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Kenya is one of Africa's major tea producers. Traditionally, wood is used as fuel to dry the tea leaves. Tebesonik is a company that uses briquets made of waste sugar cane. They are more environmentally friendly and sustainable.
Many IT companies that develop apps are not only looking at their profit margins. The Mokli online service helps homeless people in Germany. And in India an app is improving medical treatment for pregnant women and new mothers.
While perhaps an acquired taste for people outside the country, Lugaw is hugely popular in the Philippines. Customers throng to Nini Elago's snack bar in Payatas to savor the rice porridge cooked with garlic, congealed chicken blood and chicken feet.
Oppose the regime in Iran and you're risking your life. But Iranian activists outside the country can be more open with their criticism. Also: not all app developers are after fast bucks, and we check out a popular snack in the Philippines.
Ever heard of Tencel? It’s a natural fiber used by two sustainable textiles manufacturers, one in Indonesia, the other in Portugal. Also in the show: the sense and nonsense of global trade policy, as seen in the example of Ghana.
Ghanaian farmers have traditionally earned good money growing tomatoes. Today their market is being swamped with subsidized cheap imports from Europe and China, and prices have plunged. See the full documentary: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rlPZ0Bev99s
Many of Southern Asia’s textile factories have a less than rosy reputation. Indonesia’s Dan Liris, on the other hand, has made a commitment to tencel, a fiber made from natural materials.
In Uganda people associate "Rolex" not with a luxury wristwatch but an omelet rolled up in a chapati. Faizo Mugerwa’s stand in Kampala is busy from dawn until late at night.
US-born Marisa Tellez has always been fascinated by crocodiles, and is a leading researcher on the animals in Belize. She wants to spread the message that crocodiles are not monsters but vulnerable creatures deserving of protection.
Mica has practical purposes, and also has an attractive sparkle. The silicate mineral is used for everything from electronics to paints and cosmetics. But it's children who are crawling into mines to excavate it for big industry.
The air in Nairobi is heavily polluted by emissions from cars, buses and mopeds. The first solar-powered trucks and jeeps with electric motors have now started appearing in the city. While the energy is cheap, the vehicles themselves are not.
Cuba is a country of contrasts: communism v. clandestine entrepreneurship, equal opportunities v. machismo. While women technically enjoy the same rights, it can be tough to prevail in traditional male domains.
Aastha Panday is 17 and lives in Kathmandu. She says she has a much better life than her grandparents. She wants to become a dentist so that she can provide rural communities of Nepal with better healthcare.
Meet children in India who slave away in mines, extracting the coveted mineral mica. Also on the show: Cuban women fighting to lead a modern lifestyle. Plus: electric vehicles hit the roads in Kenya.
The new Social Justice/Work Places series takes a look at the world of work in Asia and Europe. In India, women are still underrepresented in the labor force. In Iceland, more than 70 percent of women are employed.
We meet two women who are convinced that farmed seaweed will benefit the environment and the climate. In Indonesia seaweed is being used to make plastic films for food packaging, while benefiting farmers. In Norway it’s being grown as a food product.
When ships reach the end of their service life, they're often sent to Asia for scrap. The European Union has introduced strict laws on how ships are scrapped and their parts recycled. That's benefited shipyards both in Europe and Asia.
Twenty years ago, Vimlendu Jha set up the environmental organization Swechha. It collects garbage from the streets of Delhi. Now its for-profit arm is upcycling some kinds of waste. The proceeds help fund other environmental projects.
This week: the restaurant in Marrakesh that's empowering women. Plus, our series Work Places looks at how ships are recycled in Europe and Asia. Also, we check out how waste in India is being collected and reused.
The Montero family from Colombia prepares this week's Global Snack. They run a food stand that sells arepa con huevo, a fried corncake stuffed with egg.
Despite legislation granting gender equality in Morocco, roles are still very fixed in society there. Pursuing a career is difficult for many women. A restaurant in Marrakesh offers disadvantaged women training, to give them more independence.
Hunting and illegal trading pose a threat to hawksbill sea turtles on the Solomon Islands. Local women are working together to protect the turtles’ breeding grounds in the country’s first-ever national park.
Botswana has the largest elephant population in Africa. Last year, the ban on elephant hunting that had been in place in the country for five years was lifted. Elephants are encroaching on residential areas and doing damage to local farms.
In this edition of Global Teen we meet Jessica Achieng from Nairobi, Kenya. She enjoys going to school and hopes to become a musician.
