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Eco Africa — The Environment Magazine

DW's Eco Africa showcases innovative concepts and best practice projects from Africa and Europe and presents environment and climate change ideas that inspire others to get on board or start something of their own.

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Solar street furniture

Need a place to sit and charge your phone for free? Inventors in the Hungarian capital Budapest have designed just that!
Nature and EnvironmentMay 25, 201801:30 min
The Congo Basin

Quote of the week

"The impact of deforestation goes beyond what we as human beings can imagine." – Abraham Baffoe, from Proforest.
Nature and EnvironmentMay 25, 2018
Russland Baikalsee

Our beautiful planet: Russia's Lake Baikal

Baikal
Nature and EnvironmentMay 25, 2018
Deutschland Moorlandschaft Moorgraben im Ahlenmoor

Quote of the week

Nature and EnvironmentMay 18, 2018
Sharon Momanyi

Welcome to the latest edition of eco@africa

On this week's show: Ethiopia’s quest for the super chicken, invasive trees into chairs and battling plastic waste.
Nature and EnvironmentMay 18, 2018
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Feeding Nigeria's growing population

Almost 200 million people live in Nigeria – and the population is growing. Can hydroponics help feed them?
Nature and EnvironmentMay 17, 201802:33 min
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Protecting Kenya's coast

Masses of plastic wash up on the shores of the island of Lamu in Kenya - so locals are trying to protect their coast.
Nature and EnvironmentMay 17, 201803:45 min
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Bringing a bog back to life

More than 200 years of peat mining have depleted vast areas of a huge bog in Germany - but help is at hand.
Nature and EnvironmentMay 17, 201803:57 min
DW eco@africa - Halskette aus Fahrradschlauch

Beauty of bicycle tubes

Bikes in Gambia eventually land at the dump, so activists are making them greener by turning inner tubes into necklaces.
Nature and EnvironmentMay 17, 201801:15 min
Abholzung in Süd-Afrika

Turning invasive trees into eco furniture

Invasive tree species in South Africa are cut down to protect native vegetation, with the wood turned into furniture.
Nature and EnvironmentMay 17, 201804:54 min
09.2016 DW eco@africa Teaser mit Partner 1

Eco-at-Africa — The Environment Magazine

Turning invasive trees into chairs, battling plastic waste in Kenya and hydroponics in Nigeria.
Nature and EnvironmentMay 17, 201826:00 min
DW eco@africa - Nneota Egbe

Welcome to the latest edition of eco@africa

This week on eco@africa: turning used cooking oil into biodiesel, urban farming and Terra Preta
Nature and EnvironmentMay 11, 2018
DW eco@africa

eco@africa — The Environment Magazine

Sustainable farming, low-energy cooking, and a safari park with a difference.
Nature and EnvironmentMay 10, 201826:00 min
DW eco@africa - Botswana's green safaris

Botswana's green safaris

With an eco-lodge and e-car safaris, a Botswana game reserve is protecting wildlife and the planet.
Nature and EnvironmentMay 10, 201804:07 min
DW eco@africa - Biodiesel from waste fat

From sewer fat to biodiesel

A British company is using the "fatbergs" blocking London's sewers to create energy.
Nature and EnvironmentMay 10, 201803:11 min
DW eco@africa - Temperature Bags

From plastic waste to hot meals

A Zimbabwe start-up recycles plastic waste into an ingenious solution to low-energy cooking.
Nature and EnvironmentMay 10, 201801:40 min
DW eco@africa - Urban farming in Kampala

Food for thought in Uganda

Schools in Uganda''s capital Kampala are promoting a new initiative - which helps students stay healthy.
Nature and EnvironmentMay 10, 201803:21 min
DW eco@africa - Zero-waste farming in Nigeria

Zero-waste farming in Nigeria

Animal droppings and pond water might not sound appetizing, but they can help produce tasty crops!
Nature and EnvironmentMay 10, 201803:59 min
DW eco@africa - Terra Preta

The ancient recipe curing sick soil

German farmers are using Terra Preta to improve soil which has been exhausted by years of monoculture.
Nature and EnvironmentMay 10, 201804:20 min
DW eco@africa - Mozambique's Banhine Natural Reserve

Coming together to save Banhine Natural Reserve

A group of volunteers from Germany has gone to southern Mozambique to help rejuvenate a national park.
Nature and EnvironmentMay 4, 201826:04 min
DW eco@africa

Eco-at-Africa — The Environment Magazine

On this week's eco@africa, rebuilding a park in Mozambique, vertical farming in Germany and Cameroon's biogas man.
Nature and EnvironmentMay 4, 201856:02 min
DW eco@africa - Biogas in Cameroon

Boma Mohammed, the biogas man

In a bid to save firewood from the cooking stove, a group has been installing biogas in rural communities in Cameroon.
Nature and EnvironmentMay 4, 201803:23 min
DW eco@africa - Vertical farming

Vertical farming in Germany

Is vertical farming — warehouses of stacked beds grown in artificial light — the future? And what are the real costs?
Nature and EnvironmentMay 4, 201804:14 min
DW eco@africa - Upcycled bags

Doing Your Bit: Upcycled bags

Since 2013, Mohamed Awale has been making sustainable accessories like backpacks and wallets in his Nairobi atelier.
Nature and EnvironmentMay 4, 201801:23 min
DW eco@africa - A ray having an x-ray

The deadly Mediterranean

Illegal dumping and high levels of heavy metals in the Adriatic are threatening ray and shark species with extinction.
Nature and EnvironmentMay 4, 201803:35 min
DW eco@africa - Sharon Momanyi

Welcome to the latest edition of eco@africa

This week on eco@africa: rebuilding a national park in Mozambique, vertical farming in Germany and Cameroon's biogas man
Nature and EnvironmentMay 4, 2018
DW eco@africa - A market in Maputo

Farming with a green thumb

Over the years eco@africa has looked into creative ways of farming. Here are five ideas that could change lives.
Nature and EnvironmentMay 4, 2018
DW eco@africa - Nneota Egbe

Welcome to eco@africa

On eco@africa this week, solar power for Somaliland, oyster harvesting in Gambia and caring for animals in Egypt.
Nature and EnvironmentApril 27, 2018
DW eco@africa - Taking care of animals in Egypt

Doing Your Bit: Animal welfare in Egypt

In Egypt, Kim Taylor is teaching locals to properly look after their working animals like horses and donkeys.
Nature and EnvironmentApril 26, 201801:48 min
DW eco@africa - The Maasai on the lookout

The Maasai on the lookout in Kenya

The Ol Kinyei Conservancy in Kenya is home to many animals and is proving to be a valuable asset for the local Maasi.
Nature and EnvironmentApril 26, 201804:13 min
DW eco@africa - SomLite in Somaliland

Solar power for Somaliland

Abdishakur Mohamoud has started a company to bring electricity to Somaliland's poor rural population.
Nature and EnvironmentApril 26, 201804:27 min
DW eco@africa

Eco-at-Africa — The Environment Magazine

On eco@africa this week, solar power for Somaliland, oyster harvesting in Gambia and caring for animals in Egypt.
Nature and EnvironmentApril 26, 201826:00 min
DW eco@africa - Swimming frog

Quote of the week

Nature and EnvironmentApril 26, 2018
DW eco@africa - Going organic in Morocco

Going organic in Morocco

Organic food in Morocco? There's an app for that. A startup from Casablanca wants to transform the niche market there.
Nature and EnvironmentApril 20, 201804:27 min
DW eco@africa - Lions

Lions: An apex predator under threat

Once found all over Africa, lions are under threat. Humans are partly to blame.
Nature and EnvironmentApril 20, 20187 images
DW eco@africa - Sharon Momanyi

Welcome to eco@africa

On eco@africa, we meet the people turning waste fishing nets into jewelry and the man saving Nigeria's last lions.
Nature and EnvironmentApril 20, 2018
09.2016 DW eco@africa Teaser mit Partner 2

Eco-at-Africa — The Environment Magazine

On eco@africa, we meet the people turning waste fishing nets into jewelry and the man saving Nigeria's last lions.
Nature and EnvironmentApril 20, 201826:00 min
DW eco@africa - eco birds

South Africa: A sanctuary for injured birds

Birds of Eden is home to thousands of abused and neglected birds in South Africa. Our reporter visited the sanctuary.
Nature and EnvironmentApril 20, 201803:51 min
DW eco@africa - Lions in Kruger National Park

Quote of the week

Nature and EnvironmentApril 19, 2018
DW eco@africa - Flooding at the Danube near Deggendorf

Germany: Five years on from record floods

In 2013, historic floods hit the South German village Fischerdorf. Our reporter visited the area to see what's changed.
Nature and EnvironmentApril 16, 2018
DW eco@africa - Cooking with charcoal in Uganda

Top 5 greener alternatives to charcoal

From greener coal out of banana skins to using poop to fuel stoves, here are eco@africa's top five innovations.
Nature and EnvironmentApril 16, 2018
Nneota Egbe Moderator eco@africa

Welcome to eco@africa

On this week's eco@africa, we're focusing on extreme weather, from drought in South Africa to flooding in Germany.
Nature and EnvironmentApril 13, 2018
Afrika Kenia Dürre

Quote of the week

'If we destroy the planet, we destroy ourselves' — Dr. Joseph Mukabana, World Meteorological Organization.
Nature and EnvironmentApril 13, 2018
09.2016 DW eco@africa Teaser mit Partner 3

Eco-at-Africa - The Environment Magazine

On this week's eco@africa, we're focusing on extreme weather, from drought in South Africa to flooding in Germany.
Nature and EnvironmentApril 13, 201826:01 min
DW eco@africa - Dr. Joseph Mukabana

Extreme weather: 'Africa is most vulnerable'

Education and fighting poverty are key to combatting the effects of extreme weather, says the WMO's Joseph Mukabana.
Nature and EnvironmentApril 13, 2018
DW eco@africa - Elefants in the Central African Republic

Conflict and conservation in the Central African Republic

Civil war in the Central African Republic has taken its toll on the nation's wildlife.
Nature and EnvironmentApril 13, 201803:56 min
DW eco@africa - Sorie Sesay, Oil Palm Farmeraus Sierra Leone

The search for sustainable palm oil

Palm oil production can be terrible for the environment - a small company in Sierra Leone is taking a different approach
Nature and EnvironmentApril 13, 201803:37 min
DW eco@africa - Peanut fuel

Doing your bit: The Gambia goes nuts with eco charcoal

A women's initiative in Gambia is producing fuel briquettes from peanut shells — which they can collect for free.
Nature and EnvironmentApril 13, 201801:39 min
DW eco@africa - Finding rain in Burkina Faso

Searching for rain in Burkina Faso

A new forecasting system is going mobile to bring weather information to farmers in Africa.
Nature and EnvironmentApril 13, 201803:07 min
Hochwasser Deutschland 07.06.2013 Deggendorf

After the flood: A German town in recovery

Five years after severe floods devastated Deggendorf, residents are determined to keep their town above water in future.
Nature and EnvironmentApril 13, 201804:30 min