discovered. subscribe to the documentary to. play. our citizens of the world it's our duty to do what we can to protect our planet and its resources and now it's right we welcome generation of we call africa where we highlight environmental topics and ideas from europe and africa as always i'll be presenting the show with my colleague in uganda hey there sandra are you doing today hello to you to nia to i'm doing just great thanks and i'm really looking for

today's program i am sounder to nobody here in kampala he is a quick look at what's coming up. we will hear about an organization coming really the promote sustainable development and female empowerment. in south africa we will meet an artist who has been creating life like england sculptures he will tell us why. and making mobile phones more environmentally friendly 2 brothers from germany show us how it's done. alfonse report takes us to comer in what we need renewable energy entropy one week to mia she is the founder of green goals and see all the young women to generate sustainable energy using innovative technology the organizations used to provide communities with call from or time as you sources like the sun or even west there by the people themselves. if.

you could just look at it when the green goddess put you on to it's usually gets on lot of attention today do going to this is used in buffalo about 120 kilometers from the capital. as goes and we. explain to the crowd that these sort of punish need to be cleaned and they can actually learn how. the young entrepreneur wants to help other women become acquainted with green technology. a group of muslim got approached to me telling me that yes we had given the big. but enough. so i realize that. the list on. the specific solution so when i. wrote the solution provider problem the green girls have been touring commit on for 3 years now traveling to places that are or suffer frequent power outages.

renewable energies can help improve people's lives doing away with the need to gather and cut firewood. lighted a spark of hope *. this is really going to help our lives because in terms of money electricity is a bit expensive in committee on. energy which we are not buying will not have to pay a fee to light up our homes. and if possible to see. today and how to install solar panels in this village if properly maintained we can solve our household for up to 25 years. the kids provide enough to power at least the light bulbs in your city animal friends for the 1st time producer. susan

and her 7 kids have their own source of electricity. for us and these power outage i will switch to so not in the mix some food in the kitchen with the help of one bulb you put it. into my house and i will switch on the light so i am back in the snake right away. but you know how long the green goddess project also bigger plans peter has already been dug. done can be disposed of. is a spinning that is produced under the tunnel and that families can use to run one against because of home funding for their own short come from international sponsors the women villagers get the so lucky to feel free once they have learned how to create and maintain them the time 7 year old who is a lawyer by training has a vision. we need we need we need.

you know climate. that. one week later the green girls are ready for their next trip in the settlements around buffy they have installed 50 units. not uncommon on board with. you all know those kid creatures that why don't round black and white tuxedos that's right the penguins they're mainly found in the southern hemisphere but if we're not careful the african penguin may not be around much longer. that's true sandra in south africa whiteness suffering as a result of overfishing in their habitat now and there are plans to lure them to other regions where there's plenty of fish for them to hunt how to find out in this week's.

african penguins inhabit just a few select locations on the coast of namibia and south africa in recent decades their population has plummeted due to human interference ranging from people stealing their eggs to fishing fleets depriving them of their primary source of food. conservationists matched a cunning plan to lure the penguins to better fishing grounds on the coast of south africa's to hope nature reserves are disproved darwin creates decoys out of cement they were intended to trick the birds into thinking there are already penguins settled here. when we went inside to install them we also look at the site from many different angles. visualize the way. the wiping will think the idea is to entice the endangered birds to start new breeding colonies one

of the biggest challenges we faced is that no one's ever done this before for the african penguin so we've had to learn a lot so as we go along the project organizers hope that penguins will take the plunge and relocate. 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. sustainability is a word in everybody's lives. this stays and most of us have become a lot more contentious when it comes to recycling plastics reducing c o 2 emissions and supporting local businesses in order to reduce the negative impact on the environment but when it comes to high tech gadgets people aren't always so concerned about the cost to nature 2 brothers in germany decided that

this practice was not acceptable and set up a company to make eco friendly every parable of dateable smartphones and also laptops now that's what i call smart. a smartphone that can be easily taken apart by hand by anyone enabling them to replace faulty parts themselves that's the concept behind german companies shift. repairability is crucial to the easier device used to repair the longer it will remain in service and the better it is for the environment not. the modular design means that a broken phone can almost always be fixed and doesn't end up in the trash no new phone has to be made to replace it so fewer resources are used the maker promises to provide spare parts for 5 years after purchase software updates.

this shift being given a lively launch in nigeria samuel x. brother and business partner costin says the country has enough people who can afford to ship phone which costs 400 euros. and unlike most other smartphones this one is made without colton the vast majority of this metallic or is mined in the democratic republic of congo by people working under appalling conditions the bosses of shift wanted their product to be both sustainable and ethically forced. conflict. is a complex mineral used for capacitors tiny components that store current. we use ceramics instead. they're

a bit more expensive but just as good if not better in many respects. it means we don't have to use conflict materials like. this. this if the phone is assembled in china but there are no toxic fumes in this factory because the parts are slaughtered and screwed together not weld it to $400.00 euros a month wage paid to the work force is considerably higher than the industry standard in china. to validate brothers would ideally base production in their native germany which would also enable them to personally ensure compliance with their production criteria. if you. lot of components in smart phones and computers come from china anyway so it made sense for us to start there as a 1st step would be getting those components to germany would involve lots of a labor of packaging. that wouldn't be very eco friendly or sustainable.

speaking of which wouldn't it be better if potential buyers chose you phones instead of to get the best thing to do is to use 2nd 100 voices and we recommend that to our customers. not be so great for our business but it is really important because. the company is also working on a long life laptop but has had to repeatedly postpone its launch sustainable and fair production is not always a simple hope business. speaking about creating awareness there is no way sustainability can be achieved without active participation from the younger generation you can just imagine how many of them live in this building here their green fingers initiative hearing legals knows this well the engine is trying to get the younger people involved in the efforts to

reduce or eliminate single use plastics where plastic has to be used with fingers promoting effective waste management let's take a look at. this. is a special kind of couple these students from local schools have created high fashion from plastic disposables to draw attention to the amount of waste generate . that children are taking part in the green vigorous day and signs fat and out in the event held to raise environmental awareness. i'm doing this because seen how classically used the environment and how it makes it like this thank you species so i decided that if you bet at c.v.s. when should i need a sustainable lifestyle is it better to be the problem now that later on in life because. according to some research in 2020 they'll be more passive

and then use this and similar events on the brainchild of mobile who founded the green fingers wildlife conservation initiative in 2012 his aim is to give local children an opportunity to get close to and learn more about nature to understand how closely interlinked it is with their own lives the enzio has its own small way kids can learn about protecting and preserving the urban and natural environment the issue of wildlife is not just maybe going to see animals in the zoo i'm not even understanding where basically the problems of his animals face and some of the works we have produce we've done apart from plastic campian be plastic pollution we've also worked with some of the schools in trying to in call keep the happy tof children working with nature working with wildlife love in wildlife and i believe we believe that if that happens the students ward value. animals all

value wildlife value and wildlife involves caring for the environment a major challenge in nigeria in the sprawling city of lagos plastic pollution is a huge problem due to the lack of sustainable waste management. that's why mobil initiated the beat plastic pollution complaint children collect plastic waste from their homes shopping malls and local beaches which can then be exchanged for school supplies. for 10 plastic bottles for example they get a pen. some of the collected waste is used to create artwork yet another initiative for given single use plastic for the purposes on the issue of plastic pollution with basically not yet graced the sufis is through so much to be done we are working with an organization even to some schools want to make bags

paper bags to distribute on market so that soon as we exchange paper bags for nylon bags that i will be able to talk. plus we'll show you tonight tomorrow is currently working with 2 schools in lagos but he hopes to persuade more people to get involved so that more youngsters can learn just how closely connected their own lives are to the environment and all its inhabitants. our economic growth is often dependent on the exploitation of resources like here in nigeria without really. learned the hard way that this can do huge damage to b.n. bar that's right. henri but. even a mind to. people finding out what it means when i open my lips provides jobs for many people. for others. who.

cannot let us go to graze anymore. in the flood plains of sun look at la york it's been prohibited for over 20 years. back then one of spain's biggest environmental catastrophes happened in a copper mine just a few kilometers upstream but. they're all gone favre tornado i came here and everything was back within a little of them a little black mud that i love you so much pain from up there you know where the mine is. all of this was not in the river and the entire plane to it was real you know john went through. april 25th 1980 and i started going out and alysia the dam for the collecting basin breaks highly toxic mud a byproduct of copper production floods the valley for up to 60 kilometers threatening to destroy a nature reserve. cultivation has stopped here ever since and the

pasture along the river has become a restricted area. if we're going to have it on you know. this homes as far as of course. we live off our fields the cattle is not allowed out there anymore. so we need to buy fota and confine the animals in the light that. now ecologist saying the end of lucy and copper region is facing. a new threat 60 kilometers to the northwest she daughter or expects the worst. the open pit mining to be is 10 times the size of the one in i think and it's run by an international corporation seeking to increase production by 50 percent. were not allowed to film on site so easy daughter shows us the reservoirs. underneath a solid layer on the surface there is liquid mud. and i want to know what we want

to hear is a very acidic and has been contaminated heavily it's really a cup of production if the dam spray than a much bigger catastrophe could happen then 20 years ago. in the village next door nobody wants to believe the scenario most families here lived off mining until the factory closed for 15 years mining has restarted 3 years ago and many are happy to just have their jobs back i love you know how my lives have been reinvigorated by the opening of the mine that i. want to can i say in the ecologist simply keep pushing anything and everyone. the mind keeps running in the eyes of a college this is scandalous watching from a feel the citizens went and form sufficiently and hardly had any time to object everyone once of best technologies to be used for the construction of these was a was as long as

a permission if not completely legal the pitch would actually not be allowed to be done. what business is booming copper is increasingly in demand for crisis ridden spain the valuable resource is seen as a chance in. mining supposed to recommit soon. and we've begun the still with strong women and women and the so we have strong women traditionally musée women in kenya don't call out to what. but stay at home and look after the funny but 8 young women in the city national park have trained rangers they are defying tradition and on in their own money they're also raising awareness of species protection and environmental issues and unlike me they're very early risers . early morning in southern kenya near the tanzanian border. and

i'm her 000-0000 then you have to move the 2 back up. into team lioness we should you go to the money i did in the morning before for feeding excess i said to play a balance there for their lawn what about trying to make sure that our body started to walk and to mourn the last really. she works in a large area of my psych community land the local group branch it almost surrounds the say the national park at the foot of mount kilimanjaro. but your car is one of 8 young women who have recently completed their training as rangers. head ranger is part trick. together they plan their daily missions their work can be very dangerous your authority we walk in a very very high street is that the so buffaloes. sometimes i look from

when you go to the secrets of the bushes a little bit. by. guards comes through the treme precautions and how would you react how would you be aware of your involvement as you go out in one. team lioness as the 8 are known is one of the 1st all female ranger units in kenya and the very 1st made up of masai women are traditionally women are considered weak and do not pursue an occupation outside of the family. strict rules and hierarchies observed for centuries and must psych munity sers slowly being questioned and loosened and we have the like the idea of this event. was the only one to. win once and also their community had that week then where i meant to boil and.

several 1000 elephants live here too they move back and forth between national parks in the west and the east of the country and traversed messiah lands along the way there are no fences barring their path purity car and the rest of her team travel long distances on foot. between 20 and 40 kilometers a day the same as the male rangers. among their most important duties is talking to people who live here the messiah or semi-nomadic pastoralist who cover a lot of ground with their flocks and encounter wild animals along the way. sometimes lions kill cattle elephants rampage in villages the rangers need to hear about problems and be informed if poachers are in the area. they charge animals movement patterns and register their g.p.s. coordinates rangers are on patrol 7 days a week it's

a way for these women to break out of strict traditional gender roles but the job is far from easy. to cut because they will like and friends. and they can kinda so scared because a little might also want to live so that then so their wishes well you can because you know. so you might be not going to do that which will be going to kill you. once a month purity like karo visits her family in their village for a week's break. you know her daughter lives here and is looked after by the extended family. a little bit better man than her female relatives make jewelry and sell it to tourists visiting the national parks nearby from

a side of women this kind of business is not considered controversial. it is also an important source of income. it allowed purity like horace mother to pay her children schools. i told my father and my mother that you had to get it to me yet now i've done with my family you wanted me to come in death in how we voted no outflow when you had to get me if you don't want me to go then i told them no because you have educated me i'd like you implicitly with me to win. me that. and with her regular income she can support her family. that has earned her respect in the community. having seen purity and the other girls join the ranger unit. and seeing them working convinced we made the right decision you know might have been. now we're

all going to. any other girl and we'll be accepted into a ranger unit also have our acceptance. by. purity like car is a pioneer woman of courage. this kind of female empowerment and self-determination there's something new in their society but it appears to be catching on. well that's all for africa this time for now i am saundra to nobody is saying goodbye from kampala here in uganda it was a pleasure co-presenting with you need to take a everybody and. that goal so mean to sound out but don't forget you idea of us in the meantime that you can always check in on us on our website on social media platforms where you can also send us your thoughts 'd and your comments we really enjoy hearing from you our viewers for now i know it's a way signing off from lagos nigeria or by.

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