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climbing i am, who are so we can see that woman smoot and she didn't come with him. he cle africa dw. ah, oh, what people have to say matters to us. mm. that's why we listen to their stories reporter every weekend on d. w. i how one the food that you have joined us today for echo africa. welcome. i am crazed the lamps coming to you from ogen state nigeria. and with me as my colleague
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in uganda. hi, sandra. hi, chris. hello everybody. my name is sandra to no video here in comply uganda. today on the show, we look at why sustainable farming is so crucial to serving on friday environment. also coming up on the program to day. how lovey can song as useful for to slice a in uganda. how an architect in merkel is building houses more sustainably and why the people into colored kenya are suffering from climate change. agriculture plays a major role when it comes to climate change. things like a warn you excite emissions created by livestock or clearing forests who are blind and more and more often, seeds are genetically modified or manipulated. now, a group of farmers from tunisia want to store this trend and choosing to use the
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old seed varieties instead. an orbit gene harvest not far from the tunisian capital. here on he is one and a half acres of land solid must go you farms, fruits and vegetables is yields are smaller than when he uses imported or genetically modified seeds. but saline must go. you've still prefers local seeds mostly is empty, they don't look particularly good. sometimes they are small and crooked, but they produce better quality fruit, more nutritious and test here, and better adapted to our climate somewhere. sally must go avoid such official fertilizers as well. he prefers to make his own compost. how in the hellish way,
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assume that of the i the i know we're, we're trying to produce our own organic fertilizers, all work. you have it 1st. i use chicken excrement because it has a lot of nitrogen. the yes. we and then we add their remnants of fruits and vegetables. that's what thrown out at markets as well over whose he do. finally, we add a beat of he, which has a lot of carbon here and highly via a vin, 40 kits to need. this government bought both hybrid and genetically engineered seeds. they were meant to produce greater yields. the country still imports around 85 percent of its seats to day, but increasing numbers of farmers want to return to using local seeds to neither sit bunk has been able to help them. they found asian seeds from tunisia in other countries which they returned to their homeland since 2008, they've collected more than 7700 different c types. not covered on the surveys you
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see in the work we're doing today focuses on genes as well as which genotype you parts crop quality and whether or not these traits fit a particular criteria. we might be able to use them for a cross pollination which would in turn lead to bonnem protein to have what they've already eat, a or or more male to help better market his product. sally must google's or to fairs regularly. the focus on investments and technological developments in farming this year slogan is sustainable agriculture, which is an increasingly growing trend indonesia as well. we will see them at all. the farmers, local seeds are known for their unique test and health benefits. this are their seats, our grandparents were familiar with. the all is found the best once and past them on. it is an inheritance. they've passed on to us young farmers. every year they
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gathered the best seats. both of them yet solemn music boy is fortunate to leave, so close to the capital. he can market his products at lots of different places, including at sustainable farming events in tony's organic farmers can sell their goods here once a week. i want to element their money ammonia, sasha, we're fighting for independent food production on multiple fronts. we are trying to get from us to gather seeds. at the same time, we are trying to produce more seats together with our partners. and what, when i see you, and we'll do it as little say, we'll get through our money, i am unable to natural human. we also doing our best to educate farmers and show them how they can contact class directly or via social media money. i learned that he was at the iowa, sit him down the luckymobile malibu, it the organization hopes that more people will use traditional local seats as alternatives to imported once. selim mccoy has started collecting his own
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like this of a gene seats us by from my wible will remember her live of grown aware of the important role that local seats play. an amusing that knowledge, the demand for the original seas has risen, and the prices have gone up along with it, which seeds sailors are taking advantage of money. this seeds should really be available to all farmers. and the best case scenario would be farmers obtaining and reproducing them themselves. hello, incentive hostile of with all by going to shower. the strategy suddenly seems to be working with the abra jin's. solemn mccoy hopes that the will soon be as plentiful as his lavender, which grows on its own in tunisia, and is considered one of the most common plants in the country. sticking with a topic of agriculture, a lot has changed since an invasion of ukraine,
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for farmers while wide seeds and fertilizer had become more expensive. this is why some farmers in uganda have come up with a new foot laser, which is not only cheaper than conventionalized, but also better for the environment. in uganda, the price for some important foot lasers has more than doubled. russia in major supplier is facing international sanctions and they've gone and importers and consumers a filling the report effect customers. i know timing to buy because it's very expensive. it has affected us alert. other yes, asking the price as the more value because it's very expensive. now you get an average couch of santas, a, be lou be gosh, he's offering an alternative. it comes from the small fly code, the black switch, a fly, which has been found to be a source of organic from glazes, exist within the in that environment. bailey,
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the matter of attracting them and then use that bidding them one flight is about average 1000 eggs in about 4 days the eggs growing to larvae and when levy grew into a doubt, flies they leave behind the pew by reaching nutrients for and more feeds and this or use you're getting a if a laser and organic foot lay that is very lay a boy you, you produce it on site to produce it in quantities you want. and then you also get an alternative protein source for in case of being livestock. let me go watch the the dutch founded company, quote, marolla protein. the company receives funding from donors like voluntary services overseas, to train local farmers to produce their own foot lasers, who studied with 10 farmers. but today they are over 1200 rosen that she
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gander sees. she could not afford 4 lasers until she was trained to make her own or requisite. there was available resources at my home, such as food leftovers, that i would have thrown away to get fertilizers. no, i do not spend any money on it. apart from my energy. hm. what would her mind compare like happy to city authority has no partnered with marilla protein to manage the cities waste problem as the levy can feed organic waste. they now produce over 2 times a foot lasers per day. but still not enough for farmers. we have orders of sending orders of, of to time, of one ton of 3 times or 5 times, and we cannot, we can, we don't have the capacity to, to fulfill that or does or does luca hopes. these can be an opportunity for africans to fly away from depending on imported from lasers on the tiny wings of the black. so to fly moving from agriculture to architecture. the construction and
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operation of buildings contributes to climate change to the native nations. estimates that this sector is responsible for almost 40 percent of all capone oxide emissions want white wall above quite a lot of it's one reason architects around the globe are thinking about alternatives like using different building materials. and we went to morocco to see an example of all saw in the industry are doing the i bits. bah, new buildings and morocco are usually made with concrete. that means they usually warm up quickly and aren't very sustainable. lots of c o 2 is produced during the construction, and the material can't be recycled. but near the capital robot, a small houses being built to last forever, or at least a long,
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long time. and all its components can be reused if no longer needed architect ibrahim bout who designed the building and is supervising its construction. the house is made out of clay. he says, it can last for centuries of well cared for. unlike concrete, which has a maximum life span of 120 years. but the best thing about the material thorough says, is the quality of life. it offers a coil in the head, nor did beneath plenty of this style of housing could insulate buildings from outside heat, exceeding 40 degrees celsius. for 14 hours me reach min herat and heard a great degree of coolness and humidity is guaranteed indoors an unequal. however, that of the robot where i live all dog safe, in addition to the clay walls of bizarre pnc and serve as a heat reservoir, which will keep the house warm in winter and william till so hot out even when there's not much sign like a holiday lip natural materials for the construction are piled all around the site
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. straw makes the brick stable and provides insulation. wooden long, small support the roof while stone slabs will serve as frames for windows and doors . but most important is a multi purpose material which is used everywhere in the house. but in little tub ha, a chicago. and when we make use of different types of soil for different purposes, lee wanted briggs glowing them together during the laying process of lift and straightening the walls afterwards. and we're add you to a skill you to look us and we hadn't made this into g. we also employ natural line wiki as a substitute with for samantha. you the, you could look at that stinks, you bricks together and protects buildings from the damage natural elements. my causes also, but especially ray you who can at some level there with that during the building process. we also rely on, hey, a would and cain of him with all he shot off. in a few more weeks, the house will be finished, carbon neutral, sustainable and recyclable,
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and probably really cosy tilt ah, and how about you? if you're also doing your bill, tell us about it. visit our website, or send us or tweet. hash tag doing your bit. we share your stories. whoa, that's pretty is pirate. but the global population keeps growing. which means more construction. by 2030 experts saying that almost 60 percent of the work population will leave in picks. it is, how can we make living in these places, greener, and build more sustainably? one solution could be the credo to credo concepts. let's take a closer look. these german buildings don't only look modern, but they might also pave the way to
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a circular future. they are built according to the cradle to cradle concept, the ideas to replace our cradle to grave economy, where we take, make and waste, with a circular one where the products are designed in a way that its materials can be reused over and over again. normal sophie griffon is the founder of the cradle to create a lab. it's an n g o dedicated to spreading circular, regenerative design, thinking across industries. politicians and designers welcome to their cradle to cradle out. he can come in here. we start here. if you see like from the lamps that you can see and from the mushroom material totally fall biological cycles. according to the concept, notice or v griffon's father michel, brown, god, and his colleague william mcdonner created everything we built must go to either what they call the biological cycle or the technical cycle. that means the
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materials used to build the products need to decompose, thus becoming nutrients for the soil or dismantled to become what they call technical nutrients and re used and other products with. so in here, right, you can see a lot of products that are already produced in a cradle to create a manner. this flooring you can see if i move, i can actually take it with me quite cool that you don't need to glue this. it is made out from the packing material, losing as an a credit cray, not the best idea to do because quite difficult to disassemble. the lab uses these carpets that are totally made of recycled fibers. and it's not glued. and you can bring it back to the company and they can recycle it and make it totally new. carpet out of logos of grief on argues that there are
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a lot of natural alternatives to most of our commonly used toxic products. this material is quite interesting because it's like a material that you cannot just take from the intrusion. you don't need actually to change it a lot. so called damp toon balls are basically dead sea grass that could be collected on shores and used as a high quality insulation. material on these examples seem perfect and relatively easy to implement. but we need to change the way we have built our homes and priorities for the past decades. 50 years ago, we knew that there are negative environmental consequences if we have certain building habits. so in the beginning, we had felt that we require new knowledges to be able to build appropriately. but right now we have a different problem. professor arnold palmer condo is an award winning architect, mostly known for her sustainable projects. like these ones. when standardization is
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being imposed, then the must have the courage to question the limits of standardization. and the construction sector is especially standardized and rigorously conservative. some practices haven't changed in centuries. concrete, for example, it's the 2nd most used material in the world, only after water. if it was a country, it would have been the world's 3rd largest carbon polluter. after china and the u. s. last year, we produced 4400000000 metric tons of concrete. according to the u. n's projections at this rate, we would be producing enough concrete to build the entire city of paris every week for the next 40 years old. that is a lot of concrete. and for several reasons, this material is not widely recycled. a big one is standardized, bad practices says marcel oser, a circular engineer focused on cradle to cradle applications in the construction
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sector. if you use a judge lester, all concrete uncomfortable is wiley, looks good, so it will fit the purpose. i will use the quality of the concrete by not being able to use it later. so, gypsum plaster makes the concrete on recyclable, but a similar looking silicon base plaster doesn't affect the reusability of the concrete. or let's look at steel or universally used material in construction that could have an infinite life cycle. just the simple decision to use bolted connections rather than welded joints will allow the structure to be dismantled, making it easier to reuse the materials. it's all about designing smarter. while these individual solutions are amazingly easy to implement, unfortunately, they alone will not be enough to make the construction sector. environmentally friendly, says nora sophie griffon. though we need the market,
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we need the politicians, and we need the society to go for this idea. and i think we are already in a state where our society sees that we need to do something different. so credit credit can show the solution how this is actually possible. cradle to cradle is not a miraculous idea. it's just a guide for us to think and build in cycles. just like nature does. oh, we now turn our attention back to africa, which also faces the ongoing question. how can people insure foot security in the face of the climate crisis? it's particularly urgent question for those who leave on the shores of lake to connor in northern kenya. that is right, crease the l mile of people have long relied on fishing, but that is becoming increasingly difficult. the entire community is under threat.
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we paid them a visit. alexander, lena, peer looks out over the lake. that's been the source of life for his people, for centuries, the elmo law or an ethnic group that live in the north of kenya's eastern province . born in 1958, lena appear, has watched his culture slowly disappear over the years due to migration into marriage. and more recently climate change and now the l marlowe a losing their land and sacred sites to rising water levels and liked her connor have engulfed roughly 800 square kilometers of land. over the course of a decade. enlarging the lake by 10 percent. bog ogle, renew my venerable bugger. them in the past and there wasn't any water here and it didn't reach this far. like in, in now the water has completely flooded our village, or there used to be roads here like the year that now there is only water
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everywhere. you look for most of our many cars were just swallowed up. my new wave totally disappeared by me and my mother, my were dog, big as rainfall became heavier and more frequent, the lake expanded and changed the landscape so much that lena, pears village was suddenly situated on an island. many moved as a result the others had to make major adjustments. not only was the path to the mainland now submerging, but their fresh water pumping station was to. now they get their water from the lake, which leaves them susceptible to diseases. like most her line up here has been a fisherman all his life. but ironically, the expanding lake has actually devastated his livelihood. before the waters rose, he would catch about a 100 fish a day. now he averages less than 10. fish can be found in deeper waters, but the boats aren't safe enough to take out, but far less fish means less income and less to eat. putting
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a further strain on local families with the children's lives are affected in other ways too. there are 2 schools at home are low bay, but the primary school is now partially submerged. children once walked to school, but now lena, pears, granddaughter florence, and many of her schoolmates can only get there by boat. gazillion id, you ale glue. in the past, we could walk to school who had leg consider did, but when the flooding turned our land into an island that was no longer pass a ball theory took, i did then the county government gallon provided boards for us to get there the to, to were gay, disable and elk literally a banging, vain, and often overlooked side effects of global warming as school disruption. it threatened and spoke the physical safety and psycho social well being of students
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and teachers. richard smart on as the had teacher at alamo lobe, a primary school. he's observing a drop in academic performance as well as attendance. the once crowded classrooms are often half empty. moran, who's been teaching for 20 years, says he's never witnessed anything like this game in big mary maverick. give them the climate change is threatening the existence of the molo drive, because we fully depend on the lake from food all over. my says a legal, we don't have fish, we suffer. no, we're one, but we don't have fish to sell and buy balanced music was on will as a my get with those apples won't be a warmer than that only is part of the really doesn't merge. but so at the water, my blood didn't come when we got my joint axes. fresh drinking water yet to be really uh huh. for the rama delayed it will now millennia glinda fresh water. but the elm alo, are still fighting to uphold that traditional customs and culture. while up to
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a 1000, people identify themselves as l molo, most from families. that of intermarried with other tribes in the region like the to a corner, some bureau and ren deal that to has diluted their unique identity. but they want to preserve what they have and are looking for ways to make the situation more tenable. francis montoya is a climate scientist based in the lake took on a basin. he says, putting in trees would be one relatively simple, yet effective step in the right direction. digital news, the level of water that is going to little corner us will us, it all the news there. it lucian, that he's also ghostly, $200.00. and when that one is nana, that the level of water we can use because less water is going to the league. the elmore low community hasn't yet decided on any major course of action. animal.
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plant on trees could help, but it would also mean giving up arable land and most importantly it wouldn't help immediately. the situation is making florence worried. she dreams of a career in madison, but now she fares. her dream may fade because of the changes brought on by the climate crisis. who love quotes? her mom? i fear for my future because of the schools end up under water beer. i won't be able to get an education vocal dazzling whenever they're, they're saying they're going away. the face of this small community starkly illustrates the severity of the climate crisis. the l molo have lived in this area for 2000 years. if nothing changes, it could all be lost within just one decade. well does lead for today we hope you discovered a lot of new, uninspiring ideas to make life just a little bit better. thanks for watching. i am chris the lamps. good bye. from
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