Hour well be showing you some amazing environment ideas from europe and africa here is what is kind shortly. In kenya tourists maybe staying there waiting bodies of the tuttles are. Planting trees can be done as well as an eco friendly mission. I need to wear a helmet made up to fungus. With reporters a lot about electric cars on the a reduced impact on the environment it is certainly far better to drive electric than the fossil fuel part of baked goods about what happens to the electric batteries once they used up simply throwing them away isnt a sustainable option now a German Company has found a way of giving the batteries a 2nd means of life and some of which will be used by projects in africa to convince. Driving a 3 wheeled electric komba is a major step towards independence for these women and once in zimbabwe. It allows them to take their vegetables to the market on their own. Lets start up the mobility for africa and rents out the many electric transporters for a reasonable price. Our home but is environmentally friendly its doesnt pollute the air nor Noise Pollution as its seriously as it doesnt have those exhaust and those fossil fuel indians at the moment the homos are outfitted with Standard Lithium ion batteries which are often discarded when they run out of power the same holds true for those in the around 4000000. 00 electric vehicles worldwide. We are all very happy that you mobility is finally taking off but if you know carefully regenerator the next problem in a couple of years from now millions of lives use batteries will come on the market was no reset can we find a way to give these batteries a 2nd life its at that point that to start ups came together zimbabwes mobility for africa and batteries in berlin its founder i know who has years of experience in the automobile and Airline Industries says that he wants to see discharge batteries return to service for another 7 to 10 years wherever Power Supplies are patchy. These batteries when they come to us have around 70 percent of their initial Storage Capacity so they are way to where to store them away we actually came out of this bedroom where we have 48. 00 modules 6 of our bed repacks each of an ecard has 48. 00 battery modules is tested for capacity and them so. 6 are bundled together to create a battery brand battery pack the mongols may not all be in the same condition but the berlin based company has come up with the technology for i am going out the different. Tronics control the safety of the bedroom pack and make sure that we can handle slight differences this in the aging and quality of the modules its taken 2 years to develop better is blue and gray casing the new battery packs are watertight and thus proof and user simply have to remove the old power pack and plug in the new one which can be charged with solar generated energy. Is ready to roll on simple ways roads to boost the Women Security and prevent theft the recycled packs are fitted with Smart Technology that allows mobility for africa to track them anywhere and battery gets Real Time Data on the state of their power packs as well. We can see what the battery in zimbabwe dust so we can manage it we can all or at the customer say no it needs a bit of repair or maintenance so we build more than the ecosystem around the battery to optimize its usage and make it is easy for the customer as possible the goal is to go into mass production and to take back used packs to prevent them from landing in electronic waste down in africa or ensure they are properly recycled. For the work we work with partners residing specialist logistics specialist we have regional Operational Centers to make sure we can guarantee the brought but its hoped the experiences gained in zimbabwe will transfer to other economically weaker regions in africa asia and latin america the hunger is one use case but the main other use cases rip. Power for recruits or is primary power for. No great sort of classic of crude. Situation the battery packs are getting their 1st road tests in zimbabwe driving lessons are booked out and mobility for africa plans to expand. To Service Providers and. Of course for example the police needed. To domestic violence. Operational. After launching in zimbabwe better he wants to go mobile its going to have 300000 units trying to 2030. Reusing items like but one thing but wouldnt it be even better if there were more eco friendly a project and process is all there in the 1st place in berlin a team of young technologists have come up with some really interesting stuff. At 1st glance the helmet that biotechnology is fast and schubert is wearing might look normal but he is hoping that it could spare had a green revolution. The entire interior of his bike helmet consists of fungus my silly im an agricultural waste there for its extremely sustainable and a very good return it if to the plastic interior of conventional helmets. A helmet made out of might sound bizarre but for boston schubert and his 2 colleagues it makes perfect sense. Back at the lab in the Technical University in berlin all they need to do is to take the cells of the tinder fungus and mix them into culture. This is then added to hemp waste a perfect snack for the fungus within some 10 days its roots the my cv or some other defy the contents of the back. Its a shock absorbing material that can compete with Petroleum Based materials in many ways that was our main motivation there are so many products materials that end up in the trash cans such as e. P. A. s foam expanded polystyrene thats the material that were replacing in this helmet. Makes up 30 percent of Plastic Waste in landfills worldwide thats a lot of. First tests have shown that the helmet can even outperform conventional ones in safety terms. The team still needs to come up with a sustainable outer shell and to ensure that the product is long lasting once theyve sought those problems they want to go into business almost one in 4 cyclists in germany wear a helmet. Baton schmidt another by technologist at the Technical University of berlin discovered the novel he uses for fun be cheering a Citizen Science project that he led. These fascinating organisms the the animal plant they come in many shapes and sizes. They love rainy days like this one. And they have lived on this planet for millions of years. A fungus may well be the biggest living organism on earth with when they stick their heads out thats not even the tip of the iceberg but only a very small part of them you dont see the main body it penetrates the entire forest floor everything here is creating a Communication Network with other organisms that is constantly in operation the organisms dont always like each other there is fierce competition. Generally this contest for nutrients and territory completely passes by except when its obvious for all to see as on the street trunk thats covered with a tinder fungus. For trees this means a slow and there are also some of the tufts feeding on the organic material here. The more my sealy of these 2 species meet inside the trunk it would be interesting to see how they interact with each other the competitors after all both want to decompose would. Their ability to break down organic material is what gives them the energy to grow other materials that will schmidt interesting discovered that the local tinder fungus works best for their big plants for the fungus compas it. After the initial growth phase it can be broken up into recrown and molds to create different forms and sizes. But also create the money for i could certainly imagine that you could build whole walls from funky and the supporting frames from other components like wood if you wanted to remain recyclable i can certainly imagine that you could build a large house with it on board. Although the lightweight funky bricks are not a load bearing they could replace many of the Building Materials once theyre dried and the growth of the mycelium is halted the brakes could replace polish tiring for example providing a much greener form of insulation. This compas it is also very flexible. That tom schmidt and his colleagues are planning to scale up the work working together with architects and engineers to see where the material can still be optimized. Devoid and by talk licensed ones on the earth and we want to make a contribution towards solving global problems where do we get our resources from how can we switch to a circular economy and how can we recycle used products and i think that funky material covers all those bases with which includes muslims and bush 2. Grown in a controlled environment funky could just be the stuff to help build the houses of the future. We are all having a tough time doing this pandemic but for nature it has actually brought some bit of relief in many countries including kenya tourism has declined sharply. Indeed as has sandra usually the beaches there ought to remain with forest but not have the sun almost to themselves and theyve come to next thats prompted locals to pitch in to protect the harshly. Making a break for the ocean i knew a harsh green sea turtle leaves its nest on t. V. Beach its johnny one attacked by volunteers from a local organization the t. V. Tuttle police on canyon south coast. Solaire macumba is one of them they need is dedicated to protecting the green sea turtle which is on the red list of and they just precious hes happy that numbers are rebounding. This is a. Whole used to it there were. A few months ago a few matata went ashore near here and laid eggs now as the animals are hutchings so lame a company is worried because theyre more sluggish than usual and on the always into the sea they face many dangers crabs siegels beach dogs but also humans. What. People posed the biggest threat to the tuttles because they used to eat them but it got mobilized. And turtles and turtle eggs are no longer being eaten but i will say the biggest danger to tuttles still comes from humans. I would. Deteriorate Tuttle Police was founded by the owner over a small bill to turn. In cooperation with the king a Wildlife Service and the local Fishing Community they patrol some 12 kilometers off course like monitor nast and pick up plastic west although their members are all volunteers theyre going ization has been helping them during the pandemic. Digital program is helping us and were getting some money but when were on duty even if we go out to sea for 2 days we know that well receive some income later we can then at least use that to. Take care of our children and i do like a few people but at the butler to feed them the no. Pants to the patrol the tiny reptiles have a greater chance of survival and more our hearts in than before the members of the team we touch on Police Received training in tuttle ecology and pass on their knowledge to the community. Of sin was their project since 29000 we have not heard of any reports of anyone consuming tattoos or anyone killing or injuring titles so the number of titles that are dying has gone down and people have begun to understand that even out of the water. What womans upwell a bucket outside the body. Only a few meters separate the baby turtles from the south those who make each will travel thousands of kilometers across the oceans and the families are likely to return in a few years to late eggs of the. Its off to russia now which has the largest dr of forest in the world but increasingly those would love to be destroyed by white fires and deforestation in the next report would introduce you to a woman who took it upon herself to launch a campaign to replant cheese she says fire in many others to do this say. What looks like random bunches of greenery are in fact pine tree saplings thousands of them already for planting marianna monty a new explains how its done its very simple you place the sampling in the hole then fill that with earth and check that the saplings firmly batted in check once more that it cant be pulled out yet. 8000 saplings are due to be planted today here on the outskirts of moscow marianna munchie on to ask for help online and an army of volunteers as responded she regularly invites members of the public to help or. Russias forests of taking quite a beating in recent years huge areas have been devastated by wildfires pests like bark beetles pose a further challenge russia has more forest than any other country trees cover nearly half of this vast land. I think doing this since 2010 there were terrible wildfires back then throughout the whole of russia i saw a picture of huge well established trees being blown across the fields by the wind they were breaking off like matchsticks. Marianna studied economics and initially worked in finance but she quit her job to devote all her attention to reforestation you can change the world one small step at a time and people will pull together for a good cause. Everybody here wants to help people become more aware of nature again and to encourage them to do their bit to protect the environment. I want our planet to be as intact as possible so that we have healthy air to breathe and leave our children and grandchildren in an environment in which they can live well our environment is sick i dont want to inflict further injuries on the natural world. 7 years ago marianna maggio moved to moscow to build up her own Environmental Organization but shes still not a lover of the city her childhood of the countryside very much shaped to she is. But i love nature i love the forest as a child i always spend the summers with my grandmother in the village. All the code thats her house right next to the forest we would go out several times a week picking berries or mushrooms. Back in her moscow apartment shes able to relax after all the hard work but she never loses sight of her goal i didnt see a change in my earth and this is my mission in life i want to achieve great things for the benefit of society of the planet and nature the planet looked at odds good afternoon my name is mario hometown now and im president of the Russian Climate Fund i was the good. Work has long since expanded beyond planting trees together with other environmental activists she puts out her own podcast to get the message out to more people but shes also developed a mobile game app called plant the forest the aim is to promote interest in the well being of trees income from the app goes to plant new saplings. I knew plenty more on the gamer has to collect points which then allow him to plant trees the idea is to inspire users so that they stop being indifferent towards our trees and so that they want to help with reforestation. With nothing. Back to the forest on the outskirts of moscow its time for lunch in the past 10 years marianna no end her helpers have planted more than a 1000000 trees thats the equivalent of around 1300 soccer fields a large number of volunteers of all ages have helped to make it possible last year she was selected by the United Nations for the young champion of the earth award right nearby she shows us some other young trees from her project that have had a chance to get established. This tree was planted just 7 years ago and as you can see its already bigger than me soon this area should once again be a Strong Healthy forest hopefully Strong Enough to withstand all the challenges of the future. On the report is also about wooded areas but this time in the western part of common room in Central Africa here youll find that you both forest which has also been threatened by deforestation that is right creek after a lot of protests both in and out through the country the Government Health board its plants on board but the whole lot the in before us is home to quite a few species that arent found anywhere else. In this huge forest hold special significance for the local community some 40 villages lined the edge of the wood. To come was grew up in one of them and is committed to preserving this natural habitat. In the forest area where the gorillas chimpanzees and elephants are our ancestors lie buried we only came here because of the war during the struggle for independence we have our secret spots and places for rituals in the forest when there is an issue in the community we go there to pray so if the trees are removed without our consent thats not good. Is that some of the business just says about address the evil forest is about a 6 hour drive from camerons most populous city to alma the vast amount of wood here has drawn the attention of logging companies valuable tropical woods make it especially attractive last year part of the forest was due to be cut down but after protests by local residents and Many Organizations cameroons president paul vi suspended the plans. Now lives in the wallet but meets regularly with the village elders today he is visiting believe a emmanuelle milledge elders are furious the government never consulted them about the forest. We are the keepers of the forest and we are against the people in your own day and might decide to take it but we are not happy at all. The forest is not only prized by local residents it also has huge ecological significance biologist way has been studying the evo forest for more than 15 years he says the rich biodiversity here is unique. Camera traps revealed footage of rare primates including a species of gorilla only found here funding for Research Even comes from the us all of this makes it really really diverse in terms of primates but also how forests elephants which makes if you like really an outstanding place we have a whole wide range of and beyond. But biodiversity is not the only factor that gives this forest global significance. As far as extends for more than 1000 kilometer square it is made up of montane to lot of the programs they wish made all these vegetation lassies and. Its really important in terms of the fact that these forests are sings our life for the 35000000 tonnes of carbon which is really really important globally. Environmental organization greenpeace is seeking to exert pressure on the cameroon government they say suspending plans to destroy part of the forest is not enough we continue to call on to come more on government and especially to the president of the to be to take the necessary action comes. But im not just to some sort of funding decree but to cancel the decree decision we contacted camerons ministry for forestry and wildlife but they were unable to grant us an interview yes environmentalists and locals want evil forest to be declared a National Parks that would mean long term protection not only for wildlife and places of spiritual significance but also for the entire valuable rain forest. Thats it for today we hope you found today stories inspiring if youre doing something to protect the environment would love to hear vaulted you can get in touch with also through also should be the channels chris elects signing off from bagels larger thank you crease and do join us again for another edition of a coffee can next week from a sunday at 3 no good income for the uganda it is a good buy and take care. Whats the secret to a perfectly fried chicken. But you have some National Dishes there distinctive character. Units favorite dishes with their small hands big secrets you know series of food secrets. Your movements. And flirty d. W. Its about billions. Its about how work. Is about the foundation of a new world order the new silk road. China wants to expand its influence with this trade network. But in europe theres a sharp morning whenever accept money from the new superpower will become dependent on the guinness book of the day. 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