it was 5 minutes 4 minutes. or so as an hour and a beauty. pageant all. the feats in the pantheon of the great tennis certainly he's one for the ages. because 10 or 4. starts july 10th on d w. the environmental movement has plenty of heroes here in eco africa we'll introduce you to some of our favorites hello and welcome to this special edition of i'm very mentally magazine show i'm 2nd overall in johannesburg south africa and as always

i'm joined by my charming colleague n.t. the n.t. hello 0. of the fossil park in lagos nigeria and i'm looking forward to the show this week we celebrate some people who deserve to be celebrated ordinary citizens who through the actions do they have bit to protect the environment so let's take a look. a young inventor from tanzania shows how renewable energy and change village life for the better. nigerian activists demonstrates that art and the environment i'm a good friend. and in south africa ellens are being moved back into their natural habitat to the benefit of the enviro. hazy do you know that almost half of all the plastic produced in the world is used just once and then thrown away that's an alarming fact and we need to find solutions fast before the

world drowns in plus ticks and not only that n.t. experts say plastic also contributes to global warming from the production to their disposal they are responsible for the emission of huge amounts of greenhouse gases and that is keeping us from achieving global climate goals so it's good that there are people like james like t.v.'s from kenya eco africa met up with the environmental activist his message is clear make kenya plastic free as soon as possible. for many years has been focusing its lens on plastic with jumps what could be of the photographer from the cool kenya with over 17000 followers on twitter he's one of the most pronounced environment activists in the country using twitter he kicked off a social media campaign to fight plastic pollution. my social media campaign.

happened this week so for example. if i was in the streets and i would see a plastic bags. in their olds i was a plastic months later in the environment i'll take pictures can't. say took the pictures i would come and teach them and share them with the hash tag bomb rustic skate until august 27th when most people in kenya used plastic bags to carrying goods from shops. that resulted in plastic quest all over the country. then the government issued. anyone violating it faces a penalty of up 232000 euros a jail term of up to 4 years. our number from the factories and target is have been arrested and fined. while there has been quite

a big big change you know. then vironment has benefited. all a lot from the plastic but even if you look at the my background this is no god. on dates beauty 3 clean it's it's it's green there are no plastic bags in all plastic water all industries to the streets are korean brains one feeling plastic bags. even the local downside to now is more at ease because of the decline in plastic waste but plastic bottles remain a challenge jim so it could be and fellow activists are now pushing the manufacturers to act. i've always. believed that those people who make. income 0 make profits from plastic bottles they should

ensure some kind of deposit scheme where consumers. of their products return those borders to some kind of a center where they are given some reward on here shillings. for each plastic bottle they take and then those voters are take it for recycling. jumps what could be a wants to continue with his comments on people to practice a responsible use of prostate for him with the ban on plastic bags the 1st step has been met although there is still a long way to go chalice flying in from the national environment management authority kenya agrees. when this came into being as levels were not uniform across the country there were some areas where the glance went very fast where harry s. where it went a little bit slower. for jim so it could be that his hometown is leading

by example people here by much expensive parts of the markets or use their own country about. you know that's absolutely nothing can go without one crucial substance that is essential to all life here on our planet what's up but considering that is all around us in every living thing the fact that hundreds of millions of people around the globe have no access to clean water is simply shocking that's why it's good to hear that a team of engineers in berlin have come up with a solution that could drastically improve lives all over the world. around 1200000000 people live in africa but many reasons. africa has no access to clean water. drinking and bathing in contaminated water is very

dangerous. engineers in berlin developed what they call a war. the system was designed by alley al hakim and how meant by hasty it desalinate filters and decontaminate water so it's potable water. thousands of liters of water per hour. there is ult is virtually germ free. and it's tasty. the process is powered by a solar energy system attached to each watch a kiosk. 10 kiosks are in operation in kenya somalia and yemen. in kenya 20 liters sell for around $0.40 that's a 10th of the usual price. the warty kiosks not only supplying clean water but also free wi-fi access and outlets to recharge smartphones and they provide job

opportunities for local residents. and how about you if you're also doing your bit tell us about it visit our website or send his or tweet. doing your. share her story. now another call he will would like to introduce to you. so i don't know his world we're known as the man who stopped the desert the 80 year old from fossil began experimenting with planting techniques back in the late 1970 s. in that rehabilitating eroded soil so our dog show has grown an entire forest on barren using the natural like the zeiss system he says his work as a legacy for future generations and their way of fighting the effects of climate

change in africa eco africa went with him in the book in a fossil. given group of. cool this patched us a song supports trees when yacoob us our don't go fast say that in the lead 19 seventies following a long drought everyone said he was crazy since then his woodlands have grown to over 40 hector's bringing global fame to his home village of coca in north and booking a fossil there will get the poor who. would design method you dig a hole right where the rain water would simple where you use asked to prevent the water from draining out of the hole and put dried leaves in it the leaves rot to become composed and nourish the tree and exists water can escape at the site. where you. worked under your new government here in the freshly planted trees

get further nutrition from compost which you call muscle or double mix on the site with his sons using a very simple technique quickie why don't we mainly pour to dried leaves into this compost or then we add a little ready made compost and ash then restamp it down family after a couple of weeks it starts steaming and then we know the compost is finished no. proper behavior. there were grog or. so ago we were able to go through. the trees have been just fatter lies to the soil the also attracted insects including bees so a dog was set up some hives for them there one is become another source of income for his extended family. uku but so a dog has been experimenting for years now he wants to pass his knowledge on not only to he's 27 children and neighbors and friends but will now much larger scale.

on the part of the world but under 2 we are john mars and look at this forest this is where we'll build our training center to benefits nature and the animals and the people if the present getting comes with money for it to go towards this and for sharing government never know when afford to go to where good. and training won't be limited to the ira for restriction techniques so i don't go once more. coral there are roughly 90 different tree types 60 of them growing in this forest i've brought all kinds of seeds back from my travels of which of planted here and using traditional medicine without plants there's no medication and if you don't know what to do with the plant maybe someone will come along and show you one day so

a dog or swears by natural medicine he knows which healing oils leech medication can be extracted from the fruits backs and routes his reputation draws and well people to him every day whom he and his children treat in these hearts. i built this house as truck more deaths the sick here they can recover and one of the hudson is my store for dried leaves and 3 bags that i need to treat people we. are going to really want to put but no. healing with nature while nature heals us our doubles fam has spread he's now probably known as the man who stopped the dessert on top of that the water table has risen a whole 5 meters then tire region has become more fire tale. yet never saw double has been awarded the alternative nobel prize for his life's work and he's already making sure his ideas live on long after he's gone. what an amazing

man a true inspiration now let's head over to tanzania to see how ideas that make environmental sense can also make economic sense. right auntie now what people in rural areas need both is reliable energy supply and clean water in tanzania only 10 percent of the poppy. nation is connected to the grid terminal conformable is a young innovator who is solving that problem with renewables and the help of some soft tort engineers let's see what they're up to. tommy mckee fungo is a man with a mission they engineered has already built 10 wind generators with his partners 2 years ago they founded the company team success at the beginning they started welding for other companies but soon realized that they could build windmills themselves most of the staff comes from remote regions intern's anea electricity

and water i had to come by not even a 3rd of thousands onions have access to electrical power. to see by what i'm on a child on water. you have received as young people in our villages we faced the challenge of drilling and getting water out of the bore holes by the sierra and especially pumping water out of it was the main challenge as i thought of finding an alternative way of solving the problem in the area and while it away we started thinking of how the problem could come to an end of scale. today i went by needs to be repaired the company owners are fixing it themselves in a small windmill costs between 3505500 euros more than half of the windmills sold run water pumps as well as produce electricity. when to me

what about this is a windmill driven water pump project that the system uses wind power to pump water from the source b. to a river a lake oh in. this one is for a ball and it is used to pump water to households because. that. life for the farmers here has gotten easier previously in the civil war mary had to fetch water far away in the wetlands now thanks to the pump the water flows all the way directly to the farm as long as the wind is blowing that's plenty of water. to work on unless this project has been on for a year in the half we have seen changes in running our businesses because our work t.v. does need a lot of water and now we have plenty the farmer raises chickens and grows vegetables he's had the windmill for one and a half years now it makes his work easier and allows him to make important

investments with the extra water he can plant more crops and purchase more animals . at the company's headquarters in derry salaam to mean looking forward to the team of 20 partners none have ever worked in the field before and only 4 of them are trained ingenious they all learned how to build wind generators on the job using you tube to tiriel when they started later they had the idea of connecting them to water pumps which turned out to be their most important innovation today. we want. to be able to distribute water in most of the villages so even the government can come in and help in distributing water to other areas especially past released and farmers. who really wish to get to the point of helping the entire community.

the government has been planning a major wind path for years but it is a long way from being finished meanwhile local solutions like to mimic it for was providing water and electricity at least to some villages. and from one kind of creativity to another now i'm stronger nato isn't. arts graduate based here in lagos was decided to use its creative skills to remind humanity to care for the environment with music poetry photography and painting he speaks of the younger generation in the long ways they can relate to and proves that the art of powerful medium for conveying the message that mother earth needs to be cared for. the weak. side. is a single you really need to listen to mind you're an artist stanley and there too

has written songs and poems to encourage more people to look after the environment it is how to get. his sons focus on water and drought the felling of trees and pollution and the loss of africa's animal population the. climate change environment protection. you know all those things are into things that are well celebrated here because the average person in this part of the ward it's more interested in solving. the end of an animal's catch is a reflective pen when it comes to environmental protection stanley said to example his way. instead of brushes he uses different colored light bulbs. lights out and the magic begins. its transition from green and healthy to the alarming state that it seem today captured through the lens of

a camera. usually a painting done with oil or acrylic on canvas to take a couple of hours to a few days depending on the size and they'll be considerable waste this is done in just a few minutes and there's no waste. when you use things like or you can't just expose it to either end of the day and up in the environment so this has mileage are pretty tools which are in action in our environment that gets us to do something the appeal that we expect to get from out. this isn't how stanley used to work a graduate of fine and applied arts he painted like regular artist with oil or acrylic on canvas is made over 300 pieces using this new method and now sells multiple copies of each piece around the world. that you got with abusing me so much. i mean i'm very frightened by.

nature. to the. blame the family and it's a once the rest of the world to pay more attention to the environment he believes in the path of music to bring about change the tree. the tree. the tree if. some people listen to music. over. you know. how to listen. and get the message stanley and it's always recording new songs audiences love his music and he gets a lot of radio and t.v.

airplay maybe one day people will just listen they'll take action to. the around cape town and south africa activists have already taken action and the last few decades the low lying cape flats have been taken over by widespread urbanization and the encroachments of bushland now herbivore is helping restore by diversity to the area that he learned and has a taste for the invasive process species that are endangering the floor of the remaining low lands a project is reset playing the creatures in the area where they once lived 200 years ago let's take a look. at the scene cherries and. area around cape town. time ting in a station have caused a happy dent to shrink drama. once they had the 1st banished some plant species

started. crowding out a unique scrubby vegetation. june's trend failed the entire team came up with a clever idea to restore biodiversity in this area the project to bring back. here to comet to open port and just to break up the wood a component to give space for growth and hopes to grow the island's been in the at the start for 2 years they've been browsing away opening poll and we seem to be getting there most of. the kit flats june's trend growth currently occupies around 15 percent of its historic area conserving endangered fugitive is important it's to be lazy. means beach scrub in afrikaans in addition it supports a very high bio mass browsing i mean.

the project also employs youth who live in the area to care for the in more need to be a progress in the field. with the. much of the area directly surrounding their resolve. drugs as. who lives here knows he things to what he does will also help if you can't the local community. the. people with 3 anymore. they're with animals and they were in the. other so for me it's actually important that

we. change these people and that they can actually see the. leadership program rivaldo has increased awareness of the need to protect the environment introducing the project to school is his way of giving something back for the opportunity he was given. because. it's. been doing things. actually now that. made me. so that i can show people that we can make the change in. the cantle project is funded in part by the local government and also. seems to be one of the investment that we seeing is that the zealander actually becoming ambassadors not just for the species but but for a lot of people. unfelt but now we bring these magnificent animals back

and the local community can really interact and and actually see the benefits of conserving. in the team will not expand the project to other degraded around cape town they want to introduce some of the have be treated many most to nearby reserves to give the camp flood dunes tranfield and even a greater chance to try once again. that was a roundup of some of our favorite eco heroes who prove that protecting the environment is an exciting business i hope the got you thinking about what you can do to stop climate change and preserve our beautiful planet thanks for watching it's goodbye from me here in johannesburg south africa see you next week. all right it's been fun learning about these initiatives and seeing these great guys doing their thing z. but if you are viewer want to find out more about them and all the stars check out

our social media platforms or visit our website on till next week it's by by phone fossett back in lagos nigeria.

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