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a lamps. thank you for joining us for this new edition of echo africa. hello, chris. good to for you again. program today will be presenting several examples of how much can be achieved once you dedicate yourself to a course. here is a look at what is coming up. young people in beneath our constructing more equal friendly, all thing. how architect designing eco friendly houses and a designer here in uganda uses an unusual natural material to create beautiful governments. you may have had the author referred to as the blue planet. that is because of a sitting 2 percent of the stuff is covered by the sea. and yet so many people, especially here in africa, struggle with water should it is on the big basis. now if we could take water from our ocean for drinking, bathing, cooking and the farming,

it would dramatically changed the lives of millions. this report from somalia hung small ah securing a day supply of drinking water is hard work in kiss my u i c t on so maria's crossed the wells are up to 200 meters deep and holding up the water canisters is training us since rainfall discuss fresh water east to salt water from the nearby ocean infiltrates and contaminates the wills. still abdul calgary archman and his neighbors come here most every day. they have no other choice. i talked to lucy, it's exhausting to draw water from the deep well and it's salty tool, but i cannot afford to buy a clean water la. each of them was actually i had to remain

in recent years. samaya has experience. several field rainy seasons. the london rank is my or is drain out for residence. it's a disaster. this little grazing land left and animals are dying off cast. the ground is so parched, it's hardly worth funny. over $2000000.00, so margins are already feeling the effects of climate change. lehman was sent from so maria's minister of energy and water resources is worried about the future. rather than smiling away whether the drought has adversely affected people and their livestock increased. my, your and the surrounding areas. there is a severe water shortage increase my rewards. some of the worlds have dried up on the reverse half to we're not expecting grains in the coming months, but the drought will end when allah. since us ringer off to get us, we're elected bishop for either in regular care in our mission. much even without

any rain, help has a right in the form over what had be selling nation planned. it was built by somali business people who wanted to improve the water quality in the worlds, so they founded their own phone. oh, holly level, one key. we established the water supply company in kit smile in 2014. after we saw there was no clean and drinkable water in my being cancelled when we down deep. well, we not had that the water with so we bought machines to diesel in it. the analyst can to mechanical coming in this ordinarily, this would be the government's responsibilities. but samaya has been in political tomlin for the kids the collie. i'm sure the government does not collect enough money through taxation was so these non public investment and

building nation plans requires millions of dollars. said yes, the 1st just want to one through some one on a little dog at the last climate change conference. so money us to industrialized nations for funds to cover such course as it produces just a fraction of the walls. couple emissions babies really nice and lans used to be powered by a diesel generator. it was expensive to operate and environmentally harmful. but now the company is using green energy, big solar collectors near the plant replace much of the need for fossil fuels. system, mac, and on the head we're using says can borrows of diesel, which cost a lot of absolution. after we installed the diesel consumption, they said that we use mock at night. but when we have enough water at night,

we rhonda morton, i think about our water production has increased and we lower cost for some in a follow up walk on a baby silly nation plant has been a blessing for people who are supplying fresh water to around $5000.00 households, and because the energy has reduced the cost of clean drinking water, even poor wrestle moneys can now afford it. people flock here to bite sales for a fraction of the former price. the now for here mohammed come see a regular to. she sees by good water for herself and help me do i need to walk to kilometers to get water kit on with this. and then it was not good to drink because the water was also

t. o and all feel. now off he brings clean and bring cable water right here, close to me. and i said, i said, man, i got that little more is that lighting? and that's made her life much easier. because despite the persistent drought, she still has access to plenty of drinking water though eat so molly, as dog gets, was even salty. well, water will be in short supply. so the head of the water company is to build a plant that will be selling it salt water straight from the ocean instead of the salty water from the world. where would we be without the ocean? it's not just a water supply, it also stores cowboys and helps to regulate the climate. and perhaps even more important if he's a valuable source of food. you are right above that sandra, but unfortunately a lot of trees are sacrificed in order to smoke fish over burning coals. yet there

are ways to do it's safer with less fuel. as we see in this example from the dean. bah, near the coast of bennett, many people make their living from fish. it's mainly women who buy up the catches before smoking the fish and then selling them. but they often use cardboard boxes as fuel which can release hazardous fumes, including carbon dioxide. that's why the n g o young volunteers for the environment has designed a new type of brick builds oven, or they've been without regular work with you mom. mister 1st will still you would please ovens don't use as much of it. and they allow the women to produce more smoke fish in record. time reporter got a or c close. with these ovens, the women can work together or not. was your soccer soccer. and then the angio has

built 5 of the large scale ovens inventing. they used collectively by more than a 100 women in 3 villages. how do i know i like the new oven? the smoke isn't a problem for us anymore because it rises upwards. it's also better for our eyes than the way we used to do it on the $1.00. and i know that bill got him. you know, that i like the idea is to eventually phase outward, completely and replace it with bio char. that's charcoal made from plant matter, such as leaves, and that would further reduce the c o 2 emissions. and how about you? if you are also doing your bit, tell us about it, visit our website, or send us or tweet hash tag doing your bit. we share your stories to europe now

sometimes is good to think out of the box as they say. and that's exactly what the swiss architect did when he sat down and designed on extremely down to earth house more than 30 years ago. at 1st glance, this earth house in switzerland embedded in nature, looks more like a hobbit whole than a conventional home. but its accepted exterior conceals one of the most environmentally and climate friendly homes available. there the brain child with architect peter vetch who invented these earth houses over 40 years ago. as is down behind utah. it's just a logical solution in terms of environmental protection, integration and ecology, their color b. ah, normally houses take space away from nature. here vegetation can grow on the earth covered roof, and the house melts harmoniously into the landscape. is too much business home.

here there's a 50 centimeter layer of earth, but the cover increases in depth. further out than just on the very top, there's up to one meter and 20 centimeters of her as if the day so a lot can grow grew. there isn't much ceiling with we're restoring green spaces is willing to play. she believe earth houses are low energy, faster, biodiversity, and are cheaper to build than conventional houses. lu, 1st i woven steal grid, is erected. this has been filled with concrete and then covered with a layer of polyurethane. our claim. ready ready ready and what about the inside of the house? our host was already expecting us. nice to have you hope. the house has curved walls, high rounded ceilings and fanciful paintwork. the rooms fused together elegantly. ah hap,

i'd albrecht has been living in his earth house for 31 years. he was fascinated by peter ventures to sign from the 1st time he thought they do threaten and beast. don't you don't notice you're under the earth. you got these big windows and you see greenery everywhere you look, it's greeny, i'm comfortable living here, eat food, and the indoor climate is very steady. dusk like the mo, the stone carved houses in tunisia. or these went in capital to turkey. served as it's gratian for peter vetch, he built his 1st earth house in 1974 for his own family. to day there about a 100 in switzerland, austria, germany, and on the crimean peninsula. he also designed to this earth hostile public park near syracuse. generally he is weary of the trend to integrate ever more high tech elements in architecture is the savvy,

the i, nick, there's a return to nature to simplicity high. why all these expectations soon, but hopefully born from the womb after all in us look, the lead just felt like got click blitz. why do we keep building everything? square foot on bowen. if he had a key, he has been retired for a long time, but that's not falling him down even at age 79. he keeps working on new projects. currently, he's designing an ecological apartment building. yarber mean, these are bow as it goes. this building method involves very few materials and he goes, i don't need to be all that precise. i was on revenge and i'm not fitting boards down to the centimeter. so i can follow my intuition a lot more to a thief. this house i build houses a bit like a little kid playing in a sandbox autumn, increasing the height here, or there has eskoville. it's creative. yeah. thief with the that i they, they've, i could use 3 d printing la. that would be the bad. then i could make the design

here in switzerland, i'd send it to china and they'd print the houses. that could be all set out through blue. the earth houses or head of their time. but more and more people are taking interest in our, of living concepts. ah, let's say i've received lately, i've been receiving more and more requests where you can feel that people are paying greater attention to the environment and they're realizing building a freestanding box isn't environmentally friendly, but this will our understanding of architecture change. how can we live more sustainably? peter ventures design may provide at least partial answers to these questions. wall, that was another great example of what nature has to offer. if we open our eyes and ears do it, architecture is just one example. but there are others. here in uganda, for instance, people have been making clothing from

a 100 percent renewable source for centuries. now, one designer is using it to make sustainable high fashion. let's take a look. this back will be used to make cuts after a don't out and complex process. it will be turned into fabric for dorinda mate of was creations, the design, i mix fashion from buck clothes in her studio compiler. in uganda it is an age old tradition, and one she thinks has a lot of potential with a drink to to revamp the bug blood from the locally known cold, so called nomes and worked advisors to them and appreciating the into a more then question when gone no matter who gets the butler 280 kilometers from the copy to where the tradition technique is still practiced. here.

cloth is made from the inner back of the natal feeds locally known as them of 2 by treat. after the buck is carefully peeled from the tree trunk, it is socked in hot water for several minutes. this is primarily done to remove sap but also to soften the material than the bark his be 10 with wooden mallets. it takes hours of pounding and stretching before usable, broad fabric is created. while the cloth dries in the sun, no matter what talks to will can, aka tanita the designer also as to adopt a tree. in future, she will get all the buck clothes from a particular tree at an agreed price was i went to this buck bluff every year. so in that process that from i will make sure he blanks more and more trees and also keep the one that you already had looking at. i mean our plants and she,

every time one is adopted. but he also takes care to protect freshly peeled ones. they are wrapped in banana, leaves and left in peace to give them time to rejuvenate after ear ketamine icon, her vest new buck from the same chill. this process can be repeated for up to 60 years and humanity neighbors were wrong. i'm confident that even my grandchildren were earned from the tree without cutting it down. got to tell, continue to get more benefits from keeping it to me earlier june. yo will cut amena also wants to serve god the act which is on eunice cause intangible culture heritage least his were a tall, many trees have been cut down and that young people are choosing western styles over these eco friendly traditional one. he now trans craftsman in the technique which also creates jobs or settlement to woo woo vanilla. if you cut down to betray to make charcoal for instance, you can make quick money as but only once is it. if i harvest the bark room,

i may earn less money, but i'll be able to get that money over and over again. for years. i do see lucy gala won't bug looking at amena once the buck close to be promoted as a sustainable alternative to wood plastic and even paper. he has already partnered with local artists to further explore the renewable material. dorinda mate of was buck close gown is now finished. she hopes for more visibility for this african heritage and its role in protecting the environment. that dress is gorgeous. suddenly, most clothes on still med from synthetic matures and not only are they less done environmentally friendly to produce, they are not so easy to recycle either. thus, right, sandra, but fair as like plastic make life convenient. but there is already more out there

than our planet can cope with what that doesn't stop, dedicated environmentalists from doing whatever they can to make things better. oh, ah. without the environment, we are non existent. imagine walk into animal the life. there's no way concent after the environment from dick soil on the need your feet to the air you breathe. so the sounds you hear nature is a very, very huge part of our existence, or which we shouldn't leave in does hum, when you, with nature, we should understand and nature need to be preserved to though we can be preserved as humans, a change may come boot camp in lagos, nigeria, 20 year old in little mental activist, all was a new major founded an injury or for training the next generation or wasn't shakers

. you're remarked. well, why. 0 has students here explore ways to make serving the environment, creative and fun, such as separating west in pairs with the legs tied to one another. at the end of the workshop, the best predict is decided on the n g o you recycle supports the winning idea. wages angio has reached over 6000 young people in 11 african countries. i read new way to observe. cool. refer core. how can go about it and how to be in leader among my peers. also continue actually educating my peers and people younger than me about the impact we have on the environment, the good impacts and in the, by the facts that they can also have on the environment. i also want to teach them how to be lee does and be changed because amongst their peers and those that people

have on them. i don't this plan is crisis us. the old child is, is standing in front of it, says straight ahead. how does it fit the one i and then what we do about students from the right achievers school spent several days collecting unclaiming plastic bottles with a touch of paint. they are transformed into st decorations for the and he but when you know the outside of the school year, which contains a lot of plastic boxes and we see that we can make use of these blasting boats. and what we can get as a team. what can we use it for last year the young people collected over 12000 bottles. us puts similar project. yeah. do what is upside

the process of watson waste into something of value in this process just isn't like recycling because we says we have to break it down through much. the other thing is that once you get on the website, when you add that stuff to clear something, they probably walk in wonderment or something that basically is it says you could please in this sprawling city of lagos has a spatial worst management authority or st. my job is hoping to get support somebody partment, which has just acquired 100 new garbage trucks. the local government is often investing money in local recycling incentive programs. currently hundreds are recycling containers are still waiting to be told. our own labels are losing money. don't want to us with management, they wrapped up why the c t is to trucking in coverage. 15 years ago is plastic. they don't,

there was did. law was we are using glass tools where you drink and they tell you what to buy, to be bought in company to refill with the population. challenge and groups. because then as you fall to find the easier and quicker we to, to get all these, all the production loss. so if there is a we, we come to ring, their usage is always going to be better than the fact that we had over. now, the young after this unexpectedly fines and i managed to quickly agreed to climb a joint conference for high school and university students when the next event again, next month. it's march 18th. so i think i'm happy, let's do that. let's do it. and there's plenty of work to do before that

and then do as confusion has so many laws, what it's just written, most of them the i was put into practice. we need to make laws and, and effects laws implement laws. and for those laws, concept in preserving environments, for instance, issues like climate change, glass flowing, oil spinning that's toby impacting the region. the laws, as it wasn't protected, communities will guarantee down and being followed because people are choosing a company that doesn't profit or plot properly to the planet to buy like when on the way to even busy serving the plan it. she studies low up the vehicle. here to have focus is environmental protection. but sometimes even the most dedicated climate hero needs a break. spending time with friends in the one country, what after all the hard work. i'm still tired of sitting back and

watching the plan, the planet into the very, very horrible states, right? we don't have much time. we need to take action as soon as possible to preserve what we love and issues like climate change. he's actually trying to do things. i know one is too young to make a difference. he probably had before and this is back. don't ever look down yourself circumstances, your background, you funny like where you came from you so much potential the. i think she has a bright future ahead of her. that's all we have time for today. hope you enjoyed the program and i look forward to seeing you again next time for now is goodbye for me for the lens in lagos, nigeria, so long crazy. it's been a pleasure. i look forward to seeing you and all of your viewers out there in

a week fine. until then do take care. i and sandra to no video finding, go from compiler, here in uganda. ah, with ah, ah, with

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