A warm welcome for me too and hope that you stay with us for the next half hour on the phone from johannesburg and south africa heres whats coming up. How an app can help protect a rare species in south africa. Why solar energy doesnt always have to be expensive. And how a music group was formed in congo thanks to trash. South africans western Cape Province is home to stunning plants some of them found nowhere else on the planet however a recent report showed that the province is experiencing this 2nd highest rate of plant extinction in the world due in large part to rapid urbanization and habitat loss we met up with researchers to investigate the region more closely. This rubble and is part of the famed both biome a naturally occurring community of flora and fauna in the region around cape town in south africa its home to almost 10000. 00 species of plants many of them endemic as part of the efforts to preserve this unique ecosystem volunteers come here regularly to photograph and document the plants they work feel can i say sion of rare and endangered wildflowers also known as crew. So the reason why we have this program is that just the sheer numbers of written plans that we have its not enough for a group of scientists to go and monitor those species so in the country we have over 3000. 00 written plants and so thats a mess of undertaking. This species of erica is critically endangered that means its on the brink of extinction its found only in this immediate area measuring less than half a square kilometer. Today the crew volunteers are documenting raphe laura using a popular Citizen Science app called eye naturalist. The aim is to improve the accuracy and efficiency of their Data Collection we can only do conservation intervention if we know that there is a problem but if nobody is monitoring what is happening to those populations been we wont know and those species might go extinct without us even knowing about the app allows volunteers to take a picture of a plant or an animal and log the time and exact location and upload the data to the eye naturalist platform then biologists and botanists can access the information and create detailed maps of those remaining habitats. The app also allows researchers like embrace him to monitor the recipe shes more closely because they know where theyre located as a as a botanist and as someone that works on plants we understand that all of plants of the ecosystem and plants form the basis of ecosystem and without the plants the things that that sit on top of. The food chain above the plans where one exist we wont exist if it wasnt for plants and so i think to create an awareness about the importance of plants is really important for us. The western cape has already lost 40 species of plants since 1900 scientists estimate that many more are in danger the principal reasons are growing. Infrastructure development and the expansion of agriculture me around cape town many green spaces have already been lost an Organization CalledCommunity Tree is trying to restore at least some of the Natural Habitats and their biodiversity. But what are you doing he had me busy planting the ground cabbage and the pioneers that how prepared the soil for the more sensitive. Area is the risk that are no longer here. The thought of being polluted lost all of it period and microorganisms so we are bringing those back and making space. Through brain both to come back to. You another example of this in the cape flats area of the city used to be a rubbish dump over a 4 year period Kevin Cochrane and a group of Community Volunteers planted about 50000. 00 indigenous plants and more than 300 trees on the site and you know. What it was about is good people and their relationship with all species is one and that ideology. When it comes to endangered species charismatic animals such as elephants rhinos and lions often succeed in capturing the publics attention but the endangered plants of the South African fine post on no less important. Raising awareness to bring about change for the better can be a huge challenge for us to say lets go to rhonda where more than 80 percent of the rural population still live without electricity that means in the evenings a lot of school kids are left in the dock thats why you see with his car Bombing Campaign we give light of Foundation Hopes to support baldwins of students and teachers verse here the idea is to brighten their lives. Like heres our doing your bit for this week. Even after dark the sun lights the path for children and come on you district its all thanks to solar powered lamps. Like many parts of rwanda the region isnt on the National Power grid but now the children have light to do homework in the evening. As a result fewer students are dropping out of school for old grade civil so improved in the past they only had kerosene lamps which are unhealthy and dangerous now little sun makes doing household chores safer today. It was all the brainchild of danish icelandic artist all of us on he joined forces with a german startup to distribute the lamps theyre given out to African Students for free but sold elsewhere in the well to finance the project the Initiative Also how sponsors we in to deliver these lands for school kids we have to look at these lands for refugees for example in settings of migration and forced migration we have to deliver our mobile phone chargers to Community Health workers and we aim to empower rule into printers and Small Businesses as much into their bring energy. The little sun project was 1st launched 7 years ago. Its now lighting up the lives of schoolchildren in 13 african countries. And how about you if youre also doing your bit tell us about it visit our website or send his a tweet. Doing your bit. We share your story. And now off to the caucasus niger graphical region known as you asia i reports head its a joy to see me there we saw so residents of a small village that saw a using solar energy to heat water which has a knock on effect of protecting local forests georgia lost 1. 3 percent of its forest between 1992010 thats according to the f a o the aim of the mission save is to provide the people with affordable and Sustainable Energy systems and to reduce c o 2 emissions in the villages. At 6 30 in the morning and i go to open it is already out of the house with a bucket of hot water fresh from the faucet. The cows has to be cleaned before milking. A little later after serving the family breakfast she makes cheese it requires a lot of patience she can tell that shes ready when the consistency is just right. And everything here runs like clockwork with no time for breaks. While theyre effective and housewife i have a lot of work to do and i clean i make the food click house and lots of other things so if its like theres always something to do their office floor or. None are good. And it says 16 and was a nurse for 30 years she lives with her husband son daughter in law and grandchildren. Who i always need hot water im glad we have this system. They received a solar powered water heater from a local Energy Cooperative. That clothes really had it right you know my saved up a bit of money and sold a few things i didnt know and it was my husband who really wanted this work never that its quite expensive but it is manageable. Like. Lisa is also in charge of the house work on her home plus the farm and the grandchildren. She still heats water the traditional way on a wood burning stove in the living room she needs a lot of hot water and therefore a lot of would come forward we save money so we can afford the wood but sadly there are a lot of families who dont know how were doing better than some we can pay for firewood the poor families current. Reform is going to have to be able to make. The men collect the wood from high up in the forests of the carcasses mountains. Theyre still allowed to fell trees here. Gogu to here lets say is 27. He comes here regularly. Go to estimates that each and every house in his area consumes about 2. 00 to 3. 00 truckloads of wood every year alone clue to city and. Shuttle was able to cut down trees anywhere else we could cause rock slides. And that might endanger people in the village. The forest might seem lush but deforestation is rife across georgia the number of trees being cut has to be limited to ensure long term sustainability currently over 12 times that number is being felt. The workers use to mechanics is helping to solve the problem theyre cutting solar panels. The machine dates back to world war 2 but it still works there part of the Energy Cooperative the systems they produce here should help to reduce wood burning and therefore Carbon Dioxide emissions. The cooperative as provided solar powered water heaters to more than 100 homes in the village. None are good about it says back from the markets and the grandchildren are awake her son and daughter in law are at work so she has to look after the children no time for a break this is horrible im 60 years old and i think my life is almost over i do anything to give my children and grandchildren a Better Future i hope they have a better life. Hand hot water straight from the tap is a good place to start. Moving over to guyana to check in on a young entrepreneur who builds how this cheaply and sustainably she uses mud and all the locally produced materials this idea is becoming more and more popular across west africa one major advantage even when its hot outside the temperature inside the houses stay constant no need for expensive air conditioning but thats all theyve got going for them thats cool see this. Technique called construction has been formed into a wall. This new house has been built close to gunness capital and using an old method come on in africa now its becoming popular in cities. Clomid a year and joy and a sin founded a company in 2016 they realize theres a demand for houses that are both affordable and eco friendly. In a country even a continent where a lot of things are very sustainable we thought of little of ways that we can renewable Natural Resources to build with most homes and gone out the u. S. You know if cement and materials are important so we just for lets look to see what we can actually get to building. Its a mixture of sand gravel and clay its just a little bit of cement added the idea is very old. Our grandparents our forefathers were already living in models before this came up even the china wall was built with dots when you go to mali. The mali empire most of the buildings you see they are all build with. This is how the team builds a wall. They use different mud mixtures layered one over another that gives the house an interesting aesthetic theres a good exercise through you know. All the walls really solid enough. Is just like a sedimentary rock we are mimicking the 3rd dimension rock but before 1000 of years. Louis piling on top of each other over thousands of years now we are often in the process so. When false i shine the word green after some time is because its like a manmade storm. The company has built 4 houses so far it started out with a little prototype building experimenting with different materials and techniques including using bricks made of around. This cafeteria in north and gone i was more ambitious and scale. This residential project is the biggest so for materials at cheap its cost about 150000. 00 u. S. Dollars thats about one 3rd less than the price was invention new building and there are more advantages you get very very good in indoor air quality. The walls are 10000000 salinity of the red glittering temperature termites cannot eat it up as proof due to the monolithic structure of the wall hasnt got any water joints in them so when theres an egg recall theres the ground shakes you dont get them collapsing and the fact that they can stand up better to earthquakes isnt the only plus these buildings help save electricity the building through school you dont need the scenes even if you did you know this ruins of the i mean its not just going to be Minimal Health to. Sustain them by them and it will reduce our carbon prints. The companys business is booming. But a sin and have Business Partner given back to society is well ok 2 think you are good to go we actually train the local people how to do construction say when they also have a skill that they can use a bit at the end and also. If we need to get some more workers in last minute then we can always call people from the villages to come and help us of construction work. With Construction Cost in 30 percent less than conventional Building Techniques and creating a host of new jobs too high the earth is helping to lay the foundations for a brighter future. Saving energy would round earth construction is one way of fighting Climate Change but even though Energy Buildings need paul carman here is a great war material for producing Renewable Energy in the form. And just. Make it feasible what you think we go to kenya to find out how a German Organization is supporting the farmers building a bar gas facility is not complicated and several 100 people have already in box on the project. It takes a week to build the unit but soon it will be ready for the 1st load of cum down to weeks after that these daily farmers will have their own supply of by. The by you digest was a major investment for the phone. I wanted because. There was a course. That i. Didnt get to. And you know how could you afford. To cause problems here. And i wanted to get that money. Went to germany n. G. O. S fair and its local partner Sustainable Energy strategies helped set up this by a gas unit and 800 others across Campbell County near the kenyan capital nairobi. But if youve got an armored convoy the biogas units allow us to use count dong to generate clean buyer gas on country nothing is granted so no smoke astrology used which means no c o 2 emissions so each by a gas plant means 4 tons less c o 2 each year. The biggest problem for people here is finding the money to pay for one smallest model costs 300 euros for every day the market is huge in this county but the problem is all people are not typically afford. Through. The door now the money. 2 for 900. 00. Even though we get a subsidy from. Campbell county is home to hundreds of small hold farms they grow maize and vegetables and produce cattle seeds. The yield is a familiar just enough to feed the families farming the land so adding a buy a gas unit is a big deal. Feeling someone who was able to afford more she saved some of the money she makes will has 600 egg laying hens and her cows and money to secure a micro not. The bio digester is faced with manure mixed with water and underground pipe takes the gas produced to her kitchen. I wanted the plants after i had seen one as my neighbor was the community took it we get it cooking is so easy now i used to have got if i wouldnt go buy charcoal and it was very expensive. Now going on now i have no problems i come home late and can have subsequently in 10 minutes. That they knew i could be. A byproduct of the buy gas unit is a nutritious farming thing agent that can be used as organic fertilizer but this year the rainy season is very late many wells have dried up and farmers here a worried their crops will grow. Buying water is their only solution. It live in a mechanical act like i would have let it go now we are suffering because of the drought we have to buy water and it is very expensive its hard for us we need water vegetables and our nanny moves with the money she saves using bio gas phyllis can afford that and in a years time the loan for her plants will be paid off she doesnt regrets the investment and slightest the biogas system has transformed her life for the better. Now we have from rural kenya and take to the stage in kinshasa the capital of the d r congo and there we meet a band that not only produced cool beings but a very already the instrument for all was a key to our eager heroes of the week. Unit costumes and an original sound the band flew musici playing a deacon shas a jazz festival dizzier. The name says it all full music means music from garbage in the local lingo to language. Everything about this group is impressive especially the fact that they play instruments made from west everyones dancing it was amazing the. Things. Everything made out of west the idea came from good phoned up disco cream he finds his inspiration at dumping sites. This bottle produces a nice sound and me far so lucky no this will make a good instrument for our music. A lack of proper Waste Management and recycling facilities has caused kinshasa to be littered with discarded plastic and other waste commit a music i came here to look for things that i can use to make Musical Instruments but i also want to draw attention to their problem of west management in kinshasa the city is really dirty. Recycle things is interesting turning a waste into instruments or using it to create costumes some people just throw stuff away but i look for ways to reuse trash because were not good for our wellbeing with little and they get out. So rather than buying instruments band members create their own from this kind of objects. Using scrap metal. Plastic bottles teens or water pipes to make their instruments the group has gained a following of their signature rhythms and inforced promotes recycling in a city that produces as much as 9000 tons of waste every day 3. It is my wish to see this music done recognized all over the wild and also to raise awareness about the importance of Waste Management especially in africa. For music is what i would like to find a good representative who can help us spread this message through our music and. The most recent people forming and on the same time we also want to teach young people to practice recycling. Through the. Music he may not have the solution to the democratic republic of congos vast got big problems but their hypnotic music and upbeat songs are helping them to get their message across to an ever growing fun base. At the time very cool indeed expensively because its all with recycled waste materials i hope well hear more from the band soon and i hope you enjoyed this weeks show now its time for me to say goodbye from johannesburg stay sustainable protect your environment. Im still dancing to that music from goblet seat but now its time to go all the best as always check us out on our website and our social media platforms and thanks for watching bye bye from nigeria. The im going to. Be. The before. Ready all crazy business. No risk no gain some projects can out and boost the economy while well considered ones theres a lot of work and into a. Few a minute some transformational moments to make history economic activity. Made instructions given 30 minutes doubling. Explained once upon a time to come in a not too distant future the enemy that has everything. To a guy a kid. Most everything. Welcome into the realm of them. Amazon. 75 spot e. W. Warm warm. 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