226: Building Community Resilience with Transition Kerry

About this episode

The episode explores community resilience in the face of climate change through the experiences of participants in a local adaptation program.

What makes farmers reluctant to talk about climate change, even though they see its effects first-hand? Can a trip to the Arctic change how you look at a small river in Kerry? And why might 'community first, environment second' be the right way round? These are some of the questions we explore in the second episode of the series following the Community Climate Adaptation and Resilience Programme in Kerry. This episode is a progress check on how the programme is unfolding, with Catríona Fallon from Transition Kerry giving an overview of the sessions run so far, covering community mapping, nature-based solutions and food. We also hear from three participants, each bringing a different background and reason for signing up. For the full context of the programme, have a listen to episode 218 where it all started. Our conversation brings in Kieran Cotter, Project Officer of the Knocknagoshel Environmental and Angling Association, who is also known for restoring his grandmother's 200-year-old cottage on RTÉ's Great House Revival. Chris Barrett, a professional photographer and PRO of the same angling association, has taken part in two Arctic expeditions and saw glacial melt, plastic…

People in this episode

Host: Tommy

Guest: Catríona Fallon

Topics covered

• climate change
• community resilience
• agriculture
• environment
• sustainability

Keywords

• climate change
• community resilience
• Transition Kerry
• sustainability
• environmental adaptation

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Transition Kerry, Knocknagoshel Environmental and Angling Association, RTÉ

Places: Kerry, Kenmare, Arctic

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