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i'm now tie in lagos nigeria. and a warm welcome for me sondra. here in uganda the part of africa will stay tuned for another half hour to know that starting stories here is what is coming up at the. evening. we can do politics developing sustainable ways into 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 are needed to making a difference. and. at 1st glance it looks idyllic but. the 17 year old student is out. in order to document the extent. of. the rainy season. in town should be full by now. it's. sort of. what's what's next is the hope that this. would have been for the game. winstone is a farming town that has been experiencing periods of severe drought over the past 5 years in an effort to alleviate the impact the only spot it 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 tim a cookie i localize to keep up his ship survived the cea but if the rain stopped he might have to sell the entire flock. the ones with. a 09 dream in them are the most difficult thing was that we ran out of water not just as but the whole region we had to fetch water for the livestock in a faraway places which was a real struggle when is. just a tense money alone high school today a professional photographer has come to lead a workshop with the young reporters 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 restore what's happening and you'll hear that's quite an awesome sponsibility to. live in or maybe you want to take this up officially become a documentary filmmaker a photojournalist weekly magazine there why our program is going into the buy an old best in denmark called foundation for environmental indication 360000 people in 45 countries take part in the program last month just made a video about illegal dumpsite a video was eventually published by a national news broadcaster. challenging the government to take interventionist let . people know what it was not at least on the actions of. dick cheney or dick inside it and it doesn't want to get. every report i supposed to produce one story each month. young people

don't know what to do for you and even if they do you can't take initiative 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. john outboards a tough school because his parents leave find a way in the countryside before dinner the students gathering the big hole to do the homework is making progress with hunger story she does the putting work on to provide regular school work but john i doesn't mind. it's fun and she's much better 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 when more people over to the side of want to save the environment. in south africa the program is supported by west the country's oldest environmental have been ization it's been doled out at 15 schools so far the young members out of pulled by its success because it shows that the us picked. young people are realizing that there was a very damaged walled unless the adults get serious about dealing with the climate crisis all of other wild they are demanding action but they are not the only ones or the people want to get involved in germany and mental going as a backing 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 that people want change but what else can we as individuals do to help reduce c o 2 emissions in gemini 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 my ability that could mean driving and flying less. when it comes to heating and electricity 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. also apparently 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. plus the cost was developed by environmental organizations and is now available in 36 german cities the workshop is spread over 16 frames. must come you know and each of us can make a difference as one of our goals is to encourage the course altered his appearance to become eco ambassadors who not only make changes in their own lives 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. do you do sell

a field hook line medicine if you get 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 in the west so what is being done in africa to change that a young nigerian has decided he doesn't want that anymore and he started doing something about it. lagos nigeria is filmed to a number of illegal dump sites very waste many local people the refuse is a vital link. of the taking of poets t.v.'s computers and other devices by hands they resell the components as rule materials it's extremely hazardous work with and water and groaned 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 tara and was founded by if klein or tunnel nigeria you to me generates 1000000 tons of earth on equates toques of what it allows importation into the countries the difference between our treatment and the informal harmless if 100 don't have the knowledge they don't have the tools all the machinery to safely. and dismantle. the device. the terror collects discarded devices like laptops speakers and mobile phones which are then checked over at the company's material recovery for certainty those parts that can still be used i restored and mostly d.n.a. to this charity the rest is dismantle the terror has invested in the range of

machinery it allows the workers to dismantle the waste in a way that is safe for the environment and for themselves and exhaust hood is used to contain the toxic feed. you're going out you can have so many carcinogenic materials that are trapped or sucked out and trapped trapped inside it's hard to machine pretty effectively detoxified while we dismantle all of the glass and all of the. plastic. after being dismantled the waste is separated in shreds. they're all material salvaged such as i live in the glass and i and other companies main source of income. business has been going well for the company so well that the c.e.o. plans to expand operations in the near future and he's happy that the items he recycles will not end up on the legal don't sites like this one.

carbon dioxide is a major country buter 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 escape into the air and they're putting it to good use for example to boost plant growth in greenhouses we have to the netherlands to meet some goddess 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 huge greenhouses to help the flowers grow better. the head of the family business says the investment is paid off. the leaves and when the leaves are dark and dark green then we know leaves are.

the flower we always look at the size. of 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. for. this pipe over here. and. a lot of pressure. of the bible's coming to see if. the air inside is in rich with carbon dioxide c o 2 eights 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 growing greenhouses they used to get a better product traditionally they used to fuel gases from natural gas burning that i'll show you today 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 processed here each day and hundreds of thousands of tons of c o 2 are generated each year as a byproduct. ok app or organic c o 2 for assimilation by plants or 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 do the shoot to it's coming from up from the shell or

refinery it's transported to our facility fired he said this pipeline. 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 future 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 by taking shoot to from industry so they are saving your vitamin to saving a little bit. and they can use on top of that more c o 2 to grow even better tomatoes and better 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 we 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 use you to 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 caught in chaos there but some farmers are found a way to turn this past into an asset. for this senegalese pharma clarin out weeds has become a lifeline. to. the plant in order to provide his village with a precious commodity few. we make try for charcoal we also use it for the roofs of our houses and the enclosures for the animals. and it feels like payback years ago

be invasive we crept into his field and there's a many farmers on the banks of the senegal river leaving them help. with. rice over there on the other side and men and stew we have to stop growing rice in these fields all because of time. now. right now knows he can turn the weed into a year round income often join in a cooperative run by women in the village and once the bundles are dr jan takes them to the top of a charcoal processing plant and the women take over. first the toughest role is burnt and then next arabica before being christians a pilot's. the women churn out 5 or 6 times a week of this clean burning fuel signs in iraq the time for plans has changed the

women's lives on moments before women did nothing other than fetching wood cooking for the household and taking care of the children now we work we earn some money and we enjoy ourselves and this project we feel is right. on if. in wrong makeshift market tougher charcoal pallets sell for 15 years cents a bag down daisy is convinced now and i stop by regular charcoal here prescience of products that is always available. it catches fire easily and doesn't stop hurting i've used it for 2 years and i tell my friends to buy 2 which is difficult to find especially in the rainy season you can find it we're going to be written. words discussed because villages in this region of cut down almost all the trees for uses few tifa is a sustainable answer for cooking in

a place where electricity and gas out of reach for most santa go doesn't only use tougher for charcoal it turns out the weed is a perfect material for cooling waterproof roof to abraham cilla was racking his brains to think of a senegalese alternative to the tax receipt had seen in europe the answer was right on the reason those. people leave brutally i never had a time for so i put in my suitcase a ticket to france to show them the said it was possible and so it started. cinna built a school and homes from his touch type and has overseen training at the local artisans to take the method back to the villages around 50 men have become traditional factions through the program. but in myanmar drama to prove yet the probably ritual cost less than a traditional stroll and it also allows to circulate in the hearts is.

going through. our trash roofs the last 20 or 30 years. in the region threatened by climate change and ravaged by deforestation going on tougher talk all under its hard for reef 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 a future with. 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 sensor in the trees to suck life many homes in africa need a new home or great solutions delight is a global social enterprise that makes one a product of our changing lives in kenya let's take a look at. radio. charging station. these are all now standard features in favor karim is home to 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 when i think it's a big change before we were paying 55 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 morning

it's on all the time. now to. karim e. 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 and job though 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 sell 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 good job. john ochoa's a local pastor he's decided to equip his new home with a solar energy system. so when 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. but we will have to city. don't opt and this 10 percent rate. so this one. is the quickest to me of which in the light of 2 cities is not. something. new. in the. from the front on the telly sometimes we can miss it for one minute what not.

delights kenyan offices are located in nairobi co-founder ned toes and 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 d. like to establish itself in kenya it's the world's 2nd biggest market for solar energy after india. chosen and 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 the small solar grid means that she no longer has to buy electricity tokens on her children have enough like to see when they're drawing. the clean energy source even powers a security light in our front yard it helps deter thieves that nice. in the evenings we leave the outside light on and all our things are say 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 base sadly it is a time for me to say goodbye i am. here in company gunda and of course look forward

to seeing the once again. thanks for watching i hope you enjoyed the show as well i'm now today we signing off from lagos i do. duck. duck. go.

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