EPISODE 5 -Reducing Our Carbon Footprint

What is a carbon footprint, how do we calculate ours and more importantly how do we reduce it? These are the topics for week 5 in this series. Calculating and reducing our carbon footprint is a tricky issue as pretty much everything we do has a carbon footprint. But there are small changes we can make, such as reducing the amount of energy we use daily. Aoibhin travels to West Waterford to meet Niamh O Donovan who lives in a passive house that uses almost no energy. Richie Walsh from the council chats about the benefits of remote working. And we meet those who are running remote working hubs in Waterford. Plus, Aoibhin finds out about a Waterford company which is pioneering a technology that can extract carbon from the atmosphere.

This series is produced and narrated by Aoibhin Fallon.

It is funded by Coimisiún na Meán with the Television Licence Fee / Árna Mhaoiniú ag Coimisiún na Meán leis an Táille Ceadúnais Teilifíse.