were coming to visual with save the date for the d. w global media forum 2023 in bonn, germany and increasingly fragmented world with a growing number of voices, digitally amplified. you see where this clutter can lead what we really need, overcoming divisions into vision for tomorrow's journalism. save the date and join us for this discussion. at the 16th edition of d, w. c, global media forum. ah, oh, climate change is transforming a walt, causing us to question all and certainly t's and a bond and longstanding practices to adult will need to do i rethink. welcome to

this new edition of africa. i am sandra trevino, video joining you from counselor here in uganda. and i am chris alone saying hello from nigeria. sometimes our rethink can also mean revive in old traditions. as one of our reports shows on. here's what else is coming up today. we had to tanzania to see how trees are mother jig. it was a bite despite on going drop ship, go to frogs. we are researchers are turning to invasive plants to make environmentally friendly cosmetics. and go to later connor in kenya, where the algola efficient people are fight it to preserve their way of life. our 1st report at texas to tennessee where conditions in schools are often shooting . in some cases they are no longer a safe environment for the students. mismanagement and economic was had taken

a heavy toll on public boarding schools, attended by some of the countries poorest children. now these are often the worst affected. this is why attorneys in n g all is aiming to build a brighter future for kids by turning schools into social enterprises. the sight of students congregating in a courtyard looks much the same. the world over that this boarding school in north western tunisia is different from most. it operates on a sustainable business model project to initiate a lot v. her marty aims to improve living conditions, education opportunities and future prospects. not just but unity as most impoverished children. but their families to report earlier when i was a waller, we can project is quite simple that it sounds like it seeks to transform public schools into social enterprises. go through energy autonomy in their own food,

self sufficiency, northville. why fostered? because this country was going through very deep crises, economic social, on climate crises that have an impact on childhood plymouth, and therefore on future generations. they don't follow porthos in the house or was up to you when her marty 1st visited the school in 2012. it was in a catastrophic state. the facilities were dilapidated, the electrical systems hazardous. there was no insulation or heating, although temperatures here regularly dropped below freezing in the winter. the institution was so short of money ordering students could only have one shower among pupils for falling sick. such conditions are unfortunately common and chin azia schools, especially in poorer rural areas. the countries once renowned education system is a lang over $100000.00 pupils, dropouts each year. but now applications at their school in the town of mocked are,

are up and absenteeism down a, mainly been m r, attended the school until last year. we believe that this school helped us realize we can dream because before we didn't dream, now we do when we are confident that we will achieve our drains. this will help will and headman then the schools transformation is initiated by taking advantage of a plentiful resource. the sun comedies and g o raised money to install solar water heaters said the boarders could take regular hot showers for the 1st time. over a 100 solar panels now produce 4 times more electricity than the school uses. the excess has enabled the project to settle outstanding power bills and supply electricity to 3 more schools. insulating the dormitories also lower energy consumption and cost. food autonomy is another important pillar in the self sustaining model. an 8 hacked half farm and shows the students get healthy and balanced meals. satler's producers sell to local shops or wholesale markets,

providing the school extra income. but the land bears more fruit than that. on a coon for we offered agricultural training to parents who are out of work american and now they've become entrepreneurs. because we also said have been agra cultural business and made them shareholders the farm employees. 8 parents who now receive fair pay and other benefits like social security. we shy hampshire has been working here for over a year, but mustard all lowercase the wall away, john project means everything to me. if you have an account, i used to be unemployed from much compassion, but it's changed my life completely. complet morbidly, i hate to cope with the increasingly sparse rainfall. drought tolerant vegetables have been planted and trick irrigation installed. mahnaz instances mucus allows us

to water just along the line. the seas have been sown was all out that way. only the amount needed is used and no water is wasted. as we, as it also keeps weeds from growing, replacing any movies at a butter funds generated, we're used to refurbish buildings and out features like sports facilities. basketball is one of over a dozen extracurricular activities on offer. this group is mixed gender. say that and yeah, i mean i've been here for 2 years and this is where all my lorenz and hitches are lovely afternoon, my siblings and i have been coming here to the club since i was little was if i was so happy when i heard there was going to be a basketball club there and there are other club that i chose basketball because i love each other about ah, another popular courses, music, robotics web design and entrepreneurship or so on offer. and there's a reproductive health program. numerous civil society initiatives working to

improve chin as your schools. but the waller, we can project as seen as unique by many, for it's long term vision with sustainability at at school. he's got the results have been very positive so far, illusion and that's all down to efficiency either by making use of what's available by exploiting the power of the sun or if that's very important. so suppose appleton is the whole process should moody's and hopefully this model can be adapted and applied in other places requiring i booked those all the while. look tree hummadi has his sight, sat on exactly that. he plans to replicate the model, developed her in 3 other regions, and ultimately throughout gina's here, after all the while we can, maxim is let's invest in children to build a better future. over we've often reported on eco africa above the damage done by invasive plants. such as water high seas. in france,

japanese not wheat is also in famous for display st. native plants, species. scientists are the university of mon paulia, have discovered the surprise and feature of the invader as you discover in this week's do in your bit. bah. every country helps japanese not, we'd has spread all along the a little river in southern france. be invasive. species has displaced many native plants here and it's shallow roots are putting the river banks at risk of erosion. researchers at montpellier university are clearing the not we'd be discovered it has surprising properties, crushed dried and ground into powder. it can dramatically speed up chemical processes. so i assume it's

either the roots or the leaves which are rich and minerals, metallic minerals of interest to them. they'll be thermally treated to obtain this vegetable powder, it put on the vegetable powder is already itself an acre catalyst. that is to say, a reaction booster. which will allow us to transform a simple molecule into a more complex molecule plex. the researchers save is so called eco catalyst, could make the manufacturer of products like face creams more environmentally friendly. under lindy, click on the field of cosmetics today, still use of mineral, or petrochemical catalysts. now, this idea of plant base catalysts has never been developed before. jemma to develop the of the researchers have already developed at least 60 plant based catalysts. they're now being marketed by your start up at the university of more video.

and how about you? if you are also doing your bit, tell us about is visit our website. oh, send us a tweet. hash tag doing jo, base. we shack your stories. whoa, new products from nature were also need new products for nature. in other words, we need to rethink our production methods to ensure we don't cause even more environmental devastation. for example, the construction industry is responsible for almost 40 percent of c o 2 emissions worldwide. that is right grease and concrete, which is made with summit, is the climate killer largely responsible for dives a statistic. construction sites here in africa already use as much summit as in europe and not upward trend look said to continue. so it is high time to start

recycling this building material. a few farms in germany, a doing just that. germany creates 280000000 tons of concrete waste every year. but at least this rebel will soon be repurposed into new concrete. accompany and southern germany specializes in recycling, building materials. a crushing machine turns the concrete pieces into small granules, which are sorted by size. the granules are then sold to cement manufacturers who shina onside processing can save millions of truck kilometers, how the kilometer inch bomb. sand used to produce concrete is usually doug from large pets. then transported hundreds of kilometers. the same is true for gravel. the 2nd component in concrete,

but sand and gravel are becoming scarce. as this construction recycling plant, old red roofing tiles are also used to produce concrete, recycled sand is taken from an old construction pet. it's cleaned uncivil before being sorted by size of, of the, of a bomb. everything here used to be a bridge or a floor slab or a house. and we're making something new from it called let him of all this material would have ended up in landfills under, in some dump room. and now we can use it to make high quality building products that are used in new construction project. will i use it? so the recycled products, so then delivered to customers like to this nearby concrete manufacturer. this company is different than most of its competitors because globally, only 2 percent of building materials get recycled. but this company depends on recycled materials, which account for 30 percent of its entire production and the recycled concrete is

less expensive to the materials a mixed in this plant and then delivered to customers. the final product will look like this. a building material that many customers prefer over conventional products. this new tool, while it's becoming more popular because people understand that we have to conserve resources. and that's why demand is now greater than before me the way the occlusal, before your other solutions are also being developed at this cement plant, for example, permeable, concrete that can absorb rainwater, helping improve urban climates. this because some of the vague mazel this interstate rainwater seems through this concrete and goes under ground one which can help improve groundwater levels include fossil, household, beautiful bay. so this could help prevent concrete deserts, with completely sealed surfaces and recycled. construction materials are also

brought to this southern german company. they are constantly testing new stone formulas in the lab. experimenting with different colors, shapes, and components to increase the portion of recycled content, which is 30 to 40 percent. the recycled look is intentional. improve omagh if, if you were primarily talking about up cycling the horn quantity, we want to produce a very high quality design. b, this tile pattern creates an entirely new surfaces. you look on the, on the gun loyal booklet. this is what it should look like. a new generation of recycled site, walk with lots of green grass sprouting up in between and space for water to seep into the ground. this is what many customers now once a new growth market for the concrete industry. many regions of africa also have ground surfaces which don't lead water through before completely

different reason. it is because the rain seasons fail, living much of the grown dry and hardest concrete. so when it does rain, the water can be absorbed and simply one. so. so what confirm is due next report takes us to the russia region in sonya, where an initiative is putting a simple but is 60 idea into practice. the here in english is really not than tanzania. hardly anyone has a tv. that's why linda limbo brings a small more bell cinema with her. she was here a few months ago on behalf of the lead foundation. it tanzanian conservation organization. i am, i'm over over the global scale. what i want to show a film about key see key hi here to d key seek he. hi, ms. leaving trees, tampa. we will start with the long lines in the village,

and later in the evening we will show the feel on it. not last in america. it's till early afternoon in the village of lighting the a fuel digging in the born dry it holes in the f as far as the i can see. it seems like all $7000.00 residents are out and about. they are digging here because of another movie presented by linda lingle in the lead foundation in partnership with the dutch n g o. cold. just dick it. john mooney remembers it. well, is he digs in trench and fuels it with grass seed. lovely. her grandma, grandma, get on the film, told me that you can do something about the dryness and drought of recent years. for a white glove, we can tell the land and create water basins which we fill with seeds to help the field recover. and that was all about in the color while melinda was, it is 5 pm, and linda am lynn was colleague, makes an announcement about the film streaming of taking place that evening. it's

a welcome change for the villagers. the only get to see a film every few months. the children excited to see what's coming. years in emma. this feler explains how to protect your land from drought. people have cut down the trees many times in recent years with god, the land became barren and that harvests got worse. so now we want to show people how to reclaim that moisture so that their yields increase in they have enough posture to feed their families on my share. and it's finally short time. it starts with j. montana is very popular. comedian interns idea. well let me catch you cutting down any more trees or fry. you like an egg in my hand. i am declaring war. let's do it together. i don't want to see any

more trees chalked down. i'm going you want to rain every one in ingle rocha. once rain in the film is well received. people here have become familiar with drought over the past few years. what it means to be thirsty all day long. the feel should the village of the small shrubs or trees toms can grow into large trees. if given a chance. first viable plans are selected. next, they're pruned so that the only strongest shoots remain. then the trees must be marked for every one to see any fortunately, the plant must be protected from hungry kettle. according to the campaign, this method has managed to save over 9000000 trees. intern zeniah, a re greening measure of this magnitude has an impact on the local weather and can also bring rain. this means the country will cool down in crop yields will improve

. at least in theory, in anger, hooker, it's still a dream dog. the last month it seemed less precipitation than in previous years, which is one reason why the digging rein. bessemer, according to the campaign, they are now over 200000 such persons intern sonya, and kenya, people here in one euro, 50 peson, diligent workers leg dina. hosea can manage fife, eddie newcastle in ammon for was yours, the same with her. we make money and we're digging. now. later, when the grass is grown, it will benefit both our kettle in us because we save ourselves the trouble of carrying food to the kettle. they were my then even more than was, i was able to let ruin my little wondering won't go if we employ these practices. they help us to take care of our life stock and you know, to say nearby linen full rainwater normally evaporates on the dry soil,

but now it can collect in the basins. this gives the water more time to sit into the soil. and this allows visitation to grow, not only inside the bases, but also around them. this re greening program is in full swing and gaining in popularity. strategies like this one have an impact on the global climate and could given help to slow down global warming. and the people of anger luca, a doing their part was staying cane, east africa. we know and look for answers to the pressing question. how can people insure food security in the face of climate crisis? this issue is particularly argent for people who leave on the shores of lake or county northern canyon. the elmore people have long relied on fishing, but that is becoming increasingly difficult. the entire community is under threat. we paid them our visit. alexander lin appear,

looks out over the lake. that's been the source of life of the people for century the model or an ethnic group that leave in the north of kenya's eastern province. born in 1958, appear, has watched his car to slowly disappear over the eas, due to migration into marriage. and more recently climate change. and now the mall are losing their land and suckling sides to the rising water levels in lake to kind of have engulfed roughly 800 square kilometers of land over the course of a decade and letting the lake like 10 percent. bob ogo mcdaniel burger. then in the past, and there wasn't any water here. it didn't reach this far. i didn't. now the water had completely flooded our village who they used to be roads here. now there is only water everywhere. you look most of them and i just swallowed up my. ringback they've totally disappeared by me i'm. i never thought that as

rainfall became heavier and more frequent, the lake expanded and changed the landscape so much that lin appears. 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, some must. so was the fresh water pumping station. now they get their water from the lake, which leaves them susceptible to be seizes the like most here, lynn appears 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 are in safe enough to take out that far less fish means less income and less to eat. putting a far, the strain on local families and the children's lives are affected in other ways too. there are 2 schools at elmore la bay,

but the primary school is now partially so much. basilica, d, you a quote. 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 possible theater took, i did then the county government gallon provided boats for us to get there to, to work a disabling awkward rudy, up on your way and often overlooked side effect of global warming is a school disruption. it threatens both the physical safety and psycho social well being of students and teachers. richard smarter'n is observing a drop in academic performance as well as attendance. the ones crowded classrooms are often half empty. smarter'n who's been teaching for 20 years, says he's never witnessed anything like this. claimant, fig. mackie maverick gives them the climate change is threatening the existence of

the m. o tribe. because we fully depend on the lake from fluids over my so they usually don't have fish. we suffer. you know, where one where we don't have fish to sell and buy balanced music was on was on my get with those. yep. was want to be a woman and not only is a part of the village submerge, but so at the water, my linkedin, with my joint axis to fresh drinking water, you had to be really. uh huh. saw the remedy to go now. my dear glenda fresh water for the animals are still fighting to uphold their traditional customs and culture . well, up to a 1000 people identify themselves as and molo most awful families that have intermarried with other tribes in the region. like this o'connor some bull route and reveal it, that too has diluted their unique identity. but they want to preserve what they have and a looking for ways to make the situation more tenable. francis medea is

a climate scientist based intellectual kind of base him. he says, putting in trees would be one relatively simple, yet effective step in the right direction. it renews the level of water that is going to like to garner. i swear us into the newspaper, lotion, and that is also hoarsely to another level. planting trees could help, but it would also mean giving up arable land, and most importantly it wouldn't help immediately. the fate of this small community starkly illustrates the severity of the climate crisis. the elmore law have lived in this area for 2000 years. if nothing changes, it could all be lost in, within just one decade. if we don't manage to mitigate the effect of climate change would might so all be facing the same challenges as the old model. people that's food for thought for me. and for all of us,

and our brings us to the end of our show. i'm chris alarms, simon though from ogen states nigeria. and it is a good buy for me to sandra to nobody here in uganda. and of course, don't forget, you can always stay in touch with us on all our social media channels, or even better, right, to us if you have any good ideas on how to protect the environment. so long for now . take care. a with ah, with

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