TEENAGER ENVIRONMENTAL ACTIVIST AN INSPIRATION

13-year-old Beatrice Njeri

 Kenyan Environmental Activist teenager Beatrice Njeri is an inspiration to her generation and everyone who cares about a clean and waste-free neighborhood. 

Njeri a standard 8 pupil at Githurai Primary school stays at Sidon Children's Home in Zimmerman, Nairobi Kenya East Africa.

 

She is very fond of a waste-free environment and she has taken bold steps to inspire others to keep their neighborhoods waste-free through fashion. 

As someone who was brought up in a high-density slum neighborhood, she felt bad seeing dumped plastic everywhere around her neighborhood. 

Other plastic bags were thrown with waste which ended up creating an offensive smell causing both ground and air pollution. 

Stepping on such a smell every day on her way to and from school made her feel so dirty and uncomfortable.

It is at that point that a clean and smart girl wished that one day nature will be clean and environmentally friendly. 

She got relieved when the Kenyan government banned plastic bags.

Now she is campaigning and urging her schoolmates and other teens and adults to stop littering around and keep the environment clean.

Her campaign strategy includes modeling whilst wearing plastic bag outfits to send a clear message to the community about keeping the environment clean.

"God made everything beautiful !! Let's make our environment beautiful " is Beatrice Njeri's campaign motto.

Story Source-Hanna Love

Published by envirosocafrica.blogspot.com 

ALIEN FUEL AFRICA -A GAME CHANGER IN THE GREEN ENERGY INDUSTRY

BEST SOURCE OF CLEAN ENERGY FOR INDUSTRIAL BOILERS  

Alien Fuel Pellets Made from invasive alien vegetation
 

By Takesure Matewa 

Alien Fuel Group is taking  climate change head-on through its innovation-A real game-changer in the clean and carbon-neutral energy innovation technology 

Alien Fuel Production Plant in Worcester, Western Cape South Africa

The company aims to contribute to reducing carbon footprint whilst clearing alien invasive vegetation species and creating much-needed employment in South Africa. 

The 2021 European Union Climate 360 award winner in the Sustainable Energy category, Alien Fuel Africa prides itself in making carbon-neutral energy-producing fuel briquettes from plants that are considered alien and invasive in South Africa. 

Those carbon-neutral briquettes are used in the manufacturing industry for heating purposes making them a very clean, sustainable but efficient alternative of energy to their traditional competitors like coal, diesel, paraffin, and Liquified Petroleum Gas (LPG).

Alien fuel also has the lowest cost per ton of steam making it a very efficient and affordable fuel available on the market.

Alien Fuels has the lowest (cost per ton of steam) as compared to other fuels

This is very good for biodiversity as it creates an ecological balance within our forests. 

Invasive vegetation by nature grows much randomly and quicker than other plants and needs to be cleared regularly in line with most countries' Environmental and Agricultural Legislation.

This is where Alien Fuel Africa comes in with their technology and makes good use of all that cleared vegetation by using it to make alien fuel pellets /briquettes which are high in energy.

Alien Fuel Group has as part of their unique formula incorporated their own privately developed state-of-the-art PLC driven biomass burner  into the overall operation 

The Biomass Burner is manufactured by Alien Fuel Group inhouse engineers and technicians and can be easily retrofitted to an existing fossil fuel boiler/ burner combination 

This system converts a solid biomass fuel into highly efficient and low emission energy thereby minimizing the amount of CO2 emissions into the atmosphere by a significant percentage as compared to its competitors. 

To get a clear understanding of the company's innovation please watch this video https://youtu.be/4Pi-0j2yHVY 

You can also visit www. alienfuel.Africa for more information on how Alien Fuel Africa works.

https://alienfuel.africa

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RESIDENTS FORCES MINER TO WITHDRAW EQUIPMENT FROM MINING SITE

A quarry stone mining site in Mutare, Zimbabwe 

By Environmental Correspondent 

Alert Residents in the Eastern border town of Mutare, Zimbabwe have made enough noise to force a Chinese company to withdraw the mining equipment they had set up in Dangamvura Mountain. 

The mountain is already suffering from deforestation that left it exposed to weather hazards and erosion.

Residents have cut down all trees thick enough to be used as firewood due to the unreliability of electricity. 

Electricity shortages story read https://envirosocafrica.blogspot.com/2021/11/africa-embraces-solar-energy.html?m=1

Concerned about the environmental and health hazards posed by the mine, residents piled pressure for the company to stop operations citing the proximity of the mining site to the residential area.

Normally quarry mining includes blasting of rocks and this causes both noise and air pollution. 

Another reason the residents piled pressure for the company to stop operations was that the site is near main water pipes supplying the nearby Zimunya and Dangamvura suburbs. 

"It clearly shows that miners are just setting up their mines without first obtaining an Environmental Impact Assessment," said another resident who chose to remain anonymous for security reasons. 

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The Power Of Environmental Education and Consciousness

 

SOLAR ENERGY THE PRESENT AND FUTURE FOR A CLEAN ENVIRONMENT

Solar Panels, Inverter, and Solar battery 

Batteries and Inverters

With constant power cuts are popularly known as load shedding being common in most African countries people have started embracing the use of alternative clean energy -the solar energy 

Solar panels mounted on rooftops, inverters and  batteries are the major components of a good solar system. 

SOLAR PANELS

Solar systems collect energy from the sun.

The collected energy is either converted to electricity by silicon cells covered by a tightly fitted and sealed glass casing that protects them from direct contact with impurities like dust and water.

Sunlight +Silicon Cells = Photovoltaic effect

Inverters

Inverters play a very important role in changing the direct current(DC) produced by solar panels to alternating current (AC) needed by most home appliances and tools.

There are different sizes of inverters that are available on the market.

Solar Batteries

In most cases, the power produced goes to the grid and goes directly to your appliances and tools.

However, there is a need to store excess power 

Batteries act as a power bank and store all the excess power. The power is then used later in the night when solar panels can no longer generate any electricity until the next morning when the sun rises again.

This means that batteries are another important component of a solar system, Without them we won't have power at night hence the need to invest in strong, reliable and adequate batteries for our solar system

If you invest more panels, a high quality and strong inverter and more batteries you can get a good amount of power.

For consultancy visit Enviro-Clean Energy Consultants

Backyard Nurseries-A source of extra Income

A Purple Heart Plant

Aloe Vera Plant in a Pot

A typical backyard Indoor and garden plant nursery 

Turn this amazing hobby into an extra cash supplement 

The business of growing and selling indoor plants can bring in good extra money if it is whole heartedly done!!

It is a fun but rewarding hobby that can see you earning money from selling or swapping your plants with other "green thumb " friends and communities 

HERE IS A FEW USEFUL TIPS ON HOW TO ESTABLISH A REWARDING BACKYARD NURSERY 

1-Do your research on what plants or trees  are in demand in your area

2-Find out how much free space you have around your yard

3-Start growing a small number of a variety of indoor plants ,garden plants and trees 

NB* Check for plants that are allowed to grow in your country with either the Ministry of Agriculture or Environmental Affairs so that you stay away from legal trouble as other plant species are considered invasive or poisonous and requires you to have a legal Certificate to own or grow them

4- When your plants have grown big and beautiful use social media platforms to market your plants around your community or contact https://envirosocafrica.blogspot.com so that we can assist you spread the word and get more customers 

Plants are very easy to market as the market themselves through their beautiful and importance

Benefits of indoor plants 

A-They beautify your rooms 

B-They create a feeling of nature ...They bring a  natural environment inside your house.

C-Plants generally give you a healthy atmosphere 

D-They help purify the air and gives us a fresh breath inside our homes

E- Some plants repels pests,rodents and house intruding snakes and frogs thereby keeping your house safe from unwanted guests.

SPREADING AWARENESS THROUGH ART

Beautiful Artwork used to spread Climate Change Awareness 

Resources4ClimateChange 

By T.Matewa

Art is beautiful but it is more beautiful when it is used for educating the world about the environmental and social problems that we face as a planet.

That is exactly what https://resources4climatechange.com/artwork/ is doing. 

(Check picture insert for some of the beautiful art pieces found on their website.)

This is just an example of the more beautiful and educative art pieces you can find on the website 

If you are interested in learning more about climate change in a unique but beautifully illustrated way let me not waste your time describing here...just go straight to https://resources4climatechange.com/artwork/ and see for yourself 

COOL AND CHEAP FISH POND DESIGN TIPS

Using Old Rear Tractor Tyres To Make a Fish Pond.

A tractor tyre fishpond.

Ever came across a pile of disused tyres in your neighborhood and wondered what can I do to put these tires to good use?

Well here is your answer to that question. If you are a fish fanatic you can use those tyres to make a beautiful fish pond and keep your favorite pets 

Here is how to make the pond as illustrated in the picture insert.

1: Clean your tyres

2: cut the side walls tyre (both sides

3:Insert polyurethane lining inside the tyre

4:Attach the inlet and  drainage pipes and make sure you have properly sealed the points where they connect with the polyurethane lining 

5: Add water and your plant your plant's example -Water Lillies in the pond

6:Use some pebbles and fence to design the outsides of your pond 

7:Boom !!You have your fish pond and ready to put your fish.

Keep cleaning the pond and feeding your fish with healthy food and clean water.

You can contact http://evergreen-enviro-solutions.mozello.com  consultants for more information on how to build such a cost-effective pond professionally 

TURNING BIO WASTE INTO ENERGY AND FERTILIZERS

 BIO-DIGESTERS -The way to go for new rural homes.

By Environmental Editor

The Best Way To Turn Waste into fertilizers and energy.

Biodigesters are a hit in most rural and peri urban areas where the kitchen,animal and human waste normally doesn't have a well planed waste management facilities. 

A biodigester (see pic insert) is a substitute of a septic tank ,It is a waste collection tank that utilizes waste to produce fertilizers and biogas (probably the best way one can turn waste into some (money-saving something)

A biodigester consists of an airtight tank (can be made from polyurethane or concrete and cement) with which waste can be diluted in water flow continuously. 

The mixture of waste (mainly perishable kitchen waste,animal matter and human excreta from toilets) is then fermented in that airtight tank using microorganisms that are readily present in the waste 

Anaerobic fermentation takes place,which means the fermentation happens in the absence of oxygen and bacteria.

The bacteria responsible for decomposition then forms methane also known as biogas which is flammable and can be used for cooking when tapped into your gas stoves and burners.

The residue from this process is a highly powerful organic manure(fertilizer) high in nitrogen, phosphorous,and potassium (N.P.K)

HOW TO BUILD A BIODIGESTER 

The following steps are a step by step to making a proper biodigester

1:Survey your biodigester site

2:Culculate the volume of waste that your homestead produces 

3:Build a biodigester that has the capacity to handle all your bio waste 

4:Design your waste transportation system from all your waste points to your biodigester 

5:Now design and install a pipe system that channels methane gas from the bio digester to your kitchen or workshop

6:Frequently clean your bio digester by removing the already naturally processed organic fertilizer and use it in your field or garden 

You can alternatively package the fertilizer into bags and sell it to those who need it and make money

HOW TO GET BIOGAS FROM THE TANK TO YOUR STOVE /BURNER?

Nitrogen,Phosphorus and Potassium High Organic Fertilizer

Valves are connected to the hose/pipe without the use of gas regulators from the tank to your gas appliance 

Always make sure that the valves are completely turned off/closed when the burner or stove is not in use.

VILLAGERS APPEALS FOR A SOLAR POWERED BOREHOLE

 Some villagers in deep rural Manicaland Province in Zimbabwe are kindly appealed for assistance from well wishers to help them drill a solar powered borehole similar to the one in the picture above.

"We are really in need of this type of borehole as this will save us a lot on both time and energy since currently we have to travel a very long distance to the nearest source of clean drinking water " said the village leader

This blogger caught up with one of the organizers of the borehole project and he had this to say

A CRY FOR CLEAN WATER

"Recently we identified a village of 300 residents in rural Zimbabwe called Shangwe Village."

 

"We found out that the villagers mainly women, the elderly and children were facing a big problem in terms of accessing clean drinking water in line with  the SDG Sustainable Development Goal number 6 which aims to ensure availability of sustainable water management and sanitation for all."

 

"We found out that children as young as primary school going children, women, and the elderly have to travel a long way to the nearest source of clean drinking water on a daily basis."

 

"We came up with a solution to help solve the problem by doing a data survey and fact finding meeting with the residents of the village."

 

"The results of the survey and our successful stakeholder meetings showed that there was really an urgent need for "

 

"1- Drilling a permanent and easily accessible source of clean water for domestic and /agricultural use ."

 

"2- Residents needed  education on how to help them understand how to take care of the well and also from destroying nearby forests that plays a big role in the water cycle and water conservation."

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"This project will help towards the achievement of Sustainable Development Goal number 6 if other global citizens can also do the same wherever they operate from."

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"We started the planning and mapping of the project in the beginning of September this year and are now we are being held back because of funding "

"If we can get individual well wishers or cooperates who can either sponsor the project financially or donate the needed equipment like solar panels,batteries and inverters we will be forever grateful "

Well wishers can donate any cash donations to The AfriCan Projects PayPal account @AfriCan2020 or alternatively use the following link https://ko-fi.com/communitysocialdevelopmentfund

Treeman-THE CHAMPION GLOBAL WARMING FIGHTER

TREEMAN TAKES GLOBAL WARMING BY THE HORNS!!!

By Takesure Matewa 

Born J. Murali in India on the 14th of February 1989,Treeman is among many environmentally conscious global citizens who have decided to take global warming head-on.

Treeman who said he almost died between the rocks under a tree when his mother couldn't bear the labor pains anymore and had to give birth under a tree got his connection and love for trees because of what happened on that day.

 A tree became his and many other people's maternity ward. 

One good reason he has this undying and strong connection with trees.

As world leaders are meeting in Glasgow discussing how to tackle Climate Change at the COP 26 conference, In India there is a man who is tackling it in action!

A true hero indeed!!

Treeman is fighting this imminent global disaster through his amazing initiative of planting trees in all vacant pieces of land, basically turning any empty and bare piece of land into a forest-Amazing isn't it?

"I started this initiative in 2017 " remarked Treeman with a wide smile on his face.

"The first step was to turn my land into a forest" he added.

"I planted about 100 trees as a start-up on that piece of land"

Just like most heroes, Treeman was inspired by someone and he told me that he drew his inspiration from sir Nammazhvar

"There are very special collaborative individuals and organizations that are always walking with me in this journey and I want to give special mention to them," he said.

"These people are Sherry Bollerud, David Tracy, Theresa Gliha, Fletch Fletch, and The Paradise Restoration Movement Team from Sweden Claudia Wutkowska, Jonathan Tolleson, and Sanna Scholander  who are the largest group supporting me in planting trees at a large scale."

"I am grateful to all the above-mentioned people and organizations for always supporting me in my work of planting trees." 

Since he started looking for pieces of land and turning them into forests, he estimates the number of trees he has planted to over 4000 a number that could see this world getting a significant number of trees if we can have 400 men and women like Treeman from each country!

His success story wasn't going to be an easy one without his dear friends Natalia and Hector who are very supportive of what he does.

Treeman's vision is bold and clear -"Today it is very difficult to green India and the whole planet without the cooperation of the people," he said.

"They graze their livestock mainly sheep and cattle and they end up feeding them on the forests " That is a major challenge.

"We are giving people who are willing to convert their pieces of land into forests for free" added Treeman.

"We also go and do the planting of saplings for those who wish to have them planted for them but can not do it due to different circumstances "

Treeman has also planted forests for different individuals and organizations. 

One organization he has planted trees on their behalf is Paradise Restoration Movement.
Treeman can plant trees for anyone around the world if the land is available.

You can choose if you want the tree or forest to be named after you or your organization 

He sincerely appeals to readers and everyone around the world to help him plant more trees so that we can all bring back the glory and beauty of our planet whilst combating global warming 

Those who want to get in touch with this Reforestation Warrior can find him on Facebook https://www.facebook.com/treeman.treeman.581

We would love to hear your thoughts about what this great fighter is doing, Feel free to share your thoughts in the comments box below 

If you have any interesting stories also leave your comment or email address we will contact you. 

Rusape Dam-Graves and Mermaid Stories

Drought exposes unknown graves 

Rusape dam also known as Lake Rusape  has been surrounded by many unanswered mysteries for a long time.

From Daniel the man popularly believed by many who hail from Makoni district and beyond to magically switch from being a human being to a Hippopotamus,  to the stories of a mermaid that grabs and kills a resident from the town every year!!!

Located in the Land between Rusape and Tsanzaguru the dam is used to supply water for Rusape urban residents and irrigation water for farmers living downstream. 

The mighty Rusape river (which is believed by historians that be where the town got its name) supplies water into the dam throughout the year.

However many young and older  Rusape residents don't know that before the dam that whole lake was occupied by people who were later relocated to pave way for the dam construction. 

These people had their deceased relative's graves in that area and possibly weren't offered a chance to exhume the bodies of their beloved relatives for reburial in their newly found homes when they were relocated. 

As the water started to increase in the man-made structure the graveyards became submerged and stayed underwater for a very long time until a drought came and water levels started to decrease, -nature has a way of exposing the hidden. 

The exposure of those graves wasn't spared from being linked to the mermaid mysteries.

Rumour has it that every year there is a mermaid that lures a Rusape resident to the dam and kills him/her.

Most residents from this town are convinced that the mermaid exists but with the exposure of these graves another school of thought now says there is no mermaid in Lakeview. 

They believe that the restless spirits of the deceased people whose graves lie meters under the water need to be appeased and they are the cause for the mysterious deaths of people at the dam which some are accusing the mermaid they have never seen.

Do you believe that the deaths are caused by the mermaid or they are caused by the restless spirits of those lying in the submerged graves?

Tell us what you think in the comments box.

Turn your waste into Cash.

Waste can be turned into

 Gold 

Every morning we wake up in our neighborhoods to be welcomed by dumped waste!!

The waste can vary from type to type!

From plastic, glass,kitchen waste,wood,fabric and other materials. 

You can all agree with me that this is not good for the  environment as we all know that waste poses environmental and health hazards .

Do we have a way to completely stop this?

What can be done to keep our streets and neighborhoods clean?

I will share with you ways in which we can keep the environment clean

1.Reduce -When we reduce on our consumption by buying things that we only can use/consume we are not only saving the resources but also saving our finances

2-ReUse- Most things that we throw away as waste can be re used,re decorated, re refurbished and look more new and attractive again.All we need to do is to become more innovative and artistic inorder to create better things than the original out of waste -Its very possible if we put all our minds on it.

3-Recycle - Materials like glass,metal ,plastic can be recycled and good money can be made from doing this environmentally friendly job.

The use of recycling bins has made it more easier to make sure that we sort our waste before we throw it away be it from our houses,offices or factories. 

4-Repair- Fashion, furniture can be repaired or redesigned instead of being thrown away.

A pair of sneakers that is fading its original color can be re sprayed and looks new again, same with a broken couch or cupboard. Dumping our unwanted property ,clothes and goods is not a wise idea as we miss and opportunity to make some bucks out of our pre loved goods  .

Rather give them that magic touch,and sell or donate them than just fill up our landfills with goods that can be useful to someone  

Next time you think of dumping you Toyota Fortuner,Ford Ranger,iPhone 12,Nike/ Addidas Sneakers get in touch with me I might benefit from those items. 

CHAMELEONS AND ENVIRONMENT ADAPTATION

 CHAMELEONS AND ENVIRONMENT ADAPTATION 

These amazing creatures have this wonderful and amazing way of adapting to the environment they are in at a given moment-"Something that we as human beings lack most of the times."

 Chameleons can match their colour with the color of their background and it works to their advantage. 

Here is why do chameleons change their colour to match their background

 1- To show their current mood 

2- To mark and defend their territory 

3-To attract their mates All this is possible because chameleons are blessed with special skin cells called chromatophores

IMPORTANT NATURE INFORMATION

Granite Mining-A cause for concern in Zimbabwe

 

The issuing of a mining permit to a Chinese Mining company Heijing to prospect for Black Granite in the Uzumba  area in Zimbabwe has caused a lot of political, environmental and social disharmony and bickering between residents, government officials and businessmen. 

The bone of contention is the ancestral land of the Uzumba residents where the stones are going to be extracted by Heijing.

One resident who is a Liberation War stuggle veteran vowed to vote for the Opposition Movement for Democratic Change led by Advocate Nelson Chamisa (a young and vibrant politician ) in the 2023 elections if the government doesn't stop Heijing from evicting them from their land to pave way for its mining activities. 

According to one resident, The government never did an Environmental Impact Assessment or a stake holder consultation process to get the residents views and opinions on the mining project. 

"Our relatives graves are in this area,in those mountains where the Chinese wants to blast and extract black granite and in our culture those areas are sacred" said the resident. 

"We wont be vacating this land,This is the only land that we have!!We were never offered an alternative land to relocate to!!"

"Do they want us to live in the trees like birds?If thats what they want we are ready we wont vacate this land we fought hard for it" declared another angry resident. 

Granite mining has caused a lot of land degradation, noise and air pollution and habitat loss for animals who stay in granite kopjes.

More Environmental Activists are calling for the respect of the rights of Uzumba residents and the cancellation of the mining licence and agreement between the Zimbabwean government and the Chinese mining company until a solution has been reached between all stakeholders .

Mining Scandal