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hello everybody and a welcome to the latest edition of africa i am sundra trina video coming to you from kampala here in uganda it is nice to have you with us and of course today we'll have a lot of new reports of all the different things people are doing to talk about environmental issues and with me of course is michael presenter nia to pay sandra it's good to see you again my name is now outside and thanks for tuning in today's program will take us on a whirlwind tour of our views of all continents africa and hero of the shed some light on the environmental threats we face with ugandan eco activists been next on the cards in the wake of a troubling visit to the world economic forum. we go to germany's consul bellina where researchers have developed no plan to raise some money. and how we go to kenya well fast growing type of grass could help farmers and the pride.

when my feeling is daunting but it's a negative one to the one economic forum living in germany she was looking forward to hearing a lot of other young women up to be used and she ended up on the continent and going to be about a race on the reapers into a ship going nothing harmful unknown lead to somebody on the lead other young white jumping on a press conference in st john's church to get from town of a news agency local fulfillment also state of grace apologize to the mean value but because of climate activists feel the need to even come on to call the way the voices are being erased from the climate debate now that it has gone back home in uganda and it off we go when by to visit. oh. it was a moment of dread sadness. when she discovered that i was the only african. she had

been cropped out of a published group photo with other climate change activists incident went viral in an online press conference. in the media. other activists joined in solidarity including the only mature new from south africa and with a train back from sweden. you're focusing on travel activism from different corners of you know the western countries but what you're doing wrong is try as much as possible to says out and raise the voices from the global south it makes us feel like the activism and disasters in africa wouldn't be selling for you. mr mcateer lives in uganda she got involved in climate activism in december 2018 after her country was hit by unusually high temperatures incident

during her visit to the world according to a forum in switzerland has much deflated her ambition or commitment. what's happened turned out to be a positive thing because of how we responded to aids as optimus from africa and it has our work and most us to stand up and rise up and demand for action as well as our pain media and the public about the dangers of climate change. she's also taken hierarch to visit into the classroom after this school in central uganda us she wants to inspire the next generation to get passionate about the environment. and words can't even live here to protect their trees. i believe that every kid deserves an opportunity to be in such a class to clearly understand the importance of the things that they see in their environment these kids understand they clearly knew they want to see this tree but

if you come into that trust and teach them and remind them that gets them our lot and our way out of the destruction that causes that that goes on in their environment and pushes them to consult and now she's ready to take her activism to the next level she's. the proposal for the ugandan parliament how the goal is to get climate change education introduced in schools that i wish i had known about climate change at an idea age i believe that my impact would have been bigger than it is right now that's why i believe that it is important and for the president and the ministry of education to include climate change as part of the curriculum in different schools the determined doc to be so so wants to see schools using community. with support from her from me and. she is now supplying clean cooking

stove to help schools reduce their consumption of food this will not only save trees and money but also give the children 1st hand experience of using clean energy. to protect the environment. only a fraction of south africa's west is recycling about 90 percent down took things from the crushed into the young people based on come be a source of disease and this is where our next report picks up. and it sounded to young south africans thought it was a hard time to tackle this problem one of them said the other cycling expert i don't like to think well the 2 men got together to create their own waste removal system that's it.

it's 5 o'clock in the morning. as the sun rises the stench of rotting garbage becomes unbearable. these 2 men are determined to do something about all the litter in their community. one solution is are saddening because most of the things that you find here are a 2nd impulse saw saw 60 percent of feed can be repaired to it to introduce a new bongani p.d. worked as a musician and top bang model jani worked in waste management seeing the garbage piling up they both quit their jobs and started the initiative valid green like many villages in south africa can't afford waste collection so that's let everywhere in the valley green team go from house to house to collect plastic glass

bottles and paper then they sort it all. most people in my car used to burn that waste so it wasn't easy to convince them to change their ways and keep things that can be recycled. if it's only really all the way to seriously it was going to be big including say clean it sells so when you tell a little board to be recycling for them it's the understanding easier than telling a youth of i am not go a bunch to say. but to also started what they call the eco hero program to engage with young people about environmental issues once a week they go to the local primary school to make music and dance with the students. participation is voluntary but it's fun to join them and that motivates the kids to

become eco heroes. you have to say i've shown you in love with music and but now. with the environment did we do all these things that i hope a new global warming crowd did for us the ratio in air pollution over rivers and pollution of our oceans so you know what why not use my music and the little skills that they have and of course. some other guys who have studied the environment and so what are we combine the 2 merged into and create something that is unique and beautiful kid motor jani also trains the local soccer team but another opportunity to motivate young people to take part in clean up campaigns and teach their parents how to separate their trash. valid green also helps people in the village set up compost heaps to make use of organic waste residents are grateful for all these activities and that makes them more inclined to take an active part in recycling

what evil have learned. it's a great initiative it helps the children after school in these crucial 3 or 4 hours when they would otherwise just sit around. with all these projects in the community they can go to public green and bongani entire bangle teach them how to take care of the environment all they can do other things that will keep them busy on the school. day but in the valley green team take what they collect to a recycling station a major challenge for their business venture is transportation the recycling station pays about 80 euros for a load half the sum goes to pay the owner of the truck so period just $300.00 euros a month in total. he says the solution is to grow the business and gauge a larger group of waste collectors who will sell them the things they find.

but it's in their pipes and so they come to us this is the result there was then. these become needs moved by in dreams by the simple words so do more volume we have there more when i see one trustful post and leave it. for now p.d. and marty i mean a saving up to buy a professional weighing scale and eventually a truck of their own. then they plan to employ dozens more waste collectors. to make and keep a clean place to live. and now into this week's doing your bit it's hard to imagine an infrastructure project anywhere in the world doesn't use concrete well producing cement for the concrete produces a lot of c o 2 emissions well a group of german scientists and the african partners in nigeria want to make

a difference they want to make concrete production more sustainable they've made on all standing discovery take a look at this. africa's building sector is booming the continent uses as much concrete for construction as europe does but making the cement that binds it produces a lot of carbon dioxide up to 10 percent of the world's c o 2 emissions. scientists from germany and nigeria are studying alternatives they're experimenting with remains of local plants such as kosov appeals that have been incinerated at certain temperatures. and are from the ash that we collect we develop cement like products they could be used in place of cement binder sold at local markets that would reduce the c o 2 footprint. ash from rice hulls and other

plants remnants are also showing promising results using plant based cements is an environmentally friendly alternative. not only can an endless supply of organic waste be put to good use this is stable eco concrete is also much cheaper to produce. it may even be more stable and durable than conventional concrete. the scientists hope to see the 1st building made from a concrete constructed as early as next year on the university campus. and how about you if you're also doing your bit tell us about it visit our website or send us a tweet. tag doing your bit. we

share your stories. creating nigeria. with. 100000000 people says it's like lego isn't abouta growing but can the environment really handle all this massive growth it may seem like an impossible task but i know musician close to showing the right way by taking small steps they are teaching the farmers how to grow organic food and how to take care of nature one patch. we have to think about all these all the. organisms all these things that live in that still use in this sense to sustain themselves. training in organic farming has become one man's main job he likes to teach out in the field and help he's. like if you use chemicals to do this famine you see where and comes it was she said written down to the river goes down to pollute the river

. instead he courage is the use of organic fertilizer. they should. then very mentalist shows the farmers how to mix and apply it correctly his organic fertilizer is made from the need to treat another plant extracts. now we've talked about climate change on the system that has been a. been a triscuit so wants to start up on the only aspect of the cultural tool caution that. in trying to 12 he founded the non-governmental organization farm awareness which advocates farming methods the don't harm the environment. the farmers also benefit from the training because using chemical fertilizers degrades the soil over time. unlike those in the conventional method of

chemical fertilizers alchemic we. trued the natural metals of farming using the environment that use in things around us to form inputs to form fertiliser rather than here and they go to meet the farmers in different communities like here in with. the n.g.o.s that pools farmers on creating cooperative and they provide training courses so since 2012 they're trained around 9000 farmers. i'll be honest our with thoughts very good at it but most of us we have it with others if it's of their family that really does work i mean so great that when most of us so long there actually is most of all we improve on our family system we have to farm awareness also sells the organic fertilizer which is more affordable for the small scale farmers they need less of the liquid than chemical fertilizer and can buy it from the organizationally subsidized rate of about 7 year

olds later. alexandra our hands started organic farming 2 years ago after training with from awareness the season he's mainly planting the summer using organic fertilizer. he did make lopes the club into that is what he wants. so they made a 3 hour flight give me the results. the engineer would like to sell its fertilizer internationally but it wouldn't sound as an organic product because nigeria has no organic certification system so the group is still facing challenges to friends itself but. we all know that mustn't wants is a plastic waste and up it all seems luckily more and more people are coming forward with their own unique solutions to addressing the problem. you're very right near to these young passionate sailors from germany and the netherlands felt worried

about the plastic invasion and came up with a very innovative idea of intercepting the truss before it is washed away at sea and now this idea is being used in what always take a look. all kinds of debris swimming in this canal in amsterdam ends up in this catchment cage. a crew from the water company pattern that comes by regularly to empty it every week about a 1000 kilograms of stuff accumulates half of it plastic. this is how it works and there is pumped into a tube lay diagonally across the bed of the canal and escapes through holes in the tube the bubbles bring the waste to the surface the waste is then directed with the help of the current into the receptacle near the bank keeping it out of the north sea. boats and fish can pass through the bubble barrier be extra oxygen is also

good for the water. the great bubble barrier was devised by an amsterdam startup of the same name yeah right on at this point the great little barrier is responsible for the maintenance of the whole installation but that and it is going to start doing research so they will start research on how much less tickets are being collected it will also do research on. how easy it is to be emptied the water company has crews and a fleet of boats that go around and pull trash out of the city's waterways last year that included more than 40000 kilograms of plastic the hope is that bubble barriers will make the job easier and more effective. that's what this test installation in operation since november should determine. the inventors spent years developing the bubble barrier. there were various challenges such as

how to position the tube and resulting screen of bottles so as to direct trash to a collecting point and how to make best use of currents. the diagonal path is key. for people set up the company they now have a staff of 10. there's been a lot of resonance the technology is not particularly complex or expensive and it should prove to be very scalable philip horne is one of the inventors of the system and he's continuing to develop it he's currently working on improving the catchment part of the process. micro plastics are a serious problem worldwide and jeopardize the food chain none the less offshore it is in the european union for example and yet obliged to clean their waterways of plastic despite the health risks we do see now with. more direct

threat to our health that's something when we start to wake up if it's already hurting the environment is usually not urgent enough. but there is still the budget around to to get plastic out of the water so that 70 i challenge fires as. plastic trash is a global plague that bubble barriers could help combat the team see a lot of potential for expansion. move towards europe within this year said 2020 but also move towards asia once we have a solidified partnership with barclays in asia they hope to set up the 1st the bubble barrier in asia by 2023. what off smart solution for plastic pollution here is another great idea this one from kenya right next door often times people graze cattle in local woodlands which can have a negative impact but cultivation of more nutrient rich napi

a grass could help ease the pressure of the forests as well as boosting dairy yields and cutting greenhouse gas emissions a win win situation. green testi healthy and pest resistant mapi a grass. the hills around kenya's mouth forest offer ideal conditions for these highly nutritious plants which can grow several beaters tall. but the local farmers prefer to graze their cows on wild grassland. kenya has 2000000 small scale dairy farmers with herds of 10 cows or less. all together that's a huge number of animals emitting a considerable amount of methane gas well they just in their food. and farmers are still cutting down forests to gain grazing land for their cattle the biggest problems we're having now about climate change is land use change and land use

changes where you are converting forests that are actually talks of carbon and this couple when it is released into the atmosphere actually needs to claim a change so when you cut down forests that are tainted into cropland or for grassland for livestock then you are releasing a lot of carbon into the atmosphere which leads to climate change. together with 2 european universities the center for international forestry research has conducted a study in kenya to find an alternative that could benefit both the farmers and the environment they can. paired with wild grasses forest grazing and silent for da made from locally grown maize there is such as investigated how the cows diet affects the amount of meth and they emit while keeping a close check to on the animal's health and productivity. is

one that if you can use very good quality. then it is a very good supplement that. they just opposed to the animals. being produced being produced the next task for the researchers was to convince a small scale farmers to change their habits by spelling out all the advantages of the grass they succeeded even though many farmers still want to let their cattle graze on matthew fields they are at least prepared to give them the and for. that we're both in the school in the old days we used to graze our livestock in the forest and. now we feed them on the cuts not the grass and the productivities has improved. but no. i can support my family as well as my neighbors. up close with us here and over

here. the cows now provide about 50 percent more milk than before and the heart is also healthier overall. it's getting so old. then decided they saw some of the tests. you get them from the us it's very hard to fake the. map your grass has shop edged leaves and secrets a slimy substance to try when they land and keep them. healthier cows mean higher revenues and winning equation for the farmers and one with benefits for the environment to have speeding or not produce to want a half percent less greenhouse gases.

another reminder that looking after the environment always pays off sadly for you that's all we had for you today but thank you for joining us so long for me sunday to know you from kampala goodbye until next time by neo to. buy from now sondra was a pleasure of course whole thing the show with you i know it's a way signing off from lagos nigeria see you again next week. little. girl.

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