

In Episode Two of Digging Deep I'm setting my compass for Quarryfield farm in Buninadden in Co. Sligo, where I'm meeting farmers Fiona and Gerald Doherty and social farmers Tadhg and Bradley from CI Connect in Sligo as they get hands on with a  flock of sheep, snuggle up to some llamas and set a new paddock in order.

In Episode Two of Digging Deep I'm setting my compass for Quarryfield farm in Buninadden in Co. Sligo, where I'm meeting farmers Fiona and Gerald Doherty and social farmers Tadhg and Bradley from CI Connect in Sligo as they get hands on with a&nbsp; flock of sheep, snuggle up to some llamas and set a new paddock in order.

Digging Deep - Episode Two

Catch up on The latest instalment of Clar Sa Charr on The Breakfast Club with Kevin. 

Catch up on The latest instalment of Clar Sa Charr on The Breakfast Club with Kevin.

Clar sa Charr

Ocean FM is out and about on farms across Counties Sligo and Leitrim to check out the heartwarming phenomenon of social farming, where people at risk of disadvantage spend time on family farms cultivating new skills, increased confidence or relationships. This episode brings listeners to Friendly Farm, outside Dromahair in Leitrim, where social farmer, James, is looking to build his farming skills in order to make him more employable. 

Ocean FM is out and about on farms across Counties Sligo and Leitrim to check out the heartwarming phenomenon of social farming, where people at risk of disadvantage spend time on family farms cultivating new skills, increased confidence or relationships. This episode brings listeners to Friendly Farm, outside Dromahair in Leitrim, where social farmer, James, is looking to build his farming skills in order to make him more employable.

Digging Deep - Episode 1

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