what secrets lie behind these moments. find out immersive experience and explore fascinating cultural heritage sites. t w world heritage 360 getting. done. hello and welcome to a new edition of equal africa brought to you by d w kwesi and channels t.v. i mean johannesburg and my name is the with me is my charming colleague in nigeria hey andy. and hello everybody on now to me and greetings from this part of the world over the next half hour they're about we will be looking at some interesting

stories on the environment from africa europe and the atlantic ocean. to research the history of the water. back on land and we will take a spin on the bike made from bamboo. before switching to a luxury tax review nairobi with a very 1st of its kind in the city. we start the show today with the atlantic where a research vessel recently made a trip from the far far south to germany it was on a mission to examine the state of the ocean and the effects of climate change a group of students from around the world took part in the research let's hear their findings. we are hundreds of kilometers west of the moroccan coast 3 weeks ago this research vessel set sail from the falkland islands to germany the students and researchers

onboard want to know just how serious is the state of the oceans how strong is the impact of climate change. studies aquatic bio science in madagascar it's her 1st time on a ship like this she's never done any deep sea sampling before. they teach us how to collect samples from the front a device but. we have no idea how to proceed like how to deploy it and actually or used. before deploying the. into the water so it was a bit challenging because you have no idea and at some point it will tell you oh you have to tell the crew at that time so it's floyd where. the probe is lowered to 5000 meters below the surface where it takes water samples cold water sinks to the bottom of the sea and doesn't mix with upper layers anymore the water

that they retrieve from the depths was last exposed to surface weather conditions hundreds of years ago that makes the samples very valuable for determining whether climate change can already be observed far beneath the surface in the labs the students examine the samples for oxygen microorganisms and salinity all values that are influenced by higher temperatures over the past 50 years the ocean has warmed by 0.8 degrees celsius with no end in sight. most of the students come from countries where the effects of climate change are already noticeable mohamed osman hussein studies c and lake science in belgium in his homeland kenya it's now much too dry in many regions. of the course lay the lot of soil erosion. there's also a lot of we're talk of sea level rise so how it will even close to the sea so we need it ted but at the same time we look at sea surface temperatures so kenya is

a tourist people come to you to see the beautiful corals and climate change kind of affects us in terms of bleaching water looks. ok so now we can go. to position. the aim is to prepare young people from developing countries for local climate research the students learn things like how to calculate climate models how to determine air pollution based on the reflection of the ocean and how to analyze micro plastics polar research or paper lehmkuhl leads the on board seminar on climate models he says industrialized western countries have a special responsibility for climate protection. we started causing climate change 150 years ago and we're still doing it by a meeting c o 2 and of course we have to do something to prevent that and that's something that only works when we do it together teaching is such a joy because the younger generation has to and wants to know more about this.

felony i now from madagascar says taking part has encouraged her to spread environmental awareness in her home country she's discovered how much as possible even without big research projects. before destry this amazing trip i had no idea that there's open source. and free software that you can use for. a resource muttering. satellite image on the and everything so i truly want to share to my company triodes that there's a lot that we can do. friendships have formed over the 4 weeks on the ocean the ship has now reached its destination germany but the students plan to stay in touch with each other when they return home. mohammed ahmed hussein says he'll never

forget the experience he hopes to come back next time as a climate researcher i miss the place actually a lot it has been amazing living on board for 4 weeks and now it feels like it's already home in a way knowledge of how of a piece of me on the polish down a scientist hopefully we meet again as we say in my culture people do meet it's only moment instead to know. how much you know about silkworms recently come from china and i used to produce their use has since bread and they're known being bred in kenya where the climate crisis is forcing farmers to find alternatives to food crops one of those options is to produce. some homes there are the leaves of trees and they're giving hope to farmers in kenya due to the extreme weather patterns of recent years you don't know we know

has turned to farming. and this is the 26th day and you can see the. already spinning. they are making points in other words they have already reached this stage that. stage. yes so as the as the as they spin we have asked our quince the former senior research of the international center of insecure geology and ecology started this venture and 2015 what is left for us in form of corns we shall subject it to post how this thing processes that includes the flow shown. and you know removing their pupae inside so that we use the mending part of it for producing that thread today you don't know we know owns our own 500000 margaret

trees planted over 5 because. many of the farmers in the region are following his example. to find a profitable crop to sustain their livelihood there ditching traditional cash crops such as coffee maize or sugar cane we haven't been working. to develop technologies for this ilk. so that we can give this seeds and appropriate market under english and specific. groups. villages where they cannot. for the us and we are linking farmers markets. can have on your soup production amounts to approximately 2 metric tons of dried cochran's but the potential is far greater the amount of buried trees whose leaves the warms it

tyrant and resistant to the cord morcha souness's pairing off sick ones for production of raw silk or sorry culture is becoming increasingly popular as a result we have. in the country and in countries where it is he she done isn't getting the production is in. china. japan. and in india it is. so even led kenya and continued. in 96 is also used in the manufacture of skin products contact lenses soaps and woman organic products the national sorry culture research center is country offering from a subsidy plants and mary berry cuttings are very subsidized rates and with the

help of international investors they're also working to transfer money and help them identify markets. we may see. 100 he has a goal tom how did being the largest to see if it was poll tax and did after that. we study that a lot of say culture and. so now we have high technology and. it's a culture about the we can't use it because. it isn't too developed and also the crime it the crime it's in the kenya it's much better. japan to take culture and bad doctoring to the chans in climatic conditions small scale farmers like you to know we know how fond a way of sustaining their livelihoods. were staying in kenya but

moving from the countryside to the capital nairobi public transport very spotty traffic is terrible and it's horrible it's all about the petrol and diesel that's being burned electric vehicles especially ones power from renewable sources would certainly make a difference while nairobi now has some taxis the operated by a subsidiary of a finnish company eco rent and it has been growing its feet. you don't see the difference you only hear it or rather you don't. can you 1st fully electric car is almost silent. you know africa they can only operate in cities where there's a reliable electricity supply. charging takes about 2 hours.

and once fully charged it can travel up to 150 kilometers the battery can last up to 15 years. a finish company launched its the taxi named not p.r. ride last year in nairobi you can hail it with an apple. today the company has 11 vehicles operating in the kenyan capital. and as the drivers don't have to pay for gasoline they charge less for a ride the normal taxis do. it will take many more electric cars to make a difference to the polluted air in nairobi but it's a start. 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.

bikes made out of not only do they look great but they're also eco friendly so a young man from germany decided to bring the idea from africa and sell the bikes in the home country with growing success we wait to meet the entrepreneur in northern germany. kill in northern germany is a city of boats and bikes. but even here the 2 bikes ridden by maximillian shy and don't stand out from the rest. their frames are made of bamboo. you harvest the states people always ask does it hold up that many people knock on it. right and then they'll knock on it to see if it really is bamboo or just painted metal those are the top to reactions when people see these bikes. the 2 men discovered bamboo in 2012 as students they launched their my boo company their idea

to help produce sustainable bikes in ghana and sell them in europe. the finishing touches are made in germany they say bamboo is ideal for bicycles. bamboo is a long grained grass unlike other materials normally used for bicycles. the long grain allows for a tougher exterior but low weight and very high. i flexibility construction scaffolding in asia for instance can be very high and flexible in the wind yet it's extremely stable that's why it's used for scaffolding in asia and for bicycle frames that our company for found on bones. the men from keel work with a local project in ghana helping to set up a bicycle frame factory. bamboo is a commonly used material in the region it's ready for harvest in just 3 years. about 80 man hours go into making each frame more than 40 jobs were created the

profits go to finance building a new school only give money to the i'm alright dia was not to have our own production in ghana but to work with a great partner there on an equal footing they take the production into their own hands with the raw material that grows where they know the local people culture and customs when we finish and market the product in europe they don't and the report often mark clean and fitting almost. they're not the only ones making bicycles from natural materials the tubes for this bicycles frame are made of flax fiber various manufacturers are also making bikes out of wood. to b.s. rudolph builds bicycles for natural products in berlin many hours of work go into each bike even so he doesn't see these materials as real competition for metal. as long as natural materials involve lots of manual labor they have no chance you'll never reach a price where the general public says yes i want that bicycle the bamboo bicycles

by my food cost from 15024500 euros many buyers use them as alternatives to their cars. lies i know that bicycles have their price but once i realized that the supporting a social and sustainable product the bike was worth every cent to me. but are bamboo bikes real. eco friendly after all the frames are shipped to germany all the way from ghana. $100.00 credit for sustainability 3 components are essential to us there's the environmental aspect of course but just as important is the social and the economic sustainability that's quite enough which aficionados covered over that it's a great compromise to say it's a step in the right direction but on our social commitment is 100 percent and ecologically ours are a cut above any other bicycle. bicycles made of natural materials are both attractive and sustainable. green

spaces already in the ethiopian capital added but the zone museum and exhibition space and garden which opened earlier this year as a green haven in the middle of town it is designed to promote links between ots aka texture and the environment let's take a look. at. the rainy season has started and those oh my garden is rejoining this. is the newest addition to cultural spaces and the creation of mess graham and her friend us here architecture in nature are celebrated together these ecological huts turned into works of art were built using an ancient construction technique. process where you actually get the subsoil you have to dig about half a metre before you get the soil the only thing you add is water and stroll for about a month and it lasts for hundreds and hundreds of years it's. controlled. in

so many ways it's one of the best i think sustainable houses surrounded by a labyrinth of plants most of which are endemic a dream come true for mask around. the dangers underneath but this is what it looks like. tenet is often dipped into coffee and this plant has strong medicinal virtues. in a city where concrete highrises are growing like mushrooms the zouma museum is a space for humans to breathe and for nature to grow in cities going fast i think. not in the right direction many of the trees are. dying out. of the air is polluted or even complete me poisoned we're all affected one way or another we're all connected through the environment. reconnecting humans to the

environment is precisely the aim of the zouma school. and that he will shine several times a week these young children come in small groups and take care of those on the garden and it's farm. the school is open to all. but only the most privileged can afford the fees. it's the student when in this age they have to learn about their gardens yes we shall hear about the foods it's organic they can pets they can see and that can even paste it so they know about it and feel it's getting to their. despite these multiple facets of the zouma museum has not said its last word yet more than 40 bridges are waiting for international artists to transform them into works of art after his recent visit prime minister i might ask for the garden to be extended an encouraging show of political support for the project only

a couple months after its grand opening. zimbabwe's changing climate means that farmers are being forced to look for new ways to make a living some have now started to breed of free range chickens why's that and well these animals on nature's pest control they feed on insects and food waste now a national organization is encouraging more farmers to take up the chicken breeding we went to meet some families who are doing just that to find out why and how they are getting on. there's no guarantee that scenic fields will produce enough for her to eat. here in northwestern zimbabwe farmers are already feeling the effects of climate change. things aren't like they were in previous years. the weather is different now. for one thing we used to get rain from october to december but now we get little. in the past there was enough

rain for our crops and cattle but that's all changed. to make sure she'll have enough to eat in future in the queue has bought some hens. she feeds them kitchen waste. because they can run about freely they can also forage for food. about an hour's drive south close to the city of. french hens are being bred commercially their meat has become trendy in restaurants in zimbabwe's towns and cities. it's said to be tastier than the meat of battery reared hands. used to be a vegetable farmer then she decided to take on free range hens as well today an expert on free range breeding has come to give her tips on getting even more out of her farm the cookbook breed is good for both eggs and meat production so it's very

popular among breeders but it's important not to rely on just one breed there's a. different breeds. that. we want to. produce that. the eggs here don't go to market. a lucrative use for them they're being intimidated that just under $38.00 degrees celsius for 3 weeks the chicks are sold for a euro apiece to farmers who want to start their own free range operations sales here come to about a 1000 euros a month but nonetheless energy costs are so high that maka is planning to switch to solar power electricity is based in egypt telling me it's because we use electricity flows to deal with

a set is they have to go out so we saw it in that so that's good because that you can but not with that includes we've found out it's not a video it's going to do any genetic duffle bags to $10.00 energy may be costly but waste from the fields is free it's used to feed the hens. their droppings are used to fertilize the fields this is organic cultivation and the farm is already supplying 3 supermarkets with that. beauty gigi spends much time traveling throughout zimbabwe her efforts are paying off some $5000.00 farmers have already joined the zimbabwe free range poultry association. but she wants to recruit more of them and for that she's prepared to workshop in a clear and simple way beauty g.g. shows villagers the environmental and financial benefits of raising different

breeds on a large scale. anyone in any farm kids cut. up price we thought up. but the door bit that they hadn't secondly it it's an investment into price. it doesn't need complicated house seeing it doesn't need complicated breeds or feed you could use the local available materials the farmers tend to be cautious even if the hens do generate cash they want to keep the costs down. that earthworms are one type of fodder that comes for free and raising them in a mash of kitchen waste cattle dung and moisture means they can reproduce easily. so how does a lack of awareness of these programs is why interest among my peers is low how many would rather leave to seek employment elsewhere than take part in the project

i'll do my best to convince them it's worthwhile to get involved it's a chance to develop a meaningful livelihood jobs are hard to come by nowadays. then at sundown something odd happens something that never ceases to amuse the villagers their free range him all take to the trees to settle down for their night's rest. of this has a beneficial side effect the trees in which the hen sleep are valued by the villagers and are therefore rarely cut down. and that's it for the day thank you for watching you can always find out more and visit us on our social media platforms goodbye from me and for me in johannesburg we hope we've given you some food for thought do you need again next week for a brand new episode of africa by phone now.

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