Highland Radio are delighted to partner with Coimisiún na Meán in launching a new series dealing with various topics on sustainability.
Donna-Marie Doherty of Highland Radio will have a weekly feature on Tuesdays at 12:30 covering a real mix of different topics and interviews with businesses and experts who have a common interest on expertise in sustainability.
Coimisiún na Meán stated; ‘”Ours to Protect”, is a unique and exciting audio project – a collaboration of local and regional broadcasters from across the country who have come together to tackle climate change, champion climate action, and inform and educate audiences all over Ireland about how they can make a difference.’
This week Highland Radio spoke to Hans Zomer, CEO of Global Action Ireland.
Did you know?
Climate Heroes is a team-based climate challenge. > https://www.climateheroes.ie/en-ie/
All you need is a phone, a leader and some team members! > https://youtu.be/LhNnH02vikY
The goal is to learn simple, cost-free actions to reduce your carbon footprint.
Why it’s important!
Each person who took part in the competition saw a CO2 reduction of around 20-30% totally cost free by making lifestyle habits.
This equals 72 kg of Carbon per person over two weeks!
To put this into context here is some examples of carbon equivalents> https://clevercarbon.io/carbon-footprint-of-common-items/
Learn more:
https://www.climateheroes.ie/en-ie/
Ours to Protect Survey – Closed
Ecological Footprint Calculator
