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A factory in Goma, Congo, produces biodegradable bags, which its founder hopes will start replacing the plastic bags strewn about the city's streets and clogging up its sewers.
In Cameroon, cotton farmers are offered training courses that use virtual reality teaching aids to help them adjust to the effects of climate change. For example, they put on VR glasses and practice pest control on virtual fields.
Electronic waste is a big problem in Africa. Unfortunately, a lot gets sent from richer countries, often illegally, and ends up in landfills. If electronics aren't disposed of properly, the chemicals inside can poison the air, soil and water. W
In rural communities in Kenya, human waste is being harnessed for energy as part of a project to replace firewood and help keep waterways clean. The aim is to turn excrement into briquettes or use it to fuel waste-to-energy plants.
Countless migratory birds fall victim to hunters and trappers in Egypt each year. Now a local NGO is trying to protect the birds, and help hunters put their skills to better use by leading bird-watching vacations.
Douala, Cameroon’s economic hub in the Gulf of Guinea, is losing coastal land to ever more frequent floods. NGOs are planting mangroves to prevent erosion and sequester carbon, and educating locals about the ecosystem.
As oceans grow warmer, non-native species are moving in. Lionfish are highly venomous marine creatures and in recent years they've reached the Mediterranean via the Suez Canal. In Crete they're causing all sorts of problems.
In rural Zimbabwe, only 30% of people have access to electricity. An engineering student has designed a lamp made from upcycled plastic bottles and used LED lights that provides solar-powered illumination and also tackles plastic and e-waste.
In Uganda 30,000 girls drop out of school annually, often simply because it’s hard for them to reach their school. An organization helps girls to get an education by providing them with bicycles.
South Africa is home to the world’s biggest breeding population of endangered southern right whales. A long term study launched in 1969 to track their behavior sheds light on how climate change is affecting their food sources and migratory patt
Farmers in northern Ghana are returning to traditional medicines to treat their livestock. These scientifically backed indigenous treatments are more affordable than conventional veterinary drugs, and are less susceptible to antibacterial resis
Metal trees with micro wind turbines and plastic solar leaves generate green electricity that can be used right then and there, even in ordinary gardens. They’re not an eyesore, and are more compact and easier to install than their regular turb
South Africa has abundant sunshine and raw materials, but still imports lots of solar panels — at great expense. A women-run company produces them locally and at lower cost, providing jobs and better access to legal electricity — also for poor
Using artificial intelligence technologies, an engineer in Morocco has developed a small robot that can detect and identify crop diseases. It is also equipped to apply the right quantity of pesticides in the needed areas. #DWenvironment #EcoAfr
A Gambian rapper is using his popularity to try and get a million trees planted in his home country. Besides more carbon storage through reforestation, the initiative has added to habitat restoration for local communities.
Despite limits on some plastics in Uganda, the material is slowly clogging up Lake Victoria. Now a local initiative is working to clean it up by training young divers to retrieve the rubbish from the water.
After being swamped with sewage during the rainy season, a neighborhood in the Ivorian capital formed a volunteer sanitation brigade. They built a runoff canal for sewage, and they clear it regularly. They also pick up garbage.
A young Kenyan who grew up without electricity, has developed a micro hydroelectric power device that delivers cheap, clean electricity for homes and businesses. It's transforming rural, off-grid communities in his area.
Transport accounts for one-fifth of greenhouse gas emissions in Germany. Efforts to meet climate targets by speeding up a mobility transition include solar-powered delivery boats and electrifying roads to cut truck emissions.
Based in Tunis, German-Tunisian startup Bako Motors manufactures solar-powered three-wheelers for delivery services. They cut fuel expenses and reduce pollution on the city's congested streets.
Climate change, the war in Ukraine and the effects of COVID-19 are contributing to rising food prices. Growing fruit and vegetables instead of buying them could be the answer. In Johannesburg, urban agriculture projects are teaching locals how
The high price of imported animal feed is a headache for farmers all over the world. In Egypt, some are looking into locally produced alternatives, such as the fast-growing and versatile aquatic fern Azolla.
Everyday almost 200 tons of textile waste are dumped in landfills in African countries. Meet some young South Africans on a mission to defend the environment against never-ending textile waste.
As baboons roam the streets of a Cape Town suburb, they wreak havoc in their search for food. That has prompted locals to devise strategies to keep both the residents and the animals safe.
Slash-and-burn is a traditional farming method used by many subsistence farmers. But the practice both harms the soil and accelerates global warming. A project in Ghana promotes conservation agriculture instead.
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