Edition of africa i am sounder to no avail here in campolo uganda the pile of africa and we is a my colleague. Ivor sondra and hello to our viewers out there. Were here in Lagos Nigeria saunders already said today we will show ideas on how to reduce our demand for textile productive unlimited environmental damage of course 1st i thought of a few facts and figures here you go check. The house gas emissions from textile production amount to more than 1200000000. 00 tons a year thats more than from all International Flights a maritime shipping combined. The clothing industry also uses lots of chemicals 3000 different ones can be used in the production of t. Shirts. A lot of pesticides and other chemical residues end up in waterways textile production accounts for 20 percent of industrial waste Water Pollution worldwide. Fast fashion means clothes are manufactured ever faster and more cheaply retailers change their collections with great rapidity clothing production has more than doubled since 2000 more than 100000000000. 00 garments are produced each year. And people tend to keep their clothes wherever shorter periods of time its estimated that more than half of fast fashion produce is disposed of in under a year. Only a quarter of discarded clothes worldwide are recycled. The rest are simply thrown away of the total fiber input used for clothing 87 percent is eventually incinerated all sent to landfill thats the equivalent of one truck for every 2nd. Only one percent of the material is turned into new garments one reason is that the young blended. New ways of processing old clothes are being developed one issue is the better separation of material types fibers can be repurposed than insulation or turned into carpets. Theres a trend away from fast fashion more and more people swap give away items of clothing and buy new clothes that are sustainably produced and likely to last a long time. There is definitely a way to reduce the amount of waste and the need for production and that by showing that the close to produce are actually worn i mean possible by more than one person like the number of people standing behind me our next report comes from south africa were project provide single mothers an opportunity to set up their own business selling access stock donated by retailers thats not only a Good Business idea but also a good one for the environment. Boxes and boxes of shoes and clothes and more arriving every day. When Tracy Gilmore founded the Clothing Bank 10 years ago she had no idea how successful it will become the projects partners include major retailers who have approached all the major retailers and giving as they say stock so this is all in the film customer sometimes both projections and also one of the actually doing with the stock and they donated to us they can claim in spite of it and point on a score card at the 5 that you stopping. Clothing for going to landfills and you also helping an empowered woman generate decent income. The women who work here are mainly single mothers but many used to be on employed by the clothing at a discount and sell it for profit. Taking any labels off the items and making repairs. With my life wasnt. To be i wasnt suffering i was making as i made to before and then i had about to see. That they teach people. To give us change. And always wanted to start a business but any how and how i can get files so. Not all the items are new the women have a good idea what sells well. When anything special comes in theres always a run on it. The project empowers the women financially allowing them to build up their own microenterprise is and is also good for the environment. On a large portion of it was being destroyed so it was being set on fire or something was something was happening too much so theres no private investigators no real concrete answers we can get and but you know there is this huge amount of stock prices about 160000. 00 items a month just to give you the sense of scale. Not only does the Clothing Bank projects serve an environmental purpose it also gives the Women Business training and teaches them about sustainability and climate protection to me what were doing this here is were implementing an environmental module where were going to be talking about recycling and being a responsible citizen so that is in the Development Phase and we having to implement that from hopefully towards september this year. The Clothing Bank also includes the appliance back it follows the same principle as the womens project giving unemployed men. An opportunity to establish my Crew Enterprises by recycling electrical appliances. So what we do is we collect all appliances from our Retail Partners who have most customers bring them into our system brand them and put them in a shop for resell for others have to create them see if they are a parable or not there is an entrepreneur 3 cycles are a parable gets told in our shop straight men come in buy the stock parrot and on set it. Was donated to the Appliance Bank and look at the sara lee surplus stock but items that are not worth the bother for repairing for manufacturers. Just to get a sense of what will be cycling through their plans bank the men in our program made 5000000. 00 rounds with a profit in their businesses last year so thats showing you that its a huge amount of stock that would have gone into the landfill that is now being recycled and we used. A profit of 5000000 rand thats the equivalent of 300000 euros. 47 year old thomas lee he used to be unemployed working here has given him an income and made him aware of environmental issues. To cheer how to fix this thing he enters into those things that we cannot really say go being one of them so that we can clean up the environment and its been so theres a lot of thing that is happening here that is positive. Venues in our lives today. The Clothing Bank is a nurturing environment where theres always time for a bit of a dance before the next delivery arrives. And now we have to you rope to see how people there are dealing with the mountains of textile waste fast fashion all that are clearly still in style there especially with the young shoppers you are very right but Climate Change has many people in europe and africa to take a closer look at the impact of the clothing industry a growing number of levels and start ups in the Tech Industry want to produce a slow and sustainable fashion but how here are a few examples from the European Union but. These clothes come with a warranty the label next focus is on sustainability its based in Green Fashion hotspot makes you see certified textiles and only produces small quantities of food in our line is designed so that our clothes are comfortable the colors are a little bit neutral so that you can build your wardrobe from season to season meaning you can always buy new clothes for next week and know that they will mix and match with older previous items us to deny. This. Customers will have clothes that last beyond a season a very different approach to fast fashion which is based on mass production. I think its a shame that some clothes are so cheap that customers dont even try them on anymore they just take them and say oh i dont need to try this on its just 3 euros. And then later if they notice its too small or too big i just throw it away. Quality items from boutique labels are more expensive but Barbara Gephardt and her team offer repairs free of charge or for a small tip and they alter old models directly in their studio. Next is one of a growing number of brands dedicated to producing long lasting clouds tom credit learn from the u. K. Sells basics t. Shirts sweat shirts and trousers that all come with a 30 year warranty. Startups need caressed all sneakers so that your favorite sneakers can last for another season making sneaker rescue a dream come true for many sneaker fans. Meanwhile the dutch label golden joinery organizes repair games participants mend their broken clothes with golden thread giving their outfits a new very unique look. What to do when you get a hole in that favorite pair of jeans throw them away or maybe its better to have them repaired swedish brand new the jeans promises complimentary repairs for an entire jeans life span customers can bring their jeans to repair shops around the world to be patched up. And for the idea is to be sustainable and to offer customers good jeans for the longest possible time for many people dump their trousers and its always a shame when they get ripped. A new pair of jeans costs around 120 to 150 euros here theyre also 2nd hand ones repaired and as good as new customers seem to like the concept of the. Shoulder jeans are kind of damaged but they have the how their personalities so the 5 of you can repair it and its so easy so its ready to go they love it. Next also recently began selling 2nd hand. Items this is really this is our vintage section where customers can drop off their old items and receive points for the new collection of the component of the noise good tunes among you can exchange donate and choose new clothes. Fashion that isnt fast but. Stylish and comes with warranties. Our next story is also about fashion but here the focus is not of clothing but on head we women in african love to change our hair styles we like to go from straight to kali long or short and maybe a bright color every once in a while here we have extensions of our wild of course when it is but the overton made of plastic fibers which results in a lot of waste now i am woman in kenya afford a way of replacing this think that extensions with a natural environmentally friendly muttiah. For many women their hair is their corning or if they are knocking it just falls into place and shines but sometimes even the loveliest hair needs someone at this hairdressing salon in nairobi they use i sew for head extensions and braids in a wide variety of colors they are one of the. Bully came up with the idea to use science to fibers in head dressing she founded as a braids 2 years ago after kenya had banned single use Plastic Products until then hex tensions where usually made of plastic i prefer. On say so because they need compost they wind rain on doesnt they make their hair grow in doesnt cut it when being painted size so 5 by extensions are not just eco friendly they also proved to be cheaper over time the head. This is hear say demand is growing. Look at braiding we site so here is very good because even when my clients and do their hair they still use them but it and 30 care is only used once before and then thrown away the difference is that this text long that the braid and like synthetic hair and it want to stay strong within said to care i braid very fast i sometimes as a boy drives once a week took a mag almost 400 kilometers west of nairobi to gather size a leaves and process the fibers together with employee as a care malacca for. Their fibers are soaked in alcohol in solution to soften them and then left to dry then they have died and packaged each set says for they quiver and off one us dollar some took us a boor is confident she could grow our business in a variation of the kind i know this invention is due to the notice from the Central Government of kenya. They said that this 1030 we are polluting the environment i removed and right on me so i stayed and thought how to remove synthetic ones when i tell you this when they think then they take their biodegradable natural hair on a mans back to the saloon in nairobi 10 of their regular customers are committed fans of the new braids and extensions i sometime has enjoyed the support of the think positive alternative exists Mentorship Program run by the just command center she dreams of selling her eco friendly fashion products around the world one day but for now she is concentrating on the domestic market in kenya. So it seems we want things to be not sure but to come in all sorts of color to unfortunately the substance used to produce those bright gold buttons and proofs tend to be very harmful to the environment. Youre right sandra and thats indeed the case textile Manufacturing Processes produce a lot of waste and one major source of pollution is fabric dyes whether start up in france or sound environmentally friendly alternatives using bacteria to generate brilliant colors in shades ranging from burgundy to believe that sickle it. You know. This may look like modern art but its virtually a natural process at work believe it or not these blue color trails are made by bacteria. Weve known for decades that microorganisms can produce pigments what were doing today is expanding their production to an industrial scale with a view to replacing the production of petrochemical dyes worldwide on the 1. 70 blatche and beyond. Say theyre the 1st to study this extraordinary natural process theyre the founders of the french start up based in toulouse they see these microorganisms this great allies that could be used to color all our clothes without any chemicals for years they worked to identify the microorganisms best able to produce color. In 2015 they finally developed a low carbon method to obtain pigment for dying textiles its a method thats been used for centuries in the Food Industry you know we allow these microorganisms to ferment to bit might fermenting beer. But instead of consuming sugar to make alcohol the microorganisms are consuming sugar to make dies. Because of that. It takes a week and warm temperatures for the blue pigment to appear the substance is then tried to obtain a biodegradable powder. Power suitable for dyeing different types of fabric depending on the formulas we apply we can produce colors ranging from burgundy to light blue. This biotechnology could change the face of the fashion industry. The textile industry is one of the most polluting sector. In the world. It uses a huge amount of chemicals to make diamonds. 100 kilos of petroleum are needed to make one kill or die so in our everyday clothes theres a kilo of petroleum just for the dyes. If we take just one piece of clothing like a t. Shirt or a pair of trousers for instance 10 to 40 percent of its Environmental Impact is due to. The. Elite has set its focus on india and china the biggest textile produces the company dreams of transforming the whole production chain making it more sustainable could believe help to lose return to its heyday when the city was the capital of blue. During the in a sense the french city blossomed thanks to the pastel blue business the soft blue dye was derived from a local plant but the flourishing industry slowly declined from the early 19th century. Nowadays to loose has abandoned the industrial Scale Production of the natural pigment but there are still signs throughout the city that hark back to the glory days of the business the parlay a safe our dates back to the time that has special significance to police c. E. O. On this. One day billy kirby offered the city of columbus a beautiful building like this because it was built by people who were selling pastel bloom during the renaissance period. Thats purely we are effectively going back to the story of to lose because they were creating dies out of plants until the 19th century then petrochemicals arrived now we want to develop again a production made out of renewable materials about all the material and over. So far the startup has produced several kilos of dolly powder with the help of the bacteria they will need to improve the process if theyre to compete with petro chemical dice to achieve costs theyre planning to use i could cultural waste as a substitute for sugar. Thats the big advantage is that we can take all of the leftovers like stangs leaves or other parts of the crop and use them as a source of carbon so we can kill 2 birds with one stone. 5202170 plash and his team expect to be producing several tons of dye powder a year we might then be able to find clothes without pigment but they would need more time more money and more Production Capacity to become a serious alternative to the Petro Chemicals industry. And now before we go i want to bring you back to africa to the island. Way a group of environmental activists is working to make new from they are creating fashion from waste their colorful Creative Designs trusting a lot of attention and raising awareness for the idea of reuse for the sake of the environment so lets go take a look at what theyre doing. This is design a fashion on a more down to earth level clothes and show here are just as weird and wonderful as their counterparts in order to but come with far less fanciful price tags. And some jolly and thats no surprise they designed to make a statement and encourage greater environmental awareness and there are no limits to their make his imagination. The plastic container if you live in east. So. We will be you know. These are the minds behind the creations a group of young people frustrated at seeing their country and above all the sea choking on garbage they write poems discuss plans and Exchange Ideas and prototypes. The campaign literally big going to sell but were different our aim is to clean the oceans but our aim is to educate people not to not to pollute the ocean not to spoil the orphan the deaf why were different and were all of the 35. We are the future. Were planning for the future a highly creative approach prevention and then repurposing not which people do throw away sadly theres no shortage of role material on zanzibar the group also gets help from waste collectors. Working with plastic takes some getting used to but with a bit of practice if you comes just another material for the seamstresses. Their clothes are genuinely designed to be worn in the case of the newspaper suit that means lining it with vegetable fiber. Apparently its a very popular item also on account of its warmth. My message to the people that. Make them fill in such a way that they can make the things they should bring up there are people everybody have art in them its not that they dont have that everybody has but they dont bring it out so we want the people who bring out their art and make the point. This is a group of artists to literally take out onto the streets. They design certainly turn heads in on tours and locals in downtown Zanzibar City and if that initial surprise then gives way to reflection about recycling then theyll have achieved their goal. I kind of like that suit made out of paper maybe ill try and make one for myself also try to get you one of these bags made from fabric santa but im afraid of come to the end of this special edition of eco africa highlighting the impact of the fashion industry on the environment that we can only say its high time for action on your waist fabrics into bags thanks for joining us today on no take me signing up from the fossett park in Lagos Nigeria. See you next time and if you all of us out there know over an initiative that is helping fight of the tech say over the world then please do get in touch by all online all social Media Channels you will find the addresses in the credits i am sounder train a little compilation donda goodbye for now and please do chilling else very soon. Too. Hundreds. Fighting against an army of 500000. In the kashmir conflict the Indian Military maintains an overwhelming presence. But the anger of the local residents is rising. More and more young people are becoming running along. The route of kashmir. Coming up on t. W. Environmental protection. In berlin serial wastefully a restaurant it tastes delicious. Here fine dining and sustainability go hand in hand. And nothing is wasted. And garbage here just yesterdays try guns robotics. 30 minutes on d. W. Im not thinking out of the gym well i guess sometimes i am but i stand up and with that the german thinks deep into the german culture of looking at the stereotypes of quiet but in a single season country guy not. Yet needed seem to take his grandmother there. Its all that they know im a joke join me for meet the germans on the w. O. Last. Night. They were forced into a nameless mass of their bodies and their tools of. The history of the slave trade isnt africas history. Describes how the greed for power and for profit plummeted and entire continent into chaos and violence the slave system created the greatest player and accumulation of wealth the world had ever seen up to that moment in time. From its very beginnings until this very day she meant trafficking to shape the moral. This is the journey back into the history of slavery i think will truly be making progress when we all accept the used to be of slavery as all of our history. Our documentary series slavery routes starts march 9th on t. W. This is day to you news and days around top stories the United States has reported its 1st coronavirus day if it comes as far as hes across the globe implementor range of containment measures to stop the spread of the virus france has banned indoor gatherings of more than 5000 people. The United States and the taliban have signed an agreement aimed at ending nearly 2 decades of conflict in afghanistan both sides have committed to a reduction in
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