they will not succeed in dividing us out not succeed in taking the people off the streets because we're tired of this dictatorship. taking the stand global news that matters. made from minds. it's no secret that our planet's resources are dwindling that's why environment gives you ideas on how you can. welcome to you coffee. and a warm welcome for me too and hope that you stay with us for the next half hour on the phone from johannesburg and south africa here's what's coming up. how an

app can help protect race species in south africa. why solar energy doesn't always have to be expensive. and how a music group was formed in congo thanks to trash. south africans western cape province is home to stunning plants some of them found nowhere else on the planet however recent reports show that the province is experiencing the 2nd highest rate of plant extinction in the world due in large part to rapid i've been a zation and habitat loss we met up with researchers 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 it's home to almost $10000.00 species of plants 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 work for the organization 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 it's not enough for a group of scientists to go and monitor those species so in the country we have over $3000.00 written plants and so that's a massive undertaking. this species of erica is critically endangered that means it's on the brink of extinction it's 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 won't 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 eye 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 she's more closely because they know where they're located. as a botanist and as someone that works on plants we understand that all of plants of the ecosystem and plants form that basis of the ecosystem and without the blondes the things that that sit on top of. the food chain above the

plans where one exist we were in excess if it wasn't for plants and so i think to create an awareness about the importance of plants is very 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 aren't growing. infrastructure development and the expansion of agriculture me around cape town many green spaces have already been lost an organization called community tree is trying to restore at least some of the natural habitats and their biodiversity. but what are we doing here i'd be busy planting the ground cabbage and the pioneers that help pay the soil for the more sensitive. to the risks that are no longer here. the thought been polluted lost all of it period and microorganisms so we are

bringing those back and making space. true brain both to come back. 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 to people and their relationship with all species as one and the whole ideology. when it comes to endangered species charismatic animals such as elephants rhinos and lions often succeed in capturing the public's attention but the endangered plants of the south african famed boast biome are no less important. raising awareness to bring about change for the better can be

a huge challenge for us to say let's go to rhonda where more than 80 percent of the rural population still live without electricity that means in the evenings a lot of school kids are left in the dock that's why the with its car bombing campaign give light of foundation hopes to support baldwins of students and teachers. the idea is to brighten their lives with part like here's our doing your bit for this week. even after dark the sun lights the park for children and come on you district it's all thanks to solar powered lumps. like many parts of rwanda the region isn't on the national power grid but now the children how 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 had kerosene lamps which are unhealthy and dangerous now little sun makes doing household chores safer to. it was all the brainchild of danish icelandic artist all of us on he joined forces with a german startup to distribute the lamps they'd given out to african students for free but sold elsewhere in the well to finance the project the initiative also how sponsors so we had to deliver these lambs for school kids we had to live in these lands for refugees for example in settings of migration and forced migration we had to deliver our mobile phone chargers to community health workers and we aim to power and to printers and small businesses as much into their bring energy. the little sun project was 1st launched 7 years ago. it's now lighting up the lives of schoolchildren in 13 african countries.

and how about you if you're 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 niger graphical region known as you asia i reports head it's a joy to see me there we saw so residents of a small village that sought out 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 199-2010 that's according to the f a o the aim of the initiative is to provide the people with affordable and sustainable energy systems and to reduce c o 2 emissions in the villages. 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. 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 she's ready when the consistency is just right and everything here runs like clockwork with no time for breaks. while they're effective as a housewife i have a lot of work to do i clean i make the food click house and lots of other things that i would have to think there's always something to do their office lower. none are good. i've been it says 60 and was a nurse for 30 years she lives with her husband son daughter in law and

grandchildren. i always need hot water i'm glad we have this system. they received a solar powered water heater from a local energy cooperative. that clone that's really had it right on my saved up a bit of money and sold a few things i didn't know and i got it was my husband who really wanted this work never it's quite expensive but it is manageable. it can show up like you. 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 would come forward we save money so we can afford the wood but sadly there

are a lot of families who don't care how well we're doing better than some we can pay for firewood the poor family's current. form is going to have to be able to move. the men collect the wood from high up in the forests of the carcasses mountains. they're still allowed to fill trees here. gogu to here let's 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 the city and you know. the oceans will faithfully 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 2 mechanics is helping to solve the problem they're 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 cooperatives 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 it's horrible it's more like i'm 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 god mode to check in on the young entrepreneur who builds how this cheaply and sustainably she uses in mud and all the locally produced materials this idea is becoming more and more popular across west africa one major advantage even when it's hot outside the temperature inside the houses stay constant no need for expensive and conditioning but that's all they've got going for that let's go see this. technique called rammed earth construction has been formed into a wall. this new house has been built close to gunness capital and he's in an old

method come on in africa now it's becoming popular in cities. clomid a year and joy and a sin founded a company in 2016 they realize there's 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 ways that we can renewable natural resources to build with most homes in gone out the cement and materials are imported so we just for let's look to see what we can actually get in ghana to build me. it's a mixture of sand gravel and clay this is just a little bit of cement added the idea is there you know. our grandparents our forefathers were already living in models before this came up even the china wall

was built with dots when you go to mali. the mali empire most of the buildings you see they are all build with. this is how the team builds a wall. they use different mud mixtures layered one over another that gives the house an interesting aesthetic there's a good exercise too you know. but all the walls are really solid enough. just like a sedimentary rock we are mimicking the 3rd dimensional rock by deformed thousands of years. piling on top of each other over thousands of years while we are often in the process so. when for sunshine the word brain after some time is big it's 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 a north and gone i was more ambitious and scale. this residential project is the biggest so far materials are cheap it's cost about $150000.00 u.s. dollars that's about one 3rd less than the price was invention new building and there are more advantages you get very very good in indoor air quality. the walls are $10000000.00 solidity of the regulator room temperature termites cannot eat it up it's proof due to the monolithic structure of the wall it hasn't got any water joints in them so when there's an egg recall that the ground shakes you don't get them collapsing and the fact that they can stand up better to earthquakes isn't the only plus these buildings help save electricity the building fuel school you don't need it seems even if you did you know those rules of the i mean that's what

that's going to be minimal health to. sustain them by them and it will reduce our carbon prints. the company's 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 do 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 the earth is helping to lay the foundations for a brighter future. saving energy would round earth construction is one way of

fighting climate change but even though an aging buildings need paul carman here is a great woman to feel for producing renewable energy in the form. and just. make it feasible what you think we go to kenya to find out how a german organization is supporting the farmers building a bar gas facility is not complicated and several 100 people have already in box on the project. it takes a week 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. we were ever going to buy a digest it was a major investment for the phone. i wanted because. it would have caused. it to.

and you know how could you afford it. i thought to cause a problem here and i wanted to get that the money. went to german n.g.o.s it was fair and its local partner sustainable energy strategies helped set up least by a gas unit and 800 others across campbell county near the kenyan capital nairobi. but if you've got an armored convoy the biogas unit allow are still used to generate clean by a gas tank and nothing is granted 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 one smallest model costs 300 euro goes for every day the market is huge in this county

but the problem is all people are known to work record through. the door now the money to pay $900.00. even though we get a subsidy from. campbell county is home to hundreds of small old farms they grow maize and vegetables and produce cattle sheet. 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 the food market she saved some of the money she makes with her 600 egg laying hens and her cows and money to secure a micro not. the buyer digest is fed with manure mixed with water and underground pipe takes the gas produced to his kitchen.

door doria. i wanted the plant after i had seen one at my neighbors the community took it we get it cooking is so easy now i used to have got if i wouldn't go buy charcoal and it was very expensive gotta. go now going any now i have no problem if i come home late and have subsequently in 10 minutes. they knew i could be gone like a byproduct of the by a 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 a worried their crops will grow. buying water is their only solution. it live in a monotone when i try to talk of what we are suffering because of the drought we have to buy water and it is very expensive it's hard for us we need water

vegetables and animals with the money she saves using buying gas phyllis can afford that and in a year's time the loan for her plants will be paid off she doesn't regrets the investment in slightest the biogas system has transformed her life for the better. now we head from rural kenya and take to the stage in kinshasa the capital of the d r congo and there we meet a band that not only produced but a very already the instrument for you was a key eager hearers of the way. unique costumes and an original sound the band full of music playing and the concerts a jazz festival dizzier. the name says it all full music a means music from garbage in the local lingo to language.

everything about this group is impressive especially the fact that they play instruments made from west everyone's dancing it was amazing. everything made out of west the idea came from good founda pisco cram he finds his inspiration at dumping sites. this bottle 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 a bit of 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 timing

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 with is not good for our will be critical and they get out. so rather than buying instruments band members create their own from this kind of objects. using scrap metal. plastic bottles teens or water pipes to make their instruments the group has gained a following of their signature rhythms and enforced promotes recycling in a city that produces as much as 9000 tons of waste every day. 3 it is my wish to see this music done radical all over the wild and also to raise awareness about the importance of waste management especially in africa exactly 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.

foremost to sing like us the people for me and the same time we also want to teach young people to practice recycling in the philippines. he may not have the solution to the democratic republic of congo's vast garbage problems but there hypnotic music and upbeat songs are helping them to get their message across to an ever growing fan base. and. very cool indeed expressly because it's all with recycled waste materials i hope we'll hear more from the band soon and i hope you enjoyed this week's show now it's time for me to say goodbye from johannesburg stay sustainable protect your environment. i'm still dancing to that music from goblet seat but now it's time to go all the best as always check us out on our website on our social media platforms and thanks for watching bye-bye from nigeria.

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