Kenya-Environmental Protection/Seedballs

Company urges Kenyans to plant trees with seedballs

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Kajiado County, Kenya - Recent (CCTV - No access Chinese mainland)
1. Various of people launching seedballs with slings
2. Various of seedballs
3. Various of people spreading seedballs on field
4. Various of seedballs
5. SOUNDBITE (English) Teddy Kinyanjui, co-founder, Seedballs Kenya:
"The best thing with all of this is that they are so cheap. So from all of the seedballs we planted, the cost of each of these ones to getting it to this size was probably less than five shillings. And that's amazing. Because otherwise the way I used to plant trees before we started doing the seedball project, it would have cost me 150 shillings to get a tree this big."
6. Various of people walking
7. People discussing
8. Various of co-founder introducing
9. SOUNDBITE (English) Elsen Karstad, co-founder, Seedballs Kenya (partially overlaid with shot 10):
"So can throw out seedballs at any time of the year. If it rains enough, the seedball will slowly absorb the rain, it holds the water inside, it gives the seed more a chance to open up and germinate. But if it doesn't rain, it stays, it waits."
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10. Various of seedballs
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11. Various of staff working, seedballs
12. Bags of seedballs
13. Staff member carrying seedballs
14. SOUNDBITE (English) Teddy Kinyanjui, co-founder, Seedballs Kenya (ending with shot 15):
"We learned a lot of that from actually reading about there is a big, big aerial seeding program in China, and they have been doing it for more than 30 years, and they’ve planted over 70,000 hectares of land. And seeing that success, I think it’s China, Canada, New Zealand are probably the leaders in the world in doing aerial seeding for forest at the moment, and Kenya is hot on their heels."
15. Various of trees

Storyline


A company in Kenya is doing its part to combat climate change as it has promoted the "Seed Ball Project" to advance reforestation efforts.

Saturday marks World Environment Day. This year's theme is centered on ecosystem restoration. And one company in Kajiado is doing just that by getting as many people as possible to plant trees using seedballs.

People compete using slingshots to see who can shoot the furthest. At first glance, the scene may not say much about growing trees. But the seedballs used together with the slingshots make for an entertaining way to plant trees.

The survival rate of the seedballs is 20-30 percent for the first year. Those that fail to germinate in the first year still have a chance to do so in subsequent years. Their charcoal covering prevents them from being eaten by birds or rodents.

"The best thing with all of this is that they are so cheap. So from all of the seedballs we planted, the cost of each of these ones to getting it to this size was probably less than five shillings. And that's amazing. Because otherwise the way I used to plant trees before we started doing the seedball project, it would have cost me 150 shillings to get a tree this big," said Teddy Kinyanjui, co-founder of Seedballs Kenya.

A desire to plant trees they hope will attract more people into following suit and greening the environment.

"We can throw out seedballs at any time of the year. If it rains enough, the seedball will slowly absorb the rain, it holds the water inside, it gives the seed more a chance to open up and germinate. But if it doesn't rain, it stays, it waits," said Elsen Karstad, co-founder, Seedballs Kenya.

One of seedball Kenya's ambitions is to carry out aerial seeding programs which cover a much larger area. According to the co-founder of the company, Teddy Kinyanjui, a similar program in China inspired him.

"We learned a lot of that from actually reading about there is a big, big aerial seeding program in China, and they have been doing it for more than 30 years, and they’ve planted over 70,000 hectares of land. And seeing that success, I think it’s China, Canada, New Zealand are probably the leaders in the world in doing aerial seeding for forest at the moment, and Kenya is hot on their heels," said Teddy Kinyanjui.

The company's orders increased a lot during the COVID-19 outbreak. People start to reflect more on relationship with nature and to take action to protect the environment due to the long period of home quarantine.

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  • ID : 8201800
  • Dateline : Recent
  • Location : Kenya
  • Category : environment
  • Duration : 2'37
  • Audio Language : English/Nats/Part Mute
  • Source : China Central Television (CCTV)
  • Restrictions : No access Chinese mainland
  • Published : 2021-06-06 10:30
  • Last Modified : 2021-06-06 20:08:00
  • Version : 1
  • ID : 8201800
  • Dateline : Récent
  • Location : Kenya
  • Category : environment
  • Duration : 2'37
  • Audio Language : Anglais/Nats/Partiellement Muet
  • Source : China Central Television (CCTV)
  • Restrictions : Pas d’accès dans la partie continentale de Chine
  • Published : 2021-06-06 20:03
  • Last Modified : 2021-06-06 20:08:00
  • Version : 1

Kenya-Environmental Protection/Seedballs

Company urges Kenyans to plant trees with seedballs

Dateline : Recent

Location : Kenya

Duration : 2'37

  • English
  • Français


Kajiado County, Kenya - Recent (CCTV - No access Chinese mainland)
1. Various of people launching seedballs with slings
2. Various of seedballs
3. Various of people spreading seedballs on field
4. Various of seedballs
5. SOUNDBITE (English) Teddy Kinyanjui, co-founder, Seedballs Kenya:
"The best thing with all of this is that they are so cheap. So from all of the seedballs we planted, the cost of each of these ones to getting it to this size was probably less than five shillings. And that's amazing. Because otherwise the way I used to plant trees before we started doing the seedball project, it would have cost me 150 shillings to get a tree this big."
6. Various of people walking
7. People discussing
8. Various of co-founder introducing
9. SOUNDBITE (English) Elsen Karstad, co-founder, Seedballs Kenya (partially overlaid with shot 10):
"So can throw out seedballs at any time of the year. If it rains enough, the seedball will slowly absorb the rain, it holds the water inside, it gives the seed more a chance to open up and germinate. But if it doesn't rain, it stays, it waits."
++SHOT OVERLAYING SOUNDBITE++
10. Various of seedballs
++SHOT OVERLAYING SOUNDBITE++
11. Various of staff working, seedballs
12. Bags of seedballs
13. Staff member carrying seedballs
14. SOUNDBITE (English) Teddy Kinyanjui, co-founder, Seedballs Kenya (ending with shot 15):
"We learned a lot of that from actually reading about there is a big, big aerial seeding program in China, and they have been doing it for more than 30 years, and they’ve planted over 70,000 hectares of land. And seeing that success, I think it’s China, Canada, New Zealand are probably the leaders in the world in doing aerial seeding for forest at the moment, and Kenya is hot on their heels."
15. Various of trees


A company in Kenya is doing its part to combat climate change as it has promoted the "Seed Ball Project" to advance reforestation efforts.

Saturday marks World Environment Day. This year's theme is centered on ecosystem restoration. And one company in Kajiado is doing just that by getting as many people as possible to plant trees using seedballs.

People compete using slingshots to see who can shoot the furthest. At first glance, the scene may not say much about growing trees. But the seedballs used together with the slingshots make for an entertaining way to plant trees.

The survival rate of the seedballs is 20-30 percent for the first year. Those that fail to germinate in the first year still have a chance to do so in subsequent years. Their charcoal covering prevents them from being eaten by birds or rodents.

"The best thing with all of this is that they are so cheap. So from all of the seedballs we planted, the cost of each of these ones to getting it to this size was probably less than five shillings. And that's amazing. Because otherwise the way I used to plant trees before we started doing the seedball project, it would have cost me 150 shillings to get a tree this big," said Teddy Kinyanjui, co-founder of Seedballs Kenya.

A desire to plant trees they hope will attract more people into following suit and greening the environment.

"We can throw out seedballs at any time of the year. If it rains enough, the seedball will slowly absorb the rain, it holds the water inside, it gives the seed more a chance to open up and germinate. But if it doesn't rain, it stays, it waits," said Elsen Karstad, co-founder, Seedballs Kenya.

One of seedball Kenya's ambitions is to carry out aerial seeding programs which cover a much larger area. According to the co-founder of the company, Teddy Kinyanjui, a similar program in China inspired him.

"We learned a lot of that from actually reading about there is a big, big aerial seeding program in China, and they have been doing it for more than 30 years, and they’ve planted over 70,000 hectares of land. And seeing that success, I think it’s China, Canada, New Zealand are probably the leaders in the world in doing aerial seeding for forest at the moment, and Kenya is hot on their heels," said Teddy Kinyanjui.

The company's orders increased a lot during the COVID-19 outbreak. People start to reflect more on relationship with nature and to take action to protect the environment due to the long period of home quarantine.

ID : 8201800

Published : 2021-06-06 10:30

Last Modified : 2021-06-06 20:08:00

Source : China Central Television (CCTV)

Restrictions : No access Chinese mainland

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