bring the ways into ship plants used to build the very 1st traditional fishing boats made with robust plastic helps both to africa. on d. w. now we've got some hot tips for your bucket list. ah, romantic corner chat, hot spot for food and some great cultural memorials to boot d w, travel off we go. oh, a. when it comes to caring for the planet, the limits to what we can accomplish as individuals. but when we all work together

towards a common goal, then we can do 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. we'll 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 we'll show how an initiative in cameroon is developing recycling techniques or e waste. today's sure gets underway on lamore

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 at 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 let is washing into among groves also are in very large amounts and eats it form flake, aaliyah 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, the 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 dumb sate, 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 anymore. e t flick don't keith cow the each day, plastics. the other day we went to the slaughter house end. one cow had over

patricky g of plastic. he needs in, it's still mock 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 lamar, but now with eylandt communities. it becomes much more predominant for us, which is a grating, 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 killed 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 years and go back with me. if i can bring it to a board reps to the truck. so if you can bring it by this, carrying it on your boss, if you're able to bring it through i, i took the dog, 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, been brought in from the mainland, and they all come in by boards. and one of the things that you're doing with

a team, by here, they're a 2nd team, but we're making ease by making boats through their heritage board 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 audited with the for, for men to do it. we can carry a gun and got a dollar sale as we went to, to walk and the landlord. what's the 1st traditional dawes med off? recycled plastics are already sailing off. the cost is 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 have been produced to their

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 up space for grid, we, here is the 6 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 thought the place of some 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 streets 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 and 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 bid, tell us about it, visit our website, or send us a tweet. patch tag doing your bit. we share your stories from school gardens in senegal to urban javelin. in germany's capital. many people in berlin appreciate been able to grow and hovers durham. busy vegetables within the city are surely a passion for plants with others to. yes, greece, it is also

a very effective way to spread knowledge and, 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's the school vegetable patch doing after last night snowfall? cora hira max and johan is want to find out just a few weeks ago. there class sewed a small crop of ra here. ah galvan and ran past louder already. a few shoots coming out. and the last time we were here, we couldn't see anything. now we only just so the scene i got together, we got this. yeah. this gordon spoof lanes berlin city highway. the plot spans around 10000 square meters in size and gives 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. he got an hour to include the land ot at nest islands. gardening schools are green, educational spaces in the city, on some of them have been around for a 100 years. so all of the children can discover 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 our fallen gland in the garden, our 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 plots that cost $50.00 euros. a month's chemical fertilizers and pesticides are taboo. here tim kegler is in charge, but he's no gardener. he's a social worker. the entire cool to him getting him. the intercultural gardens have a distinct concept as they're open to everyone, and the rooted in the neighbourhood was napa, they also boost cross cultural exchange. and in the cook, i 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 and go through a giga. 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, dp, arca roth and her husband vps might have an uni, opted for a more pragmatic garden concept. 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 this year we also continue the same flu, fiona wrench out gardens in and near large cities at almost 30 locations around germany. farmers till the field in spring than the transverse trips are rented out,

tenens 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 of things we got everything. and we put it in an excel and calculate the price. and we found actually this profit over for the children in the gardening school, harvest in season is still months away. but thanks to the winter topic conifers, their now experts in evergreen's ah, and their regular visits to pardon are sure to cultivate been 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 herself failed to materialize. 3 years in a row, it has affected a quote of the population and prompted more than half a 1000000 people to abandon their homes. thus, right sondra and many abandoned in 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 leave him in cities has doubled. i'll climate change has had a big part to please that. but how can we feed all the people in urban centers? an example from somalia shows one solution for african cities this believe it or not, is the river bed now dried up and full of garbage. the chevrolet river was one the key lifeline in somalia. it's water supplied the agricultural areas near the

capital grains. fruits and vegetables from a di 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 regions worse drought in 40 years . farmer's cedar arden's entire livelihood is at stake. a lot of both in the last 3 seasons, the drought has shit our farms badly, was glad we had no crops at all. and the river dried up 4 months ago. then i threw up it all a good. there was no maze on the farm to feed our family. luckily, a da 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 hussein and her children. how? oh yes, of course i fled to my farming village after the drought heat the last 3 seasons, and we couldn't form any crops we had to leave because we didn't have any food. i will tell you what to do. i'll talk awesome food prices, arising also driven by russia's 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 of the pull us, 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 any 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 grand, 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 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, you know, a model for tallow morale as long as you have a small amount of water, you can plant any crops in its own scala office. and let me know what medic and thought the 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. this noah 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 law, 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 food secluded to go away. could they greenhouses can contribute to food security in somalia, when the production of conventional farms is very low in the country. so saturday, like it is at this time a ha malaria. ah, the greenhouses produced a huge amount of fruits and vegetables which can fill the gap in the market hub over either down to g t, o rock. i buy it. they also contribute to somali as economy as well to go and molasses. the said to go, well, i wouldn't as i could just, i 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 to miss out on it's the rounds. these employees from the n g u solitary t technology are collecting electronic listing cameron's capital now monday. and today they're in luck. this family has some items with them. it telephone, a computer monitor, and some of the scrap the end you inks, to dispose of the waste in an 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, the land on it all escapes into the air and i, when they bring it on, that person breathes it all in it. fix the body, the people standing nearby also wanted us to go on to so they also affected this. then there's the ozone layer of everything that is burn affects the ozone layer of another country suffering. the hazardous effects of the waste is gone. since the early 2000 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 above of the university of ghana who does research on urban environmental management and part a law pass. and that is common to all my in terms of the challenge itself. i can even seal as getting worse, where to the extent that the areas were that are being pointed, half of, of spread, according to just this. first it was considered in, i will listen to be every member who knew, visits within the pre eminent 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 tons. by 2030, it will likely exceed 75000000 tons. african particular needs 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 tons. but that figure is rising rapidly as the expanding african me to class buys more and more electronics. it happens or more with id be generated internal 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. solidarity technologic now does pickups in common rooms, 2 largest 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. we are only eager to with the class in some

recycling techniques only in operation of iran at the moment, particularly in europe to have a procedure victims along. we are working with wantna companies to dispose of waste, like electronic carlos and 2nd rhodes, which is not yet technically possible in camera. johnathan raj. and as far as on normal partnerships, like those are helpful for now. but the goal is to set up modern 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 environmental problems. and we'll all 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, a lamps in oakland state nigeria. it is also time to speed you farewell,

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