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Eco Africa - Cleaning up coral reefs in the Red Sea

Cleaning up coral reefs in the Red Sea

After Egypt closed to tourists because of the coronavirus spread, around 350 divers volunteered to clean up coral reefs in the Red Sea. Now that the country has reopened, the cleanups are supposed to continue.  

Eco Africa - Doing Your Bit: Making sandals from recycled plastic

Making sandals from recycled plastic

A social entrepreneur in Ghana is running a project that turns some of Accra's tons of plastic waste into quality footwear. His small team is not only clearing the environment of plastic, but the recycling creates jobs.  

Eco Africa - Mobile solar-powered batteries for rural populations

Mobile solar-powered batteries

In Senegal, a team has come up with a portable solar-powered battery. The inventors want to use the machine to bring power to those in rural areas.  

Eco Africa - Turing plastic trash into marble tiles

Turning plastic trash into marble tiles

In Germany, a young designer is transforming plastic trash into durable tiles that look like real marble. By using heat and pressure she mimics the natural processes that create rocks in the first place.  

Eco Africa - Doing Your Bit: Code checking in the store

Code checking in the store

CodeCheck is an app that helps shoppers make better choices when buying food or cosmetics. By scanning barcodes it can alert buyers about possible allergies or even if the product contains microplastics.  

DW Eco Africa - Making statues from recycled materials

Making statues from recycled materials

A lot of discarded objects can be reused or recycled to make other things. Two men in Cairo picked up on the idea and are making large sculptures for public display.  

Eco Africa - Fighting malaria in Uganda the organic way

Fighting malaria in Uganda organically

A young entrepreneur is using the scent of dried herbs to scare off malaria-carrying mosquitoes in Uganda. Right now his small solar-powered box is still a prototype, but he hopes to go into production soon.  

Eco Africa - Teaching adults how to become 'climate fit'

Teaching adults to become more 'climate fit'

In Germany, a course is teaching adults how to deal with climate change by showing them practical things that they can do to help. Things like turning down the heating one degree or separating trash more effectively.  

Eco Africa - Tanzanian cartoonist inspiring environmental change

A cartoonist inspiring environmental change

When Ngaira Mandara posted a short clip showing one of Dar es Salaam's best known monuments struggling with the heat, he received an overwhelming response. His animations help raise awareness about global warming.  

DW's Eco Africa - Bricks made of soil and not concrete in Senegal

Bricks made of soil and not concrete

A group of architects in Senegal has come together to design and build climate appropriate structures. Their focus is on switching from cement to local materials like soil to make compressed earth building blocks.  

Over the years, DW's Global Ideas and Eco Africa — The Environment Magazine have showcased hundreds of projects aimed at reversing biodiversity loss and mitigating the effects of climate change. This has connected us with thinkers and doers all over the world, but we know there are millions more of you out there working on protecting our environment. We want to find you, hear from you and profile your stories on our site. See below for details on how to reach us. We look forward to hearing from you and learning how you are #doingyourbit.

Eco Africa Sendung Nummer 186 | Burkina Faso Kunststoff

Burkina Faso’s plastic weavers

A women's cooperative in Burkina Faso is combining female empowerment with eco protection: it employs around 100 women, providing them with training and an income, to turn plastic waste into new goods such as bags.  

DW Eco Africa - making fertalizer out of a water pest

Making compost from water hyacinths

Farmers in Benin are being shown how to make and use organic compost from the invasive water hyacinth. This not only improves the soil, but also helps clear out clogged waterways.  

Eco Africa - Aeroponics in Nigeria

Food through aeroponics

Nigeria's population is one of the fastest growing in the world and there isn't enough land to plant the food needed for the growing population. Samson Ogbole has implemented an eco-friendly and space-saving farming alternative: aeroponics.  

DW Eco Africa - School pupils in Zanzibar wearing a uniform of a dark blue dress and white headscarf. They are putting on gloves in preparation for collecting letter.

Students keeping Zanzibar's beaches clean

Plastic waste is a major problem in Zanzibar, an island off the coast of Tanzania. But kids from two schools on the island are now collecting old plastic bottles, and they can even make money by selling them.  

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Doing Your Bit: Organic Shoe polish

Organic nontoxic shoe polish is here

Peter Ogoti, a university lecturer in Kenya, has invented a unique way of making nontoxic shoe polish. It was an accidental discovery he made as a student and he now wants to turn it into a sustainable business.  

DW Eco Africa - Charging phones with pedal power

Charging phones with pedal power

A university in Germany has hit upon an eco-friendly way for its students to charge their phones while working out at the same time by using bikes that harness power while they pedal.  

DW Eco Africa - Doing Your Bit

Turning old cooking oil into soap

When it ends up untreated in the environment, cooking oil can cause serious problems. One entrepreneur in Cameroon wants to clean up in more ways than one by turning the stuff into soap and detergent.  

DW Eco Africa - Houses made from bottles in Nigeria

Nigeria's houses made from plastic bottles

Not far from the capital Abuja you can find the largest house made from plastic bottles in Africa. Over 200,000 bottles went into creating the construction, making use of the discarded plastic in the country.  

Eco Africa — A pyramid to grow food on in Burkina Faso

A hydroponic pyramid

An entrepreneur in Burkina Faso has developed a hydroponic device that combines plant production, aquaculture and poultry farming: the "agripyramid." It saves space, preserves the environment and produces high returns.  

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