Ecolution
Episodes
Ep 100 – Liz Bonnin
29 Jul 2025
Contributed by Lukas
For our hundredth episode Evie spoke with the unstoppable, inspirational and inimitable Liz Bonnin to hear all about her astounding career as a TV pre...
Ep 99 – The Ocean Cleanup
23 Jul 2025
Contributed by Lukas
The Ocean Cleanup is a non-profit organization developing and scaling technologies to rid the oceans of plastic. We spoke with Matthias Egger, their D...
Ep 98 – Right Whales, Wrong Time
15 Jul 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Today we look at two differing approaches to conserving whales in our oceans. Melanie White of Clearwater Marine Research Institute talks about their ...
Ep 97 – Generation Glas
09 Jul 2025
Contributed by Lukas
For this episode we give the reins to Generation Glas, a youth ambassador programme that helps young people across Ireland to lead the way on climate ...
Ep 96 - Buy it, Break it, Fix it, Mend it!
01 Jul 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Today we look at the subject of reuse and mending. Arran Murphy of the Rediscovery Centre heads the ReLove Fashion competition. Nathalie Crowley has b...
Ep 95 – Teachers wanna teach
24 Jun 2025
Contributed by Lukas
We continue our mini series on Nature in schools with a visit to a park with first class from Gaelscoil Bhaile Munna with Caitriona Kenny and GAP Irel...
Ep 94 – The Not so Frozen North
18 Jun 2025
Contributed by Lukas
We travel north to Nuuk in Greenland to speak with Mie S Winding Department Head of the Greenland Climate Research Centre to discuss glaciers, ocean i...
Ep 93 – Let's go outside
10 Jun 2025
Contributed by Lukas
This week we head to St Patrick’s Primary School in Curtlestown to visit their outdoor classroom. A place nestled under trees where students connect...
Ep 92 – What's Stopping Us?
03 Jun 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Professor Pete Lunn is the founder and head of the ESRI’s Behavioural Research Unit. A behavioural economist, Pete’s primary research interest is ...
Ep 91 – Laughing While Crying
27 May 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Stuart Goldsmith is a comedian who has made the climate crisis the main topic of his standup. We spoke with him about how to communicate your fears, h...
Ep 90 – Which lie did I tell?
19 May 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Today’s episode is all about Disinformation. Particularly around the climate crisis. We discuss how you tell fact from opinion, media literacy, meme...
Ep 89 – Junk Kouture
13 May 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Last week saw the Dublin City Finals of Junk Kouture, the sustainable fashion event open to 12-19 year-olds that challenges them to create high end Ko...
Ep 88 – Hop on for Bike Week
07 May 2025
Contributed by Lukas
It's Bike week from this Saturday, so the Ecolution team wound our way to the foothills of the Dublin Mountains, St. Colmcille's Senior National Schoo...
Ep 87 - Forest Bathing
29 Apr 2025
Contributed by Lukas
On a sunny morning in Fernhill, third class from Stepaside Educate Together National School stepped into the forest to take part in something called f...
Ep - 86 - Embrace The Dark
17 Apr 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Ecolution is back - and we’re switching off the lights to look to the stars! In this first episode, we head to Wild Nephin National Park in Co. Mayo...
Ep 85 – Young Environmental Awards 2024
30 May 2024
Contributed by Lukas
We went along to Eco-Unesco's annual, all-Ireland awards programme that recognizes and rewards young people who raise environmental awareness and impr...
Ep 84 - Ecolution at the BTYSTE 2024 – Pt 2
23 Jan 2024
Contributed by Lukas
This week we shine a light on those projects that attempt to harness nature in a sustainable way. And the in studio discussion turns to the expansion ...
Ep 83 – Ecolution at the BTYSTE 2024 – Pt 1
17 Jan 2024
Contributed by Lukas
We’re back in the bustling hub of the BT Young Scientist and Technology Exhibition at the RDS. Join us for a whistletop tour through the exhibits an...
Ep 82 – Young People are Powerful
12 Dec 2023
Contributed by Lukas
For the last episode of the season we visit the Oireachtas to witness the historic moment when the Children and Young People's Assembly on Biodiversit...
Ep 81 – Good COP Bad COP
06 Dec 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Saoirse Exton plus Students from the ISSN and the Childrens Assembly on Biodiversity loss join Evie to discuss their feelings on COP28 and how we coul...
Ep 80 - The song that sings us with Nicola Davies
27 Nov 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Nicola Davies is the author of almost 100 books for children and today she speaks with us about her Carnegie Medal-nominated book The Song That Sings ...
Ep 79 – World of Soil
13 Nov 2023
Contributed by Lukas
For Science Week we decided to try a super opportunity to take part in some citizen science. First Class students from Taney Parish Primary School in ...
Ep 78 – Bats about....
26 Oct 2023
Contributed by Lukas
This week we head to the banks of the Royal Canal with Connecting Cabra in search of a creature synonymous with Samhain. Bats. And Donna Mullen of Wil...
Ep 77 – From Colombia to Brazil – A shared struggle
11 Oct 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Today we step outside Ireland and hear from South America. The home of the Amazon rainforest. Juan David Amaya, a 17-year-old climate justice activist...
Ep 76 – Hop on the Cycle Bus
27 Sep 2023
Contributed by Lukas
This week we celebrate the efforts made by kids, parents and teachers to start Cycle Buses in their neighbourhoods. We meet two highlighted by An Tais...
Ep 75 - Heavy Weather
20 Sep 2023
Contributed by Lukas
From flooding to heatwaves and beyond, today we’re trying to make sense of the extreme weather our planet has seen over the past few months. Dr. Noe...
Ep 74 – Earth Rising at IMMA
12 Jul 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Earth Rising is a festival of eco related programming showcasing the most exciting innovators in the field of eco citizen science, design & creativity...
Ep 73 – Dr Jane Goodall
27 Jun 2023
Contributed by Lukas
This week Evie got to chat to a giant amongst us. Dr Jane Goodall, DBE answers kids questions on chimpanzees, Nature loss and all that young people ca...
Ep 72 – Rivers deep, and shallow too
21 Jun 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Today we look at Ireland’s waterways. We visit the Camac River in Clondalkin with Aileen and Sabrina of Globe Ireland and fourth class from Clonburr...
Ep 71 – Young Environmentalist Awards
07 Jun 2023
Contributed by Lukas
In today’s Ecolution we showcase just some of the many young people taking positive and impactful action on their climate worries; those taking part...
Ep 70 – Dollars to Doughnuts
24 May 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Today we talk money. Who has it and how does it impact on our world? With Sociologist Rory Hearne, doughnut economics expert RoisIn Markham, environme...
Ep 69 – Wild Mind
10 May 2023
Contributed by Lukas
We headed to Fenit in Kerry to check out local festival. Wild Mind. Scientists, environmentalists, authors, and artists and locals gathered to talk ab...
Ep 68 – Troubled Waters
26 Apr 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Season 4 returns with a very important episode. We speak to Prof. Matthew England about his teams' latest findings on changes in the oceans around Ant...
Season 4 is coming!
21 Apr 2023
Contributed by Lukas
It's Earth Day and we're delighted to announce the return of Ecolution! If you haven't already, please like, subscribe and review the show wherever yo...
Ep 67 - Ecolution at the BTYSTE - Part 2
25 Jan 2023
Contributed by Lukas
We return for the second episode and this time food and farming are on the agenda. We found projects on our attitudes to eating insects, the carbon im...
Ep 66 - Ecolution at the BTYSTE - Part 1
18 Jan 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Evie heads to the RDS to meet the young competitors in the 2023 BT Young Scientist & Technology Exhibition. Almost half of the projects dealt with cle...
Ep 65 – A Christmas Message
21 Dec 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Ecolution draws to a close for the season, but not without recognizing all those we’ve met and worked with this year.See omnystudio.com/listener for...
Ep 64 – George Monbiot
30 Nov 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Today we speak with George Monbiot, who’s new book Regenesis: Feeding the World without Devouring the Planet is all about the soil beneath our feet....
Ep 63 - Trust the Science
16 Nov 2022
Contributed by Lukas
We posed some tricky questions to four scientists about the climate crisis and the place of scientific research in explaining the issues, while also c...
Ep 62 – Climate and Nature Summit
02 Nov 2022
Contributed by Lukas
For the 2nd year in a row, the Schools Climate and nature Summit offers all children in Primary and Secondary an opportunity to make friends and start...
Ep 61 – Children and Young People’s Assembly on Biodiversity Loss
02 Nov 2022
Contributed by Lukas
October saw the coming together of Irelands’ first ever Children and Young People’s Assembly on Biodiversity Loss, and Ecolution was lucky enough ...
Ep 60 – Of a Feather...
19 Oct 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Birds are one of the most visible, and audible members of the biosphere that surround us. But they are in serious trouble. We spoke to Niamh Fitzgeral...
Ep 59 – Our Ocean Giants
28 Sep 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Today we meet Donal Griffin, marine policy officer for Fair Seas Ireland and Sibéal Regan of the Irish Whale and Dolphin Group to shine a light on th...
Ep 58 – Stepping out for Walk21 Ireland
21 Sep 2022
Contributed by Lukas
It’s Green Schools Walk to School Week and last Monday, 150 young people from 10 to 24 gathered as part of the Walk21 IrelandConference. They met to...
Ep 57 – The Anthropocene at IMMA
14 Sep 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Evie, along with fellow young people Paddy, Frank, Nora, Rosa, Tom, and willing accomplice Derek spent a morning at IMMA seeing The Anthropocene exhib...
Ep 56 – Power Up!
31 Aug 2022
Contributed by Lukas
This one is all about Energy. Sarah O’Rourke of Eirgrid discusses Ireland’s present and future. John O’Shea of Codema talks Dublin's low-carbon ...
Ep 55 – Megabytes mean C02
17 Aug 2022
Contributed by Lukas
What happens when you watch videos, stream a movie or play online, and how could it be having an impact on our environment? Artist Joana Moll has been...
Ep 54 – The Best Job in the World?
27 Jul 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Today, we visit another Biosphere Reserve, this time in the Maldives. At Finolhu Baa Atoll, Marine Biologist Filipa might have the best job in the wor...
Ep 53 - Bull Island and the Dublin Bay Biosphere
13 Jul 2022
Contributed by Lukas
We head to Bull Island to discuss the Dublin Bay Biosphere with Dean Eaton, Ecologist Pat Corcoran, Niamh Fitzgerald of Birdwatch Ireland and the Scou...
Retro Ecolution – Eco Anxiety at Wicklow Sudbury
06 Jul 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Just before Covid we visited Ireland's first Democratic School to see how they're changing the way they learn, to fit the world we’ve made. And ther...
Retro Ecolution – Who needs Soil when you’ve got Fish Poo?
29 Jun 2022
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode from way back in December 2019, we joined four inner-city schools visiting Belvedere College to see if they can bring gardens fed by f...
Gaeltacht Sos
29 Jun 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Evie will be away for a week or two but normal service will resume soon! In the meantime we plan on revisiting older episodes to show that we’ve bee...
Ep 52 – Mary Robinson
15 Jun 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Mary Robinson, the first woman President of Ireland, former UN Commissioner for Human Rights, Chair of the Elders and fellow podcaster joins Evie to a...
Ep 51 – Setting sail for Fair Seas
08 Jun 2022
Contributed by Lukas
For World Oceans Day we met with Marine Biologist Sarah Hegarty of Birdwatch Ireland to hear about the Fair Seas campaign, which launches today.See om...
Ep 50 – GLAS Community Garden
01 Jun 2022
Contributed by Lukas
To celebrate our 50th episode in style, we headed to Glas community garden in Ballymun to meet the students of Virgin Mary National School, Gardener S...
Ep 49 - Buzz, Click, Rattle - Insects and Biodiversity
18 May 2022
Contributed by Lukas
A double header episode to celebrate Biodiversity Week and World Bee Day together. We send intrepid bug explorers Sadhbh and Rosa to the Bee Sanctuary...
Ep 48 – Chain Reaction
11 May 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Next week is #BikeWeek2022. We headed to DCC’s Pedalpalooza to meet hundreds of people celebrating active travel. Niamh Nà Cholmain talks school st...
Ep 47 – For Peat’s Sake
04 May 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Today’s episode is all about our peatlands. The flora and fauna that call them home but also the farmers and communities that live on and around bog...
Ep 46 - The WRI Wildlife Hospital
27 Apr 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Last autumn we took a trip out to a very special place which, at the time, was based in Navan. The WRI Wildlife Hospital. There we met Education Offic...
Ep 45 – A change has got to come
14 Apr 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Today, we look at the latest IPCC report with Dr Shane, visit Castelcomer Discovery Park, speak to author OisÃn McGann. We head to Mud Island Communi...
Season 3 is on the way
14 Apr 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Say hello to Evie Kenny, Ecolution’s brand new presenter, letting you know what we have coming up this season.See omnystudio.com/listener for privac...
Ep 44 – Earth Hour 2022 and some News
23 Mar 2022
Contributed by Lukas
This is a shorter episode than usual to highlight two things. Earth Hour, this Saturday, but also a change in the next season. James explains all in a...
Ep 43 – COP26 with Spunout
03 Nov 2021
Contributed by Lukas
We’ve teamed up with the youth organisation Spunout.ie to try and explain what COP 26 is all about. Orla, Peter and Amy, 3 teen volunteers, delve in...
Ep 42 - Paddy Shanahan and the Climate and Nature Summit
26 Oct 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Paddy Shanahan is a 12 year old Climate Activist who got in touch with Ecolution to speak about the Climate and Nature Summit. We met him on Sandycove...
Ep 41 – Farming in Cashel
17 Sep 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Made in conjunction with the schoolchildren of St. John the Baptist Boys’ Primary School for Cashel Arts Week, this episode speaks to future farmers...
Ep 40 – At the Rock, not on the water
17 Sep 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Made in conjunction with the schoolchildren of Holy Trinity, Fethard for Cashel Arts Week, this episode looks at how water influences a town, how we u...
Ep 39 - Cashel Time Capsule
16 Sep 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Made in conjunction with the schoolchildren of Cashel and Fethard for Cashel Arts Week, to investigate one place in great detail. This episode asks wh...
Ep 38 – Wolves
30 Jul 2021
Contributed by Lukas
This week we head back into the wild to ask how wolves could play a part in Ireland’s future. We visit Wild Ireland in Donegal to meet their wolf pa...
Ep 37 – Climate Ambassadors
21 Jul 2021
Contributed by Lukas
In a time of scary heat and massive flooding, Ecolution talks with some of the young An Taisce Climate Ambassadors who are working so hard to make a b...
Ep 36 – Something in the air
02 Jul 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Today we meet Karen and Lou, who cycle to school through Dublin. Professor Paul McNally of the National Children’s Research Centre discusses air qua...
Ep 35 – Can we go Wild?
23 Jun 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Today’s Ecolution asks can rewilding help in slowing the climate crisis? We’re joined by Dr Una Fitzpatrick of the All Ireland Pollinator Plan. Pá...
Ep 34 – Farming and Biodiversity Pt 2
16 Jun 2021
Contributed by Lukas
In the second part we head to Laois to spend time with John McHugh, Farming for Nature Ambassador and Organic Farmer. We meet Brigid Barry who runs FF...
Ep 33 – Farming and Biodiversity Pt 1 - Space for nature
02 Jun 2021
Contributed by Lukas
In the first of two parts, we talk farming and biodiversity with Liam Lysaght, visit St Patrick’s School in Galway to see their award winning contai...
Ep 32 – Water we doing?
26 May 2021
Contributed by Lukas
In a collaboration with five An Taisce Green Schools, we ask what does water mean to us?See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Ep 31 – Bee Different
19 May 2021
Contributed by Lukas
For World Bee Day 2021 and National Biodiversity Week, Ecolution takes a trip to Wicklow to see how one family is trying to help our native pollinator...
Ep 30 – Paint the Future
12 May 2021
Contributed by Lukas
This week, we plunge into the world of art and environment. Katie Holten discusses her Tree Alphabet at Visual in Carlow, and why words matter. Cather...
Ep 29 - Eamon Ryan
04 May 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Today, Eamon Ryan, the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications joins us to answer kid’s questions about the Climate Action Bill. An...
Ep 28 – Fast Fashion with UNICEF
27 Apr 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Ecolution has teamed up with UNICEF Ireland for this episode to rummage through the mess that is Fast Fashion. 7 teenagers collaborated to make a show...
Ep 27 - One Planet, Together
21 Apr 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Today we celebrate Earth Day by digging into why it matters that everyone is considered, Globally, in our actions on Climate. We meet Joan and Clare o...
Ep 26 – How to be an Activist
14 Apr 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Each of you listening cares about the environment and wants to play a part. In this episode we follow Saoirse Exton, a 15 year old An Taisce Climate A...
Ep 25 – It's not so quiet
02 Apr 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Today we discuss silence, and how little of it we now get. Matt Mikkelson of Quiet Parks International talks noise pollution and how saving One Square...
Ep 24 – The Climate Action Bill
31 Mar 2021
Contributed by Lukas
This is a different episode from normal. With the arrival of the revised Climate Action Bill we decided to gather young activists from across the coun...
Ep 23 – Where we’re at
24 Mar 2021
Contributed by Lukas
We’re back with a brand new season and this episode sets the stage. We meet the Ecolution braintrust, a group of kids across the country who share t...
Ep 22 - Community: Get into that Garden!
01 Jul 2020
Contributed by Lukas
From newsletters and cavemen to benches and gardens, this episode looks at how doing things together makes things better.See omnystudio.com/listener f...
Ep 21 - Get on your bike!
17 Jun 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Ecolution hops in the saddle to #CelebrateCycling. What better way to get around Ireland and do something good for the environment? #AndSheCycles #Str...
Ep 20 - Ecolution at Home
03 Jun 2020
Contributed by Lukas
This episode takes you on a whistle-stop tour through all of the amazing online initiatives to help kids keep it green whilst off school. And kids get...
Ep 19 - Beecolution
20 May 2020
Contributed by Lukas
We celebrate World Bee Day by getting buzzy at some hives in Dublin 3. We meet young people passionate about our stripy friends. And a young woman who...
Ep 18 - Corona Planet
06 May 2020
Contributed by Lukas
James talks to Lyla and Freya, two kids making a podcast all about the natural world within the 2k limit. Luke O'Neill, Immunologist & Dr. Shane dig i...
Earth Day 2020: The Big Blue Marble
22 Apr 2020
Contributed by Lukas
On this, the 50th Earth Day, Ecolution zooms out to look back in. We hear from the Japanese space agency, Jaxa. We hear from children outside Ireland ...
Ecolution - Covid 19 message
02 Apr 2020
Contributed by Lukas
A short piece from James on what you can do whilst at home. Stay tuned for some new specials in the coming month.See omnystudio.com/listener for priva...
Ep 16 - Sweden: Greta's not alone
19 Feb 2020
Contributed by Lukas
We investigate the country that gave us Greta and remains top of the chart on Climate Action; Sweden! We talk to Swedish kids, teachers and, in an Eco...
Episode 15 - Australia
05 Feb 2020
Contributed by Lukas
This week we try to make sense of the bush fires in Australia. And we meet Damon Gameau, director of the documentary "2040", a truly positive look at ...
Ecolution Episode 14 - Eco Anxiety at Wicklow Sudbury
29 Jan 2020
Contributed by Lukas
We visit Ireland's first Democratic school to see how they're changing the way they learn, to fit the World in which we now live. And Social Ecologist...
Ep13 - BT Young Scientist 2020
22 Jan 2020
Contributed by Lukas
This week's Ecolution showcases all the amazing ways the school kids of Ireland are coming up with solutions to Climate Change. We went to the enormou...
Ep12 – Youth Protest: Young People making change real
15 Jan 2020
Contributed by Lukas
We’re joined by Muireann and Cian, two young Climate Activists, to discuss the state of Protest amongst the young people of Ireland, and talk about ...
Ep11 - Plastic: Live With it? Live Without?
08 Jan 2020
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode we join Physicist Phil Smith in the Science Gallery to take a trip through their Plastics Exhibition. Why is it everywhere, and what c...
Ep10 - Urban Farming: Who needs soil when you've got fish poo?
18 Dec 2019
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode we join an amazing venture started by Belvedere College. Four Inner City Schools join them in a plan to bring gardens fed by fish into...
Ep9 - Sustainable Christmas: Reindeers shouldn't poop glitter
11 Dec 2019
Contributed by Lukas
We go on the hunt for a Christmas that's good to us and the planet. People making gifts that give back, kids selling toys and countless tips from the ...
Ep8 - Patricia Forde: Words have Power.
04 Dec 2019
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode we meet Patricia Forde, author of The Wordsmith, a book about a time after "The Melting". Set in a future we hope doesn't happen, Jame...
Ep7 - GIY Allmanac
27 Nov 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Muireann Nà ChÃobháin and Michael Kelly join James to discuss GIY’s Know-It-Allmanac, the ultimate family guide to growing and cooking food throu...