ah, listen carefully. don't know how with to the girl. ah, you the magic discover the world around you. subscribe to d w documentary on youtube. oh, a hello and welcome to a new edition of equal africa, did abuse environmental magazine. my name is sandra to interview,

and today we're going to look at how the sports world is starting to champion environmental causes. that's right. we can all do something to help curb climate change and preserve nature. my name is chris alone. great to have you with us. this time we'll be looking at how trash live by taurus is frustrating island as a synagogue. how activist in ivory coast or tackling waste and global warming and how a traditional irrigation system can save farmers in tenicia from soften water shortages most the falls tend not to associate sports with a drive to beat the climate crisis. but why not? it's all about team work, isn't it? the initiative sports for future allows athletes and fans to joined together to support global environmental projects. how does it work?

let's take a closer look at one german nigerian initiative soccer brings people together even across continents. the students of nathan and nanc secondary school in nigeria have linked up with professional footballers in germany to help the environment. climate change is here with us already on the front lines our of our ment. i think the lessons we have gone wrong. we have to turn out so by pulling to want to good to be part of miss susan who knew me robinson is an of our mental activists in a quite them in southern nigeria. today he's visiting a high school in the village of o 2. he tells the students about his green school project that he developed for schools in rural areas there. intrigued as he talks about what individuals can do for the environment. many i hearing this for the 1st time,

but soon catch on. massey called out. okay. kenny, sunday, my robinson aims to motivate and mobilize the students making the environment a firm part of school life. what is the greatest point i think is all about is for us to establish a cons of a, some clubs is school. we want them to be a very passionate about issues. so we want to understand these issues. i want to be there, want to drive the message to the society. after the lesson, the students head out to the soccer field for many that's an added incentive to join the conservation club. it also strengthens the group dynamic. each club has its own sports team. robinson's organization provides the schools with shirts and equipment and organizers, small tournaments, mostly competing against environmental clubs at other schools. next is time for the environment. robinson and the students plant fruit, trees,

developing the schools very own forest. the students learn how to plant and take care of the trees so they can expand the forest later on their own, helping to mitigate the effects of climate change in their region. $373.00 is activities. once in a week, it hasn't brought how we need to know more on how we can include that in the environment from your ocean. climate change has left its mark on the region, causing both floods and drought. the green school project is designed to limit the damage and improve life here for the future. to come also to miss owens is everywhere it when polluted environment is implemented to c o 2 chains absorbed so to are released also into rows. so chip is very important in clap,

middle meeting gets on seems on the front line, isn't that out? i just had to but buying the saplings in large quantities is expensive. so the initiative is getting help from a german charity called sports for future. it enables individual athletes and clubs to support an environmental projects in africa. the world of mannheim, southern club has decided to sponsor the green school project. robinson keeps the germans updated on how the project is progressing. not beyond a specific student. of course i like i said, i did jamika that they want to give the message to him of for the up in the manheim sucking club plays in germany's 3rd division. he doesn't earned the big box of top fly football, but he wants to make a difference. from one chassis club, we have the big responsibility to the society through our fans and the project to do, we can help others. education is key,

and it's important to promote that in africa might have from the club, does that through its sale of soccer shirts, donating 3 euros for every jersey sold. the squad is playing well right now, and that's benefiting the green schools project. they sold more than $7000.00 shirts this season, producing a 5 figure sum to buy tree saplings in nigeria as an untruth, as i normally mangin out here to demon and thus income that we've generated but aren't using for ourselves. maybe it means we'll buy one player less, but we knew we wanted to help where it's needed. most some i've been protect, route the donations from germany, also helping the commercial school in the small town or will you it to has joined the green schools project. will ye me robinson talks about his work and inspires the students to get involved at this school?

it's basketball that brings the group together. ethel is a student here and president of the schools conservation club. she discovered a passion for preserving nature. i want to pass that on to her fellow students. you never can tell the one that comes with watching was your plans grill. you might not realize it. i mean, you should put this to is that phones in watering, leading and adding subsidize is what i tell you. there is no way you won't. you pride in setting some wine or without food to eat, came from a tree i planted 6 years ago. when you me robinson was once happy just to reach a few local schools with his project. now he's getting requests from schools in other regions to thanks to the financial help from germany. the project is deadly growing. doesn't work out. so we've been able to abs codes for that to disclose our target. you still get a quote oh,

it's good indicating that i will be that it's 5 years. we're going to get these pockets and ambitious goal. but the german, nigerian partnership is already very successful. the students of the green schools project have planted over 10000 trees. so far and counting what's a terrific initiative? plain green energy. so gold, many countries are striving for another is getting rid of the trash diluted beaches, waterways and landscapes even when the sources of yields finding solutions can still. but challenge it here is this weeks doing your bids, the 1st time from senegal. ah, just 20 minutes off the coast of jacka is the small island of glory. it's historical significance to the atlantic slave trade and it's beautifully maintained

buildings make it a popular destination for day trippers. but many you come to enjoy this unesco world. cultural heritage site fail to respect it, piles of garbage, literally the streets and rocky beaches. mostly plastic bottles and remnants from picnics that visitors have left behind much to the dismay of local residents. therefore they've done the computer stuff every day. we witness the same behavior. people tossing plastic waste on the ground, even though there are 2 rubbish bins in front of every building, but at times the island welcomes a 1000 visitors the day and they bring a lot of plastic, which they leave behind the ice be solid after i said, we clean up every day and every 2 days we transport $700.00 to $800.00 kilos of ways to dakar. rock back up in contrast to organic waste is now benefiting go raise 1500 residents. it helps keep their island green and

generate chill, little income on the side. i need your enough goal. yes, possibly any bill got to improve waste management. the islands town hall set up a system of sorting and composting to transform and get value from organic waste vehicle. read of obama, palm canada. the resulting compost is used to nurture the i'll. it's flora think about or bagged and sold for a profit with it's still not enough to solve all of go raise garbage was though. the biggest help would be for visitors to take everything they bring to the island back home again when they leave. ah, and tell about you. if you are also doing your bit, tell us about his visitor website. oh, send us a tweet. hash tag doing jo, banks. we shack your stories.

obviously, their seal a long way to go, but that's why we're here. a co africa often reporting things that really change in and active is committed to making that change happen. yes, we do, chris, and today we shall case 3 young people from ivory coast who devote their time and energy to carbon pollution and making the world a green place. let us learn how abidjan i re costs economics sent ice undergoing a breathtaking transformation. construction sites seem to be everywhere and they are new and our districts appear in to the city now has over 5000000 inhabitants, niche isis of urine, while pollution commute, the city eve laundry. kwame is one of a growing number of people taken action to ensure a healthier abby shop. in december mental blog, he writes about a huge problem of electron at mosque movie prosecutors where what scares me is that

we'll reach a point where we can no longer do anything for the environment. in fact, along the blog of feels that ignorance to threatens the environment. he hopes that his documentary work will raise awareness and motivate people. lockwood vasa, fitness. the con tucson loved placement. she isn't it more than 50 percent of the population of i because this marine illiterate. so a big population like that is more very aware of the environmental protection issues, ecological issues. the link between the activities and the consequences that they may be on the planet. all that there may be for their own healthy i was represented could at least a part of this waste be recycled? what looks like real stone is actually recycled plastic in it quasi herself developed the concept during her master studies environment and plastic waste management. she asked herself how she could help solve abidjan garbage problem in

concrete terms. like a camp lateral. i checked everywhere to see what we can do with plastic waste, especially in ivory coast. and the means that we have at our disposal was that they could. oprah winfrey having, i discovered that they are physical products available, such as paving stones, brakes, and many other things, such as granules they can renew young and they are in big demand. one hotel has had it's dry, we paved with recycled plastic breaks. well, the good idiot quasi found at her own company in 2019 and now she has 7 employees. she's convinced that young entrepreneurs like her can bring about change in knobby shaw. see good in other young people get involved. and green entrepreneurship, we will be able to make ivory coast and even our african continent, a world that works to reduce atmospheric pollution, how they allow her show do it,

involves the ecological impact and promoting a green city and on ecological city them or see the diploma sound of it is a vehicle those and that's what d students at abby jas university. do. they are planting 30 trees on campus, and that's just the beginning of it. before is synergy dog. a synergy of actions is needed to address environmental degradation. some or column organize the activity. he has said geography students union here. they received the trees for free from a states company most aligned with the ivr and environment ministry. and he hopes to plant even more tra several on set up, the la lakers. i'm in a few, yes, won't be here, but also come after us should really be able to enjoy the same conditions. doug, me did. i have been to see the kumasi district in south eastern upshaw is a concrete westland. now dimia hofstadter to re green some avenues some more cornum

. and it it quasi. see this as a good sign be, i'm not alone. india efforts for greener city or next report at texas to spain, to the a broad delta, the largest wetland area in the western mediterranean region. it is home to a vast variety of plant and animal species. here to climate change is upsetting nature's delicate balance. and while the government is looking for ways to keep future damage to a minimum, some proposals have angered the local farmers. they could end up losing both their livelihoods onto balance. this is where his neighbors, holiday home one stood, says jose one saudi bass. to day, all that's left is a pile of rubble. the house was destroyed in a devastating winter storm storms like these have become increasingly common. so

deep as says such weather events demonstrate the drastic impact of climate change on spain's ebara. delta jojo, vicky both the storms and the authorities in action are harming us and all they wont let bloom the air bro delta protect their land. most of the locals are growing desperate. extreme weather events and rising sea levels have a road at the coastline, leaving little more than this strip of land near the mouth of the april. it's the last line of friends between the sea and the countless rice patties that lie inland . the spanish government wants to nationalize over $800.00 hector's, of privately owned land, to turn it into an additional buffer zone. but the plan angers local rice phone is cerebus fears he could lose half his cross.

and it's not clear what sort of compensation he would receive in return, though, like most of the farmers, he's not only concerned about financial losses. id, i simply mean this is emotional get in many cases, rice fields of been passed down through many generations or i worked very hard to get my think about the government's plan doesn't bode well for the delta. in fact, it will destroy the delta and our value see it. but at the end of the of that it, that the lord could the name of that, not every one of hoses, the government's plan. environmentalists regard the delta as one of europe's most important wetlands over 300 bird species, inhabit the region. sophie, any bias, runs a private bird sanctuary. she doesn't like the idea of pining up tons of sand or dumping break waters in the sea. as farmers are demanding

ill build that wonders if those were more. when we turned the entire delta into rice paddies, the mentality was to exploit nature to the absolute fullest like also just healthy . now. our now it's time for change and not everyone is happy about it. better, but scientists say natural solutions are better suited at reducing the effects of climate change in, but i me to got it come directly might be good for some time. environmental groups have been protesting against another related problem. the ebara river is carrying hardly any sediment into the delta, others all in loving. that's because dozens of dams further up river are keeping the mud back. and mud is what the delta is made of. at this rally demonstrators symbolically poor soil into the river. to highlight that without natural sediments, the delta will be at even greater risk from climate change. if we,

if you can mitigate or if it little, it will be extremely difficult to offset the effects of climate change or specifically flooding and loss of land. so the more or more rigorous young boys will need more, it's crucial that we restored it's not a logical function of the river level often with uniglobe piccadilly york, well, well, what? i rise commerce cerebus and his friends don't agree. they don't want to spend years waiting for the river to bring sediments back to the delta. they want their government to take action now with locals are divided over how to deal with the threat of climate change and the eroding embryo. delta. by the time environmentalists, farmers and the government reach a consensus, it may be too late. the next winter storm is always just around the corner. the stain on the subject of water to neither cause to region is the demographic and

economic, but one of the country, an important share of each export oriented irrigated agriculture is concentrated in the coastal zones. but the country fesses severe water shut, it is due to the effects of climate change. farmers and other residents are desperate for submission. now, a traditional system that uses see water to grow. fruits and vegetables could provide an answer. growing potatoes here is only possible for ali garcey, thanks to a centuries old farming method known as romilly, which means on sand. it unique to the sandy region surrounded by salt water on tenicia north coast. arab settlers returning from under lucia in the 17th century. set up small plots along a salt water lagoon near the town of har elementary. ali garcey, a retired teacher, and farmer sun has long thought to keep this farming tradition alive. it relies on

the tides to water, the crops, a little milk. the salt water comes in from the mediterranean with the tide. once it reaches a certain level, it pushes the thin layer of fresh water up from the firm. sandy substrate to reach the roots of the crops. for the month of sola, you'll have what we know that fresh waterways less. so it always stays above the salt water. so only the fresh water reaches the roots of the crops and the amount that you loud must though as your daughter up, the fresh water comes from rainfall in the hills. and that's how the plants are irrigated. my issue that the we never water them from above and we wouldn't be able to. good, we don't have any wells here or reservoirs. oh lana. so do you, then ali garcia is preparing furrows ready to plant potatoes. each plot of land is no more than 4 meters wide and surrounded by reeves to protect it from wind and erosion. the natural irrigation system allows the farmers to grow crops all year round. no additional watering is required. and there are other advantages

to no pesticides are needed. the salty soil is a natural deterrent for most pests. the farmers can produce up to 20 tons of potatoes, beans, or onions per hector. each year. the vegetables are highly prized for their unique take, a look of, but all the work has to be done by hand. it's tough going, and many farmers have given up long. zora enough has come to see ali garcey. she's the president of the local farming and fisheries association. she spent 2 years working to get the romilly method certified by the u. n. food and agriculture organization as a globally important agricultural heritage system. about half of that iser to vacation is a key step in upgrading the value of the produce. it will allow farmers to sell it in major supermarkets for a higher price with a label like the one for other organic food. it's the only way to encourage the

farmers to keep going fail. oh, but i will. after all, this is organic food and it's more expensive to produce than with conventional farming. he, my ear has a blues ear. more money is one thing. another is the need to protect the ecosystem on which the farms rely. farmers engineers and scientists meet to discuss how to need his water supply can be managed, more sustainably. ali garcey takes the opportunity to present the virtues of the romilly system. he's hoping international organizations like the worldwide fun for nature can help protect the regions unique ecosystem. one of the, you know, if a limb walk on panel could, to, people really need to understand that all unregulated development is harmful to the surrounding ecosystem. this area benefits from lots of water and let's both from the sea and land that increasingly these are being compromised mainly due to changes in the way the land is used. people are building on land that is not

suitable for building. it's a huge challenge. and we are working with all those involved, especially the tunisian government and the state to explore possible solutions. late that tunisia, the acceleration of climate change along with unregulated urban sprawl. and growing tourism infrastructure along the coast have all affected the area as for bundling in. now the water no longer reaches all of the romilly plots at high tide kids. so when they built the road right through the middle of the lagoon and it was obvious that water coming in from the sea to the lagoon would be blah blah. i don't know when we complained that the authorities agreed to did channels under the road to let the water through bullshit, but very little water gets through. and that's affected the whole ecosystem on which our farms depend a lot not to school to lemon. apart from stopping such building projects, zarina f f wants to know what else could help motivate young people to take up this

traditional farming method. i didn't amazon how we're trying to encourage the farmers not to sell their plants there. we arrange training courses to show them how they can adapt to the new situation, lot of via, via or organizing workshops together with a world wide fund for nature and the you and development program. i love need. we all sick of the people subsidies to encourage them to keep farming handle her via me felt to sphere the potatoes from audi garcia's plot show the work is worth while he's hoping to persuade the 300 other farmers in the region to hold fast to the romilly, tradition, and preserve their heritage. we've run out of time for to day. thank you all for watching and don't forget to check in with awesome. all our social media platforms . for now, i am under tween no video sing, but by from compiler. here in uganda, it's also time for me to bid farewell from here in lay goes, papa shows by you to find ways in which you too can support climate action. i look

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