Category: Green Horizons

Green Horizons is a Climate Action Radio Series produced by Near FM and Transition Year Students in Mount Temple Comprehensive School in North Dublin. Jack Evans, Sadie Marley, Ben Forrest and Eoin Butler will bring us in a journey to learn how we can make a positive contribution to the fight against Climate Change.
Ove the course of the series, Jack, Ben, Sadie and Eoin will be talking to experts in the area of Climate, Energy, Biodiversity, Food Waste, Circular Economy and much more…

Green Horizons_Climate Law

On 9 April 2024, the European Court of Human Rights ruled that Switzerland had failed to act in time and in an appropriate and consistent manner to devise, develop and implement relevant legislation and measures to mitigate the effects of climate change.…

Green Horizons_Environmentally Fashionable

According to Oxfam Ireland, half a tonne of clothing every minute is dumped into a landfill in Ireland. That amount produces over 12 tonnes of carbon emissions – the same as driving 65,000 kilometres in a car. Buying just one white cotton…

Green Horizons_Food Matters

Globally, more than 25% of food produced is wasted. In Ireland we waste about 750,000 tonnes of food each year, according to current best estimates. Growing, processing and transporting food uses a huge amount of resources, such as land, water, energy and…

Green Horizons_Protecting Biodiversity

Climate change is playing an increasingly important role in the decline of biodiversity. Climate change has altered marine, terrestrial, and freshwater ecosystems around the world. It has caused the loss of local species, increased diseases, and driven mass mortality of plants and…

Green Horizons_Saving Energy

One of the biggest contributors to climate change in Ireland are CO2 emissions from the burning of fossil fuels in homes and cars. These made up 36.7% of all greenhouse gas emissions in Ireland in 2022. In this programme Ben, Sadie, Jack…

Green Horizons_What is Climate Change?

In this first program Ben, Sadie, Jack and Eoin will look at the current effects of climate change around the world and what might happen to Ireland. This programme guests are: Maynooth University Professor Emeritus John Sweeney, a climatologist who has…