Category: Event
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Developing Resilient Villages, Towns and Rural Communities
Is Ireland too safe for its own good? Are you ready for three weeks without electricity or running water? And should we spend public money on concrete or pay farmers to slow the flow of water upstream? This episode brings you a panel discussion recorded at a learning exchange event, part of Transition Kerry’s Community Climate Adaptation & Resilience Programme. It’s hosted by Sari Houlihan, presenter of Agritime, Radio Kerry’s farming and rural affairs programme. Ciarán Nugent, a forester, fire…
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Empowering Communities to Adapt and Thrive
This is a recording of a panel discussion, ‘Empowering our communities to adapt, thrive and flourish’, held during a learning exchange event as part of Transition Kerry’s Community Climate Adaptation & Resilience Programme. It was hosted by Catríona Fallon, co-founder of the Green Arts Initiative in Ireland and press contact for Transition Kerry, whom you might remember from episode 218. Catríona was joined by three guests, each bringing a different perspective on how local communities can prepare for a changing…
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233: Eat Venison, Grow Carrots – Éanna Ní Lamhna on Nature and Farming
Why does the blackthorn along our motorways flower weeks before the blackthorn in the hedgerows? How did Ireland end up with so many deer, and would bringing back the wolf solve the problem? And are farmers really the villains that some headlines make them out to be? Every now and then there is an episode with a guest who needs no introduction, and this is one of them. I’m joined by Éanna Ní Lamhna, biologist, broadcaster, Irish Times columnist and…
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Iveragh Learning Landscapes 2019
Iveragh Learning Landscapes is a weekend of talks, walks and workshops focused on outdoor education, place-based learning and nature connection. This year it runs from Friday the 11th to Monday the 14th of October. Get the tickets here.Facebook page here.
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Episode 38: Time to Panic with John Gibbons
In recent weeks the news and media have been filled with reports about protesters demanding action on climate change. So, in the interest of covering important and current events related to the outdoors, once again, I am bringing you a recording of a talk. This time the speaker is the campaigning journalist and climate change activist John Gibbons. You can find more about John and his work by visiting his blog thinkorswim.ie. The talk was recorded during the March Green…
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Episode 35: Whittled Away, Ireland’s Vanishing Nature with Pádraic Fogarty
Today we’ve got something a little bit different. Instead of a guest, I have brought you a recording of a live talk by Pádraic Fogarty from Irish Wildlife Trust titled: Whittled Away, Ireland’s Vanishing Nature. Pádraic is also the author of the book with the same title and I had the pleasure to chat with him last year on episode 20 of the podcast. Last Wednesday, Pádraic was invited to give the talk to the Kildare branch of BirdWatch Ireland…