Environment

The Sustainable Energy Authority of Ireland encounters many inspiring individuals, teams, communities and businesses striving to create a cleaner energy future. One such business is Hotel Doolin, Ireland’s only carbon neutral certified…

Why is sustainable fashion important? As a few previous guests have mentioned, humanity has not been very nice to this world. We've chopped down forests, poured piles of putrid waste into the oceans and burned so much condensed carbon that…

It's the last day of 2019; a time for reflection, introspection, and smoked meat ingestion. What Am Poltics style. Happy New Year!

Are you considering giving vegetarian eating a go? If so, there's no better time than the present. October is Vegetarian Awareness Month, and the celebration can include everyone — carnivores, too. Even if you're not ready to adopt a vegan…

As you read these words, the Amazon rainforest is aflame. Humankind's insatiable hunger for beef and non-renewable fuels has led the myopic among us to destroy the very planet we share for survival. Scientists warn that ignoring this…

Climate change is not a subject many would associate with whimsy, but with the Icelandic Woman at War, writer-director Benedikt Erlingsson has tried to apply a lightness of touch to a story about coming mass extinction. Halla (Halldóra…

Peter Kavanagh of Motherfoclóir, Pop-Up Gaeltacht, and the Green Party, joins Alan and Ellen to talk about the hero who hasn't gotten pollution down to zero just yet but he's trying his best: Captain Planet! We try to stay positive about…

Have you stumbled yet upon this fantastic article written by our very own Shaun O’Connor detailing the benefits of vegetarianism? If you haven’t, I strongly suggest you give it a read. This article is actually the thing that prompted me to…

As the Trump administration continues to play its game of Chicken with reality itself, the rest of the world is waiting to see what results, if any, the recent climate change report will bring. National priorities all across the globe are…

We count steps, we count calories and many even count the number of likes on their social media posts. But how many of us ever stop to think about the one thing we need every minute of the day? The air that we breathe. Unfortunately, for…