st. ambrose right now i'm on them going through don't care if you use the phrase sure. our 2 part series the 3rd right the dog starts nov 12th on d w. hi you know it's possible to clean the ocean with hair it's a big breaks out of rubble we're going to tell you more about these and other interesting stories over the next hour or thereabout welcome to the who africa are now outside me in new york state nigeria and i am sandra to you know video here in kampala uganda it is good to have you with us for yet another exciting episode of i

am very much a show we've focused on africa here are some of the topics that will be looking at today. how rhonda trying to be boss a decline in needs be population. we also see how a sharing economy sconce resources. and finally how young activists in ghana are fighting for a healthier ecosystem. but foster to run the b. population there has been shrinking and then great there as it has been in europe the main culprits are chemical pesticides and intensive farming practices bought biggest contribute to buy a device to they are great pollinators so how beekeepers in rwanda coping how can they talk of the problems we went to meet some of them to find out. if.

his bees are dying and he can't do anything about it and say i'm cut gabo is destroying over the past 80 years more than half of his 70 colonies have perished. because if we. all the bees that come back from the farms in fact the others are going to be hives our food that's why they both in the traditional and the modern times the mother somewhat because it is up for the number declines gradually going until there are no but he's alive inside me because i get a lesson. i'm certain cabo has been raising bees for more than 20 years he uses traditional beehives to collect wild ones then he transfers them to small modern beehives on his farm. the bees go in search of food in the fields around his village in northeastern rwanda. families here and across the country are using more

and more pesticides on their crops. these potential plans are no exception at the same time the populations are collapsing farmers are aware that these things are connected. to go on a large number of bees die when the irish for trade or plants are in bloom. whenever blaise land on the flowers after we've sprayed them we see them die. pesticides are toxic and kill many forms of life that are not the intended target when they feast done be keep has suffered the economic consequences if you are the 1st. we would like the government to support farmers to get chemicals that are not toxic. that way they can continue farming without causing us to lose our bees which is. designed you can see the future but a shift to organic farming is still a long way off here biological pesticides are rarely used in part because they're

expensive the government is considering raising the tax on chemical pesticides and lowering the tax on organic ones that would be good for the environment farmers and beekeepers here in the meantime the government offers training courses keep is one topic how to breed healthy and more productive be colonies. we want to. develop. this which this. is the best. it's. it's. resigned to production. in the products. that won't solve the problem of pesticides but at least became this can learn how to breed queen bees and thus build new colonies. the beekeeper cooperative co-op his ego has been taking part in the training program for over

a year instructors come and visit regularly. every egg from a queen bee has to be taken out of the honeycomb and were placed in a new beehive with the lid. then the bees have to feed the eggs. to 2 or 3 weeks the new breed hatches. we're glad we getting this training now we can be sure the air is going to be more bee colonies. because we can look forward to having more beehives and that will guarantee increased honey production. for the co-operative has already managed to make up a large part of its losses. here or do we have to see more since this new technique was introduced that it is good our business had to clear and. we had lost a large number of colonies only had $120.00 beehives left out of

a total of $400.00 disagreeing. but since then we've managed to add $200.00 hives that's a great success story over a short period of time going to. this training program has been running since 2015 and at no cost to be contained is the government once every beekeeper in the country to take the courses thanks to the program honey production has been rising again and so has the price of honey up $5.00 fold in recent years to about 6 heroes a kilo in part because the bee population has shrunk. despite. all the advances the honey still contain some toxins but other changes like making chemical pesticides more expensive and biological ones cheaper could help create better honey while keeping the bees a life. it sounds weird but it is true you can help the environment by cutting your hair hair is ups of bent and

a hair dresser in france came up with the idea of using it all or far in the sea let us see how it works. half. a stylist in southeastern france cuts off $29.00 kilos of it every year. but instead of just throwing it out collects every look to help fight oil pollution in the world's oceans. and also there is life or feel like it had swords hydrocarbons that is to say hydrocarbon stick to the outside that's why you can wash them off they don't get inside the air. founded the project. or fair head dresses beauticians from across from send in hecla pings formally unemployed people and school dropouts stuff the head into nylon stockings to make pillows

which will then be used to absorb fats and oils from water. pillows to fisherman and harbor operators he pays his help us with the proceeds. some of the pillows are now in use in a pilot project in the harbor of. more than 1000 boats adopt here. in the long run will try to use it around the port since the rain runoff water falls in the port and it washes out the soil picking up hydrocarbons so the idea is to go around the whole port under the boat and the refueling station and above all to convince other ports. one kilo of hakon absorb 7 liters of oil the hair pillows are brought to a special company for washing and can be reused up to 10 times. sat on visitors might be happy to sports a shorter hair day for. you

if you're also doing your bit about it. is it our web site or the simplicity we. have today doing your bit. we share your story. you can find informal settlements in most and not african cities living conditions are often really tough on young entropy or in south africa came up with a great idea to make things better. indeed it builds homes out of bricks made from recycled rubble the houses are safer and more sustainable than the usual metal shocks people were pretty skeptical at 1st but tenants are now moving into the houses he's built who went to sweat so to find out more about this. the township of soweto just south of johannesburg formerly

a home to mine is the region now has around 4000000 residents no one knows the exact number. most live in corrugated sheet metal shocks and that's just what young entrepreneur london wants to change he wants to have lots of brick houses built 50000 homes in needed in the johannesburg metropolitan area. lot of people. coming to look for work opportunities so most of them to prefer to live in its origins because it's cheaper to live there when you're ready. to move from where i used to go to work so this creates an opportunity for homeowners to actually create a coalition for those people where they're venting. either in a formal manner or the. many south africans could never afford to buy a home of their own so they rent shacks in other people's backyards all crammed

together side by side one little oval is a self-taught brick layer while building and out building in the backyard of his parents' home he got an idea to replace corrugated metal shacks with brick houses his customers other people who own the land they pay for the building in monthly installments using the rent they receive from the tenants while the tenants themselves get to live in a better home plus the whole thing is more environmentally friendly as the houses are made of special bricks so they're more like almost like their books. so because . you're sure you. cut your bridge imports by up to 10 percent you can use to live with the rich. you're going to you the.

plan lead to makes his bricks out of construction waste so he doesn't need to use sound that also means the bricks don't have to be fired in a kiln which saves on energy because the building blocks are interlocking the pressure of their own weight is sufficient to make the wall strong unstable it's an unusual way to build but it's less of a burden on the environment than traditional masonry. so having to have a pile of. people because. it's now more convincing than. this man was also interested and happy to learn more so than the c.b.s. is among the 1st tenants to move into one of the brick houses the 35 year old car

mechanic has been living in a backyard for 6 years until recently in a metal shock but not anymore now he has a proper home he used to pay about $35.00 euros a month now he pays 40 he thinks it's worth it. actually. people. say. actually. you feel confident when everything. building rubble is a major environmental problem in the impoverished districts of johannesburg many companies just dump their waste in the townships to avoid paying disposal fees. knows this all too well and every day dozens of trucks come to her neighborhood to illegally dump building waste for more prosperous areas this bothered her

a lot until it inspired her to become an entrepreneur now she's founded a startup the process is waste. so because a lot of people do it ways to move a ways in. but then we take responsibility with the least and the we have visited roads the waste we composted we also send it distribute it to organization that make use of it organizations flight landed to house building company. or to startups plan to work together. to know who could use the plentiful building rubble for his environmentally friendly bricks. now the 2 are working on ways to crush the waste and transported to the construction sites they hope to get started seen.

live here. are all sorts of. printing them to bring their own houses. to another one. of all that is the stuff of the future right now each building is a made. financial risk for london and his start up he's only been able to complete 3 homes with environmentally friendly bricks so far 3 more are under construction but he's been inundated with requests for more. sharing is caring more and more people. sharing economy it's a. benefit. i despise the restrictions of interaction because of the. very sharing is catching on perhaps because people really want to see. let's take a closer look at how

a sharing economy. has clearly done this many times before putting together his bike trailer that he can lend it to a neighbor for free of course that's nothing out of the ordinary for him he regularly lends out his belongings. garden equipment tools a child's mattress firstly friends. neighbors these things so. they won't have to buy them. i don't see this as being anti consumerist it's about sustainability these things are used so rarely if you use something along then buying something makes increasing sense and. the 2 men got to know each other by and mind neighborhood platform more than 1600000 users are connected to people living in their city maybe. people use it to lend and borrow stuff to swap

information or to offer help. we have over 50000 entries linked to lending and borrowing and the range of items is huge from a grill to a car seat to a bike trailer to a ladder to a hand cart so many different things. when. they also offer services english tutoring guitar lessons. all these things and more are exchanged. for the start of the set up in berlin in 2015. the portal is free of charge for users the company funds itself by in donations and small ads placed by companies in their respective neighborhoods. even some local authorities the platform to communicate with residents in a particular area. people have a whole range of different reasons for using the platform it's good to often tend.

to people increasingly live in smaller apartments they don't want to gather too much clutter and many people simply want to give something back to their community and we believe that if you give it makes them very happy and it strengthen social bonds when we borrow something from someone we come into closer contact with those we live right next door to. me. by contrast. never meets any of his customers. he offers high quality tools for one euro 50 an hour you can reserve them via an app. tool bought is built around the classic business model of the sharing economy where companies money by renting items out for a particular period of time. anya shunts is one of his customers she's a dancer who travels around the world a month for her work for small household tasks she borrows what she needs from tool

bought an electric drill and this instance. when you're 50 is a lot less than the price of the drill and i can always come here and borrow it again. that means i can get it as often as i needed he. is launching a crowd investment campaign to help him grow his business he believes his model could also work with other items and on an international basis. just g.m. here we have limited budgets and the amount of c o 2 we emit is limited to if we won people in emerging and developing economies to enjoy the prosperity that they deserve then we have to achieve this prosperity in a 0 carbon and eco friendly manner. despite social distancing the markdown actually brought. and his neighbors closer together in many

ways redecorated the apartment of a neighbor who was killed and helped out with odd jobs all that for free. rock through africa now preserving the local for the mission of a group of young environmentalists. fighting against the slash and burn practices that are still widely used in agriculture in the country where. farmers are resolved. for life yes but all too often the bush plan is a get out of control on these halls hadan disastrous consequences for the environment the activists with the young voices education foundation travel to the country to these people to change such harmful traditions. oh. these young people are willing to act. isn't goals in flames.

the group is trying to minimize the damage but it's a losing battle. to home began long before the fire. too many trees have been cut down in the area explains david good live from the young voices educational foundation. i harvest is lost and then students like this are becoming a problem here in ghana it's a nightmare for the farmers. this is the 1st time i hear you on this friday. do you know the cause of the fire and no but i believe it is. said by somebody that extend that and into my family destroyed you. back in the town of new balika david bradley meets with team members to discuss strategy is to tackle widespread slash and burn practices that is something to talk about it at

a village meeting between january and march over $115.00 bushfires were reported in the region the local fire chief who works closely with the young volunteers is concerned for the future you cannot signator so once we have decided to be there 1st. as over decided to bring the people let them understand that. falling down cutting down the truth burning the burning down the trees it will go through it. is not plan to all be going under mild that's. the 1st. day we'd be able to keep that from happening is starting to become a teacher and breeds pigs to finance his education the earnings also allow him to pursue his musical and visions i even saw some of these to raise funds for my song but then into a forestation. some of the money also went to jupiter juice in

a music video. to phone the promoter environmental awareness a group dances from his hometown supported him by appearing in the video. do you. know when it's. just. music is one of the ways to get the message across but why the group also does community outreach to inform people about the consequences of cutting down trees the effects are clearly visible in this region nearly all rivers have dried up and the only ones to run in is a dire river. it's a lifeline for more than 20 communities for the down the stream but many fail to take into consideration. this composition traditional method to produce palm oil.

in the process they pull the waste directly into the water it is soon swept away by the current but the environmental impact will linger much longer. while june and july mainly useful tree planting activities the environmental activist spend the rest of the time educating the root population about nature conservation and the effects of climate change i was doing is wrong i've. been there with that and you know what. and they. won't have it to change so the activists found that when this club's in more than 50 schools in the region as a part of a companion and a former station they have helped to organize a demonstration for schoolchildren we decided. to plant in a mound a student so that they can be doing this weekly or monthly but i want to go up we

want to know of trees and indicate even extend this idea to have a real policy. time to get their hands dirty planting trees in the school yard welcome response from the regular routine so that through our friends we need a long time in our community get them wanted on daily basis planting trees is more than a symbolic act for david bloom the children have learned a lot about the crucial role that trees play to provide shade to protect rivers and soil and play a vital role in tain in the health of our environment. we've come to the end of today's show about the environment on interesting ways to protect thank you for joining us and of course your company. it is a good buy for the founder of 3 no good here in kampala and i'll be looking for it to you once again. just a quick reminder that you can always check out. the. well on our website on sale

next time it's goodbye from me you know i do. dumb. dumb.

thing up today don't miss our highlights. program on line d.w. dot com highlights. a jewel with words. where i come from you don't want to weigh from a confrontation. when i was 5 years old my father took me to his friends and i was

hooked on the spokesman. a sport that you learn soul enters your soul. fencing as a language and a good source for it is a conversation. must meet your opponent to understand the thinking mill of the man to get close otherwise you can score a. it's not unlike a tough interview really when interviewing politicians or whole produce c.e.o.'s you have to wait for the right moment just to get around their defenses then make your knowledge fit. yes and take risks to get results. i've got alphas and i work a deal doesn't. think

. all we can be the generation that ends it good malaria must start so millions can live.

this is the news line from joe biden inches closer to the white house the democratic candidate leads president trump in a handful of undeclared battleground states according to associated press figures being used by d.w. a win in pennsylvania georgia or nevada put forth mr biden in the oval office. speaking while president trump is paddling conspiracy theories and the litany of baseless claims insisting that he wasn't a miss he's being robbed of reelection.