see a wide spread races, depression, today, the screen we need to talk about here, the stories, shadows of german colonialism. the while of the best ways to protect and preserve the environment is through local solutions that helped communities list sustainably. what we're checking out some of those ideas on this new edition of eco africa. i'm chris gloves coming to you from lagos, 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 influenced people across the board, as i am sandra holmes,

the 3 nobody you write to income prolong you can do. here is what we have coming up the quotes and farmers in canada and using virtual reality to help the boys. they use a young interesting u. s. p, a p a, with a stylish solution to plastic pollution and how small scale form is kind of forward to to replace dr. diesel, we've clean solar energy. let us begin a ride to in uganda where many communities are named by the amount of plastic with that is littering. the streets, clothing sue was on humming the environment. organize west management could help a lot until then it is up to people like, you know, fust report to find creative and rewarding ways of dealing with these plastic like

life, you know, there could you come in, you've gone is anything but easy, but don't risk of you does not fall in the way on money collecting plastic bottles . the company is lead touch with them, including the small patch of land where she grows her vegetables. she sells the plastic west to a recycling company. who was immortal. on this uh comic about $24.00 euros a month. a cool me 5 by a waste of the bag. see my you said, i mean i get 24. you are letting me, but it has to be heavy. duty is covered up sled war to norfolk people, providence in democratic republic of congo. about 80 years ago. she's one of the about 1700000 refugees living in uganda. most come from neighboring thoughts done. the democratic republic of congo, and ruined the country that i've suffered under conflict and civil war. as

a result, your gun that is home to the largest refugee 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, if hugh settlement in west a new gun down there is the west collection point to close to ha, from how god in the pavement arrives. those points on how mobile account she can use them to make purchases and shops or get a cash disbursement of the come uh bus to get these people bring more plastics. you tubs. so environment, you know, the plastic chunk, the environment and the plastic. this was the sort of fatality, the so you lose is it's $42.00. you know, if we continue to collect them elastic decided we gain it's facility. you know, normally what the problem is or turning plastic recycling into a business that was the idea of and to put in your front can you shop. he and his team also developed the of which went online

a year ago in 2 locations in the city of dean jay and he's done, you've done the on here either. if you do come in west of the country and for equal plus time, this is just the beginning. we think it's possible to to how about this more than a median refugees engage in recycling as a business. and i need a smaller door law in the uh, from plastic recycling, quite clean 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 company's factory. mia come part of 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 conventional clay times 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, lightweight with 0 breakages and reduce the cost of construction loss. the company recycled more than half a medium kito swath of plastic bottles. that's a lot for a small company, but very mex, a dent in the 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 that 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. this young lady fidget comes the n g. okay. international brought echo plus tile on board to help with the plastic recycling of what is good involved in the company. no more than $1000.00 refugees are taking part in the trash for caution program. the end you as also noticed that the program is making a difference we have to do is to meet the nearest ups when such intense or plastic corrected or by the opinion over the last 3 months. that is a lot in terms of their volume. not under plastic being corrected in terms of removing it from the environment, but you are 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 plus because the source of income with the us any incentive more plastic waste is now being collected for recycling. you don't have

upfront can we do shop, pays a visit to, to young lady 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 mother, we no longer with a whole bunch of them. it's like they abandoned us with the children's does yet. but this business has helped us stuff because we have something to do every morning who is trunk can, will you show? and doty is viewed, i have both inbox and a new part, and it's paying off the entropy and you guys know, getting in touch with the organization so that he can launch is program anymore. 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 keeter's despite yet. he just found it to be up. yeah. in 2019, 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. or after this, we use these 5 weeks 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 fonts in the garbage, a dot 3, get the concepts escalator back we. so it's at that time if we produce environmentally friendly shopping box like step 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 for live around here. and that, and also the incident happened outside in this area. so i wanted to create such a frustrating for the only minutes. we'll leave it around here. to non you was one of the 1st employees of cheapest. that is very, very uh, i'm trying to see if uh she'd due to the following week as i want it or as i

trained. huh. so it's okay to non. yeah. it 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. i also have an extra job to ensure ruba has to do 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 her office in the city center of addis ababa. the bags are then made in this small room, cheapest itself $60.00 to $75.00 bags every month. to cope with the crisis and to reuse the leather straps, 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 her idea of ecological shopping bag. 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 out. she'll reach for many, but it doesn't have to be that way. let's go to start like a know where i'm in the african lead project is helping small skill families make the leap to clean energy. it's a desperate scene. the water tank is bowen, dry. the ground water pump is broken and the diesel canisters are 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 a go now they are farmers who use 1200 meters of diesel to irrigate a single heck to of agricultural lat,

company. we are in the i s region in north west in senegal region stretching 180 kilometers between the capital 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 his 3 effective plot. but he's also managed to cultivate publishing and other vegetables on this land. to until recently this antiquated diesel generator was the small hold, the 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 sullivan. before getting the solar found out,

i was facing enormous difficulties because my diesel permit, i'm because old more than 60 does of diesel as often broke down may i direct with the installation of the solar panels. my consumption has dropped quite 20 meters doors that i can't every gauge my higher farm using solar energy. but i can switch off the diesel generate at noon and just use the solar power for the rest of the day. losing young coal button d, i boat, the solar panels with the help of a small low equivalent to 6000 bureaus. thanks to support from a state bank. the only has to be paid 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 micro credits for solar panels for about 300 of his members by a sudden and at least financial institution. the long term goal is to be called an ice bombing in the region and save livelihoods in the face of the time in crisis

seen with the local. but it's a problem is we don't model nice. are ways of working and take into account of wiggling water resources. that's why we have to introduce solar panels. so that fall must save money, conserve water supplies, but it adds save jobs, drop a, got the liaison problem, spilled diesel contaminates the soil and kind of get into the ground floor to like other farmers. young coal button b i is use 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 and cause about the harmful effects of using diesel. it's not just a smoke. the fuel can also have polluted 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 one with them on saying the guys up, let's go to the new menu personally. i wonder if i missed any more diesel. one

might feel i the if i had 5 solar kids or whether or not they they, they, they thought it all. but the small whole, the content for to do that that's, i'd say, according to agronomist amount will do so from the senegalese in g o n deaf food willed. so says the micro finance system, they have a big palm, is the slow season going associated, it will lead to event. that is interest rates are often a problem that they often too high. and that means that the producers frequently don't have the flexibility to commit to such an investment. davis is my that when you what it is on the, what we are seeing is that people with more capital than the smell hold, the other ones profiting from this kind of investment piece on the uh, your uh, positive that is more affordable solar facilities like young hol, button b, i is good health regions, promise survive, then. 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 then is 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 middle barriers that can be raised to separate the sea from the

ground. the system is called mos that signaled 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 venice of del, provide long advantage or 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 think about janetta 40 the bell curve feet the most that we now know that mostly is a flexible instrument that does not always have to be opened nor at the same time set down a little sub today we know much more about plants and wind. so we're in a position to act again for flooding out within 50 has the most a system only partially to guarantee the exchange of water between the sea and then

a good, very easy to go for that model or 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, it says that most it is just buying time for the most house. and he's most enough to say tennis 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 use $300.00 to $400.00 times. that's once a day. first, i didn't want to manage the shaft that it moves, it won't be able to cool as a structure, but nor will the lagoon manage it because it needs the exchange of water. uh, did i won't it, but often host gosh marco sequel 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 time. okay, so minutes or so to say it could be that at some point we'll have to decide whether it makes sense to maintain the lagoon as a salt water, lagoon or noise that oversee the long closures interrupt the cycle between the seat and the lagoon, which is fundamental for venice and we're all open to them. you know, it's what creates the lagoon floor, southern which determines what plants and animals can lives. there are only 2. 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 the flood 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 centimeters with like flooding. and that 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 sun, michael. 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 a body those cannot be rescued. we have to decide what to save some vent investments. there is only one benefit, gibson, i'm in a difficult decision. one venetians hope they will never have to make the pad to deal with what level of problems may lie ahead. con, really help quotes in girl is around the globe. are trying to understand how to

adapt to the effects of climate change. as you have bought to see some farmers and kind of 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 farms are 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 their methods and practicing helps them understand the challenges better and adapt accordingly that often. hello, watching. 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 headset transports into a cutting 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 a spite is the feed on the castle pin is the can destroy his cotton chrome. if i'm going to video, come and you're like we right there in the video, we can see exactly what's happening. plus it's been a great help to was uh, it was been a great help to me. so i'm, i work with a company my 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 one 3rd of arable land 2 is used to cotton production. many families depend on it for their livelihoods, of 10 minutes specializing, including how the why g, hello keys, wireless 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, the units hit by at least the i won't use toxic chemicals because they cause a lot of problems. muskets i did on the buckle is that these are 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 we breathe that i know so long as you did, i wouldn't use toxic fertilizes either. i'll use organic fertilizer and estate team again on top. see, the farmer 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 to 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 in a virtual 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, northern 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 but it isn't rain, nothing rose, come on. that's a problem. also it is up. we'll see it even if the crops start to grow without rain and they wouldn't loss them properly. but that's another one of our challenges i will go see. the farm is learn how to best top is to cotton, to preserve its quality. and avoid does contamination. hokey is also started using coal sacks rather than plastic, not least because that means less waste. 250 farm is 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, confidence. com is with new challenges. hello g. hello, key in his family. a keen to keep up with the times whether it is high take or low take, or a mix of the to the best solutions walk best. when be impala the people they are supposed to help. i am sandra co forms, the 3 nobody signing up from complex rights 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 the ideas. see you again. next week, the

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