ah, listen carefully. don't know how do you miss to the girl? ah, feel the magic discovery of the world around you. subscribe to d w documentary on youtube. ah water is a source of life, but people across africa are having to cope with more droughts than usual is the

same in many other parts of the world. and people in nature are struggling to adapt . lockley, there are sometimes simple fixes as we'll find out in this edition of echo africa, britons from organ state nigeria, i am chris elapse and i am sorry as we know the all righty income. paula. uganda. welcome. yes, greece, we about to see the common sense is often the best response to all the climate problems that we assume. now we've gotten exciting environmental stories from africa and europe installed for just you today. ah, how a nicer in company is walking to clean up a minium recycling why a young climate actually the king has gone into politics and what makes the bio felix aspect so attractive and sustainable fost. let's look

at a fascinating ation, solutions to a very more than problem. market has lost almost 3 quarters of its palm grove in the last same years. that is, but he's for the crucial ecosystem of desert was, is that allow people to leave. and also from there, but the re discovery of a sister water management is bringing back hope. the drought and climate change can be beaten there. the in every saturday people flocked to me most market to buy fruit vegetables such as okra, olives, and a wide variety of date. they are the main crop grown in the oasis around gl nima, a berber town in south eastern morocco. the livelihoods of people in this arid region on the edge of this howard desert, rely on

o a seas. these are under threat. would finance see an agricultural engineer who specializes in these green ecosystems laments their environmental degradation? certainly was the saw the because the way these are fragile ecosystems is because they're located in the hara desert. oh, see when there's no precipitation here? agricultural production is directly affected, yawn. did we so after 2 or 3 years of drought? a, we already feel the problems as has all sulky are and problems in oases like this. people live from agriculture in raising livestock, but morocco is suffering from desert if occasion fires and the worst drought in decades. rising temperatures and erratic rainfall have lowered river levels, increased evaporation, and caused storage dams. to show up, this is led to a 20 percent reduction in overall water resources in the last 30 years. now can take off. the per one of the main consequences of the drought in the oasis is

a drive in the yield of day palm. so on demand for me that he on a p this year we had to cut back production up to 15 percent. it puts it, which means less income for the farmers. they hiscock is full. so that up ridiculous idea that might prompt them to look elsewhere for a way to feed themselves money poorly like increasing the rural exodus exit. alicia, i put a sunni to overcome waters scarcity. farmers are restoring ancient irrigation systems known in morocco as sketch at us. there, underground canals make it possible to collect ground water and the list, the force of gravity to deliver it to farm fields. in some, i thought you through where data located in our far in the province of iraqi dea, a po vance. that was she, the young, this is a hertada that is more than 600 years old and is still operational. he thought, oh it was you or better the had tara is important because it's

a system that brings water from the mountains to the oasis. thanks to the reins that come 2 or 3 times a year, i managed to infiltrate the soil gas or 3 key. are you a new one? quote that i tar retains the water for a long period of time on the la farah, god o t, and sit, oh, well not a lot. there is no evaporation, but they've up what i see in the water that is collected at the level of the photography as channel directly to the field or do they dig through long fuel? if there are the config, cluttered us range from 2 to 15 kilometers in length. their tunnels are gently sloped and descent as far as 10 meters below ground access shafts. follow the federal route from the water source to the reception basin. located every 12 to 15 meters, the shafts allow for the clearing of blockages caused by sediment. that the router feler that region boast some 565th rat. but just 130 are in working order.

those that do function irrigate some 15000 hector's of land, but that's not enough to sustain agricultural production. so with support from the adaptation fund and the moroccan government, farmers are working to restore those located in the arissa and my dear river basins . under your mall shack up that i gotta is cleaned every year by the farmers themselves as we can see here. paul, if your eye glass on her is pretty good, thanks to their spirit and ingenuity, do they have long been able to maintain and safeguard the system? so god of they saw that it ensures the life of the oases is, was, is the head that arms are ruled by ancestry tradition and customary water rights are inherited. the labor force provided by each user during construction, determines how much water each can later consume every tunnel also has

a guardian chart with the showing it functions well, like muhammad 8th model a farmer, grateful to his forbearers for building this irrigation system. for either the a lot, i'm glad that i is very important to say thanks to it. we have water to drink, irrigate the crops give to our lives, started and use for our domestic niggers like laundrin and washing names. yet this irrigation system is vital without it, we can't live here or not. there's simply no light on mcneish legal, clarified with the fed. her hours help to keep oases like this alive. while more effort is needed to restore these old irrigation systems and increase groundwater levels, this ancient technology provides moroccans with a novel way to adapt to climate change it ah, to children, to countenance one giant problem and manila in on their pushing

a lively, lazy leo vickers in relation exactly. how will climate change affect us and our children? learn more at d, w dot com slash water. we have all seen how fast cities are growing and the new houses and roads often eat up all the green spaces in between. but a city without space for plants, animals and insects is no going to be a healthy place for anyone. so what should we do? right, sandra, simply make in fox is nice for humans, but not enough for nature where biodiversity is for show. what space does this often very tight up? a look at the project in berlin, where some volunteers are doing their beds by planting. you'd see, bah,

nothing but concrete, wherever you look. it's a sad reality in many cities. but it is possible to create micro forests in urban settings. this daycare center on the outskirts of berlin is doing just that. the saw was 1st analyzed in an ab to see which areas would need enriching with humans and activated charcoal that helps the trees thrive unless space. here 3 saplings are planted on one square meter, much closer than usual. lucas, bearing a once to see a lot of tony forrest's planted in germany, your hom, about sponsors for she's in a ball. we selected 20 types of trees and shrubs based on a vegetation analysis under them, is that they're all native species on,

but we want to try and recreate what happens naturally in a mixed forest up through in this gearbox language so that we also get different levels of vegetation office in a car must lay anamosa shrug layer on 2 main layers of trees on it. and that's why i help bumptious. he set up the meal organization to develop these tiny forests. it's named for the japanese man who came up with this method. akita me a wacky, funded by donations $600.00 saplings, with a total of $15000.00 heroes will be planted here at the daycare. the organization created its 1st micro forest, 100 kilometers north of berlin. after just one year, the bushes are bearing fruit. there are more insects to without of these young forest as it is hoped, a new many forest will soon flourish here too. ah, and how about you? if you are also doing your bid, tell us about it, visit our website, or send us

a tweet. patch tag doing your bit. we share your stories. on the subject is something you've all held in your hands. many times. aluminium is a 2nd most use metal on earth after i am. it's almost everywhere. drinks can spray cans, airplanes, ultima bowels. the playlists making all the media is incredibly energy intensive. the process causes some to percent of humanities, total greenhouse gases. clearly then it is vital to collect used aluminum and recycle it well. we went to lay gas to visit a company that is doing its best to promote the circular economy. this is no ordinary scrap yard. just outside lagos, discarded engine blocks,

crank shafts, and exhaust systems are waiting for a new lease on life. they are about to be turned into precious ingots of pure aluminum. here in the furnace of the british company, romco metals, the discarded parts are melted down alongside old cans at more than 660 degrees celsius. this separates the aluminum from the remaining components. and what happens is whenever we saw to the rotors we received, it was known as an angle. ringo in a single form. as you can see, this piece right here. but this is about 4 to 6 pages. were relatively new to the what will happen is there was lots of relies laquonda reddick workman, which you can see here. well, not ready to go. raymond, on the wigan is the founder and ceo of the company. he opened the site here 7 years ago. conditions are ideal in africa's largest economy,

more than a 5th of the population is unemployed and only a fraction of the waste in nigeria gets recycled in this country of 215000000. the government is also protecting the domestic market from cheaper alum minium imports from abroad. with high import taxes, you can be green and be industrial st on right? so for example, inherently what we do here recycling is inherently green. we're saving not point free. what we're, we're actually mentioned not like 3 tons of carbon for every once about a minimum of reduce, right? so in comparison, the primary where it's 20 tons of call them for every one times about a 1000000 producing in a more when you're using coal and more heavy industrial fossil, the company recycled 1500 tons of aluminum every month in lagos,

450 people have found jobs here. thousands of workers earn money as alan minium recycling subcontractors, like scraps suppliers when this crowd from locally and then down of me to my home. and then outside, then i would do loading it's rock. was layla to supply remco legos. the most important raw material for ela, minium is book site the or is mind in countries like malaysia, guinea, brazil, and india. rain forests are destroyed for it, and groundwater contaminated recycling aluminum helps to conserve these resources. it's production is also a lot more energy efficient using just 5 percent of the energy required in the production of new aluminum demand for precious raw materials is rising worldwide.

that makes recycled aluminum so valuable as we drive towards the new green energy transition. as we're seeing the, the grids being expanded, we're seeing the mix of the grid, actually changing, or renewables coming into focus. it's going to require a lot of materials and the motorcycle materials that we have in there is only going to help us get. so the talk is that we're trying to teach both which want to reach globally. in addition to lagos, romco has had a production site in garner since last year. 3 more plants are set to open on the continent in the coming years. from liberia to europe. now, and some architect sewell, trying to collect city dwellers more to nature, is not just about using natural materials to make inhabitants. feel more at home. the bio fully that's like loving architect. joe will present to you in on next. the boards uses so light on cob edges to the building saw in the dock

city of amsterdam. but the method works everywhere. i'll it's mostly thunderbolt van. you might think, ah, would instead of concrete curves rather than hard edges, a style of architecture that loves life the result of building according to the principles of by a filling architecture. jacqueline more garcia now is the architect of the free booter or book an ear in the dutch city of amsterdam. one of the key elements of the by a field trip approach is to create direct connection with nature. and we created god by using natural materials that, that simulates or are connected to both visually and experientially, to, to nature wooden slats, run around the entire building,

ensuring optimal lighting conditions and privacy. the sounds movement was monitored for a whole year. so the flats could be aligned perfectly. another fundamental concept of via for like, architecture, is that interior and exterior space should merge into one. as soon as we yeah, we wake up in this in this room we can already open up and have a direct connection to the terrace and to the natural element of the water. ah, the free boot or a special construction method, only cost about 10 percent more than a conventional 1. 2 families live here, each with 120 square meters of living space. they enjoy a special indoor climate and a house with close to 0 energy consumption. thanks to state of the art technology

especially like this room because the sun move around to house during the day and at the end of the day, it ends here and the lights is very beautiful in this room. it's not just the light that special. the house appeals to all the senses. when people come and visit, almost everybody wants to touch this part. it's curved, it's boot, people love it. ah, and the concept isn't only finding favour in amsterdam. these days greener buildings are built in many places, using wood and other natural materials. owners and architects try to integrate the surrounding nature into their constructions, even if not always under the label bio filling architecture.

jacko mo garcia was already thinking on a much larger scale. as with his current project, my ptosis, it involves living units that can be extended at will it has so many benefits. so yeah, there's a high demand for these kind of the building. so i really foresee that in the future, there was, there would be more and more buildings designed with a bio filica approach. the free booter residents have no doubt that their quality of life has improved since moving it. life changes as spaces change. and they're so much more curve in us. so the whole experience is completely different. bio feel like architecture provides a green and holistic approach to living space. an architectural concept with a few to from euro, back to africa,

the continent with wards, young, guess population. people here stand to be the ones most affected by climate change in their lifetimes, such as in kenya were dropped, is already having a huge impact on communities. but one young woman there at the side, it that she is going to make a difference. well, even as a teenager, anita sonya wasn't willing to sit back and accept the inevitability of global warming. last november, she spoke on stage at the you when climate change conference in glasgow, scotland to raise awareness of can years, climate emergencies. we spent some time with the young messiah to see exactly what she is doing to help. oh, and 22 year old anita. so you not is a climate warrior. she's fighting to protect her home armed northwood weapons but

would treat saplings. co county sock of nearby is suffering, it's was drought in 40 years. climate change is taking a heavy toll on the re, john eats, effects are catastrophic. we depend on posterity depend on water. we depend on all these things that have been affected by climate change. so it over time is when what was happening before and what is happening now showed that it keeps getting worse. we keep losing animals, we keep losing almost everything. and you know, for every we actually look at animals have our wealth. so we're actually getting portly by d because of climate change. she's witnessed fast hon. the devastation of forest in her home on the border of toms. and now at the same time, drought periods are getting longer. drought has become the new normal and food and water are increasingly short supply. according to the international red crosses, 3000000 people are affected by food scarcity, including now u e, a tati,

who has 7 children. she's lived here all her life and this is the was job she's ever experienced. thanks to her environmental activism, anita, selena knows the deputy governor of car jadwin to day the ping now your he of is it bringing her food so she can feed her family for the next few days. in the past, she was able to leave from her kettle, but now there's not enough vegetation for them to graze on as she has to buy animal feed. before the drought. now, you e a tati kept 20 cows. now there are only 5 cows and a few gods left and nobody them i had a difference with the seasons, is that they used to be shot and long range. that meant people could plant mays and beans. they could feel their families. but now there's not enough rainfall resulting in long droughts,

and we no longer plant crops for human consumption. nobela, we have a shortage of food. people are suffering from severe hunger and animals are emaciated and sold at i'd throw our we praise, everything's harder than it used to be more. there were more, we now feeling any more flag people. you know, you have to buy food for animals. you have to take care of them, leave me enough water and all that. so they've been, thor much are happening. that is actually very, very painful. come to think of it live up. people who have contributed almost nothing to climate change but are on the receiving end of the what impact me i need to sign off founded and the mental protection organization calls ice warriors as part of their walk. the activists have planted 5000 mostly indigenous trees. according to a canyon forest service report, the country's forest cover increased from 6 percent in 2018 to nearly 9 percent in

2021. but before recitation remains a serious problem in case we need to trace to after problems, we need to clean our oceans to after a couple of things. so just like we need something to, to help clean what we have already released the air anita sign her also works closely with the local government to raise awareness of mental concerns among local . and she even went into politics herself to ensure environmental was met ahead of the mentor elections. she spent the summer complaining in the villages as a member of the green thinking auction party. the reason i went for parliament i use it is because it's most selfish. it's it's i said that if i go to parliament and possible, it will help or it will also speak for someone who is not in my constituents. and it's also where most critical issues and bills can be passed. and that is what i

tend to do, anita. selena didn't manage to secure a seat, but she remains unbeatable. she'll continue trunk and the new level, mental causes and low being politicians. and she is well aware that environmental protection isn't only a priority. ok, now i'm a change is not affecting other country. he's going to answer the quick up call or a call to action, which i think that the little hope remaining for some of us, the waiting to see what these countries will do. and i believe these we can still do something if we commit. so when the, the finance of that we are financing fossil fuels, we can transfer the financing and finance. what are we can in, in, in moving from fossil fuels to fossil free? anita selina is contributing to that transition. i planting trees and ensuring our green future for kit young. wal water encourage an example. believe it or not,

our time is already up. we hope you like the show. good bye for me, chris logan, state nigeria. and also for me, sandra here in uganda. well, if you want to talk about anything you've just seen right to us or leave a comment on our social media platforms, hope to see you again next week when we'll be back with another exciting episode of equal africa till next time. bye bye. ah, ah ah, ah ah, ah, ah, ah, ah

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