#01: Follow The Leaders - Home & Energy Part 1.

KCLR's Follow The Leaders

Follow the Leaders is our new programme where listeners will hear from the people who are leading the way and have already made the changes necessary to meet the challenges posed by climate change, and who are taking steps to reduce their carbon footprint.

Over the course of the series, we will be meeting individuals who represent the changes required across each of the themes in Ireland’s Climate Action Plan: Home / Energy; Travel; Food and Waste; The Circular Economy and Local Climate & Environmental Action and listeners will be able to find out in detail about what is involved in making meaningful changes across each of these five areas.

Follow The Leaders aims to show that while thinking globally about climate change, there are people who are taking action locally, and if more people follow their lead, the necessary steps to halt the climate crisis can be achieved.

In this first episode of Follow the Leaders the focus of our discussion is on Home & Energy, with a specific focus on agriculture and business.

Paul O’Brien, Chair of the IFA Environment and Rural Affairs Committee, Eamonn Sheehan, Farmer in County Kilkenny & George Hatton a Carlow Farmer spoke in detail to Robbie Dowling. They chat through what EPA and IFA Smart Farming Programme is, how to get involved and how it has been of benefit to Eamonn & George on their farms.

O’Shea Farms is a major supplier of fresh fruit and vegetables, supplying wholesale and retail outlets across Ireland and we hear more about the changes they have made in a bid to become more sustainable. Robbie Dowling met with Tom Murray, Agronomist at O’Shea Farms.