(EcoEye S7, E7)
Item 1: Sustainable Family Holidays in the South East Hotels
Item 2: Commuting to Work and School: Alternatives to the Car
Item 3: Tree Genetics: Protecting our Resource
Posts Tagged ‘tourism’
Episode 07
Episode 03
(Eco Eye s1/e3)
The Big Picture
This item investigates rural water quality and how it is under threat from septic tank pollution. Septic tanks are now used by one and a quarter million rural homes around Ireland but they are probably the most basic and least effective technology that deals with wastewater and raw sewage on-site because [...]
Episode 04
(Eco Eye s2/e4)
Eutrophication
People have been fishing in the waters of Lough Conn in County Mayo for hundreds of years. But one fish they won’t be catching is an ancient species stranded in Lough Conn 12,000 years ago at the end of the last ice age that had survived until only recently. The artic char, a [...]
Episode 11
Eco Eye (s5/e11)
Eco Trip Special
In Ireland, we are going on more holidays than ever before; sun holidays, ski holidays, weekend breaks. On average, we take two foreign holidays every year, 90% on a plane. With cheaper flights, we can afford to go further and more often.
But what is the real price to the environment? Air [...]
Episode 09
Eco Eye (s5/e9)
Greenbox
The Greenbox is an area in the North West of Ireland including all of counties Leitrim and Fermanagh as well as parts of neighbouring counties Donegal, Sligo, Cavan and Monaghan. It is a completely unique region and is a natural location for Ireland’s eco tourism destination. Duncan visits the area and checks out [...]