This is a massive wonder tree with an hollow inside situated in the Amakama community and capable of accommodating 20 people at a time.

This tree has served as a safe haven to the community during the inter-tribal wars and slave trade era.

This community is also serene and peaceful and will be a good spot for self-meditation.

Waste-to-Energy Plant, otherwise known as Spittelau, is a futuristic energy producing plant, located in the capital city of the Republic of Austria, Vienna.

As Vienna has always been committed to discharging key municipal services, such as waste management, on its own, this is one of the most interesting ways of discharging waste and producing energy at the same time.

As a result, the municipal administration is not only responsi­ble for the entire chain of waste disposal, but also handles the processing of residual waste independently, from collection to thermal treatment and, finally, depositing of the incin­eration residues at a municipally-owned landfill.

The WtE plants offer to Austria more reliable use of the waste from which the City of Vienna gains electricity.

Vienna’s power plants not only provide clean energy, but are also a part of the city’s skyline, with their artistic and innovative design.

Tours are offered to let visitors take a peek behind the scenes of this technology and learn more about environmental and climate protection measures.

A popular photographic motif in Vienna is the Spittelau waste incineration plant, whose façade was redesigned and given its present colorful, irregular structures by eco-architect Friedensreich Hundertwasser following a major fire in 1987.

Since then, the former utility building has combined the topics of waste, energy and art in a fascinating way.

On a tour of the plant, visitors get an insight into Vienna’s waste, recycling and disposal system, as well as the environmentally friendly generation of thermal heat and hot water.

The old plant was built between 1969 and 1971. After the fire in 1987, instead of being teared down, it was rebuilt on the same site.

That was the reason because the entire district heating technology was present at Spittelau and the waste burned exactly where it was being generated, in the middle of the city.

The then mayor of Vienna, Helmut Zilk, wanted Spittelau to be especially clean and to set new standards in protecting the environment, but also to be a work of art.

The building was finished in 1992, and Hundertwasser has done perfectly his job, with the colorful façade, the golden ball on the chimney, roof greenery and planted trees.

Today, the Spittelau waste incineration plant processes around 250,000 tonnes of household waste every year.

The plant in the 9th district produces approximately: 40,000 MWh of electricity, 470,000 MWh of district heating, 6,000 tones of scrap iron and 60,000 tonnes of clinker, ash and filter cake.

All this is enough to heat more than 60,000 households in Vienna in a year.

The building is not just a masterpiece on the outside, however, it represents a revolutionary technology on the inside as well, from which the citizens of Vienna can enjoy its benefits.

The garbage and sewage waste dumping by different restaurants and food chains operating in the Margalla Hills National Park (MHNP) have been posing serious risk to wildlife and biodiversity of the protected area.

Different hotels and recreational spots established in this national park, with their number mounting every passing day are gradually eating up beauty of the area making nature lover to think that why a proper mechanism is not devised for disposing of waste generated by these outlets.

Forming the foothill of Himalayan Mountain Range and sprawling over 17,000 hectare land, the Margalla Hills National Park is rich in wildlife and ecology and is home to the endangered common Asian Leopards, Barking Deer, Wolves, Pangolin, Kalij Pheasants and flora and fauna that are indigenous and unique in existence.

It is also one of attractive tourist spots and source of amusement for the federal capital residents for its zigzagging road leading to Pir Sohawa and beyond, walking tracks, tall pines and small brooks.

When contacted to comment on the situation, the CDA spokesperson stated that environmental protection was not their responsibility. “We owe the responsibility of maintaining roads, parking areas and their cleanliness. Other issues like protection of wildlife, habitat and walking tracks pertain to Pak-EPA.”

Protection of natural assets like wildlife, habitat and flora and fauna is our shared responsibility and the departments concerned cannot shy away simply by passing the buck.

Mozambique has started exporting liquefied natural gas for the first time, in a move the country’s President Filipe Nyusi has described as historic.

The gas has been produced at an off-shore plant run by Italian energy firm Eni, but British oil giant BP has the purchasing rights over it.

The gas left in a British cargo ship for Europe, but its final destination is unclear.

The shipment comes at a time when Europe is looking for alternative sources of gas, as it tries to reduce its reliance on Russia.

Mozambique hopes to become one of the world’s biggest exporters of natural gas, following its discovery in the northern Cabo Delgado province in 2010.

But its efforts have been hampered by a five-year-long Islamist insurgency that has killed more than 4,000 people and left hundreds of thousands homeless in the province.

The government believes the discovery of gas will boost the economy, but Mr Nyusi said Mozambique would continue to focus on “traditional activities”, such as agriculture, fishing, tourism, to achieve development.

The Lekki Conservation Center In Lekki, Nigeria, is an oasis of nature within the urban chaos of Lagos, and the suspended canopy walkway that rises over the reserve is the longest in all of Africa.

The canopy walkway features six towers that rise over 22 feet each.

They are connected by a series of suspended (and swinging) walkways that offer a unique (if somewhat harrowing) 360-degree view of this part of the world from high above the treetops.

The treetop walk stretches about 1,315 feet long (more than three and a half football fields), setting the record for the longest on the African continent.

Founded in 1990 by the Nigerian Conservation Foundation, the conservation center preserves a large part of the region’s biodiverse coastal ecosystem and educates visitors on the importance of coexisting with nature.

The reserve is home to a plethora of wildlife, including monkeys, tortoises, and rare birds. 

Maletsunyane Falls, also known in some sources as Semonkong Falls, is a single drop waterfall that is located on the Maletsunyane River, close to the town of Semonkong, in the Southern African Kingdom of Lesotho.

The name Semonkong translate to the Site of smoke which is unique because from one of the tallest falls in Africa, there is a haze of smoke as the water plummets down and continues towards the ocean.

With a total height of 192 meters (630 feet), it is dropping from the ledge of Triassic-Jurassic basalt rocks, the Maletsunyane Falls were first seen in 1881 by a French missionary.

Being one of the tallest waterfalls in the world, it is of a great importance for the small kingdom, as it is a major attraction and visited by many people.

There is even a Guinness World Record since October 2005, where it was the longest commercially operated single-drop abseil in the world.

Passing through a small but very picturesque gorge, the Maletsunyane Falls are making the surrounding very green with the moisture they provide for the rocky terrain, nonetheless, creating one of the best African landscapes that every person should see.