A student has started a small business that repurposes old clothes and other textiles. He employs five seamstresses and tailors who turn out 100 new products a month, mainly bags and jackets.

Seagrass beds have been significantly damaged in recent decades. One German project is exploring an interesting alternative.

The UN says drought, flooding and heatwaves lower life expectancy for women more than for men. Ndivile Mokoena is a South African climate activist and feminist. She campaigns internationally for gender justice in climate protection policy.

Along Kenya's southern coast a community is planting indigenous trees to help local primates. The trees not only provide habitat for the Colobus monkeys, they also help regenerate the forest and attract tourists.

Architect Chinwe Ohajuruka's eco village in Nigeria could become a model to help ease the country's housing crisis.

In Windhoek, SunCycles is making e-bikes powered by solar power, which are mobilizing more and more small businesses in Namibia, one of the sunniest countries in the world with an average of 300 days of sunshine a year.

Architect Chinwe Ohajuruka's eco village in Nigeria could become a model to help ease the country's housing crisis.

The UN says drought, flooding and heatwaves lower life expectancy for women more than for men. Ndivile Mokoena is a South African climate activist and feminist. She campaigns internationally for gender justice in climate protection policy.

Along Kenya's southern coast a community is planting indigenous trees to help local primates. The trees not only provide habitat for the Colobus monkeys, they also help regenerate the forest and attract tourists.

Tamimu Kifungu is a young innovator who wants to solve Tanzania's energy problem with renewables. He is part of a group of self-taught engineers that are designing windmills generating electricity and pumping water.