joyce. christine school in the. first clinton. gore is a grand moment arrives join the arena taking on her journey. you know we're an interactive dungeon dora entering in tang returns home. welcome to eco africa your environmental magazine show today we have a lot on how to protect or make the most of the resources that we have you'd be surprised my name is eco and i'm joined by my colleague mt. hi i'm now at hackney coming to you from lagos nigeria and will be looking for more green ideas this week

so let's have a look at what we've prepared for you in this edition of eco africa. we will be hunting down the sick with primate business and may see you have done as well even in dry soil. and what should gonna do with the waste from your private hunter printer in our ground has come up with an eco friendly idea. we start the show with africa's highest mountain range they are glaciers on the slopes of the runs over the mountains in uganda where global warming is threatening the future of the unesco world heritage site now and the district of casa said wants to do something about it by shifting to a 100 percent renewable energy our reporter visited the region to find out more about the ambitious plan. for. the their family does not have any electric night just

a passing lamp and the scientists see in the long dark nights. the family's income would a village in southwestern uganda the main source of income is farming. to get better and feel when i need power i send a child to gets it we buy some every day because it's hard to get money i buy just a little when it's gone the next day by someone. the family spends around a 1000 ugandan shillings around $25.00 u.s. cents a day for a small amount of paraffin also called kerosene. how what is inconsistent districts because homes in nearly 700000 people. today sunday and many are making their way to church this cable is part of the national electric grid but he says just 20 percent of the population got recovery and as mayor of the minister policy of the

c.c. he wants white scale change including gets in bed of the paraffin lamps which are known as a bill to congo produces. so we don't want one creating an idiot who is the biggest couple it is the music gets little combinations in this. country and the nose every one of the minutes a patent saint and everyone knows him he wants to win them over to his big idea by 2021 small of consists of is supplied by renewable energy. his motivation lies in the snow capped when story mountains which are often shrouded in fog. very well. pushed into working 100 percent over and i do it because i wanted to save the glass. we called by no means will undermine your way through the people of this north and if you look at the trend at

reaching this nor is it a tree disappearing. under the conditions of told us it will disappear by 2030 so to save it and therefore the civil war and then decided to go under question and unmovable. the one story mounts and square 5 the very bases of life water to make sure the water does not try up the mayor has come up with his plan to convert the entire districts of to c.c. to renewable energy including schools and hospitals the main source will be solar power. joseph that's where is a consistent district natural resource officer he's keen to see the project go ahead one. kid went to places that are going to be able to serve $9.00. metric ton of carbon emission. and therefore this means that if you spread it across the 52 weeks into attorneys that

are the population that has adopted the. 5000000 metric tons of carbon emissions into the atmosphere and. the distance is still a long way from 100 percent renewable energy. then it's 2 thirds of the people of assisi still rely on paraffin lamps. i feel us behind and i also want a solar panel but i don't have the money. low interest loans or aid programs could help but they're also in short supply here will he calls this and bush's projects a failed the very big. the 200 the 100 percent by 2020 but listen out of the implementation periods of and we hope for that. mystical by the 24 to. reach 100 percent. as even. alice

fills a lamp with paraffin. perhaps that there are family will also have a solar powered lamp tonight up in the night. i'm sure you heard about the share butter in africa it's often used for cooking i mean you're up for cosmetics but the would have a share not trees also high energy fuel material that randall came across it's frequently made into charcoal resulting in deforestation now one organization wants to come but the problem what are you doing. the group is training women to make it stop quality shared bazza and battling to get shared back to recognized as an organic product if a live tree is worth more than a dead one then days hope that the felling will stop. deforestation is a huge problem in the fast so over $100000.00 hectares of forest are lost each year much of the wood is used to produce charcoal for cooking. we've adopted various

measures to try to reverse this trend but it's true that illegal logging is still taking place in our forests. conservative n.g.o.s are working together with the state to finally put a stop to this phenomenon in burkina faso please do do for when you are good enough . but trees produce more than just wood these women are collecting the fruits of the shade tree ready to turn it into shape a project used in many cosmetics and creams comedy's to be rechecks the quality of the fruit he works for a local ngo called c e 8 s it's training the women to produce more and better quality shade but this will allow them to increase their income making their families less likely to cut down the shade trees illegally the ngo has told the women to process the fruit as quickly as possible before it can be attacked by insects or the kernels begin to germinate. to gather the fruit into

a heap and leave it until we were ready now we boil it up as soon as we've collected it and then put it out to dry in the sun the butter we get now is much better. this store in the capital walk into cells all kinds of goods made from shea butter ranging from baby care products to vaseline and some say butter is an important export product the shop owner is already feeling the impact of the illegal say tree felling. that the production output has gone down compared to 10 years ago and that's reflected in the price we used to pay 302400 francs for one kilo now we pay double the price because the product has become more rare. and that's because. there are fewer trees and. a lot of protecting the trees is the name of c.a.'s here in the southwest of the

country the n.g.o.s recently installed a modern shea butter production unit here 200 used to be very has been training some of the women from the local village of superguy need to get a. crushing estate colonels provides the role material for the better. the work is physically much easier and the women are able to produce more better the quality is also improved so they've seen their incomes go up significantly. while we're looking at the future of our children school fees and health care for our kids going to. the n.g.o.s hopes that by improving the winnings financial situation this will in turn help to protect shade trees. it isn't part of the families of these women who are chopping down the trees so we can convince them of the importance of protecting the trees they can in turn help to persuade others and when they see they can earn more from the butter they'll be

more motivated to protect that source of income and. get on. the projects in the kenya 1st so count on the women and their families realising that it's in their own best interest to keep the shade trees a life. let's head to germany now this spring has also seen a fart so the so rain in large parts of the country farmers already warning that the harvest could be severely affected the german startup seed forward is responding to this challenge it is searching for ways to make climate resistant seed in a natural and environmentally sound manner now it really looks as if the stock's up has come up with some solutions. this looks like an ordinary field but what's growing here is something of a sensation the founders of the startup seed forward have come to see how things are progressing before planting the seeds used here were treated with a special environmentally friendly coating which is currently being tested by an

independent authority so far everything's going to plan. as you can see when i pull up a clump more soil sticks to the roots and they're hard to separate. and if you look more closely there are lots of fine roots holding the soil together and connecting the plants. and also big strong roots also considering it's this early in the season that's very exciting. the success in the field is the result of lengthy laboratory experiments for a few years now biologists alcohol as a has been working with seed forward to develop natural nutrients and soil bacteria known as biologicals these help the plants to grow better without using chemical substances the scientists have worked with all kinds of seeds ranging from the my like bush to the potato plant. in oregon when they're very difficult.

you can never predict how much active ingredient is contained in the particular substrate that you have. microorganisms that you are using so it's a bit like natural medicines to come in. it may be easier to treat seeds with chemicals but the biological method produces better results. plants are green are more stable and have stronger roots. so happy and i didn't expect the differences to be so. i thought that said inequalities might improve and later the growth rate i expected more of a general tendency and you could get some things have had spectacular results that i never expected. the formula for the seed dressing was developed by young bitter not even his business partner yacob postman knows the exact recipe on the basis of their experiments in the laboratory in the greenhouse they launched their 1st product a blue coating that contains organic substances which stimulate the corn to grow better in dry climates. the company has found farmers to plant the new corn seeds.

is one of them this year his soil is once again much to dry he's hoping the new blue corn will cope well with the arid conditions it needs less water than conventional corn seed and requires no special treatment. the blue protective covering biodegrades after 6 to 8 weeks by that time it has already served its purpose. i just go to the fruit of having a good feeling about it is already worth a lot. and in the end it should produce a greater yield so the investment in the spring will pay off in the fall. both yanetta and yakob plus one have spent a lot of time in africa it's where they 1st met increasing crop yields under difficult climatic conditions is of a great interest to them at the moment their products are best suited to conditions in europe never but blue seeds are being tested in malawi by an aid organization if

all goes well seed forward will begin developing seeds tailored specifically to conditions in regions of africa you come in and we could then adapted to local conditions so that it could be stored longer and have more water retention capacity so that would involve putting more. of the substance of the seeds that's the only thing we change when we produce it locally and not exported from. the 2 entrepreneurs say corn is just the beginning they've now set their sights on a number of other crops and they also want to start using biologicals to treat various vegetable seeds their fully organic methods are not only good for the soil the scientists believe they could also help improve food security in extremely dry regions. if you're one of our regular viewers i suspect what you might be thinking about i makes a video oh now not what's a high sense again but i can assure you that they're really

a major concern right behind the toes they block off waterways a soft tissue of oxygen and an ideal habitat for the snails that carry the parasite that causes the disease bilharzia people in the west african country have been in outside of the scorched into a valuable resource as you'll see in this week's doing your bit. water hyacinths pose a huge problem for fishing communities in africa. the aquatic plant can carpet lakes so densely that boats can barely glide across the surface. international conservation organization rare wants to see the weeds turned into a useful resource problem as in africa you can learn how when seminars like this one in burning after being collected the plants are left to dry in the sun. then they're mixed with carol dome and water. 2

months later the water hyacinths have become compost. the resulting organic fertiliser doesn't just help to increase crop yields. well i've. just learned that since we started using the composite we feel well and healthy. well you know we don't get sick as often as we used to that this is and i tell my whole family that they should use this composite of the because chemical fertilisers make you ill. but to deal you know. the composting initiative benefits farmers fishermen and the environment. if your plants close the lakes which is better for the fish and the fisherman. and the fresh compost saves the farmers money and improve soil quality. over 5000 tons of the water hyacinth have already been converted into garden gold. and how about you.

if you are also doing your bit tell us about it visit our website or send us a tweet hash tag doing your bit. we share your story. what's a high since all real all round you can make bags and bosco's from them or use them as fertilizers to improve harvest you and i have a good idea about how to use problem products for positive ends comes from greece give us the lowdown and. indeed in the city of tesla making plastic which is being of cycle getting a whole new life what would have been trash is turned into a public benches and chairs what's more they are using precision exciting technology to make that the project is called print your city maybe i'll give you a clue. plastic recycled into a new form with

a new function. the seeding elements in the greek port city of thessaloniki are part of a project called print your city. plastic waste to stop cycled as furniture from a 3 d. printer. the idea came from the dutch design studio the new rock panel sock us from greece is one of the projects founders. plastic is a mis understood material which is it's not the material that's the problem to go to but how we use it to the packaging for example yeah but i did my skill as it might only be used for a few seconds but it never degrades i could not but you know if we use it in some other way later we can change things and improve our lives. this is precisely what kano sockets hopes to achieve with the project. a diagnosis that god designed the furniture to allow people to experience public spaces in a new way with different last years. rather than sitting right they can relax

a bit more if they were sitting in their own living room. this is the feeling we'd like to put across these and bring private living space into public spaces and the fundamental emotional core to. anyone who wishes to participate can suggest designs online or select pieces of furniture from the various templates the ones that are selected most often go into print product a very thought i was so happy when i was walking through town one day and saw that a bench i had designed had been printed maybe i see and then it's there for everyone to think you know the others that you know. as soon as a new design template goes online the amount of recycled plastic needed for the 3 d. printing process is calculated automatically. at the 0 waste or research initiative of the new raw people in fessler nicky can find out about recycling and deposit the plastic trash it's cleaned sorted shredded and melted down.

and personally i don't like to just throw things out at all put it aside i think we ought to have a responsible attitude toward our planet. after all we use its resources year by year. takes about 70 kilos of plastic and 10 hours to make a park bench from a 3 d. printer. none of the colorful seats are given placed around thessaloniki center and more a plan to eventually the idea is to spread them all around the city. the combination of recycling and design is proving a hit with the locals and visitors alike. it's very impressive to see that you can transform waste into something a static in this way this minute the key moment that everyone can enjoy it and said here with their friends it's a definite gain. nothing negative about it people before the. end of the park

benches ever fall apart will simply be recycled. oh what a wonderful idea but back to africa now ghana is a country that takes most waste from you there are a number of bright ideas about what could be made from electronic scraps such as used. but guess what we will let you see for yourself. between 200 and a 1000 batteries go into each power tube made by mike. and his team the batteries recycled from old. tests and every one of them. having. to. mark. a

regular job. at the university of resources. he set up this 2 years ago he designed the housing for the. old and recently began using 3 d. printer high precision was once competed. to be hooked up. which then. and they were. part of. the power tubes have an operating live between 2110 years depending on the condition of the batteries then you just. used by trees. and try to give them a. card since. there are. for.

most of. us. has a thriving used electronics market but. people do take recycling. mark i'm aborting has found suppliers to views bed trees across the country anthony acco from kumasi started repairing electronics goods 13 years ago mostly computers his store has also become an employee above used batteries which he now sells to and his team but. to me when i went on with what i saw right away that this was a good business opportunity they always pay on time and they're clear about what they want. we try to hold onto our in the 20 question they want to especially our batteries and no longer gives them to the scrum to cry not in the much pro-forma.

10 power tubes have been sold so far they don't come cheap they can cost between 871500 euros. their customers include both private individuals and public sector institutions such as this health care center if this power outage they just turn on the power tube. we've been using power to for several years now in fact it wasn't the end of time and those benefits because there's a power fluctuation in a crack here especially in the how to so ever since we started it's us of a given as a more powerful. want to go and that's a cost thanks. to my sins in his quest to to provide viable solutions to polish or to tj's maqam aborting only text environment into consideration by crispier and

they would see us to keep them well classwork and that's why we saw for recycling them so that they do not go back to pollute the environment. the power to invent and he steam and need more financing in order to increase production finding old batteries will be no problem here. now it's just amazing how these people give those laptop batteries a 2nd live for the sake of the environment that's it for today from your prime african european environment show thank you and see you next week goodbye from lagos nigeria thanks anti as always it was fun hosting the program with you and if any of you want to find out more go to our website the address will be on your screen in a moment or even better if you have something to say about any of our stories write to us on our social media platforms now it's goodbye for me to from johannesburg

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