Next hour i am fond of you know here in kampala uganda heres what is coming up so. We want to show you how an apple cant help protect species from africa. We also show you why solar energy doesnt always have to be on the street. And how our music group was formed in congo thanks to. South africas western cape is home to stunning plants some of them found nowhere else and on a recent report so the pool this is experiencing the 2nd highest rate of plant extinction in the world did in large part 2. And hospitals we met up with some new scientists to investigate the region more closely. With. 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 plant 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 watch. Custody ends of rare and endangered wild flowers 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 plans and so thats a massive 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 a document in ref 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 then 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 i naturalist platform then biologists and botanists can access the information and create detailed maps of those remaining habitats. The app also allows researchers like ebrahim to monitor the raspy shes more closely because they know where theyre located 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 the ecosystem and without the blondes the things that that sit on top of. The food chain above the plods where when 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 up on a zation Infrastructure Development and the expansion of agriculture in. 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. What are you doing here ill be busy planting the ground cabbage and the pioneers that help prepare the soil for the more sensitive. Areas in recent years 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. True to come back to. You another example this way sis 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. 00 trees on the site. Was about as good people and their relationship with all species as one and that throws a whole 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 famed boast are no less important. Raising awareness to bring about change for the better come the huge so many lets go to rwanda where more than 80 percent of the rural population still live without electricity that means that in the evenings a lot of school kids are left in. Thats why i. Give a Foundation Hopes to support thousands of students and teachers. The idea is to bright. Light peers are doing this week. Even after dark some lights the past the children in come on you district its all songs to solar powered lamps. Like many parts of the region isnt on the National Power grid. But now the children have flight 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 have kerosene lamps which are unhealthy and dangerous now little sun makes doing household chores safer to you. It was all the brainchild of danish icelandic artist all of us on he joined forces with a german startup to distribute the lamps theyd given out to African Students for free but sold elsewhere in the well to finance the project the Initiative Also house sponsors that we aim to deliver these lambs for school kids we have to look at these lands for refugees for example in settings of migration and forced migration we aim to deliver our mobile phone chargers to Community Health workers and we aim to empower will enter printers and Small Businesses as much into their bring energy. Their 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 geographical region known as you asia i reports head its a joy to see me very softly residents of a small village that sought to 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 initiative is to provide the people with fordable unsustainable and i just systems and to reduce c o 2 emissions in the villages. Which 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. Which 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. Or there is activism housewife i have a lot of work to do i keep saying i make the food click ause and lots of other things now if its like theres always something to do their office floor or. None are good. Bennett size 16 and was a nurse for 30 years she lives with her husband son daughter in law and grandchildren. That come out i always need hot water im glad we have this system. They received a solar powered water heater from a local energy cooperate at. That clone that really had it right you know my saved up a bit of money and sold a few things i dont like it was my husband who really wanted this work never 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 wood that would come forward we save money so we can afford the wood but sadly there are a lot of families who dont know how we 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. Go get a hit 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. Include to sit in a room which are all shuttle would be 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 work of these 2 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 its 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. And 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 that lets go see this. Technique is called construction has been formed into. This new house is being built close to gunness capital and using an old method common in africa now its becoming popular in cities. Clomid a year and joy and a sense founded the company in 2016 they realize theres a demand for houses that are both affordable and eco friendly. In a country well even a continent where a lot of things are very sustainable we thought of looking of ways that we can renewable Natural Resources to build with most homes and gone on to use you know cement and materials are important so we just for listening to see what we can actually get to be able to mean. 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 dogs when you go to mali. The mali empire most of the buildings you see there are all build with. Oh so 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. Just like a sedimentary rock we are mimicking the 3rd dimension rock by deformed thousands of years. Yes piling on top of each other over thousands of years but we are fostered into a process so. When for sunshine the word green. After some time is big 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 and nothing done i was more ambitious in scale. But 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 building and there are more advantages you get very very good in indoor air quality. The walls are turmel insulative be reglued the Room Temperature termites cannot eat it up as proof due to them when electric structure of the wall hasnt got any water joints in them so when theres an egg recall that the ground shakes you dont get them collapsing and the fact that they can stand up better to earthquakes isnt the only flaw these buildings help save electricity the building foods cool you dont need to be seen even if you did you know this race of the i mean its just going to be Minimal Health to. 7 sustain them by a moment to. 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 we are good to go we actually train the local people how to have construction so when we have a skill that makes least 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 out of construction work. With Construction Cost in 30 percent less than conventional Building Techniques and creating a host of new jobs too high that is helping to lay the foundations for a brighter future. Saving energy with wrong earth construction is one way of fighting Climate Change but even though and major buildings need paul carman here is a great war material for producing Renewable Energy in the form of. Just 10 cows can make it feasible what you think it certainly sounds interesting and in our next report will find out how it works farmers in kenya on having bio justice installed we think Health Organization is complicated and super funny for the benefits. It takes to build the unit but soon it will be ready for the 1st load of cum done 2 weeks after that these daily farmers will have their own supply of buy again. 3 whatever the buyer digest was a major investment for the phone. I wanted. To cause. He did. And you know how could you afford to. Do cause with here. And i wanted to get that money. Went right german n. G. O. S fair and its local partner Sustainable Energy strategies helped set up these buy 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 all still use count dong to generate clean and buy a gas one current nothing is run and so no smoke astrology used which means no c o 2 emissions so each by a gas plant means photons less c o 2 each year. The biggest problem for people here is finding the money to pay for 1. 00 of the smallest model costs of 300 year records every day the market is huge in this county but the program you people are known to work record through or. They dont have the money. To pronounce it. Even though we get a subsidy from. Campbell county is home to hundreds of small hold funds they grow mains and vegetables and produce cattle feed. 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 work she saved some of the money she makes with her 600 egg laying hens and her cows and money to secure a micro not. To buy a digest a spade with manure mixed with water and on the ground pipe takes the gas produced to her kitchen. I wanted the plants after i had seen one at my neighbors the community to get 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 gone and now i have no problems i come home late and can have subsequently in 10 minutes. Then you had a communal. Language a byproduct of the by 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 are worried that crops will grow. Buying water is their only solution. It live in a monotone. We are suffering because of the drought we have to buy water and it is very expensive its hard for us we need water thats suppose and our money moves with the money she saves using bio gas phyllis can afford that and. Yes time the loan for the plants will be paid off she doesnt regret the investments in slightest the biograph system has transformed her life for the better. For moral kenya we have to prove the capital of the democratic republic of congo there we meet a bond that not only produces cool b. But also some very old original instruments full of music in our equal heroes of the week. Ok. Unique costumes and an original sound the band for playing the can shag johns 1st of all dizzy. The name says it all full music means music from garbage in the local lingo to language. And. 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 crane he finds his inspiration at dumping sites. Theres just. This button 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 well being with. So rather than buying instruments band members create their own families kind of objects. Using scrap metal plastic bottles to instore water pipes to make their instruments the group has gained a following who allow their signature rhythms and if forced to promote recycling in a city that produces as much as 9000 tons of west every day. 3 it is my wish to see this music dont radical all over the wild and also to raise awareness about the importance of west management especially in africa. What is used for music is what would like to find a good representative who can help us spread this message through our music and i could almost feel some like i see people forming and on the same time we also want to teach young people to practice recycling and this one. May not have the solution to the democratic republic of congos fast got big problems but the hypnotic music and upbeat songs are helping them to get their message across to an ever growing fun base. And. 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