i know nothing the germans well sometimes i am less than nothing with them and i think deep into the german culture. you can take this drama yeah. it's a laugh. i'm rachel join me for me to come to the course. it's no secret that our planet's resources are dwindling and the climate crisis is real that's why i'll show. off as ideas on how we can protect our environment welcome to the show i'm now it's i in lagos nigeria. and a warm welcome for me sandra to know from kampala here in uganda but part of africa

will stay tuned for another half hour to know that starting stories is what is coming up at the. evening classes in germany on climate change we can do on. developing sustainable ways to avoid the harmful side to good use and. products that are making life better for people in kenya. the climate in south africa is dry and climate change appears to be making it even more drier it is becoming even more argent to green the economy industries farming tourism and the way people live we head to the eastern cape to meet a teenager who is a budding reporter walking one ecological issues she is involved with a global initiative called young group for the environment and the name suggests they need it to making a difference. at

1st glance it looks idyllic here but most of the student is out. in order to documented the extent of the drought in her hometown of. the rainy season. in town should be fun but now. it's actually where. it's so tough. question what's what's next is there hope that this. will be for the game. going to town is a farming town that has been experiencing peters of severe drought over the past 5 years in an effort to alleviate the impact the municipality instituted water restrictions in the community john is a member of the young reporters for the environment or white. youth led initiative

that provides training on how to report on local environmental issues just come to talk to timber cookie i localize to keep his ship survived this year but if the rain stopped he might have to sell the entire flock. with them and. they are not going to be in the market the most difficult thing was that we ran out of water not just but the whole region had to fetch water for the livestock in a far away places which was a real struggle when there is. just a tense marry a low high school today a professional photographer has come to lead a workshop with a young group portals this is the 1st time some of the students have ever held a camera the program also involves training sessions with journalists and t.v. and news professionals. like i said earlier you guys are going to show the rest of the what's happening in your ear and that's quite an awesome sponsibility

to. never know maybe one day take us up officially become a documentary filmmaker a photojournalist weekly magazine they wipe out a program is called anetta the by and best in denmark called foundation for environmental indication 360000 people in 45 countries take part in the program last month john made a video about illegal dump sites a video was eventually published by a national news broadcaster. challenging the government intervention in the flag that was. i was in a couple of others knew that it was a break from the actions of the nation and i'm going to take this any more that instead this is the one that doesn't want to promote it it was. supposed to produce one story each month. young people don't know what to do to you even if they. wanted to misha to because they think that

they don't think the cat so the young reporters gives us an opportunity to do that because it makes more young people aware about the environmental issues that we're currently facing and it makes them want to take initiative and join us so i think that's why it's very important. job boards are tough school because her parents leave find a way in the countryside for dinner the students gathering the big hole to do their homework john is making progress with hunger story she doesn't want to provide regular school work but john i doesn't mind. it's fun and she's motivated by the idea that she can inspire us to behave or think differently. like they should inside the fear of not wanting to lose what we have which is the little lift of the beauty of the

environment that's number one also hoping to achieve or win more people over to the side of one to saving higher. in south africa the program is supported by west the country's oldest environmental organization it's been doled out at 15 schools so far the young members out of thrilled by its success because it shows that the a perspective. young people are realizing that they were a very damaged walls and as the adults get serious about dealing with the climate crisis all over the walls they are demanding action but they are not the only ones or that people want to get involved too in germany and mental going to a bucking evening classes for the public on climate change and things ordinary people like you and i can do to make. a difference.

climate strikes a good way to show governments the people want change but what else can we as individuals do to help reduce c o 2 emissions in germany people can take special evening classes to learn more about climate protection. participants are able to develop their own plan of action in order to cut their carbon footprint. in terms of mobility that could mean driving and flying less. when it comes to heating and elektra city a little goes a long way just turning the heat down by one degree makes a difference as do small adjustments at meal times like cutting down on meat consumption. for also apparently if we all ate less meat without having to give it up completely that would result in a huge reduction of c o 2 emissions that was helpful information. for us because it was

developed by environmental organizations and is now available in 36 german cities the workshop is spread over 6 evenings. must come you know and each of us can make a difference as one of our goals is to encourage the course all participants to become eco ambassadors who not only make changes in their own lives i but share information and encourage others to do the same. and at the end of the course the participants receive a fit for climate certificates and then it's up to them to spread the word. and how about you if you're also doing your bit tell us about it visit our website or send us a tweet. doing your bit. we share your stories. well. athene talk line at a significant especially when it comes to electronic waste what do you do when

you're done with your computer or your mobile phone there are reports that africa has become a dumping ground for most of the global unrest so what is being done africa to change that a young nigerian has decided he doesn't want that anymore and he started doing something about. lagos nigeria is him to a number of illegal dump sites very waste farming local people the refuse is a vital source of income of the taking of poets t.v.'s computers and other devices by hand they resell the components as raw materials it's extremely hazardous work with the air water and ground severely polluted by heavy metals and toxic chemicals some electronic devices come from developed countries in the form of the nation's unfortunately only a fraction of food and functional the rest is affectively trash a company in lagos has come up with an alternative solution for handling the waste

it's called eat terra and was founded by defining or chernobyl. generates $1000000.00 tons of earth on it which talk less of what it allows importation into the countries the difference between our treatment and the informal harmless if $100.00 don't have the knowledge they don't have the tools all the machinery to safely record and dismantle. the device. the terror collects discarded devices like laptops speakers and mobile phones which are then checked over the company's material recovery for certainty those parts that can still be used are restored and mostly donated as charges the rest is dismantle the terror. has invested in the range of machinery it allows the workers to dismantle even waste in a way that is safe for the environment and for themselves and exhaust hood is used

to contain the toxic feed. you do not lead you can have so many carcinogenic materials that are trapped or sucked out and trapped trapped inside. so it's effectively detoxified while we dismantle all of the glass all of the. plastic. after being dismantled the waste is separated in shreds they're all material salvaged such as aluminum glass and ion other companies main source of income. business has been going well for the company so well that the c.e.o. plans expand operations in the near future and he's happy that the items he recycles will not end up on the legal dump sites like this one. carbon dioxide is a major contributor to global warming but did you know the gas can be

a valuable resource scientists have developed ways to capture c o 2 from power plants and factories that would otherwise escaping to the and they are putting it to good use for example to boost plant growth in greenhouses we have to the netherlands to meet some gardeners who are welcoming the initiative. plus as far as the eye can see. this is a ruse breeding company in the netherlands. c o 2 is pumped into these 2 shoots greenhouses to help the flowers grow better. the head of the family business since the investment has paid off. the look almost to the leaves and when the leaves are dark and dark green then we know the leaves are brown. and when we look to the. we always look at the size. how big are the size where the selling the business has to work very efficiently with

high tech heating and cooling systems automatic irrigation and fertilization. but what's really special is the c o 2 ventilation equipment. well the pressure. of the bibles coming through. the air inside is in rich with carbon dioxide c o 2 eighth's photosynthesis and spurs plant growth the company harvest 8000 roses a day. the gases brought in virus subterranean pipeline from rotterdam. now and again the supply of cools by. bloomberg has 600 greenhouses on his books. the crops fetch the balls cut flowers grown in greenhouses they used to get

a better product traditionally used to fuel gases from gas burning. they can stop using an eco gas and create even better products. the carbon dioxide comes from the port of rotterdam from one of the world's largest oil refineries 400000 barrels of oil a process each day and hundreds of thousands of tons of c o 2 generated each year as a byproduct. ok or organic c o 2 for assimilation by plants we uses some of that the company has a plant in the dutch poort and supplies half a 1000000 tons of c o 2 to greenhouses so. it's coming from from the shell or refinery it's transported to our facility fired by by. in the past the greenhouses had to produce the carbon dioxide themselves by burning natural gas. the use of

recycled c o 2 means that they save a huge amount of the fossil fuel the greenhouses are the one who benefits maybe even the most they can replace the use of environment polluting natural gas. they can shoot to from industry so they are saving the environment saving a little bit. and they can use all top of that to grow even better tomatoes and better at the flowers. the roots grow is no longer need a combustion plant to produce c o 2. that means they can concentrate more on that cool business. my family started 40 years ago and we start that they've been a small company and they grow a big big and now we produce in one year about 40000000 stems. the company's booming thanks to carbon dioxide commercial greenhouse gardens

realized this problem gas can also be a valuable resource. now what a great idea to reuse you'd see i keep it out of the atmosphere well here's another one this time from san diego an invasive weed has been spreading fast and of course in chaos there but some farmers are found a way to turn this past into an os that for this senegalese farmer clarinets weeds has become a lifeline. to the g.m. . plant in order to provide his village with a precious commodity few. we make time for charcoal we also use it for the roofs of our houses and then closures for the animals. and it feels like payback years ago. crept into his field and there's

a many farmers on the banks of the river leaving them help. with a need and cultivate rice over there on the other side and minutes to we have to stop growing rice in these fields all because of time. right. now knows he can turn the weed into a year round income after joining a corporation run by women in the above village and once the bundles are dried and takes them to the top of a charcoal processing plant and the women take over 1st the toughest role is burnt and then make swingarm arabica before being pressed into pallets the women trying out 5 or 6 times a week of this clean burning fuel. i don't have the time for plants has changed the women's lives moments before women didn't also not other than fetching rude cooking

for the household and taking care of the children now we work we also money and we enjoy ourselves and this project we feel is right to go. on and. in wrongs make shift markets suffer chalker palettes sell for 15 years sense a bag down days it is convince now and i stopped by regular charcoal she appreciates a product that is always available for women it catches fire easily and doesn't stop hurting i've used it for 2 years style and i tell my friends to buy 2 wood is difficult to find especially in the rainy season you can find in the city of all we're going to be written. would discuss because villages in this region of cut down almost all the trees were used as fuel. is a sustainable answer for cooking in a place where electricity and gas out of reach for most santigold doesn't any use tougher for charcoal it's turns out the weed is

a perfect material for cooling water pretty free too. abraham cilla was racking his brains to think of a senegalese alternative to the patch reef he had seen in europe the answer was right and there is no use. if you would leave britain never had of tifr so i put in my suitcase and took it to friends to show them the said it was possible and so it started. cilla built a school and homes from his touch type and has overseen training as a local artist sense to take the method back to the villages around 15 men have become traditional patches through the program. but in myanmar government there preview the probably ritual cost less than a traditional stroll and it also allows us to circulate. through much of. our tosh roofs the last 2030 years the

british. in the region threatened by climate change and ravaged by different station cooking on top of the charcoal under its hard for relief has given the village a sustainable means of tackling serious problems 1st longest time for thrives along senegal's largest river group people can take this nuisance plant into their own hands and build their future with it. it's amazing but almost a 1000000000 people still don't have access to reliable supply of electricity that means they have a hard time lighting their homes starving food using all charging their phones all the internet and so on par improves the quality of life. he done and we've all got a center in the trees to subsidise many homes in africa need a new home or 3 solutions daylight is a global social enterprise that makes the product that are changing lives in kenya

let's take a look. at radio. charging station. these are all now standard features in favor karim. but many other households in the area still rely on kerosene lamps which are dangerous and on healthy. favor karim regenerates or electricity from solar panels. she has a small home grid. she had the panels installed after seeing some on a neighbor's house connection. it's a big change before we were paying $55.00 shillings a day for electricity we'd have power for a while and then it would be cut off but with the solar panels when we pay $55.00 shillings days on. end so we have enough light to get the children ready on the morning it's on all the time. now that. creamy and her husband

are paying for the solar energy system in installments every month they use a mobile phone to transfer of the equivalent of 15 euros in 8 months it will be paid off. although more than 70 percent of kenyans have access to electricity and 70 rural areas like here encourage oddo only 40 percent do. but just as elsewhere electricity has become essential to daily life. to close the gap a company called d.l. ice has set up stores around kenya that sells solar products for homes and small businesses. esther new york runs one of the stores she sells everything from lamps to t.v.'s and solar home systems. today one of her technicians is going to install a system on the outskirts of jato. john as a local pastor he decided to equip his new home with

a solar energy system. and the technician explains how it works it can be installed in just a few hours. by contrast getting connected to the public grid can take months and in just 2 years we'll have the environmentally friendly system paid off believe electricity. is 10 percent the rate. so this one. is the quickest to me of which india delight in of duty is not. something. new. in the video i need from the new front a little sometimes we can miss it but i don't like what not. delights kenyan offices are located in nairobi co-founder net chosen has come from the u.s. to discuss future strategies for africa the social entrepreneur is now focusing on

helping people who have recently lost access to energy sources it is an injustice that you have 1300000000 people in the world who still burn kerosene for lighting when the light bulb was invented more than 100 years ago this doesn't make sense and we set a goal of getting 100000000 people off kerosene by 2020 and we've actually achieve that goal as january 2020. technologies like mobile banking have made it easy for de light to establish itself in kenya it's the world's 2nd biggest market for solar energy india. chosen of his colleagues are now hoping to expand into other markets in africa so we're seeing a real change in awareness in general in the public sector with governments around what distributed solar energy can do and how if we're going to provide universal energy access solar is going to be a critical part of that equation. favor karim a small solar grid means that she no longer has to buy electricity tokens on her

children have enough like to see one they're drawing the clean energy source even power as a security lies in her front yard it helps deter thieves that nice to have that happen in the evenings we leave the outside light on and all our things are safe even if we leave the washing outside because when the lights on people can't tell if we're at home or not. access to solar power has made her family's life a lot easier and unlike other sources the sun's energy will always be there. that's a very cool indeed bringing electricity to people living in remote areas i hope you've enjoyed these with schill sadly it is a time for me to say goodbye i am tsonga to hear him come pull a gun and of course i look forward to seeing you once again very soon. thanks for watching i hope you enjoy the show as well i'm now it's a wee signing off from lagos nigeria.

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