Podcast of Friday, December 10's show

On this programme:

1. Professor John Sweeney of NUIM on the latest round of climate change talks in Cancun, Mexico.
2. Claire McDonald reports on Dublin City Council's attempts to become more energy efficient.
3. Labour Party Councillor Dermot Lacey on the new building height guidelines for Dublin.

As well as the week's environment news.

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Presented by Leah Leiva. News by Valerie Flynn. Produced by Christina McSorley and Valerie Flynn.

August 20's show

On this show...

• Dirty old town? Dublin's litter problem and new efforts to tackle it.
• Wildlife events in your area for Heritage Week.
  And...
• Dublin City Council's latest move in the Poolbeg incinerator controversy: Is it check mate for opponents of the plans?
  As well as this week's round up of environmental news.
  
  
  
  
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Anti-litter advertising: will it work?

Dublin City Council is to tackle litter this month with a new advertising campaign called "Nobody wants your litter. Bin it."

Apparently cigarette butts, chewing gum and fast food packaging together account for 75% of the city's litter, and this is what the ads will address. The Herald reports that Failte Ireland and the Department of the Environment are funding the campaign.

If the object of the exercise is to encourage litter bugs to change their behaviour, would the money not be better spent on stronger enforcement of the litter bye-laws? Probably.

Belfast City Council launched an anti-litter advertising campaign in 2004. Before the campaign began, 52% of people surveyed by the Council's Cleansing Department admitted to having littered in the past six months. Six years later, the figure is at 48%, according to a study published in May. Not a huge improvement, by any standards.

The head of Belfast City Council's Cleansing Department reported that littering in the city has actually gotten worse in the past year, with the number of people who admitted to having littered in the past six months back to 2005 levels.

The research, conducted in February and March of this year, showed that the public advertising campaign had created a "high awareness of litter in the public's mind." But that awareness, unfortunately, did not cause a change in behaviour in Belfast.

Also, Earth, Wind and Spire has noticed the new Dublin City Council campaign posters at busstops but this is not the most effective medium, if Belfast's experience is anything to go by. The overwhelming majority - 87% - of people in Belfast who said they were familiar with the anti-litter campaign recalled it from television.

Podcast of July 29's show

On this programme:

1. Christina talks to Gemma Larkin of the Nevitt Lusk Action Group about the upcoming judicial review of the EPA's licence for the planned north Dublin landfill.
2. Jeannie talks to Irish Times environment editor Frank McDonald about noise pollution in Temple Bar, where he lives.
3. Louise looks at the development of the docklands as the new observation wheel opens.
4. Plans to convert Dublin's street lighting to LED.

And...

5. The controversy over sewage facilities at the new National Convention Centre.

As well as this week's environmental news.



Presented by Christina McSorley. Reports by Jeannie McCann and Louise Finan. News by Valerie Flynn. Produced by Valerie Flynn.

Earth Wind and Spire July 16, 2010

On the programme we interviewed the new Lord Mayor of Dublin Gerry Breen and found out why he became involved in politics.

Six Months after the Haiti earthquake we talk to Habitat for Humanity about their vision for building communities.

And PJ Walsh from the Shannon Protection Alliance tells us Dublin City Council plans to pump water from The Shannon to Dublin would destroy The Shannon.

If you want to get in contact with us leave a comment here or send us an email earthwindandspire@gmail.com

Tune in to 103.2FM this Friday at 3pm to hear more on the demolition of the Chapel in St James Hospital, and the new law that will prevent residents associations from appealing planning decisions, and much much more!