the thing is to split on what lies the head for the. what do you think? let us know in the comments below and things forget to subscribe to our channel. the one of the best ways to protect and preserve the environment is through newco solutions that help communities list sustainably. well, we're checking out some of those ideas on this new edition of eco africa. i am chris alliance coming to you from league goes, nigeria, good to have you with us today. a valve is sold to crease initiatives that start from the ground up can often set an example and influence people across the board is i am sandra holmes, that we,

nobody you write to income prolong you can do. here is what we have coming up. the quotes and almost in town they were using voucher reality to help the boys. they use a young interesting you, you'll be a, we've a stylish solution to plastic pollution and how small scale form is kind of for the toothpaste dot to diesel. we've clean solar energy. let us begin a ride to in uganda where many communities, our son named via the amount of plastic with that is littering. the streets. clothing suit was on humming the environment. organize with management could help a lot until then. it is up to people like, you know, plus people to find creative on wanting ways of dealing with these plastic blake

life. you know, there could you come to in your gun is anything but easy. but daughter is of you does now found a way to on money collecting plastic bottles. the companies lead to with them, including the small patch of land where she grows her vegetables. she sells the plastic with to a recycling company. who mostly moines on this topic about $24.00 euros a month. cool me 5 by a waste of plastic bag. see if i can get one. i mean, i get 24 your i mean, but it has to be heavy. the door is covered up, slid what to not keep a pro, vincent democratic republic of congo. about 80 years ago. she's one of the about 1700000 refugees living in uganda most come from neighboring thoughts of done the democratic republic of congo, and ruined the countries that have suffered on the conflict and civil war. as

a result, your gun that is home to the largest surface, the population in africa. me think that the need seems like a huge challenge. now the oldest of you guys starting over in that young body. you settlement in west a new gun. that is the worst collection point to close to ha, from how god and the payment arrives. those points on how mobile account she can use them to make purchases and shops or get a cash disbursement the dock. i'm a bus to get these people bring more plastics. it helps the environment. you know, the plastic chunk, the environment, tell you my best of the plastic. this was the sort of fatality. the so you lose is it's $42.00. if we continue to collect them elastic decided we gain it's facility, you know, normally what the problem was already turning plastic recycling into a business that was the idea of that to put in your front can be sure he and his team also developed the of which went online

a year ago in 2 locations in the city of dean j and he's done, you've done the on here either. if you do come east west of the country and full equal plus type, this is just the beginning. we think it's possible to talk about this more than the median refugees engage in recycling as a business. and i need a small de la in the uh, from plastic recycling. quite clearly the environment. if we can do that, then we assure that the heating the triple bottom line, which is the people planet and, and personality. the worst plastic has been brought from the come to the companies, 53, the come product. this is where the plastic it's shredded and melted and then turned into roofing tiles. the tires are lightweight and cheaper to produce the unconventional play tires and they can be died in various colors to replicate the

appearance of natural clay or concrete. they've already been used on several roofs in kampala as we make them a 100 percent from plastic west. um they are brick red. they look like the normal crate dies by the way, by the tooth ends. light weight with 0 breakages and reduce the cost of construction loss. the company recycled more than half a medium kilo swath of plastic bottles. that's a lot for a small company. but very mex, a dentist of roughly 220000 tons of plastic waste. that's produced every uh in the country so far that you've done and government hasn't come up with a plan to reduce plastic use. and there is no national recycling system to the dismay of environmental experts. in do that, i'm searching, i think it is around less than 3 percent of the plastics are being recycled and the rest is being displayed the is being thrown into the

environment. as a result, plastic waste is a problem across the country. it's mainly local organizations that are trying to stem the tide of this young, bloody lessons, you come to the n g. okay. international brooks echo plus tile on board to help with the plastic recycling. what is get involved in the company? no more than 1000 refugees, i've taken part in the trash for caution program. the end you as also noticed that the program is making a difference. we have to do with the nearest ups when such intense or plastic corrected or by the video to over the last 3 months. that is a lot in terms of their voice, you know, toner, plastic being corrected in terms of removing it from the environment. but you're looking out to and every time that we have you visited for their critics. as for the aggregate, as for the plastic recycle, as for those who are picking press because the source of income with the us any incentive more plastic waste is now being collected for recycling. if you don't

have a front can with dish up, pays a visit to, to young body is us to show how the up was on. so many refugees here, the ability to on a small income mix like huge difference. and of course the, in this kind of, most of us, the single mothers we no longer with a whole bunch of them is what they abandoned us with the children's does yet. but this business has helped us stuff because we have something to do every morning with trunk can, will you show me and doty is viewed, i have both inbox and a new past and it's paying off the entropy and you guys know, getting in touch with the organization so that he can launch is program even more if he comes collecting west plastic is one thing preventing good is another way of if you appear next to meet an answer for you who's settled to reduce the countries addiction to plastic shopping box does right. sandra and how

company is not just talking pollution in a stylish way. it's empowering women and creating jobs in the countries capital. the eco friendly and fair backs for men, women for work or for going out and produced locally in ethiopia. impossible. well, not for keyed is just by a cute is founded to but you see up here in 20. 19, in this suburb of addis ababa, she just created 31 jobs for women like us. all the women are weavers and work from home. she just comes regularly to collect the fabric they make after this, we use these fabrics for different states defense of bucks. so click on manage with the data. she just had the idea to start a business 5 years ago. at that time, she was a student and she was living in this area which is known for this big dump site in

2017 a land site on the site cause the death of at least 130 people. after this event, she just wanted to do something for the neighborhood. one of the reasons why that happened with the existence of plastic function, the garbage, a doctor, we got the concepts escalator back. we. so it's at that time if we produce environmentally friendly shopping box like states, our body shop, each box, we can replace draft each box. but she soon realized that the initial capital needed to produce paper or fabric for shopping bags was too high for her. so she looked for another way to create jobs here, and old domains, so live around here and that and also the incidents happen outside in this area. so i wanted to create that for sure, and before, so i'm going to leave it around here to non, you was one of the 1st employees of cheapest. that is very uh, i'm trying to see if she's due to the fall break as i want it or as i trained. huh

. so it's ok to non you looks after 3 children. this work allows her to provide for a large part of the family's needs. with the money she's given me, i pay the rent for my house from. i also have an extra jump doing she ruba has to, with the money from that i pay the rest of the food it's it's, it's all done on a with the fabric made by the women. he does returns to our office in the city center of addis ababa. the bags are been made in this small room cheetahs, selves $60.00 to $75.00 bags every month to cope with the crisis and to reuse the leather scraps she started to sell smaller and cheaper objects. like wallets were bracelets. she also often works at night to sell her products in a concert hall for the future. she dreams of selling more and more bags to create more jobs for women. and in the longer term she loves to relaunch or idea of

ecological shopping bags. building up a small business can be a real challenge, especially when you're trying to be sustainable. that's possible green solutions that often still also find the shield rich for many, but it doesn't have to be thought way. let's go to start again. now when i'm in the opportunity that project is helping small skill farmers make the leap to clean energy. it's a desperate scene. the water tank is boned dry, the ground water pump is broken, and the diesel kindest is empty. all abandoned by a senegalese pharma, overwhelmed by the effects of climate change and rising fuel costs. it's a growing problem here. is that going on? they are farmers who use 1200 meters of diesel to irrigate a single heck to of agricultural that. sometimes we are in the i s region in

north west in senegal region stretching 180 kilometers between the capitol call and the city of san luis. it is the country's vegetable growing hub, but it's raining, less and less here. and the ground water levels are dropping. so young cool button d'ye it is currently cultivating potatoes and onions on is 3, is picked up, blocked, but he's also managed to cultivate overseen and other vegetables on this land. to until recently this antiquated diesel generator was a small hole does only means of pumped the ground water onto his fields. now he has 9 solar panels to this clean energy is helping him to save money and keep his business afloat the fall every night before getting the solar power. and i was facing enormous difficulties

because my diesel permit, i'm because old and more than 60 does of diesel offering broke down may i? but with this installation of the solar panels, my consumption has dropped quite 20 meters, photos of my current every day to my higher form using solar energy. but i can switch off the diesel generate at noon. you can just use the solar power for the rest of the day, the lives of young coal button, d i boat, the solar panels with the help of a small load equivalent to 6000 bureaus. thanks to support from a state bank. the only has to be pay off of the loan. the loan was broken by an association in t is in the south of the region that represents more than 20000 vegetable farmers. my, my do the, i a has managed to secure a micro credit for solar panels for about 300 of these members by a sending a least financial institution. the long term goal is to d, called an ice bombing in the region and save livelihoods in the face of the climate

crisis. seen with the local one. it's a problem is we don't model nice all ways of working and take into account of wiggling water resources. that's why we have to introduce solar panels so that farmers say money conserve water supplies. ad save jobs. drop got, did not know that liaison spilled diesel contaminates the soil and kind of get into the ground water like other farmers, young coal button b, i is confused. yes. think about the benefits of switching to clean energy for mazda and get a new one for more, for what am i doing to boost the hospital like we have had across as about the harmful effects of using diesel. it's not just a smoke. the fuel can also pollute to the ground and the harvest, but the pharmacy was to lose diesel. don't have any other choice anymore because anything, any more. i'm on. like i'm on saying the basketball avenue, many personally,

i wonder if i missed any more diesel on my feel. i the if i had 5 solar kids with whether or not they they, they, they pass it on. but the small whole, the content for to do that that's, i'd say according to agronomist, i'm gonna do so from the senegalese and g o n deaf 3rd willed. so says the micro finance system favors big palm is the slow season going associated. it will lead to event, that is, interest rates are often a problem that, that they often too high. and that means that the producers frequently don't have the flexibility to commit to such an investment for you to be able to see some of that when you what it is, or what we are seeing is that people with more capital than the smell whole. the other ones profiting from this kind of investment. ne, wanna keep your, uh, positive that the more affordable solar facility is like. yeah, cool. but the i is good health regions. farmers survived the new. yeah. yes. region

is also crucial for food security. this for the child coastal strip produces more than 60 percent of the tenant goals vegetable. rapid climate change caused by human behavior have been effect all over the world on extra politics, those to a place that's having to deal with too much water rather than to re, to business in italy is facing rising sea levels. while on the same time, its foundations, us thinking the was from a city has already installed high tech flag, gets bonds. the a wondering easy enough. the venice has fascinated the world for over 1600 years. and for just as long people have been scared of floods or worried that the city could sink into the sea. this is the latest attempt to protect venice. 78 metal barriers that can be raised to separate the sea from the

laguna. the system is called most single triple simone. if we hadn't, had moses venice would have been irreparably destroyed on november 22nd or 2022. it was the 2nd highest flooding history. quote, but nothing happened. we were able to protect the lagoon and vince of del, provide long advantage. so elizabeth to spits has already given the order to raise the barriers over 50 times, much to compare search, see, and she's having to do with increasingly frequently. so the jeanette authority on the most that we now know that the most it is a flexible instrument that does not always have to be opened and nor at the same time sec danville. so today we know much more about black than wind. so we're in a position to act again for flooding and out within 50 has the most a system only partially to guarantee the exchange of water between the c and then

a good, very easy to go for the amount of that does that mean venice can be saved climate experts predict that the sea level could rise by 60 centimeters by the end of the century. the oceanographer gate arc when the keys and says that most it is just buying time the most house and his moves enough to see fence game, a man. yes, at the moment seen so definitely in the next 1020 or 30 years. but if the sea level rises by 50 centimeters, and it will have to be used 300 to 400 times pass once a day 1st, i mean it wouldn't manage to shop that. it moves, it won't be able to cool as a structure, but nor will the lagoon manage it because it meets the exchange of water. i did, i want it, but often house gosh, marco single vinny from the venice institute of marine sciences is researching the lagoons eco system. he says the frequency with which most a is being used has not yet had any major consequences. but this could change if

the lagoon is separated from the sea more frequently and for longer periods of time . the remainder of the time. okay, so i mean, it's a sort of thing. it could be that at some point, we'll have to decide whether it makes sense to maintain that lagoon is a salt water lagoon or not at home for see the long closures interrupt the cycle between the sea and the lagoon, which is fundamental for venice. and we're all of them, you know, it's what creates the lagoon, floors opening, which determines what plants and animals can lived there. i think it, we're going to face talk decisions because they could understand the future whether to save the lagoon or the city the nations would ideally keep both the sun marco is the lowest point of venice and the 1st applied the work is currently under way to raise the square the going to my buddy now were raised to

a $110.00 centimeters in the square would no longer be under water. because it would manage up to a $110.00 centimeters with like flooding and uh, over a $110.00 centimeters come. and what was the system would close? so in other words, there would be no more flooding on the san marco. he says that venice, as we know it cannot last forever in any case. at some point the lagoon will have to be separated from the sea and the venetians will be forced to decide what kind of by the host cannot be rescued. we have to decide what to save some vent investments. there is only one benefit, it keeps my, i'm in a difficult decision. one venetians hope they will never have to make the pad to deal with what level problems may lie ahead. con, really help quotes in girl is around the globe are trying to understand how to

adopt to the effects of climate change as you about to see some farmers in coming guessing some innovative on striking count. it's not your average teaching age virtual reality. technology takes a bit of getting used to but with the help of these headsets, kind of runing, cotton farm is a learning, have to adopt most sustainable practices, boosting their hobbies and their incomes. fit to do for much jump in this type of training, plunges farmers into a world where they can practice the message and practicing helps them understand the challenges better. go and adapt accordingly. laptops, hello, hello key learned how to from cotton, from his parents. but now he's willing to try out new approaches and gain new skills. the high tech headsets transports into a cotton field for and the most is learning experience. he can see the crops close

up from his desk along with any interest stations and dangerous pass. the training also shows in some creatures a beneficial, such as spite is the feed on the customer pin is the can destroy his cotton chrome . if i'm in the video from any like way right there in the video, we can see exactly what's happening. plus, it's been a great help to us who has been a great help to me. so i'm, i work with a company, not real well in northern cal, marine is the center of the country's cotton industry. is the main cash crop growing in the region. and once the desirable land too, is used to call production many families depend on it for their livelihoods. are familiar to personalize it, including hollywood, g hello, keys. when is for children at school, his wife and 2 of his neighbors are going to help him with the harvest. hokey is planning to put what he learned on the course about pest control in sustainability

into practice next year, when it's time to associates again. is an attempt by at least to buy one used toxic chemicals because they cause a lot of problems. muskets i did on the buckle is that these i products kill all insight. and so if i have some a useful okay. it will see you start to see that goes back to our animals and that bad for the air that we breathe, that i know so long as you did, i wouldn't use toxic fertilizes either. i'll use organic fertilizer and i stayed clean. and on top, see the farm i learned how to make cool comic pesticide spray on the virtual reality course by mixing names, the powder with water olive oil and a little washing up liquid. it's not any better for the environment, the chemical pesticides. it's also a lot cheaper the training sessions are organized by the international cut and advisory committee and financed by the gym and development agency. the g,

i said it must have learning individual environment that replicates real world situations is also cost efficient. it reduces the sort of expenses associated with stem to training methods, such as traveling fuel north and cameron. and these, these a 3rd of the rain full of the rest of the country and climate change is exacerbating the irregular rains and drought. to tell you up, i look for the sign. it was what it isn't rain, nothing rose, come on. that's a problem. also it is up. we'll see it even if the truck start to grow without rain and they wouldn't let them properly yet. but that's another one. of our challenges will see the farm is learn how to best top is to cotton, to preserve its quality, and avoid dust contamination. hokey is also started using 12 sacks rather than plastic, not least because that means less waste. 250 farmers have already taken part in the

virtual reality cools, and 90 instructors have been trained up to pass on the new skills is climate change . conference. com is with new challenges. hello g. hello key in his family. a team to keep up with the times whether it is high take or low take, or a mix of the to the best solutions work best. when the impala the people they are supposed to help. i am sandra co forms, the 3 nobody signing go from complex. right here in uganda. thank you, sandra and i am christa lansing lagos. nigeria, thanks for joining us and do checkouts echo off or go online for more grid stories and ideas. see you again. next week, the

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