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a driveway coming to you from lagos and joining me of course is my colleague sandra chain of york and hello there sandra. and hello from company and one welcome to all of us from all across africa and the rest of the globe so glad you joined us for the program once again lucia examples of how to make a wild a little bit cleaner and thereby making it a bit better here's a quick look at a few of this week's reports. in ronda we will learn how communities can live in harmony with the mountain gorillas. in cynical we will find out how simple it can be to compose to kitchen west. and in ghana we'll meet a man who calls himself a florist savor. the heart of the tom hasa nomics it is a small scale affordable housing project in south african ownerships and its main mission is to replace informal bucket shots with durable structures and what's even

more important recycled construction waste is used to build the homes made the founder and director was already want a number of awards for his innovative business idea and also see how it works. in the good. stuff greater johannesburg is home to around 8000000 people many of them believe in against people informal settlements or townships like so we're told just southwest of the city. you know from what we have a lot of people who are. come into old ones back home and you look for work opportunities so most of them prefer to live in a township because it's cheaper to live there when you're ready and that would've been there for me to there from where i used to go for work so they've created

opportunity for homeowners to try to create a coalition for those people where they're venting structures but that accommodation often consists of simple corrugated metal shacks and rented in backyards with off a little privacy or protection from grain and called. ludlow who grew up in a sheet metal shack himself a trained brick leah he got the idea to replace corrugated shacks with brick structures he even data locked away to make the breaks he uses to keep them as affordable and either mentally friendly as possible they're more like almost like they're walking because. you're sure you have a different kind of let the man sort of actually cut your bit of cost by up to 30 percent lead level maxes breaks out of both construction wiest so he doesn't need to use and that also means the vic's don't have to be fired in a kill with serves on energy because the building blocks are interlocking the

pressure of their own weight is sufficient to make the wall strong and stable it's an unusual way to build but it's less of a battle on the environment than traditional monsoon. before moving into one of the new brick houses. come economic spent 6 years living in a mental shack now he has a proper home he has to pay more rent for the new house but he thinks it's well worth it. actually arm around very very very heavy p.p. cause if you're staying in the last thing that will shake his leg. there isn't is not a place to be like a human being actually just laying there on me so you feel more confident when everything like check is number on building rubble is a major environmental problem in parts of johannesburg many companies just don't there are ways to legally to avoid paying disposal fields that bordered on to

mississippi or so much that she founded a startup to recycle the west rather than seed i love in honey but a lot of people do it ways to move all right they call it ways and then they call it but then we actually take responsibility over where the waste ends up be they have visited roads with the waste we compost it we also send it distributed to organization that make you service. organizations like lend that loaves housebuilding company have they to start ups have compatible trust their construction list provides the basis for global's environmentally friendly bricks one issue still to be resolved is how to process building west and transport eat to construction sites. and. we are working out how we can actually collaborate and here the rubble as raw material for making bricks and then we will need people to separate their waste encrusted with this will. lead to seize that

many who come to johannesburg hoping for a better life and that believing in insufficient housing they exactly are the people he wants to help and not just by building homes for them he has many more ideas for the future. of the planet which will. bring the people that live here obscure them to it from abroad all sorts of so we can replace all this by their names and also training them to prove their own houses sustainable homes constructed from the cycle materials using more and. well frankly meadows i'll forward thinking solution that's been official not just to the environment but the wellbeing of entire communities. rhonda is one of the most densely populated countries in africa even so in the west of the country on the border with the democratic republic of congo is one of the last remaining vacancies for the. a foundation is now showing schoolchildren how to

resolve the guerrillas hobbits and that's it may help heal the people are able to continue to co-exist with the endangered animals it off because when by to see the glory. ok knows national park in rwanda is home to a very rare animal the mountain gorilla there are fewer than a 1000 left in the wild the spread of disease and habitat loss pose a threat to this endangered species. to help protect the gorillas valerie awkward to sing it teaches children about environmental conservation she's the program director for conservation heritage to run baby or c h t which is located in the science district next to the park. kids to morals generation yes kids kid is very spry been

message kids can and so we create so we're just chill have children to work you kids scorcher and and because they are they can be a board today for their message today rest of the community. rwanda is one of africa's most densely populated countries so these children live close to the gorillas natural habitat most have never seen one. using paper machine masks valerie and her colleagues help bring the gorillas to life. they also encourage the kids to draw pictures of the majestic apes. who call back and she said a lot to draw the gorillas when they talk about it and the children start acting like her as beating on their chests. but conservation education is just one pillar in the efforts to save the mountain gorillas another is creating alternative livelihoods for the local community. this farmer has just received

a lamb. by donating sheep to local families the conservationists hope to encourage people to stay out of the forest. all right now one day i went and i i feel happy about winning a sheep as a farmer will help me fertilize my field with the problem or do instead of going into intending for can i was a national park which is the home of the mountain i'm going to is too quick to do so says found can you be sure it's going to be. growing to 6 there isn't a forest they can looking for me that he was to happen before but when you give them sheep it's a no 10 up to you to what they have been correcting from with a mountain of what has had. the most exciting part of the classes is an excursion into volcanoes national park there the schoolchildren get an opportunity to see the

mountain gorillas in their natural environment they come up to discover wow i dismounted what it has because they have been watching them when they feel old they're all seeing them through visuals that we were showing them today so and they have never seen that so soon a very natural habitat did it to wow danielle a cuz so that also excited state i'm. valerie a core of just saying and her colleagues have received numerous awards for their efforts. for valerie it's further encouragement to continue their work so that the great apes can be preserved here for generations to come. hey all you coffee drinkers out there did you know that over 2000000000 coughs a consumed one white every day and much of that comes from the grown in africa did you know that. where oh and now i do know so i go wow great coffee is

divine. hi periods or lack of knowledge and resources leaves many small coffee farmers struggling to sustain a livelihood the situation is particularly critical in eastern africa that's why climate academics have been established to teach farmers how to adjust their methods to the conditions of a changing climate here's our report from kamya if you're going to an outdoor training session at the climate can be me. because. it. you know the whole. business is becomes more. blood. becomes more people. they're moving to prove you are. on today's show. 2 way to prune coffee trees the aim is to prevent the

fungus that causes coffee berry disease which destroys the beings. they found was that the climate academy are expected to act as multipliers the idea is that they we pass on their techniques to up to 50 ad the farmers know. space here such that it will be good. so there's not. much of course is a coffee rejoin in south and kenya here are local cooperative or but it's a model coffee plantation but climate change brings challenges like diseases drought or too much rain and this is causing yields to fall they can't academy is visiting today and wants to help the farmers i've just their program is funded by different trade foundation is just one way the farmers can become more successful again. we have nutrient application. to.

the nutrients. because nutrient is. despite tips on cultivation many farmers find it difficult to leave just from growing coffee through the climate academy they and michael credits and gain expertise on how to generate more income these that through aquaculture. or beekeeping. because he found my gym is now trying his hand at chicken farming. with all my new knowledge learnt at the climate academy i can even sell more than 9 chickens and none of them sell for less than a 1000 shillings. even when my relatives come to visit me i can take the chickens and use them for food. before that it wasn't possible.

but coffee remains the main source of income in the area but if the process is its members have it and helps marketing it collaborates with the climate academy and follows add green approach to. this used to be a waste now farmers use it as a cheap again expect allies are instead of expensive chemicals. recycling and making the most of existing resources we've got a couple of examples and that on today's program in this week's doing your bit we had to dakar senegal to see how a simple cleverly designed compost turns mungo peels coffee grinds and other household waste into rich fertile soil. most households produce a fair amount of organic waste every day. and that can be used to produce

fertilizer for flower gardens. were not your chin gone couldn't find a compositor in senegal's capital dakar she decided to make her own. turn standard metal barrels into simple but effective compositors. holes in the sides and top help to aerate the kitchen or garden waste and speed up the composting process they'll also allow earthworms and insects to get inside and help break down the organic matter. a small door cut at the base makes all removal easy . after adding a coat of paint the compost is ready. they can be produced in several sizes over the past year the team made about $200.00 units. of. the container the climate in senegal is perfect for come past with a humility there's no need to do anything it transforms on its own that's how we

came up with the idea. that. any vegetable or fruit scrub can be added as well as bread pasta tea leaves coffee and not on eggshells when mixed together the organic waste breaks down naturally into a nutrient rich compost. it takes about a month for the garbage to transform into fertilizer which can be used for anything from plants in pots or boxes to pile or orange trees. 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 stories. rising sea levels. and could be venture. early lead to

islands being submerged it's a scenario that is already threatening an ecosystem on the coast of north western europe the world and sea communities on the offshore islands are seeing increasingly frequent floods and local flora and fauna could freeze to mighty changes are you call reporter paid a visit to an island on the north sea coast of germany. the sheep on the island of form might outnumber the 1100 inhabitants but their grazing helps to maintain the sea dikes and that serves everyone because on average lies a metre below sea level the dikes are in fact key to the island survival in times gone by the local population protected themselves from the high waters by building their homes on manmade hillocks known as dwelling mountains. twice a year these 2 men inspect the dikes to make sure everything is intact but can these vast structures continue to protect the island as the planet warms and sea

levels rise furby and bush is a coastal defense expert for the northern german state. on the classes and ice dying defenses are still the best solution because they offer as a way to counteract the effects of climate change and our measures for the coming years offer a secure a future that means the population of the whole china could continue to live and work in safety. loose just responsible for the upkeep of the roughly 8 metre high external dikes that run for almost 30 kilometers right around this island in the wotton sea. but internal tykes also help to protect the island. as do the drainage channels. because it's not only the north sea waters that pose a threat but also those that rain down from above so how do the locals get the water off their island they channel excess water into

a basin by the harbor where the from there it's pumped out into the sea at low tide it's a solid system except during periods of extremely heavy rainfall. increasing rainfall and rising sea levels will be challenges for a pair of on but as a tide marker in the harbor shows the islanders have plenty of experience with tidal surges they've done battle with the sea on many occasions. nevertheless the local population can no longer rely on the exact same type construction that has served them in the past. zor the state of schleswig-holstein and came up with a strategy it's called the climate dike and eminently wonder because that we're factoring in climate change and are currently strengthening our dikes and such a way that we can build them as high as 2 meters above sea level it was evil and i was with. the green area shows what the dikes currently look like. the climate

dike slope more gently towards the sea and the so-called safety cap of an additional 50 centimeters is built on top depending on how high the sea level rises even more height can be added at a later date the whole exercise is very costly but many on perform share the view that the dikes are the safest form of protection and in the case that the defense has failed to stand up to the sea in the future the islanders are also planning to build emergency accommodation on twirling mounds the same kind of manmade hillocks on which houses used to be built they don't die here if in the near future there are moments when the dogs can't hold the water back will seek refuge on the 20 mountains and it won't be easy because storm surges tend to happen in the dead of night during heavy rains and strong winds to actually getting to the dwelling mounds wouldn't be a walk in the park but however difficult we still have to make that provision. on the whole the people of perform are calm perhaps because experience has taught

them that land comes and land goes but they're absolutely determined to do everything they can to protect their island. protection and conservation that's also what our next report is about in recent decades ghana has lost vast tracts of rain forest it's a choice. somebody is a worsening climate change. that's right near to one local equal activist and in tripping you decided to address the problem and reforested a piece of land by practicing sustainable forestry there has helped revive the natural ecosystem he's enterprise is not only good for the environment but it has also become a popular destination for the eco tourists. oh. so can i have the ladies come forward this is

a moment when into inviting that you truly enjoy treats in his visitors to the intoxicating center of the land a long lost limbs exam passed around with guns around to provide facts going to smell like that for weeks as well as when walking in the flower garden with it's quite beautiful. isn't it was very nice to see that there's a very like this in god that. others whether they're hearing god or even outside of the country could come to and actually enjoy nature. it started 20 years ago when biden planted all his hold in of 210 acres. he founded porto forest estates and initially just sold would pull it off so. we thought we could enter crop with food crops and keep it going by. selling those food crops to generate short term revenue except that the community and the workers kept

eating everything even before us was ready to generate more income he and his team had another idea they decided to propagate local plants and extract essential oils in 2018 they added eco tourism jaring every tall visitors served up a typical kenyan pitch that is made exclusively of local forest produce. one in 10 biden is also linking up with the local community in better he has hired several locals as chefs and told gods who work in his laboratory technician isaac could joe is in charge of producing the essential oils as well as natural cosmetics such as soap. because up with us natural sources from the forest they tend to have less side effects and they're the really how to get out very effective treatment for tear up and you can really get

a feel of the size of the room from the plant and you have no side effects or anything whatever the oils are sold across the country including in the capital across retailers there also provide interested costumers with detailed information about the production. on guided tours visitors here about the company's mission future plans include sustainable construction projects for their eco tourism business. this is because we want to make use. from print on the eldar of it to got cost russia to use. every mentally ill for a week we want to reduce that and more of our monthly friendly wellington biden attaches great importance to passing on is knowledge to the next generation. now main focus is. the experiential learning center where we're

going to teach people what we have learned over the last 20 years this is the only way that we come quickly disseminate what we've learned because it's all about training and empowering people to also go out there and do it themselves in that way biden spoke janks provides an example to local residents showing how day 2 can make a livin from protecting the floor and so on while lot of interesting reports with plenty of inspiration for ways to take better care over our planet that's all from it off because these time i hope you'll enjoy the show as much as the hot i am sandra teen obvious signing off from kampala feel next time sandra and for you our viewers if you want to find out more about the people on the project keep profiles today visit us online and also check out our social media and do be sure to join us again next week well a new edition of eco africa i'm nels

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