year alice began teaching young people in the slums where plastic pollution is a serious concern catherine mungo b. is one of the over 200 people who have been trained here at alice's center. when i looked at an educated woman like alice collecting plastic and using it for something useful i wondered why so one who has never gone to school like shouldn't also be walking we all used plastic. initiatives like alice's may take a long time to change plastic pollution but with her fashion label gets a wardrobe she has found a clever way of raising environmental awareness in kampala no. one seems. to be. making good use of weight it's partly the motivation behind another project this time in kenya since about on charcoal production was introduced to combat deforestation many producers are turns the attention to markets in uganda and rwanda but others like sites where making charcoal briquettes from other materials instead here's this week's doing your bit from mombasa. charcoal briquettes from coconut waste. the huge need for wood fuel for cooking purposes has contributed to deforestation in kenya. no