Ours to Protect - Sustainable Communities

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 buildin…

Ours to Protect - Waste and Fast Fashion

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 re…

Ours to Protect - Environment and Sustainability in Our Schools

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 Ma…

Ours to Protect - Biodiversity, Community and Citizen Science

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…

Ours to Protect - Waterways and Coasts

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 …

Ours to Protect - Sustainable Travel

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 tran…

Digging Deep - Episode Three

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 f…

Digging Deep - Episode Two

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 ne…

Clar sa Charr

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

Digging Deep - Episode 1

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 F…