so-called content monitors to take a script terrifying images from online platforms. horrific job for starvation wage the strain it is enormous. the cleaners social media's shadow industry starts to names on d w. a very warm welcome to these weeks episode of africa i am sondra to nobody coming to you from kampala he knew gunda padova well we do start by asking you did you know that there's not a much of foods that have disappeared from my dad's own most completely even though they're. so resistant to environmental influences one such school is now making

a comeback in mali and this is going to interest you hi sandra yes and i can't believe it we always have many good tips here on eco africa. in the nation's capital and i just kept. let's take a look at what's coming up on the show today. the climate resistance green that's becoming popular in mali we'll tell you why the ugandan teenager who is championing climate change activism will tell you how and the women in zimbabwe straight into the rangers fight poaching will give you the details. the phony a green has grown in africa west africa for around 5000 years and we've more and more areas being given over to rice it had lots of disappeared the extremely small grain can be difficult to peel but it contains many more nutrients than say white rice in mali for instance many farmers are now switching back to this form of

millet as it copes well with the i would conditions in the region making it a good option in an age of climate change where the farmers are regularly suffering crop losses. if. it's harvest time in the district in the central eastern region of mali near the border of book enough so that harvesting phone yo across native to west africa a kind of militant small seeds and excellent properties it's one of the. fastest growing crops in the world it grows in dry climates and sandy soil even without irrigation for a long time phony it was neglected but now more and more farmers are growing it again. is one of them. we have to take land degradation into account. it is much in demand again now

because it helps protect the soil. so when you. force after the phone you know has been cut the stems are left in the ground. and that helps to fertilize the soil. better method effective use it. because the grains are small processing them is very time consuming traditionally for newest threshed on straw mats then the seeds are mixed with sand and pounded in a mortar it takes hours to extract a couple of kilos of the edible part of the grain. but things have changed here since the swiss ngo health data provided new machines that make it much easier to process the grains the one machine separates the grains from the stands. the other removes the husks in no time. that saves these women a lot of work now they only need to sift the grains to remove any remaining impurities. we used to have

to pound the grains till our hands get red and sore but thanks to the machines from hell better us we don't need to do that anymore now it's far less strenuous we can just wash the grains and put them in the pot to cook. the grains are used to make partridge course course bread and also beer. ibrahim soliman 20 car runs a restaurant in the capital bomber called. for new used to be reserved for special occasions and festivities but now it's becoming a daily staple. we wash the bone you're very thorough and we're prepared in such a way that people can eat it at any time. we served with 2 kinds of sources like a peanut sauce. or a tomato sauce. but the most popular dish on the menu would love buffy is

mango chicken with 4 new. many guests come especially for that. phone you know is really the best food in mali we eat it all the time at home. i often asked my wife to make it for me but we've come here as a special treat because it's so incredibly good the way they make it here. for noise not only tasty it's also very nutritious. scientists say it has exceptional qualities making it superior to rice and corn. is a nutrition expert at the institute for rural economy in bamako. i'm nothing i mean it is very rich in essential amino acids which are important for the body. it is a product that is very rich in fiber. so it is more digestible than other kinds of

millet rice and corn. back in tommy and p.l.t. is teach our younger colleagues how to make calm passed. in order to facilitate the process they covered the pile with phony or straw. the phone you know stems protect the compost from the sun. so there are many reasons why this ancient staple of grain is regaining popularity in mali the demand for for new has been growing in recent years and its price has been rising to this scarce farmers an opportunity to boost their income. what happens when you cut down the tree in your garden well it's one tree less you might say well what happens when thousands of trees disappear in one region they in fact consume the felt the

ground dries out the humidity goes down and biodiversity is reduce now the happy event eco check has the facts and the fia's. every year around $2800000.00 hectares of forest are lost on the african continent that's about the size of equitorial guinea. and most of the forests are cleared to provide space for farming a full 93 percent of the shifting cultivation. a lot of the timber is used as firewood or turned into charcoal both vital energy sources for rural populations. charcoal is also exported 40 percent of the charcoal imported to the european union comes from africa. deforestation contributes to climate change

and to a loss of biodiversity. as a result of poaching on the clearing of woodlands the forest elephant population in central africa declined by 2 thirds between 20082016. but this is good news too thanks to a range of reforestation projects. 27 african countries aim to plant 100000000 hectares of new forest by 2030 knots an area almost 3 times the size of germany. so are you prepared to plant trees now the situation of forests is very serious as we've heard and one young climate change campaigner from uganda is taking action. and guess what she's just 15 years old yes len i'm going to hunt the ideal planting trees on but they use this sort of having the tradition ok drinks and parties she's

also the money auction from the local and global leaders to come to the negative impacts of climate change we recently made the point. here that i'm a big. you're going to. be a good ways leading this protest against climate change in the ugandan capital of compost students taking to the streets. to be a part of the global movement for ideas for future government action to crab climate change. there isn't my purpose is that we are young people and we're facing for our future and repurchased ever afraid to face the mother nature i think people my age are coming to protest because they know they have the biggest stick in our future and they're trying to fight for it when i'm going to

turn 15 last year she didn't want to kick or to party instead she decided to celebrate her birthday by planting 200 trees. she launched a tweet accompanied with a hashtag by the trees which go to a lot of attention since the people in uganda planted over 3000 trees. as they were given back to the planet. of. cheese. but many ugandans own land that is suitable for a forest and much of the space is used for group culture that is why the young

activist wants the government. to the trees in nature reserves she has also some land owners to allow her to plant trees. if i had planted. forest. plants. despite some resistance more and more students in uganda joining. every friday. boarding school for climate justice demanding government action against the global climate crisis. campaign is going viral on social media i want the government to know that this climate action is real and it's needed now this is

taking place so i wonder gun might also get to see what you got through and they also take but under such a bunch of various possibilities. also doesn't shy away her hands dirty. too late fifty's oriya which is not far from high school. together they collected plastic wistrom it shows i mean courage to do the same. she also started an online campaign to force the government to ban plastic bags in uganda and then we can learn just preach and preach and so people don't do this without practicing what you preach when we 1st started the lecture cleanups we're following a lot of rubbish because it was there and everyone would just to our ambition their legs but since they started seeing us cleaning their licks people have now a very good chance to us when they see as their lake we are going to clean the lake

now and there they have been called part 2 they know that it's known traitor for the rubbish in the. even with some of the rubbish on the lake cleaned up you know i'm going to face this huge challenges fortunately she can count on her family to support her how far they've been peaceful the seedlings his fist public criticism for his daughter's activism but he sees that he would rather see her own to street fighting for a good cause than staying silent when the planet needs the help. so decent team but houses have been built in europe for hundreds of years the surprising thing is that these houses are not only pretty but also very sustainable that's why some view it as some money on something to adopt this time once again let's take a look at one of these new but own cluster houses. this picture

s. backdrop looks like something out of a fairy tale but old have timber houses can be found in many european cities. the tradition dates back to the 12th century buildings are constructed from a wooden structure filled with brick or loam that made sense wood sand and clay were all freely available materials. this have timber house is not even one year old yet it was built using the old methods have timbered inside and outside for owner nor about hoffman it was important to have a low energy home equipped with the latest technology but the roof too is based on a historical design it's a so-called cold roof which is well ventilated. that's an old building technique in the sense that in the past they were only called ruse and you notice

that in the old buildings where attics are not insulated in the summer it remains a quite pleasant temperature at the top of the house but that's all it down to the way it's constructed. at the same time the heating technology in the house is cutting edge of fuel cells supply is the building with electricity a solar thermal system provides warm water on the ground floor and underfloor heating system is being built that uses brick just store the warmth the windows are made of smart glass that darkens when the sun shines keeping out about 90 percent of the heat in summer the house was built by construction company owner. for more than 25 years he's been building have to bring houses based on old designs but with the latest technology inside. it's a real challenge people used to build very differently centuries no one was

concerned with energy efficiency and cetera these days we have to work with significantly thicker walls and accommodate very different things windows have to be fitted completely differently and it all has to be done so that it's not visible outside. the wooden skeleton it's constructed in a carpenter's workshop using only timber grown in europe. just as in olden times no nails are used. instead the beams are connected with joint secured with opec's in keeping with traditional methods. this is a joint that has been used by carpenters for centuries only wood is used for the advantage is that it expands in the same way when temperatures fluctuate and that's not the case if you use wood together with metal and that can cause damage in the long term. about 12 cubic metres of wood are needed to construct

a house with an area of $200.00 square metres if you place the timbers end to end they would stretch almost one kilometer it might sound like a lot but wood is a lot more sustainable than other conventional building materials like concrete and cement. today's new have to merge houses fit seamlessly into their surroundings. and if their historical counterparts are anything to go by they too will that centuries ahead of them. but in africa now we've got to turn on your people call him the father of your innovation fund and he will was just 16 when you started tinkering with stuff and inventing things it is still washington loves doing and he also loves to share his knowledge we visited his innovation hard when you idea to get developed and a lot of them are environment and think. where

there's a will there's a way than it has taken that proverb to heart legibly self-taught is a next but that's device thing mechanic well and the electrical devices this machine for example flattens inner tubes for a drip irrigation system was one of. the point of an invention is that it has an obvious and i realized that the environment has been ignored. to your mother here at home he installed this windmill to produce energy. it powers his homemade washing machine and pumps the water from a nearby bogle. his invention isn't just environmentally friendly it also saves a lot of time and labor. when there's no wind he uses a stationary bicycle to pump water that was his 1st invention. at your home we

don't use power from the national grid we can hanna's energy from the sun or you and the sun is free is the power of nature you don't have to pay anything all you need to do is get the parts that we convert sun into power and install them and you are protecting the environment it was amazing that the prolific innovator shares his knowledge and passion with others a few years ago he co-founded the 20 social innovation center in the city of i will share here he and other staff members of our what shops and develop new ideas like using recycled materials to construct a wheelchair project manager jonathan's era is here every day he and benedictine we are regularly consult on technical issues. 20 is a social innovation center that seeks to the community to solve their own local challenges using local knowledge. the community can feel that we don't have we

don't import this knowledge or these things from outside these are the things that we how we use them at home that we find in the local shops that can help us. many of the contracts come from firemen's asking for example if it might be possible to construct a machine that plants a sibling's directly in the soil planted kiwi and other inventors try to develop effective solutions some customers stopped by his home to see his machinery in action many interested in his solar powered water heater. farm we hear is the most important part of the tubes they're difficult to get but all the other things can be sourced from local hardware store as this one has used a metal folding legs a normal iron shooting of it the most difficult thing is the heating tubes but i realize that used fluorescent bulbs can work if you paint them signing up work but what about the. built from 2nd hand material to his solar water heater only costs

around $155.00 euros about half as much as a shop bought one thanks to his creativity and skills on the planet q he has become a successful equal interpret new york as well as an advisor to other asperin innovators. fantastic ideas i wish we all could think of something simple and smart to protect our environment and also make the world a better place but now we move from one very clever man to a bunch of very tough women in zimbabwe yes you're right we're going to an all female training camp for wildlife rangers their admissions criteria are strict but the employment chances for the women are good we looked in on them to see what training is like this may look like basic training but in fact this men are competing to join

a progressive conservation program they want to be part of the uk a shingle amanti porch in unit set up by an australian soldier turned environmental activist. sorry 2007 say we recruited the 1st 2 or armed all 3 mile range of squads here in zimbabwe and the programs in our ground we've gone from looking after one reserve to being looking after 4 with a total of a 1000000 acres the aca shingo which means the british ones in the local language are willing to risk their lives to protect wildlife in zimbabwe pondering the wildlife area but they are also united in a desire for independence and self-determination many of the women are victims of sexual assault and domestic violence someone abandoned by their families my husband used to abuse me years it was i can just simply say he was an abusive mean he was very violent to me but i had no option i have to move from that violent so this is

a chance to turn it transforming the standard of life of all women most of the women in developing the ourselves and some of them to financially independent all the rangers come from communities near the area they patrol so they know the locals and also have a different way of connecting with them they are often more adept than their male counterparts at the escalating potentially violent situations and showing people the importance of protecting wild animals and i think. this i joke cliche of winning the hearts and minds it can only truly be won i mean guys the local community from everything off saying in 3 decades of law enforcement across 3 continents the best way to engage the local community and to get them on source is to work with women this time 80 applicants past their recruitment test and are now starting their 6 months training during that time the women also train with rifles in case they do have to engage heavily armed poachers. since the establishment of

the squad 3 years ago in the wild left area elephant poaching has dropped by 80 percent in the former trophy hunting trucks so far the uk a shingle have arrested $115.00 porches using close combat techniques and without firing a single shot in $11.00 days to months the female brain just does saw as their peril many a mystery in the world and they did this project of high pressure in 2007 tim i remember when we were 10 yeah we did the training we were mixed in with the men and . i ministered to challenge men in fiscal training even in. long run the pushups the sit ups. and the dregs so i think we were just this sam because what they can do i can do and in some cases even better another

factor in the women's favor is that there has not been a single incident of corruption there because shingle has been a success on various fronts and the model is now set to be expanded by 2025 its founder wants to have a 1000 female ranges in the field patrolling 20 packs. i hope this edition of the show has convinced she of the importance of caring for trees and maybe get you to rethink the use of firewood and i hope you found a mixture of topics as interesting as i did for now is good but. i just kept old territory and it is a good bye for me to hear incomparable i am saundra to know and i hope to have you company once again next week for another amazing episode of africa till then do take care of yourself and get by.

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