Am my name is sharon the money coming form may well be kenya and joining me is my colleague n. C. In the idea hello and. Thanks sharon im now outside when Lagos Nigeria welcome as always were happy to have you with us for our environmental journey through africa and europe heres what we have coming out today. Saving ram months our brains in mozambique. Making use to back out of textile waste in zimbabwe. And sharing solar energy in germany. But we start off in south africa which is very non for its nature reserves including the wild famous Kruger National park but often the people who leave in the communities near this wildlife preserves have never set foot in them while all going to ization is hoping to change that by introducing the local youth to wildlife and conservation through photography. And ideally over south africas province this is them part of the country is home to dozens of nature results and National Parks that draw in thousands of tourists from all over the wild every year. But for the local communities that live right on the borders of these spots access to expensive. Two years ago my Congress Found out over a local Outreach Program while schultz started introducing children from local government schools to the practical skills of wildlife photography the aim is to engage them in conservation drives and show them the value and beauty of these wild places through photography but really the photography is just a vehicle for getting the kids interested in animals getting them interesting wildlife and wall places and giving them an experience of of what a tourist sees or maybe in some cases what their father or what their mum sees when theyre working in a large. Mike has been running the program by himself since it started most of the funding in canada has come from the missions the n. G. O. Ses its crucial to expose local communities and young people to conservation activities to encourage them to actively participate. This could help spread awareness about living in harmony with nature about sharing the land and even helped create community initiatives. So if youre a young person growing up in these communities youve got a couple of choices here you could look at the poaching route and that brings short hi hi im on a tree going or if youve been on my program you might be able to see a longer Term Solution in that if the animals are there for a sustainable number of years into the future then weve got tourism weve got jobs weve got em ploy meant going on for our children and for the grandchildren going forward. Down the road in a small village with bismarck ninety five in their daily lives a typical teenage girls life she helps out with jewels around the house in between her school work. But this morning is a little different for how as a graduate of the program shes joining her classmates on how fast again bright where theyll be putting their new skills to the taste you know anything about so now i know. Theyre part of. I didnt know that. I know that. Because of. The lessons shes learned may have shipped her future when she leaves school and the funding billy wants to become as one of the east and teach people about a most and how important they are for the country. More than a thousand rhinos have been poached in the kuga National Park every single year for the past five years. In the. Local gun range i attended the same secondary school as these children today he supports the while shots project together with other colleagues. I think. When you listen to what talk about some of the people there dont want to talk im in the bush when it was which showed them the picture. They will learn more about that and. Its going to have been a very very big you which impact for the communities to against more knowledge about the bush they pour their way just talk i mean and important to empower us in this news so that they can have a mere biden now as the challenge in north we mustnt go hunting there were going explain to other people even their parents you mustnt go and kill the animals because its our nature. While schultz has trained nearly three hundred schoolchildren so far. Through. The end. An exhibition last year to showcase some of the students work and now while schultz has been asked to take the initiative to kenya and the countries across the continent. Every year zimbabwe generates all but two Million Tonnes of industrial and im a stick waste ninety percent off the garbage lands in sites only ten percent of it is recycled or reuse textile waste is a big problem takes up space in landfills blocks drains and c. Was really using substances that come home Peoples Health now one young woman in harare has come up with a solution to reuse of the text file that waste in an eco friendly mama. Good old granny. New box. Born as my roots textiles are beautiful thing. But dumped on the streets there in oakland use and. Like in simple ways capital harare. Where Waste Collection is often inefficient. But both those twenty two year old found. She collects the last day for fabric that tailor shops. And uses it to create beautiful clothes using objects. Like notebooks and diaries. Or even picture frames and gift box. Her recycled products sold for two to twenty five dollars. They make life prettier and the environment a little cleaner. Like that. If you also want to tell us about it. Visit our website or send us a tweet. Has to do it for better or worse stories. Lets head over to mozambique now the six islands of the buzz of. The place to view in putting pressure on their population is that any saving them empty yes there is a chance of saving them the Marine Megafauna foundation has been monitoring monster rays on all the wildlife well yes but alone wont turn the tide so researchers have teamed up with the National Park when this to protect the marine animals lets take a look. If we one must be absolutely silent. And drill marshall and your team are looking for a large sea creature they do call. Them. And. To do kong is extremely shy and can easily out swim the humans. From this park is so incredibly important for making fun of species especially threaten ones like naturism do dongs on this really is the last habitat left in africa for two grams of these last viable population do the things that we have along the coastline the marine biologist and her team have been doing research in the buzzer ruta archipelago for thirteen years. Even though its a protected area fish stocks have been dwindling. Tomasz manasseh who was born on the main island he supervises twenty three rangers for the National Park they go in for trolls collect data and provide information before the community is outside the National Park have no spaces where the fish can reproduce. But its what up the ass fish stocks the kind of pressure grows that leads to ever greater conflicts with the fisherman from the mainland. Even encroaching on the totally protected areas to go fishing or. About but what alternatives do the fisherman half or their livelihoods really really important area for the beauty for their heritage maybe tourism Andreea Marshall and her team have invited ten park rangers and their new superior to take part in training such an exciting day for me ive been weve been anticipating doing an event like this for government for a National Park for a very long time for me being a researcher out here in mozambique ive been stuck for many years ive been trying to find out how to work better with government how to help try and build capacity more because most important on a map they mark exactly where theyve seen what animal species and compare the sightings with the researchers data. And this course is very important if we manage to Work Together well in the first fails that well be able to negotiate a second time a third that well learn how to go diving ourselves to show the tourists the fish and other things and one of the most damage that damn. Many of them have to learn how to swim the park director goes first stuff at least im so glad im finally learning to swim ive wanted to do this all my life. Im just hoping it all goes well. The intensive course lasts five days those who already know. How to swim learn snorkeling and diving. By the end of the course almost everyone here will be able to swim in the open ocean Andrea Marshall depends on their help after every dive she evaluates her shots each manta ray has its distinguishing marks. She also works with genetic samples for what may be the worlds most comprehensive manta ray data bank. Its mozambique is is making sort of somewhere in the vicinity of seven to eight Million Dollars a year off mantra tourism. Mansouri diving tourism and i feel that you know that definitely can be an incentive you know for government to say listen this animal is worth a lot more alive than it is dead. Even so mozambique has yet to place the mantle right on its list of protected species. Nigerias population is estimated at about a hundred and eighty million and still counting and obviously all of this people will need a roof over their heads nigeria for now has a housing deficit of about eighteen many many houses that have been built i mean did expensive and usually not environmentally friendly one mind believes that houses can be built in a Cost Effective way and still be environmentally friendly. Nigerian oil law and his wife are proud of their new home it is one of the first houses in nigeria made almost entirely from shipping containers. This building site in lagos one of the largest cities in the country looks quite ordinary but these nearly finished houses are anything but ordinary for. It was a Good Opportunity to acquire a solidly constructed and comfortable home in nigeria theres a lot of application actually contain nuts but its mostly for offices or for shops or temporary living quarters by Construction Companies or in the sector so my question is we dont have a shortage of shops in nigeria shut age of. The shut it that we have is housing practically housing for your income the containers provide the basic structure of the house each container can be outfitted with custom features depending on the owners project the interior paneling is made from discarded packaging material and that makes these homes both environmentally friendly and very affordable a four bedroom duplex like this one costs about seventeen million which is about forty thousand euros a low is particularly proud of the Solar Power System its supplies energy at no extra cost making him independent of the public grid but they are other environmentally friendly features to just listen quietly that we have in the house well it did in the us i last. Consider is it true this article out so that when there isnt. So lets try this the reasons. Tougher. Theres a serious housing shortage in nigeria over one hundred thousand homes constructed every year but thats two fails to meet the demand experts say that the country needs to be old about seven hundred thousand homes a year to alleviate the housing shortage within the next decade. Upcycling contain his office one sustainable solution and with the help of architects the exterior and interior can be designed according to the clients needs. And he claims require sometimes that boats do it in a house that reduces the cost of maintenance like cost of electricity in today no need to put in so much air conditioning the lights and during the day so you actually have to say is that in the design making use of windows a much larger dose of a light just today brings in more lights during the day speech and you. Get very good experience. Recycling containers by reducing them to molten metal is an expensive process upcycling them as a Building Material saves money we do see is the housing deficit and its more environmentally friendly and for many it is a quick and affordable way into a new home. Germans increasingly want to use it. And i installing solar panels on the. What happens when the sun isnt shining a German Company quotes onan things it has the answer it already has ten thousand subscribers in germany and wants to expand to austria switzerland and even australia a company invented a system for sharing this body electricity lets see how about. Starting the panels now what do in the briefing gov panaceas house in seven. They produce enough electricity to power his home and share with others not only with large Power Companies but also other private householders. And its called power sharing in the cellar about tree stores and the excess production. Panas can see on his computer just how much electricity his promise have generated and how much hes used. Sometimes he has to draw on other peoples power usually he has enough to share. But. When i generate a lot of electricity because the sun just happens to be shining here but perhaps not in bavaria or other parts of europe then my excess energy can be channeled the police and its a great concept thats from the polluted air. That forty percent renewable electricity is already an important component of germanys power mix but until recently it was hard to distribute privately generated power the zalman company is trying to change that it makes batteries which store the solar power ten thousand households have already hooked up to this on a network. The map shows where theyre located. The company also wants to move into austria and switzerland. Sharing electricity is relatively easy. In the us on this is the im five its pretty easy in germany weve got a system where everyone can use the electricity grid the same as everyone whos got internet and can use a variety of telecommunications connections. That means we pay Network Operators to use the grid that means at any point in germany we can generate electricity as well as supply it to. The system turns house owners with solar modules mounted on their briefs into Power Providers and golf tennis is now both a regular consumer and power utility on top of that he saves money cutting his electricity bill almost inhofe. Not least because hes now independent of the large energy concerns. We are the most satisfying i suspect of course is that were making a small contribution to climate protection and limiting Carbon Dioxide emissions. So we could and thats the most important thing that we want on yes making a financial saving on the side at least once the plant has been running for years and paid for itself. Thats a welcome side effect im happy to take along it says even if it didnt he got to meet me his household is only one example of sharing Climate Friendly electricity plenty of others could soon be joining the system. So now with most of the by arco of the congo basin these pygmy people who live in the Central African republic like many Indigenous People they see the our culture on the right right outside influences that is why the by arco all being young have come together to preserve the one knowledge of their ancestors how are they doing that show for thousands of years the bayaka have lived with and from the rain forest they have always treated the forest with care because they see themselves as part of it preserving it as part of their Cultural Heritage then to my colleague group is trying to curry thats tradition on into the twenty First Century the means for us in bayaka kali is the word for fungal our widespread indigenous language in the region. Here on the santa river in the southwest of the Central African republic this boat is on a kind of rescue mission. The rescuers call themselves de mccully and they want to save the culture of the bayaka untangled people. The group makes regular trips to the rainforest to keep the ancient wisdom of the people i know. The main purpose is to learn about the forest and its spirit. Which they have to ask for permission to enter. There are the worse for. Her. To learn through observation guided by john bullock or one of the few people who still has the ancient knowledge. Of. And the. Children look at this bark. If you boil it in water the water turns red drink it its good for a stomach ache or sore throat. For thousands of years these communities of lived sustainably taking only what they need for food and medicine from the woods of the river the members of the mccully are trying to preserve this archaic way of life in modern times and to protect the forest theyre supported by Nature Conservation organization w w f the rain forest in the congo basin is under threat. Timber companies are logging poachers killing wildlife mines destroying the landscape and modern life is making inroads into even the most remote villages replacing the age old traditions of central africa. Martial go to live heads the group hes well aware of the dangers that poses. And back to technology has impacted culture most young people just want to listen to the music they hear on the radio they go to the village to hear music instead of sitting together around the fire like their ancestors did playing drums singing and dancing on. This rain forest camp is the main Gathering Place for di mccully theyve produced a book about the forests Medicinal Plants the group visit schools in the region to remind more children and young people about the close ties their ancestors had to the forest given you know when in the murky water the forest makes our children strong. By our who goes abroad and returns he has to go into the forest to connect with this culture again. Well the forest is everything to us. It grows on medicine and food and. The forest is our city. Tree climbing skills are also part of the biogas heritage in the forest canopy they find honey and caterpillars which they can harvest time and again without chopping down the trees. But for these teenagers its not just about protecting the environment. Oh no. You cant climb a tree and with the road you wont get a woman. But if you can climb up to the top. You can get fully young women from the village. Runs out on monday morning yes this is you said that the man is only worth something if he can climb a tree. I couldnt love a man who couldnt do it. But its also fun and make steam akali more attractive to young people. Were the low. For a stance with traditional dancers. Are symbolically transformed into the spirit of the woods they dont support a very which is traditionally performs the evening before a home to. The p. C. And people arent going hunting. Theyre heading back to their homes the sun once theyve left the spirits of the forest returns to the quiet green space beneath the trees. So theres plenty of people doing that beautiful environment all over africa and europe but thats all we have time for today many thanks for watching until next time its goodbye from nairobi and goodbye from Lagos Nigeria if you want to know more about us follow us on our social media pages well be back next week same time until then thanks for joining us why are part of becoming European Environmental show a bot. The beauty. Sleep the. Sleep. The food. Clothes the sharing heritage. Here a p in your of Cultural Heritage twenty eight. Zero. Young people from all over europe are performing Benjamin Britten soror ray claims. Above. Thirteen a. Time for an upgrade to a an. Up close with. Design highlights you can make yourself. Comes to tricks that will turn your head to sleep special. The big. Yourself with d ws interior design channel on your terms. I dreamed about changing the world. 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