Old wisdoms, bold ideas in Africa

1. Cleaning the Earth26 min Cleaning the Earth 2. How can we build the future better?26 min How can we build the future better? 3. Adapting to climate change26 min Adapting to climate change 4. Protecting the environment26 min Protecting the environment 5. What's good for the environment is good for us26 min What's good for the environment is good for us 6. Approaches to improving our environment26 min Approaches to improving our environment 7. Restoring our Trees26 min Restoring our Trees 8. Environmental Challenges and Problems26 min Environmental Challenges n Problems 9. Driving change by exposing environmental problems26 min Young Ghanaian journalists are creating compelling stories about the country’s environmental issues and prompting change 10. How DRC's cobalt mining boom is resulting in green jobs for women26 min How women can profit from DRC's male-dominated mining sector and how to recycle used motor oil. 11. Green mobility gains ground E-cargo bikes empower communities in Uganda26 min Uganda’s e-cargo bikes are revolutionizing healthcare and small businesses while cutting emissions. Plus: bird protection in Burundi an... 12. Focus on Europe26 min US President Trump wants Greenland – but do Greenlanders want to join the US? Poland is offering discounted rent to people willing to... 13. Building bridges for all26 min Conservationists get creative to save colobus monkeys in Kenya, bright Bazin fabric made ecofriendly in Mali, unpaid community work in...

1. When environmental action is a question of faith26 min In Burundi, the church joins the fight against plastic waste, and in Zambia, nature lovers are fighting to protect a vital forest reser... 2. The fight to save Libya's endangered sea turtles26 min For 3,000 years, sea turtles have come to Libya's coast to nest. Now locals are fighting to save them. Plus: sunbaked bread and beating... 3. Somaliland village turns invasive tree to its advantage26 min Creative ways of dealing with a non-native tree in East Africa. Plus: a once homeless Kenyan man sheltering sick birds and an avian sol... 4. Clean energy brings hope to Ghana's drought-plagued north26 min Decreased rainfall once meant crop failure, but solar irrigation is reshaping farming in northern Ghana. Plus: Thermal cooking bags hel... 5. Community-led conservation How small steps bring big change26 min Online influencers inspire real change. Plus: Former pangolin poachers in Uganda help save an endangered species, and women in the DRC... 6. Sanctuary in Ghana under pressure: Too many sacred monkeys?26 min Centuries‑old beliefs protect Ghana’s monkeys, but rising tensions and habitat loss now put that bond to the test. Plus: a literal life... 7. Rethinking urban water: A Ugandan fix for a growing crisis26 min The man finding solutions for purifying groundwater and recycling wastewater in Uganda. Plus the urban Nigerians beating food insecurit... 8. Ethiopia's electric vehicle revolution26 min Electric buses and taxis are reshaping transport in Addis Ababa. Plus: In South Africa, how invasive biomass is transformed into low‑ca... 9. How community efforts can lead to transformation26 min A video podcast from Kenya about community climate initiatives. Uganda's Bee Run; how citizen science improves air quality; and a resil... 10. Novel ways to power environmental change in Africa26 min Youth humor to fight fossil fuels, solar grandmas in Ghana; bamboo to save homes from landslides and sacred sites protecting biotopes i... 11. Making big cities more livable – Green ideas for urban life26 min Tackling plastic pollution in urban Nigeria, staying cool in Cairo, making city tourism more sustainable and using dance to inspire cli... 12. The fight against food waste in Uganda26 min How nanotechnology helps to preserve fruit and reduce methane emissions while protecting livelihoods. And a look at glaciers disappeari... 13. Afrobeats inspire Ugandans to dance to a different tune26 min In a flood-prone Kampala suburb, artist Green Daddy is teaching the next generation to fight climate change. Plus: The cyclist with a v...

1. Hidden battles beneath the waves26 min Below the surface, some of the ocean’s most overlooked creatures are fighting for survival: seahorses in Mozambique, sea cucumbers caug... 2. Growing food in the sand with algae26 min From sandy islands to polluted cities, one scientist is giving land a second chance, proving degraded soil can recover. Plus: How recyc... 3. Ghanaian popstar becomes a sanitation advocate26 min Ghanaian singer Wiyaala returns to her village Funsi, using her fame to improve sanitation and community health. In Mali, an artist pai... 4. Dirty gold: Nigeria's toxic water threat26 min Millions depend on the Osun River—but its color reveals a dark secret. Plus: West Africa's water sachets—how waste can work for you. An... 5. Tourists saving sea turtles in Egypt26 min A role for tourists to protect turtles in the Red Sea; saving young trees in Niger; Indian mothers fight forever chemicals and aquaponi... 6. Plant-based traditional food in Zimbabwe26 min Could indigenous African plant-based food traditions be revived? Can an AI-powered pangolin help save the species? Plus, hope from a ch... 7. The fight against food waste in Uganda26 min How nanotechnology helps to preserve fruit and reduce methane emissions while protecting livelihoods. And a look at glaciers disappeari... 8. Young Zimbabweans reclaim their future through art26 min Young activists use music, art and games to raise awareness of climate change and deforestation. Plus: Improving city life — from e-mob... 9. Electric fruit: The Nigerian market running on rotten food26 min In a Lagos market, spoiled pineapples and watermelons are turned into biogas. Plus: E-cargo bikes drive health and sustainability in Ug... 10. Groundwater gold: Nairobi’s race to find more drinking water26 min From high-tech scans to citizen science, Kenya is scrambling to plug a shortfall in the capital's water supplies. Plus: The African cit... 11. From blackouts to breakthroughs: Africa goes solar26 min From Nigeria to Kenya and Ethiopia, solar promises a brighter future. But the boom also poses surprising challenges. Plus: The case of... 12. Signs of Change - Sustainable future for Africa's students26 min Students turning waste into food and fuel, growing vegetables in harsh conditions and learning climate warnings in sign language. Plus:... 13. Old wisdoms, bold ideas in Africa26 min Ugandan schools are showing pupils that conservation is personal by teaching them about clan totems - plants or animals that are taboo...

1. Kenya villagers seek justice in oil pollution case26 min From a Kenyan community's lawsuit against an oil giant to Uganda's anti-pipeline protests, East Africans are challenging the human and... 2. Ghana's guitarfish are disappearing26 min Conservationists hope to save the guitarfish in Ghana — with snails. Plus: an underwater kelp farm in Namibia. 3. Harare gets its teeth into Berlin's bread waste problem26 min German bread may be recognized by UNESCO, but a lot gets tossed. A Zimbabwean reporter takes a look at how Berlin is trying to stop tha... 4. Coral reefs: A lifeline beneath the waves26 min In Tanzania, women divers and local fishers are working to restore damaged coral reefs. Plus: The challenges facing Burkina Faso's wate... 5. Climate extremes are the new health threats — here is why26 min Climate change is not only reshaping our weather - it may also be changing the way diseases like malaria spread. And: Prepping for El N... 6. The environmental photographer whose images can't be ignored26 min A Malian photographer is capturing environmental problems on camera, sparking debate – and change. Plus: The giant battery that could e...