A visit to a german town that warmed up to the idea of Geothermal Energy and theyre walking about a traditional and eco friendly alternative to plastics to. First report concerns traditional practices in west africa where land is traditionally handed down to the males women are only allowed to cultivate lands that theyve been located by the men but that can be very frustrating when the women successfully farm the plots because the men can come and reclaim them one year to the next thats now a thing of the past in a chair rocco a village in western looking a fossil in that village the men are permitting the women to use the lines for long term and that is proving to be quite impressive also for the environment. But. This is still plenty of life in these the great plants dont they have been hacked for use as a granny catalyzed we may need to raffle religion wisdom booking and fun so ive been trained to see theory its the most of those openness by the Technical Services of the countries Agriculture Ministry its a simple mixture of the plant remains a mixed with ash and water then pulled down. And left for 10 weeks to composed. This soil is very poor but when you use these to gunning for tonight. The plants grow well and give a good meal which benefits us and fun abilify dont we saw. In looking afonso unsustainable land use and deployment of pesticides and chemical fertilizers have degraded the soil thats been except baited by the pressure to feed a growing population and the effects of Climate Change other factors like deforestation and long periods of drought also played a role would sustain the ball as great cultural methods celestin milonga and other farmers can prevent solarization and even improve they have ists until recently few women in booking a fossil had long time and secure rights to farm land this is now changing into iraq all thanks to a Research Project run by the National Energy on grass and berlin best t. In g. Think tank for sustainability. And so forth when youre in the past we were a lot of the wost pieces of land to call to vet i tried to plant a bomb baronets and other crops but the sword was too poor if you do manage to grow something or your husband takes the land about from you he gives you a new plot and you suffer all over again if you succeed there will take that one too i mean a lot of. Soil is and then renewable resource but when people fear losing be a land they have less incentive to invest and manage it in a Sustainable Way and equal land access therefore has a negative impact on Food Security and so in Health Giving women control over their land can improve both the soil and harvests still it wasnt easy for the n. G. All to negotiate the transfer of land use rights to be married. Here. And. I am. Them 13 or 4 pounds he explained to the men that my thing is being taken away from them but it will help them to have more if the women. Use and sell so we can tell the women that they can cultivate their land long term without difficulty that reassures them some difficulty with this year that yellow now after 2 years the village is taking stalk there are plenty of questions for the engine but now this kept ticks even the village elders have been convinced of the project validity and conditions have improved for many family over what their home was but thats certainly true of celeste in the long haul thanks to the crotchet she has even been able to buy a pig and several sheets which has helped her to feed her 12 children and pay via school fees. Various sounds and long before the project we had a lot of problems sometimes i didnt have even 100 francs for a kid to buy a pan for school but since the project started theres been a great change of family has progressed and. Some women have now decided to form cooperative to advanced environmentally friendly cultivation methods theyre going to method requires time and patience but no further investment and not only does it allow the farmers to feed their families any surplus produce can be sold at the local market. Its truly amazing what they are doing there the same can be said of the women in our next report they are find that so surprising and the works of art being created by mary wonder are made from plastic bottles but theyre so lovely that theyre even being used as a wedding decorations. Heres a during a bit from now in kenya. From Plastic Waste to decorative bases. The prospect bottles are a major source of pollution and much of kenya they choke drainage canals and waterways thereby posing health. Marry one jack and davis order water turn old plastic bottles into decorative objects. First they collect the waste in a court of a 3 hour drive from nairobi after a thorough cleaning the bottles are cut into different shapes. And theyre painted and skillfully decorated. The Business Partners sell them to individuals and organizations in the community. Their bases are often used as wedding decorations. In fact ive been sending them to statutes and interact with most of them but usually take the product they remain i have been seeing its beautiful ok look nathan there i was in the office. Of the entrepreneurs make up to 60 decorative vessels a week with their Creative Concept marian davis demonstrate that single use plastic items can actually serve more than a single purpose. And how about you. If you are also doing your bit tell us about it visit our website or send us a tweet hash tag doing your bit. We share your story. Lets now go to a place full of all that its been cold hell on earth. On this gigantic dump site in the sense. Of ghanas capital accra tons of paktika burned every day along with electronic waste and other scrap the resulting toxins pollutes the ground and the air andrew Peoples Health however slowly but surely changes now of foot. I dont care for c. S. For the powerful i have for now let. Us all with for you come. And gone as capital a crown repair shops can be found on every Street Corner most specialize in one type of electrical products many gunning ensconce afford to buy them new so they buy do use devices and products passed on from developed nations and then keep having them fixed until they have beyond repair and if youre one of you or. If someone brings me a Television Set thats beyond repair i dismantle lids and take out the parts i remove the aluminum casing the plastic parts and then i sell it all to scrap collectors from blushing if. Kojo abdul karim is one of approximately 5000 workers who collect scrap in at like. Old televisions fridges and vacuum cleaners all these discarded and contain valuable components. Abdelkarim has learned to drive a hard bargain at across vast electronic waste dump known as ag he resells the scrap for a profit its the only way he can on a living. Sometimes you for probably wonder we. Sometimes you know reach. Will get it or we will get. Im lucky i always see. Always yeah and you know if i just. I dont think. At the scrapyard metalworkers dismantle everything manually and find a new use for older components couple parts for example can be taken to a workshop melted down and transformed into a bracelet. I let many im. Covered from old fridges also gets melted down there he says on bearable and the smoke stings the work his eyes and fills their lungs. Their results are now the minium baazi used to make cooking pots in all shapes and sizes. The toxic side effects of all this recycling are impossible to overlook the ground is visibly polluted. Life stop growing major round in the waste meat and milk ends up contaminated too. But its the burning plastic and the thick dust and certainly add that pose the most Serious Health risk. For me. Julius fogle from the university of gone to his spent years studying the Adverse Health effects suffered by the people who work at the waste dump. Through schlub roof you. See government would be great for health and for the. Public. Its a. Big. Help. In a bid to tackle the problem geminis agency for International Cooperation the g. I. Said has set up a recycling center on the site. They kicked off the project by buying coated coffee cables from the workers so they no longer need to burn them. Because can attend workshops in the middle of the scrap yard protective masks and proper tools make the process of recovering the scrap metal safe an. Instruction is given on how to take the electrical goods apart in a way that minimizes the risk of damage to the health and the environment. But 3 is that right cells as well they are very explosive sometimes. If these are. Among the. Sparks of fire and the explosion is all over the participants are also told how they can earn more from recycling the idea is that they will pass on the expertise to the 40000. 00 other workers in the area. Weve added to the. Market prices of. We go online and we see this is someone you say this is how much you sell it it was. And because of the profits going nature of this exercise it was easy to use. The inauguration of the new recycling center a large crowd from in and around. A football pitch was also built on the site that the workers can enjoy some well and down time and some fresh and. Definitely a positive step towards providing people a better and healthier environment and thats what a town and southern germany is also trying to do they want to heat their homes and run their businesses using Geothermal Energy that is heat from the ground beneath their feet but how exactly do you go about tapping into the earths energy. Out of one and this is planet earth where we live this is the water and heres the crust inside its hot magma which warms up the world. Here in peru last and no one is considered too young to learn about the potential of Geothermal Energy these children are visiting a municipal owned Company Called i e p which directly harnesses geothermal heat in many ways typical of small town southern germany but its made a name for itself on a National Level for being a trailblazer in the area of. Energy. I e ps biggest client is the multinational linda which does some of its business in poorer. For a firm with such a large operation having a reliable Heating Network is a top priority. Management points to the benefits of Large Companies switching to this type of system. Linda linda has to focus on Environmental Protection and show an awareness of its Carbon Footprint with the believe Geothermal Energy can reduce that Carbon Footprint to a fraction of what it used to be for. The children get to see how the Geothermal Energy is harnessed. This is the. This is the drilling point number 2 number one is over there the water that comes out of them both has a temperature of over 100 degrees the pipes are warm to the touch. The water is extracted from layers of rock 3 kilometers underground a device called a hes exchanger is used to transfer the energy into the network. Once the water has cooled down its pumped back to the geological layer it came from this ensures that the water levels within the layers of rock remain constant. The existence of geothermal activity in the region has long been well known but the push to make cooler a center for harnessing it was led by a small number of people determined to see the project through. Drilling began in 2004 by the following year the facility was supplying a number of public offices with heat cooler wants to be in a position to supply every home in the town with Geothermal Heating by 2024 a goal that seems possible. Around half of the homes here are already being supplied with the existing system. The cost is comparable to that of oil and gas leasing and maintenance costs are low. So. You know ive been using Geothermal Energy for 3 years now hope and so far ive had no problems with heating. We have no emissions anymore thats great task take that c o 2 emissions have gone down so much and pull off. This preschool is among the institutions being supplied with the Clean Energy Source with that the introduction of the system would have produced an estimated 114000 more tons of c o 2 loops and. Might like to expand further we want to start more drilling. In the geothermal activity here is very promising so wed like to keep drilling and supply the city of munich to. When it comes to a vision for a cleaner future there seems to be no shortage of any kind of energy in pool. And of course heat can also be produced from other sustainable sources and not just used to heat homes when its time to dry the crops most nigerian farmers and lay their harvest out in the sun to dry dont they empty. Thats right but that is not without its own problems because the produce is only contaminated by insects or doest all spoiled by the way now a womens Environmental Program has set up a solar drive tend to improve you lets see what theyve done. Farmer baker a para is process in the course of a have a swith the help of her neighbor after peeling and causing the tubers theyll be laid out to dry. Air drying is the typical way people here in the nigerian village of a drug preserve but theres no standard method. Leaving the vegetables out in the open however makes them susceptible to contamination now an alternative has been tested a similar dry a tent has been constructed for the purpose of drawing fruits and vegetables sheet metal on the roof consent trace the heat of the sun inside the tent temperatures can rise up to 50 degrees celsius slits allow air to flow in and out from all sides the cost of the materials was covered by the ngo Women Environment Program the structure was built by the villagers themselves sometimes back out came to this community actually for beria and it goes on the market day i when i came i saw that their family lot of tomatoes and a lot of the tomatoes and pick away an abundance both by the time were growing of this cover that the women did not. And they were ready to give us the view to give it away present just a measurable save for big basket or to market. From others that are. In the past may or looter was often forced to sell her produce far too cheaply because it was on the verge of going bad when dried pop or relative a pirate keeps a lot longer and the new tent is a great improvement in terms of our gene. I will offer to. Whenever i am i am pretty used right outside golds will eat them up and flies will pass on me when i drive them inside the tent be afraid just flies and they get right still looking fresh and a new train. Oh mom will flourish. Papa okro and popular ingredients for making soup with dried produce can be so that large markets and for higher prices during the off season then the farmers can charge 30 times more for tomatoes. Viscera times is of great help us its going to try our crops efficiently for details and have lots of harvest restage due to an expected rewards even when the foremost cannot sell on market days they drive them and sell out of season and make a higher profits. The drying tent is guarded to prevent test use of the tent follows a carefully organized shuttle. So for every person that comes. The money back what from the your products so direct to put up a monitoring it as a ticket and the person we call the highest this dryer takes it takes about 2. 00 days so they monitor each person that comes to the product so theres no question of stiliyan or coming to take another persons hoarder. There are no plans to construct dry a tense in other regions of nigeria to ensure that the farmers can make the most of the fruits of their labor. Simple and practical those kind of inventions are often very useful one man in uganda came up with such an idea. Says single use plastic items are just terrible small things of the modern world the trouble is they do so useful functions and people dont want to do without them when it comes to drinking straws for example very fortunately an alternative it is natural renewable traditional im made by hand in uganda. By returning to his roots an entrepreneur from big and somebody gunned found a way to make money free Natural Resource and protect the environment across a mumble simply revived a practice common to his forefathers. These tribes are long ago artist as used in for drinking the local booze. In uganda and he is its true as we used to they used to get them from i be our guide in and places so we saw that it would be a great opportunity for us to buy single use Plastic Straws we did plant based too and. The production process is simple to cut an essential grass streams to the right length before being washed and sterilized in bolivia. The straw was made by Mother Nature then dried in the sun. Once theyre ready they can be used and cleaned any number of times we are looking at making people our way are brought we are not on we not only we bought this product but we can also grow product as we grow food. Started his business 4 months ago with just 50 euros today the Small Company employs 15 people it already has aides regular clients buying his 100 percent organic product they include up and coming to rest rooms in the capital kampala weve been seeing a lot of Plastic Waste pile up actually in our restaurant among others and really in plastic containers with straws and this is one of the forefront items which we see in a glass in front of a client every day and really its because this is a really great place to start. Its estimated that over 1000000000 straws are used and disposed off around the globe every day and they can take up to 200 years to decompose. So consumers here welcome the organic alternative. This is the 1st famous feel good before it is the preakness and that last thing thats a long time when you were thinking i would absolutely use them and i think feel like you can clean them. And i mean the natural akram simone bill has a big schools for his business he wants to see plastic straw use agent uganda drop by almost house in the next 5 years. And i could go on me for a cool drink like that one right now but thats all for this week thanks for watching im now tag we signing off from the faucet in lagos see you again next week but in the meantime i think ill try and track down some of those straws myself. Why then see if you cant find any maybe one of all of you was right there in nigeria will now feel inspired to make its very well for me to for now but do stay in touch check out our website or visit us on social media by by 4 in johannesburg. On the. To be that way. Spaces netflix and clusters. Employ Digital Technology in a shed in thailands glad oh goodness lunch seemed a good place of the future office 4. 0. And 30 minute exposed w. Someone claims it is a 1000000 tons of explosives ammunition and chemical weapons lying immortals of germanys comes. To the world was this huge osnos becoming increasingly dangerous. Urgent action is needed. Bombs in the city in 75 minutes on d w. Earth home to millions of species a home worth saving. The global ideas tell stories of creative people and innovative projects around the world ideas that protect the climate boost Green Energy Solutions and reforestation. Losing interactive content to inspire people to take action global audience the series of global 3000 on t. W. And online. Natural riches of precious resources. And a rewarding investment. Foreign land has been called easy opens a gringo into the country has an abundant supply places it to International Giants the government is after high export revenues for corporations high profit margins. But not everyone benefits from the booming business. Would the world when i saw the elders are clearing the land i was devastated give me down could they bulldoze the land without my permission who knew it belonged to me in the womb. 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