They hover over ponds and pools and inhabit the banks of rivers and streams. With their dazzling metallic colours and unique ways of flying they are truly jewels of the air. This film presents dragonflies as they have never been seen before. Fascinating close up shots take us into the world of these insects, which have lived on earth since the age of the dinosaurs. Spectacular super slow motion shots and elaborate computer animation uncover, for the first time, how dragonflies capture their prey at lightning speed while flying and how they mate in the air. Underwater photography reveals the development of the predatory dragonfly larvae while time lapse sequences show the emergence of the fully grown insect. However these amazingly colourful flying acrobats are in danger. The dragonfly's preferred habitat in and around water is rapidly diminishing, which, in Europe alone, has pushed around 80 species to the brink of extinction.

⁣Incredible Insects

They cannot tolerate sunlight; some of them are even blind. However they are one of the world’s most ingenious builders: Termites. They build high-risers without any technical devices that are, compared to the Empire State Building in New York, 25 times higher. They are the only animals that have managed to build an air-conditioning system without electricity. Their nests are architectural masterpieces that rise up to eight meters from the ground and dispose brood chambers for larvae, corridors for transportation, fungal gardens for nutrition and even emergency exits for hostile attacks.

BBCs Planet Ant - Life Inside The Colony 2013.

Learn more about ants http://antark.net/

With permission.

Sand dams are making a big difference in Eastern Kenya.

Lomuria Village is located in Napak District, Karamoja
region, north eastern Uganda. In 2015, a sand dam was
Constructed in the village, since then the village has access
to safe water the whole year round.

Having water all year round is enabling the community to
have enough water for drinking, cooking, cleaning and
farming, especially watering the livestock/animals .

I am very thankful to share this work with you and I want to
say how we appreciate and value the gifts that you give to
WaterAid. Projects like this would not happen without your
support.
Your gifts are helping more people to get clean
water and together we can reach everyone everywhere with
clean water.

Foundation Green Ethiopia supports subsistence farmers in rural Ethiopia with afforestation. The cycle trees - forests - water - nutrition - life offer new perspectives and motivates farmer, women and youth associations to initiate their own projects. With great views from the stunning landscapes of Ethiopia and quotes from beneficiary farmers.

⁣Addressing Food Insecurity in Somaliland [2017]

This short film is for mango farmers. It shows how to identify and control Anthracnose.

The film was shoot in the Brong Ahafo Region in Ghana in collaboration with the Kintampo Farmers Association.

Explains how to build a fruit fly trap with a plastic bottle, a pheromone (Methyl Eugenol) and an insecticide (Plan D).