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a lot to protect the environment. and that is why we are here today. so welcome to this addition of africa. i am sandra tween over there. hi there, sandra. good to see you again. and you are absolutely right onto this show. would talk a lot about community engagement, whether in africa, europe, in the city, or in the countryside. so let's see what's coming up on this engage. in addition of echo africa. we'll see how school kids in selleger blend, practical lessons in ecology discover how greenhouses i help you, les sure food security in the somalian capital budget issue and will show how an initiative in cameroon is developing recycling techniques or e waste. today's sure gets underway on law more a small island, right of the cost of kenya. lemuel, historical all town is

a unique world heritage site and cause a bond on the island. yet law more is nor ecological. paradise is struggles with environmental issues like only present plastic west, which homes, it says the ecosystem in different ways. but now island residents are coming together and walking on a concept to tackle the problem. a life unfolds such a relaxed pace. on the kenyan island of lamar, free of cars, sailboats and donkeys, i used to transport people and things along with tourism. fishing is a major source of income for the islands $25000.00 residence. lamar county also has the most extensive munger forest in all of kenya. more than 30000 hectic had the coast providing unimportant century for fish and other creatures. but the dedicated

co system is being ruined by plastic trash, which has a devastating effect on the mongrel forests. the plastic set is washing into among groves also are in very large amounts and eats. it forms li caliah for it means even when the among grove, siblings one to replant, they don't teach the ground, so they're not able to replant. lynette a law has declared war on the plastic waste that plex not only the mangroves but the islands beaches as well. they are also several illegal dom sites in the middle of the island. every other time we visit this, them say there's only a fire going. so i think it just needs to stop. we the talking and we see more of the action that needs to be put in place so that such things are not happening. and the more it is like don't keith cows the each day, plastics? the other day we went to the slaughter house,

end. one cow had over patricky g of plastic units in its stomach linnet. a law is community coordinator for the flip floppy project. a movement founded in 2015 that aims to bring plastic west in east africa into a succulent call to me, to recycle and create something new from it. there it plastic problem. it's a problem that is universal. it's worldwide. it's not only associated to law more, but now with eylandt communities, it becomes much more predominant for us, which is inviting, is being able to give this plastic a new life. the key to its success is the islanders themselves. they collect the garbage and flip, floppy pays them money for every killer they deliver. these has created new income opportunities on the island. and then what, what that means. um, i know i connect this plastic from illegal dump sites or from shars and neighbors

on or from the streets. no money i on depends on the size of the age or if it's big, i can even get as much as 75 year old and go back with me. if i can bring it to a board, it's through the truck that if you can bring it by just carrying it on your boss, if you're able to bring it through, i talk talk. we accept all means, whereas what is important is that it's richard with the plastic is brought to the factory where it gets shredded, washed, and dried. afterwards, it's put into an exclusion machine where it's formed into parts 4 chairs and window frames, or bought frames and plants for fishermen. another inhabitants of lamar was clearly rely on woods being brought him from the mainland and they all come in by boards. and one of the things that you're doing with a team by here,

there is 2nd team, but we're making ease by making boats through their heritage bought building school the board building school in la mobiles of doors at the traditional ports of the island. but instead of using wood from the mongers, they use recycled plastics and had that isn't the only unique aspect. and i do women work here as well. it's not compulsory that. this thing is the then for men are, is it with the for, for men to do it? we can carry we gun and got a dollar sale as we went to, to walk on the lana, both the 1st traditional doors, murder of recycled plastics, are already sailing off the cost hayes with pride that we can say that our we've produced a 2nd lake one on me around here, where the money with the community, these products that are being produced to the people who are getting employment in

getting paid, their suppliers are able to better manage their families as positive as that sounds. if plastic was never showed up on love with the 1st play store, that would be even better. it's great to see how the initiatives on lemuel, or walk hand in hand. community engagement is key to saving the planet. yes, indeed, sandra, as we'll see in our next report about 2 years ago, a law banning some plastic product was passed in senegal. but due to the pandemic, the rules weren't really enforced live in many streets and park strewn woodthrush. now, once coal is decided to free of space for grid, we here is this weeks doing your bit, ah, saddened by the sight of their neglected schoolyard students of this school and

chance a small city near senegal, capital dunker took it upon themselves to spruce on the place of sal ebay, that gossip becoming much more aware of our environment than how important it is. lab lamazzo, the environment is our life. and this helps us to learn to respect his every way was on whether on the strength or at highly read on a mess. or a letter with the help of their teacher, cassie none. the school children have created an organic garden on the school grounds. alongside several varieties of ment. they've also planted lemon, mango and papaya trees. the fruits are sold to their parents and teachers all proceeds are put into the class fund, and they've even gone beyond the school premises. and i live because when i'm going over the holidays, we also did some pledging in the are sot neighborhood. obviously we reached out to

hospital awards and elementary schools. and now other institutions in our songs are also interested. the esl is always it so far. the young environmentalists have planted around 40 trees and they hope their actions will inspire others to do the same. and how about you? if you are also doing your bit, tell us about it, visit our website, or send us a tweet. patch tag doing your bit. we share your stories. fro school gardens in senegal to urban javelin, in germany's capital. many people in berlin appreciate been able to grow and hovers darren vegetables within the city. i share the passion for plants with others to yes, greece, it is also a very effective way to spread knowledge and no,

just for the adults. just as we saw in the report from cynical children can actively learn about nature as part of environmental studies in schools, even in the winter. how is the school vegetable patch doing after last night snowfall cora hera maxine johan is want to find out just a few weeks ago there class sewed a small crop of raw here. ah, hanson ran past louder already a few shoots coming out. if the last time we were here, we couldn't see anything. now we only just so the scenes i got together, we got this young, this garden school flights berlin city highway. the plot spans around 10000 square meters in size and give school children the chance to discover their green thumbs. there are plenty of trees, a small vineyard, ponds and lots of things to explore all year round. garden howards one in glen

allen ot at nest islands. gardening schools are green educational spaces in the city on some of them have been around for a 100 years. our, the children can discuss the nature here and learn about the environment and a national cannot, but it's not just children. adults can visit to dom in solution. anyone who's interested in finding out about conservation. the environmental acquisition or just experiencing nature can come along on that now to a fallen gland in you got an hour to income. today's lesson is about conifers. the children's school is very close by. they visit every month to learn about a wide variety of topics. the gardening school is financed by the city, though it's not open to the general public, anyone can attend its educational events. that's in contrast to this project in the cities east. it's called an intercultural community garden. we

visited a few months ago at harvest time. there are community beds that anyone can tend to . and individual 40 square meter plants that cost $15.00 euros a month. chemical fertilizers and pesticides are taboo here. tim caitler is in charge, but he's no gardener. he's a social worker. the entire quote around getting him. the intercultural gardens have a distinct concept as they're open to every one and a rooted in the neighborhood with for snap. and they also boost cross cultural exchange. certain inequitable brought it out of the if we cooperate closely with neighborhood institutions like refugee accommodations, the preschool next door, or the elementary school across the road on a cultural again, goober, there used to be tube kindergartens on the site after they were demolished. local residents fought to keep the space free for urban gardening. to day, the work is financed mainly with public funds. there are several dozen community gardens in the city. many with an intercultural focus that serves neighborhoods in

ways that go well beyond gardening. deeply alcaraz vendor husband vps might have an uni, opted for a more pragmatic garden. con. the 2 software engineers from india have rented a garden on the outskirts of the city just a few minutes by bite, from their home. from april to november. they can be found harvesting their vegetable patch. ready ah, we started turning the co code with them because we couldn't do anything else and we were working from home. so this was a nice way to go out of the house and do something because we couldn't do anything as recruiting travel. so and the serious continue the same diona wrench out gardens in and near large cities at almost 30 locations around germany. farmers till the fields in spring than the transverse trips are rented out. tenants pay

around $260.00 euros per season for 45 square meters. ah, we did a cost race analysis of basically last year we took out what are the things we got everything and reported in an excel and calculate the price. and we found, actually this profit over for the children in the garden in school harvesting season, is still months away. but thanks to the winter topic conifers, there are no experts in evergreens and their regular visits to the garden are sure to cultivate the knowledge and appreciation of nature that they can draw on long after they leave school. ah, returning now to the horn of africa for many people in somalia, it's not easy to buy or grow food at all. for years, the country has suffered from extreme drought,

and the rainy season hostile failed to materialize. 3, as in a rule, it has affected a quarter of the population and prompted more than half a 1000000 people to abandon the homes. thus, right, sondra and many abandoning the country for the city. just like in many other places in the global south. over the last 60 years, the percentage of the population live in in cities has doubled. i'll climate change has had a big part to play in that. but how can we feed all the people in urban centers? an example from somalia shows once deletion for african cities this believe it or not is a river bed. now dried up and full of garbage. the chevrolet river was once a key lifeline in somalia. it's water supplied the agricultural areas near the capital grains, fruits and vegetables for mac, a d shoe came from this region,

but climate change has pitched the country on the horn of africa into drought. the un says it's the region's worst route in 40 years. farmer's cedar arden's entire livelihood is at stake. rock both in the last 3 seasons. the drought has had our farms badly was glad we had no crops at all. and the river dried up 4 months ago, and we wanted all a good. there was no mail on the farm to feed our family or cassette the waterloo a deal is the devastating drought has already forced around 700000 people from their homes. the capital mogadishu has therefore already doubled in size, especially in hot countries. global warming is driving people from the countryside

to the city in somalia, however many end up in refugee camps like honey hussain and her children had hosa dot com. i fled to my fleming village after the drought heat the last 3 seasons. and we couldn't from any cause, we had to leave because we didn't have any food. i will tell you. not to then i'll talk awesome food prices arising also driven by rushes war in ukraine. that's making 8 more expensive to even food destined for somalia doesn't always arrive, be the number of gunners at the beginning. the, all the pool was there's some commodities are coming, heading to one of those candidates would only be diverted. and within the c heading to ukraine, so what can be done? these greenhouses on the edge of mogadishu may be part of the solution, often financed with farmers last savings or loans. away up de,

now grows to martyrs. with ground water, he needs much less water than before thanks to drip irrigation and because there's less evaporation in a greenhouse. it was a risk that paid off, and miller boys with the late in the last 3 years, there was no rain on our farms, and the river was completely dry. bad. so i decided to move to greenhouses to plant our crops plan. although it was difficult at 1st to adapt to the greenhouse technology up did a months of lee and contrast embodies a new young type of farmer in somalia. for him, greenhouses are not an emergency solution. he studied greenhouse farming at the somali national university. his family then helped him get started with seed capital of $10000.00. he says greenhouse farming produces more vegetables and more reliably, good in all school home. we know that i am. the great thing about greenhouses is that you can harvest all year round and nobody's austria,

and you don't have to worry about the dry river or an absence of rain. oh, i am tyler murat. as long as you have a small amount of water, you can plant any crops in it. so scott office and let me know what medic and thought they harvest here twice a week, picking a total of around full 100 kilos of tomatoes and they've taken on 6 employees at the ha, mar, wayne and marcus. in mogadishu, the trade is have a lot less fresh produce to offer because of the drought. some of the gaps can be filled with greenhouse produce. these fruits and vegetables are often more fresh. from growing casara that night we expect the rain to start again soon, but the river is still dry. there's no one taking it at all be i'm gonna look as i was on a limb. we get some fruits and vegetables from greenhouse farmers, will sell to us at a very high price in the right, but we have no other way of getting fruits and vegetables when somebody not answer

us while casa greenhouse is, can't solve somali as food crisis, but they are an important addition that's according to agriculture expert up to acadia, share one foot secluded to way could they greenhouses can contribute to food security in somalia, when the production of conventional farms is very low in the country. so cited you like it is at this time a ha molena. ah, the greenhouses produced a huge amount of fruits and vegetables which can fill the gap in the market hub over later on to just to or i'll come by. they also contribute to smalley as economy as well to go on with us. it does as global, evident as i could just about 50 farmers. near mogadishu are now growing vegetables in greenhouses. it's the best alternative. as long as the sha bailey river remains a tri wasteland. all last reports deals with an

enduring problem. e waste. more than 50000000 metric tons are generated globally. every year. less than 2 percent of africa's e waste is dispose of professionally old computer screens. and cellphones are difficult to recycle merely due to the many toxic materials they contain. but there are ways of getting around that problem. here is one example from cameroon. the pick up, she missed out and it's the rounds. these employees from the end, usually dairy t technology are collecting electronic lease in cameron's capital yolande. and today they're in luck. this family has some items with them, a telephone, a computer monitor, and some of the scrap the end you aims to dispose of the least not environmentally sound fashion, as required by law passed in, cameroon,

in 2012. solidarity technology is among the 1st organizations or companies working to implement it. we're under contract when a 0 t victor to, for example, is disassembled by someone who isn't trained to do it wrong. the mercury shall lead on it on escapes into the human eye when they bring it on. that person breeds it all in law and affects the body. the people standing nearby also wanted us to go on . so they also affected this. then there's the ozone layer of everything that is burn affects. there was only another country suffering. the hazardous effects of a waste is gone since the early 2 thousands tons of electronics from around the world have been dumped in a suburb of a crumb. the environmental impact has been disastrous and yet despite legislation

calling for sound disposal, nothing has changed, says marching or 10 about of the university of ghana who does research on urban environmental management. in part a law pass. and that is commendable, right? in terms of the challenge itself, i can even seal as getting worse. where to the extent that the areas where that are being pointed, huss, us last spring. i was just this. first it was considered in, i will listen to be every neighborhood, no visit within the parabola. i crap. you see one way or the other, it would be a little bit worldwide. the amount of the waste is growing in 2022. it was estimated to be around $50000000.00 tons. by 2030, it will likely exceed 75000000 tons. african particular need solutions to get

the green mountains of a waste on the control. even though it's shale, the global total is relatively low. about $3000000.00 tons, but that figure is rising rapidly as the expanding african, me to class buys more and more electronics. it happens or more with i v be generated internally in the coming from our site. and that makes the need for eco friendly recycling of televisions, computers and cellphones, even more crucial to support proper disposal. silly dairy d technologic now does pickups in come rooms to larger cities, to walla, and yolande. the angio collects about $130.00 tons per year. it can already recycle many devices. but for some components, few options exist. the, i don't need you to do this. the class in some recycling techniques are only in

operation of iran at the moment, particularly in europe, want to have a procedure that comes along. we are working with partner companies to dispose of waste, like electronic carlos and 2nd boards, which is not yet technically possible in camera daunting region as far as on multiple partnerships like those are helpful for now. but the goal is to set up more than recycling systems right here in africa. that would be major benefit for the local economies and the environment. it's always inspiring to hear about the methods people develop to tackle and very major problems. i will share in the solutions with you here on eco africa. what we've run out of time for today is good by for me, chris lamps in ogle state nigeria. it is also time to read you farewell,

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