discovery. subscribe to the documentary. for. the environmental movement has plenty of heroes here in eco africa we'll introduce you to some of off favorites hello and welcome to this special edition of by environmental magazine show. in johannesburg south africa and as always i'm joined by my strawman colleague n.t. hi 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 but to protect the environment so let's take a look. a young inventor from tanzania shows how renewable energy can change village life for the better. a nigerian activist demonstrates that art and the environment i was good. at in south africa alan's 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 to just once and then thrown away that's an alarming fact and we need to find solutions fast before the world drowns in plastics. and that's only that's empty 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 will keep you from kenya africa met up with the environmental activists his message is clear make kenya plastic free as soon as possible. for many years he has been focusing its lens on plastic wished jumps well could be of the photographer from the kenya with over 17000 followers on twitter he is 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 will see a plastic bag. in the olds i will see plastic months later in the environment i'll

take pictures can. one say took the pictures i would come and teach them and share them with the hash tag bomb plastic 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 a rigorous. anyone violating its fences a penalty of up 232000 euros a jail term of up to 4 years. a number of manufacturers 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 business now got in. on deeds duty free clean you know it's it's it's it's green there are no plastic bags you know plastic water all industries to the streets are korean brainstem one field with plastic bags. even the local downside to not is mart is because of the decline in plastic waste but plastic bottles remain a challenge jim so i could be and fellow activists are now pushing the manufacturers to. i've always. believed that those people who make. income 00 make profits from plastic bottles they should ensure some kind of deposit scheme where consume us of their products return those borders to some kind of

a center where they are given some reward some here shillings. for each plastic bottle they take and then those voters are take it for recycling. jim so i could be a wants to continue with his comments on people to practice 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 environmental management authority to kenya agrees. where when this came into being as levels were not uniform across the country there was some heavy. glance when very fast where harry s. with wendell saw a little bit slower. for jim so it could be that his hometown is leading by example people here by my expenses bounce at the markets or use their own coffee about. you know that absolutely nothing can go without one crucial substance

that is essential to all life here on our planet what's up but considering that it 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 give that a team of engineers and brilliant. i've come up with a solution that could drastically improve lives all over the world. around 1200000000 people live in africa but millions in sub-saharan africa have no access to clean water. drinking and bathing in contaminated water is very dangerous. engineers in berlin developed what they call a water. system was designed by alley al hakim and behave

it desalinate filters and decontaminate water so it's possible. thousands of liters of water per hour. there is old is virtually germ free. and it's tasty. the process is powered by a solar energy system attached to each. 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. not only supplying clean water but also free wi-fi access and outlets to recharge smartphones and they provide job opportunities for local residents. are also doing.

visit our website. doing your. story. now another. his world renowned as a man who stopped the desert their 2 year old from became a fossil began experimenting with planting techniques back in the late 1970 s. in that rehabilitating eroded saw so our dog row has grown an entire forest on a barren land using the natural methods like the zeiss system he says his work as a legacy for future generations and their way of fighting the effects of climate change and africa eco africa went to meet with him in booking our fossil. fuel

group of. coolies patched us assumed supports trees when you don't go fast say that in the lead 970 s. following a long drought everyone said he was crazy since then his woodlands have grown to over 40 hit his bringing global fame to his home village of in north and booking a fossil will get the woman who. would design method you dig a hole right where the rainwater would sit and you use to prevent the water from draining out of the hole and put dried leaves in the leaves rot to become composed to nourish the tree and exists water can escape at the site. where you kill you. worked under your government during the freshly planted trees get fund an attrition from compost which you could muscle or double mix on the site with his son using a very simple technique could he have gotten more humanely put to dried leaves into

this composed then we add a little ready made compost on ash in recent time peeps down family after a couple of weeks it starts steaming and then we know the compost is finished no. proper heat. here work grabber. well that would be renewable resources. the trees have been justified to lies to the soil of also attracted insects including bees so a double set up some hives for them there one is become another source of income for his extended family. who bought 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 on a much larger scale. on the part of 1. 100 we are about summers 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 prism getting comes with money for it to go towards the center for sharing got a program need to know when you go forward to able to recruit. and train you won't be limited to the ira forest ration techniques so i don't go once more. coral there are roughly 90 different tree types 60 of them growing in this forest tall i've brought all kinds of sids back from my travels which of planted here and using traditional medicine without plants there's no medication happened 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 which medication can be extracted from the frauds backs and routes his reputation draws and well

people to him every day whom he and his children treat in these hearts. and i built these houses to walk more deaths the sick here they can recover and one of the huts is my store for dried leaves and 3 bags that i need to treat people we've. already accurate we want to provide them. healing with nature well nature heals us our dog was pham has spread he's now probably known as the man who stopped the desert on top of that the water table has risen a whole 5 meters the entire region has become more fire tail. lights or 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 empty now what people in rural areas need growth is reliable energy supply and clean water in tanzania only 10 percent of the population is connected to the grid terminal conformable is a young innovator who are solving that problem with renewables and the help of soft tort engineers let's see what they're up to. tommy mckee for who is a man with a mission 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 fad of concern ians have access to electrical power. since the buy local

time on a child a mortal yeah but you have you seen as young people in our villages we faced the challenge of drilling and getting water out of the boat by the sea ever 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 it always started thinking of how the problem could. come to an end of scale. today i went by needs to be repaired the company owners a fixing it themselves a small windmill costs between 3505500 euros more than half of the windmill sold run water pumps as well as produce electricity. this is a windmill driven water power project that the system uses wind power to pump water from the source be to river and lake. this one is for it. and it is

used to pump water to households. less for the farmers he has gotten easier previously in the seaborne 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 this plenty of water. 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 tommy mckee

phone will also the team of 20 partners none have ever worked in the field before and only 4 of them are trained in cheney as they all learned how to build a wind generators on the job using you tube to turtles when they started letter they had the idea of connecting them to water pumps which turned out to be their most important innovation to date. well we want to take these 5 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 in families the same. we really wish to get to the point of helping the entire community. or you know. why. 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 the phone

was providing water and electricity at least to some villages. and from one kind of creativity to another now stanley and nato is an 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 to the younger generation in a language they can relate to and proves that the art of powerful medium for conveying the message that mother earth needs to be cared for. like the value of. his 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. his son's 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 into. things. here because the average person in this part of the ward it's more interested in. the end and animals with a reflective pen when it comes to environmental protection stanley sets an example his way. instead of brushes he uses different colored light bulbs. lights out and the magic begins. as transition from green and healthy to the alarming state that it's in 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 use to disclose it to either end of the day and up in the apartment so this helps out mileage are pretty cheap tools we talk about in our environment they can see the best use of 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 mean just frightened when i when i mean when seen by me i mean nature. to.

want to. play in the family and it's at once the rest of the world to pay more attention to the environment he believes in the path of music to bring about change treat. our tree. the tree. some people listen to my music. listen to what. over. you know. you just have to listen to. and get the message stanley anetta was recording new songs audiences love his music and he gets a lot of radio and t.v. ads maybe one day people will just listen we'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 biodiversity to the area that he learned and has a taste for the invasive products 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. tontine in a binding station have caused the habitat to shrink drama. some plant species started. out a unique scrubby vegetation. june's trend failed then the team came up with that

idea to restore bio diversity in this area the project to bring back. here to. the open and just to break up the wood component to give. the thought for 2 years they've been browsing away opening poll and we seem to be getting them structure back of. the camp flats june's trundled currently occupies around 15 percent of its historic area conserving the endangered fugitive important . strand means beach scrub in africa in addition it supports a very high bio mass. the project also employs youth who live in the area to care for the antelope in more need to be a progress in the field. has formed

a bond with the animals. green or were. opened. with. much of the area directly surrounding the result is notorious for violence and drugs as. who lives here knows he things the what he does will also help if you can't the local community. the type of areas that people with 3 anymore. there would kick animals and they would get it anymore. so for me it's actually important that we as conservation of this change the people and that they can actually see that. comes from with. conservation leadership program rivaldo has increased his 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 out might have been on the streets. i could have been doing different things but actually now that you're. important at all to so that i can show people that we can make the change in nature . and to project is fine in part by the local government and also to private donations seems to be one of the investment that we're seeing is that the zealander actually becoming a better does not just for their own species but but for visitation thought a lot of people don't know how to connect to a. strong felt but now we bring these magnificent animals back and the local community can really. and actually see the benefits of conserving.

expand the project to other degraded around cape town they want to introduce some of the have be treated any moves to nearby reserves to give the kip flood juice tranfield and even a greater chance to try once again. that was a roundup of some of our favorites eco heroes who prove that protecting the environment is an exciting business i hope 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. it's been fun learning about these initiatives and seeing this great guys doing their thing but if you. view i want to find out more about them and all the studies check out so show me up our phones or visit our website on till next week it's by by phone the fossil park in lagos nigeria.

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