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All podcasts with tag: environment

A Better Environment

A Better Environment
  • Duration:  03:34
  • Filesize:  2.9MB
  • 26-03-2008
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Social Firms can help those with mental health issues as well as physical disabilities. Manager of Green Tracks in Aberdeen, Doug Croucher, explains how they can help with employment.

A Greener Scotland

A Greener Scotland
  • Duration:  05:10
  • Filesize:  4.2MB
  • 11-02-2008
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All over Scotland people are taking on board the message of promoting a greener and more sustainable future. We visited the Ecology Centre, at Kinghorn in Fife, and spoke to Julie Samuel, to hear about their range of education programmes and fun activities.

Standing up to Climate Change

Standing up to Climate Change
  • Duration:  06:10
  • Filesize:  4.9MB
  • 17-10-2007
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There's real momentum at present for Governments to act and bring in policies to stop climate change. But will they work? In part two of our chat with Iain Gulland, from the Community Recycling Network Scotland, we look at who is best placed to lead the fight against Environmental change.

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Re-using Refuse

Re-using Refuse
  • Duration:  06:09
  • Filesize:  4.9MB
  • 17-10-2007
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There's scarcely a day goes by without climate change being in the news. Is Scotland doing its bit? We chat with Iain Gulland from Community Recycling Network Scotland and in part one he looks at the challenges we face.

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Planting the Seeds for Success

Planting the Seeds for Success
  • Duration:  03:10
  • Filesize:  2.5MB
  • 23-08-2007
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When the sun shines, Renfrewshire is blooming. And part of that is down to GroundBreakers, one of the KibbleWorks group of businesses, based near the main Kibble campus in Paisley. We chat to experienced landscape gardener Stephen McMurray about the benefits of the service as a social enterprise.

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Foot on the Gas Guzzlers

Foot on the Gas Guzzlers
  • Duration:  09:53
  • Filesize:  7.9MB
  • 21-08-2007
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Gettin people out of cars and into more environmentally-friendly modes of transport has become a major concern for Katherine Freund in part two of our feature on ITN America.

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No Gold Diggers Here

No Gold Diggers Here
  • Duration:  09:19
  • Filesize:  7.5MB
  • 20-08-2007
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Here we profile some of the work of social enterprise in Canada. It's the second part of our chat with Stacey Corriveau and Sid Gould from Abbotsford Recycling Industries Social Enterprise, in British Columbia.

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The Next Gold Rush

The Next Gold Rush
  • Duration:  06:56
  • Filesize:  5.6MB
  • 20-08-2007
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Canada's vast landscape is rich with an innovative network of social enterprises. In part one of our chat with Stacey Corriveau, and Sid Gould, they tell us about Abbotsford Recycling Industries Social Enterprise, based in British Columbia.

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Welcome to the World of Work

Welcome to the World of Work
  • Duration:  05:11
  • Filesize:  4.2MB
  • 19-06-2007
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KibbleWorks provides training and employment opportunities for many of the young people who leave the main Kibble campus. Jim Goodwin took time out of his busy day to tell us about how the Warehouse benefits both the young people and the wider community.

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