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improve loans. wonderful to have you with us. and hopefully we're going to inspire you with climate heroes, unincorporated ideas, to improve the environment, and clean up the cho. coming up on the show. want make south africa speak book, an amazing plant. how to do house walk without resorting to harmful chemicals and better methods for sugar can farming in ghana we do start the show with some truly wonderful creatures. if you've seen one gliding and jumping in b a sion, i'm sure you will agree. there's nothing quite as beautiful as a dull fit. i have seen one and a can give it to the a gorgeous. and they not only lovely to look out, they also play an important role in the general ecosystem. now a group of scientists in kenya,

a dedicated to protecting them with oh, for the month, little call here in the can and regional, what time will lead by marine bone reduced? michael mon, gumby that is such teams. focus is dolphins the monitor. how many of the animals leave in this area and truck, the movements? how do they use this area? it talks in terms of managing them even knowing what is the aid of coverage, how, how long the list to here. so that kind of improves they're under funding on leave and how people can better ah, protect them the village of what tom. we're located, some 120 kilometers north of mombasa, king of 2nd largest city. what time on marine park and resolve is known for its species diversity over $500.00 varieties of fish as well as video c. tuttle species can be found in an area measuring just tense, quick look at us. not to mention dull since the subject of michael mangold. this

was such in the indian ocean. the numbers are fallen by more than 80 percent since 1950 industrial fishing is likely to blame. as dorothy and skip getting caught up and fishing net. michael mangled the and his cool one to low. what that means for what tom region and this touch of november 2021. that he's such as counted. a $141.00 in the pacific bottles, dolphins here about a month later they found another point. michael mun gambit, tics, photos that will be analyzed later today. there is no sight of any humbug though. things can see that an endangered species in november, they've sported 8 of the rear marine mammals. this data is of use not only to scientists, but to people of what time as well. if we can use even engulfing watching are

what's saw instead of just going on a tool and sing dolphins, you know, you can go out in a to on from one cause you the numbers of animals than guessing what are the names of these. and so it gives it quite a biggest significance and it's max way of coming to attempt to watch and office have a good experience. this is an example from tanzania of what dolphin watching shouldn't be like. way too many boats getting way too close to the animals and causing them stress at what time will marine fuck. such practices are now a rarity, but on us and tour guides have received special training. they know that in the long run is bad for the business to fight him, the dolphins away. so thin. what thought is it? oh, i saw live news if people are not actually observing the right,

don't go to her practices. then the garden is the effect that normal behavior does meaning that her, in terms of even to production that can be affected and some still catch dolphins intentionally or low. it's illegal even fish in holding in small fish, hot dawkins by depleting their food sauce. near pool of people, boom, illegal official. that did need to miss it. there will be competition. all the little feeds that is available there in their core system. so in the good fishing affects the kidney buttons of that particular animal. finally that such as have time to look at the photos taken on the boat ship that morning. by examining details like the ship of the fins, they can recognize what types of dolphins deep sighted, and when we are back, we'll try to analyze all those pictures to see how many individuals have seen and

how many and how many having been back from boston by the us in and even looking at the videos that can help us in counting the number of families that are cited on, on that day. on this day, the such as caught a glimpse of 50 in the pacific button was dolphins. over all this, every indication that the opposition remains relatively stable. huh. o, 2 children, 2 continents, one giant problem, and molina is normally pushing a pity in miami late. it'll be crazy. we will delay food. exactly. how will climate change affect us and our children learn more at d, w dot com slash water. now to leave the city cost of kenya and a head,

but to dry land here aren't equal africa. we are very interested in finding solutions to the problem. for example, soil erosion. exactly. that's why with robert to lita carew in south africa. it's so spectacular. 350 kilometer, long valley stretching from the west to the east of the country. now one project there is working with communities. the cover lot areas with a common succulent but has few needs and many environmental benefits. this area in south africa is clean carew was long and important grazing source for wild and domestic animals due to over grazing and erosion. the semi arid landscape has become severely degraded, jani curtis and his team of landscape restorers want to change that they are

planting spec form. here are hardy shrub that's native to the region. that woman is in the albany, tech boom is perfect for us. and for the atmosphere through the spare room, spect boom removes carbon dioxide from the air and stores it in its leaves. it's a wonderful plant that can withstand long periods of drought. now the thought blend in the plan as a study in dorothy clerk to in this chain work for jobs for carbon and initiative launched in the village of fun big store for 7 years ago with the help of seed funding from private donors and government entities to day the initiative combines job creation with conservation in the region botanist. yon flock works with the project which aims the plant spec bomb on $20000.00 hector's. in the region. the indigenous shrub will help restore local biodiversity and the soils ability to sustain the other plants in the vicinity. now, 100 is, is a plan benefit to plan with the ability to absorb relatively large amounts of carbon one eating

a minimum of water on within the name of vaught from an early age children in front bake, stop, learn about the benefits of spec bonham jobs for carbon runs and environmental education program in 10 primary schools in the area. the young students learn about the unique system of the clean carew. one of the most species rich semi arid landscapes on the planet, project manager ina shots believes it's vital to invest in the future of local children. i need my garden letter in a thief of ordering us please. great nature conservation is critical. it's the legacy we leave our children, him, you know, they can take ownership of the project and how can serve and protect nature or hearings before if we can't take care of our environment. what kind of message are we giving to these children as they head out into the world? what's custio's? he cannot do bite of adult jobs for carbon has already provided work for 60 people and replanted 510 hector's. many private land owners have read

a portion of their land available to the project, and a growing number of farmers are willing to sign a contract stating their refrain from grazing on replanted land for at least 20 years. olive farmer peter could see a has taken it a step further removing cattle and small livestock from $150.00 hector's to accommodate more spec bomb. the project helps provide local people with a secure livelihood, and over a longer term his farm will benefit. we fully realize that with dr unemployment in our midst, we're not going to have a happy society. and that's important to us we. we want to make sure that this little village becomes a role model to the richness of africa as to how commercial agriculture can interact with local communities to make it a better society. for for many people in front bake stop, poverty is still a daily reality. jobs for carbon is already making

a difference. jani clue to didn't finish school and was out of work for years. after joining jobs for carvin, he was able to pay the fees for his 2 daughters to attend high school and university, and he's happy that his work is benefiting the environment. he didn't know who would muskogee. i can already see a big difference in the feld, where we've already done some planting the out the sooner the 3 years later, there's already a big difference. the shrug grows and another plant start growing near by, and soon the feld looks beautiful again. in areas that were dry, it helps bring life back to the felt really good as of yet of along as anybody via for jani clue to planting. spect foam is a way to restore the natural environment while providing a better life for his family. and as the humble spect bomb was restored to the area, the local community will continue to reap the benefits. of you have

a student for auto stock. supermarket shows the thought to yourself. there are just to buy the products to choose from. well, to german entrepreneurs of myth is a bit easier. their father, the company that makes household cleaning products that don't contain any harmful chemicals of are mixed choosing a whole lot simpler. here is this weeks doing the obits. but if we realized how many home full chemicals are in our cleaning products, we would use a lot less of them or not at all. at least that's what unit schmidt decided towards the end of her design studies. she focused on sustainability in everyday life. i believe in quotes, but i realized that many conventional cleaners in detergents contain lots of harmful substances but not good for me and not good for the environment. and all that packed in plastic,

i parked. she remembered how her grandmother cleaned. so with her friend henrietta cleveland, she developed a business concept with 6 symbol substances, you can make 10 different household cleaners. besides baking soda and vinegar essence, you need citric acid code. so soda and certain other essences the boxes are assembled in the workshops of 2 german charity organizations in lifecycle. the startup cells everything online, either the individual product or the whole set. but since we set out 4 years ago, our customer base is growing. now includes many retailers, we have many bring your own packaging stores for partly in, for the future they plan on developing even more sustainable products. and above all, they want to make their company itself completely sustainable. ah,

and how about you? if you are also doing your best, tell us about it, visit our website, or send us a tweak hash tag doing your bit. we share your stories. ain't past shows, we've often explored ways. farmers can better protect and store the harvest and ensure they can withstand drought and heavy rain. in germany, we met 2 farmers who have customized solutions for the corpse. they have come up with many ideas including designing a greenhouse. but this one comes with a big difference. these 2 men had a vision and they wanted to create a greenhouse without glass. instead, they pictured photovoltaic panels supported by a steel framework. last year their vision took shape. and this summer for the 1st

time, they've been able to harvest, blueberries, and blackberries, fatty and courthouse, and his cousin yoseph to near are passionate farmers. but it's becoming increasingly difficult to feed a family on farming alone. famously out and so cumbersome, we have to keep improving that we run a regular agricultural operation. hm must squeaky pigs until the field and in size . and in times like these we thought about securing an alternative revenue stream. we have been making the farm fit for the future august broadening our horizons slick by telephone bell from berries could potentially double their income. they fetch higher prices than the barley or corn that used to grow here. the 2 are conscious of the environmental impact. cultivating fruit under plastic sheeting wasn't an option. is plastic. it's plastic. we don't want plastic. if only we want something that's permanently stable, it's on to found out because that's what we have with the steel framework and the

photovoltaic roof on to the front. the entire structure was designed to be green. it does. we have all the owns on. we decided against giving it a concrete foundation, simply because concrete has a terrible c o 2 footprint, but the tongue num, isabela, seal tribal on sod. even the irrigation system is sustainable, it uses captured rainwater, which can be stored for later use. an app controls the entire arrangement via the sun. he used drip irrigation while it up was we deliver to leaders in our directly on to each plant. we decided against sprinklers because that also where the space is between the plantation or in this way we can deliver only the necessary water to each plant. this method means we're also conserving natural resources. want of is, this kind of approach is still pretty rare in germany. but farming these days needs innovation. as extremes of weather become more commonplace, the last 2 years have seen widespread drought. this year,

deadly deluge is of rain and hail plants are much better protected in greenhouses. the solar panels also feed power to the national. great, providing yet another revenue stream for the farm. researchers at germany's frown over institute have calculated that if this kind of greenhouse were adopted throughout the farming industry. the effect on renewable electricity output would be massive. but family on can't house, says this kind of project still faces huge hurdles in germany. the 33 year old designed his photovoltaic greenhouse at the kitchen table and had it built by professionals. but he didn't calculate in the local authorities, no model lisa was invalid to you. i wouldn't take on something as innovative as this. again, at least in construction, i collect the restrictions. we faced based on plans in construction law and the building all sororities were really something for the whole stay caused us a lot of sleepless nights. novels on it to the height of the planning and

construction dragged on for months. the financial risk was huge. the finished unit costs 600000 heroes, but fabian's wife backed him all the way to and as a and elect, if i think it's really innovative. it's a ground breaking project. i admired the courage that they took the challenge had on it and also put so much money until it gets to invest in fabi on caught house and yoseph canal. now hope other farmers will follow their lead and also embrace the possibilities of greener. growing sugar is one of the key ingredients in many people's favorite cheeks. and i have to confess, i love it too. in fact, i have some right here, but too much of it is bought for you health. oh yes, sandra. not only that producing it also causes damage to the environment. one young woman from a crime gonna has moved to the conscious side to help look who's

a learned new and better methods of sugar cane forming. she is this week's echo hero. oh, good audrey, as darko would never have guessed that one day her work clothes would look like this. she grew up in governess capital arkwright and studied business administration. now she lived and worked in the countryside. good morning, how you doing? it's been an amazing journey, but one that has been a roller coaster as well. and our journey started about 4 years ago. i'm where i came here as a researcher and also as a tourist, just in the hopes of finding more about what sugar cane is all about, what are the benefits of it for communities within gonna sugar is

a major crop in the southeastern volta region. and it's here that adria darko has set up a small production facility for a cannick fertilizer. this okay. the chief component is sugar cane waste, which accumulates in great quantities stirring harvesting. farmers often don't know what to do with it. first, the waste is dried and charred and processed into fertilizer. the name of our product here is sub and tara, and that means to make the new again. and here at testing poll, our goal is to empower farm is to grow food organically and also improve their soil health using more accessible and available organic. so blend or input during farming workshops are held at the small model farm next door. 30 farmers belong to

the network. here they can learn about sustainable farming. not just growing organic vegetables, but also that healthy soil is good for the climate because it stores carbon, unless instead of burning air sugarcane whispered out on farm, we decided to a use it as organic blend, which helps improve the soil fertility. so with this aspect, i believe that as a farmer, i have a middle role to play, which is fight in climate change. this is our main focus. it's mainly farmers with just a few hector's, of the land who cultivate sugarcane in ghana. they sell the product at the local market. it's often used to make sweetener and alcohol. 40 years ago, sugarcane production was still an important industry in ghana, but all of the bigger factories have since closed down. one of the principal

reasons was miss management. audrea st. darko wanted to find out more about it. she specialized in agricultural sciences and decided to go talk to farmers directly. i realized that the culture was different. they had been used to conventional agriculture making ease of a lot of chemicals and how they planted. how they prepared their land, burning crop residue in the fields is also a common practice. despite people here feeling the effects of climate change at 1st hand. there's been a change in the amount of rainfall and harvests are diminishing. the fires put a big strain on the already severely depleted soil nature and supposed to work with that ah, to better our life, that theme of human degrading it on a daily by burning it by destroying the biodiversity and engaging in bad practices . um that put, put um that put the phone on the floor in,

in extinction is just frustrating for me because we should be appreciative of what nature gives us. this community is located directly on the avo lagoon, an important wetlands. the canals are used to transport the harvest and growing sugar cane itself requires a lot of water in area rich and biodiversity. but the use of chemicals in farming is damaging the environment and there are fewer and fewer fish. phillip thomas low and his father are noticing that to they own around 5 acres of land and have a big family to support all the more reason for them to rethink things may have been. yeah, no, i figure as i google, my fear is that if we continue applying chemicals on our farm lands, lamar, our children will suffer and they'll find it difficult to cultivate sugarcane in

the future. langoria bona adria star co occasionally takes a break from the countryside for a trip to acura in. gone is cities. urban farming is a new trend. hastened by the pandemic. audrey knows paulina from her university days, the software developer is one of 150 or so city dwellers who have their organic fertilizer delivered to their door. i plug some feet and prevent oh growth you with that and alice light, i mean i clung about 15 or so of them and for face you with that and i had that feeling that jackie, i am eating something i planted my l as i gave the countryside might be a world away from the city, but audrey, as darko enjoys her new rural life. she's the only member of her team to work full time for the project, which she founded in 2018 together with other students from the university of acro

. they also developed the fertilizer in the university lab. she wants many more farmers to become aware of its benefits. it would transform their minds debts about seen waste as a resource, and giving them more knowledge and more urgent zeal to pass that pass this information to their children and grandchildren. adria darko knows how to get her point across and has gained the respect of the farmers now justifying financial bathrooms. in order for the shavon sac, a project to flourish and its full potential. oh, that's it for today. but if you want to know more, don't forget to follow. also all social media platforms. and of course, check out a web site. i am sandra tween audio signing go from compiler, here in uganda for now. keep it green and take care and go to go to to the next day

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