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for now, when we say they're about never giving up every weekend on dw, the star against fields, the kenyan fashion designer and his brilliant future, the delicious co fee that sustainable to we check out the unappetizing comp tale that makes it possible. and is even basic housing becoming a luxury invest is praying on us trade approx. the
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prophecy price is a continuing to rise find average of 9 percent on nearly a trend that set to remain over the next 10 years. the less went off confessed eviction because as house prices rise, so do rent and leases, and with them and to invest a lean often is afraid of losing her home. she lives in this trailer park and tim water outside seattle and the northwest united states. 2 years ago and investor bought a land here. after that, she says the rent for her plan went up 30 percent. and now it's about $800.00 a month. i think it's abuse. i think it's elderly abuse is how i feel about it. because we're elders, we bought this bought into this place for you know,
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forever home. the problem is facing a lien, and her neighbors here is that they own their mobile homes, but least the land under their feet. an estimated 6 percent of the us population live in mobile home parks, which are now being snapped up by investors. if i get another rent increase, you know, i would be less than $300.00 a month. yes. have gas to get to the doctors and in placement. and toiletries. elaine had the pension of $1100.00 a month for low income people, mobile home parks of the called trailer parks. are often the only option if they want to buy an affordable home of their own. but elaine's phone isn't really mobile relocating. it wouldn't be easy. the trailer is too old and the move would be too expensive. crap too. i feel like i'm sure. uh yeah. because we were fine until this company bought this
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place and it was a secret we didn't even know it's kinda been sold. kyle taylor lucas has been her next door neighbor for almost 30 years. she sees what's happening to her community and tries to help by organizing through donations for example. oh it is, this goes very quickly. how is there some we jim, a separate protocol is let's say so that no one has to feel embarrassed to ask for free food. the donations are brought to a pick up points. kyle is determined to work for change, not just for yourself and your neighbors, but a more far reaching one. that's why she in a lean or part of a neighborhood group. they have regular meetings to talk about what they can do to fight rising routers. kyle invited the local deputy mayor the at a dollhouse to today's meet in moving forward on some bills. we are so grateful for
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that and that is the one, the silver lining that we've held latched onto this year. you know, as we've been trying to address this new core in this other state, the investor rate taking over buying the par. uh, thank you for continuing to attend. when the investment company bought the land 2 years ago, um and the purchase caught the resident by surprise by meanwhile, there's a new law that requires the residents to be notified that their park has been listed for sale. thing about kyle also wants the state legislature to introduce another law, a kind of rent kept the ada dollhouse supports the initiative, isn't that so many times that jurisdictions trying do something piece mail, it takes a legislative action to mandate something and then we can update our code so, but everyone's pointing fingers that everyone else, right, we're waiting for the launch, the legend needs the local jurisdictions to do something. in the interim wrench going up. and our seniors are like one step to be incoming homeless. a 2
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minute drive away. there's another mobile home park rose best who's also retired lives here. she enjoys painting, but she doesn't have as much time for her hobby nowadays. now that she's become involved in that $10000000.00 plus project. she and her husband sean and their neighbors were facing the same state as holding that in their case, the new law had gone into force. they did receive prior. notice that the owner plan to sell the land now she and the other residents want to buy the land themselves. and there's a lot of money at stake. scary, somehow because he will invest all of you together. well, the $10000000.00. i haven't signed anything. well, and you will not each individual person is not alternately responsible on the co operative as a whole is responsible. right. so everybody,
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the community co op is being set up with the help of victoria about an occupancy she's guiding them through the funding and the red tape. the housing non profit she works for wants to help preserve. one of the last affordable housing options for people on low or fixed income for each household is putting in a $100.00. bucks not going to make a dime in the overall financing that's needed. the recording fees, paying for their attorney and paying for other expenses, get rolled into that permanent finance. once the sale goes ahead, rose best and her neighbors will pay their rent for their plots to the cooperative . so they'll have control over any rent increases. almost everyone in the community is in favor of the purchase. i've been slighted. i'm relieved. that's one. be worry that i would not have on my mind and i always had it on my mind. now. i'm a big believer in security of where you live. rose hopes that a lien and kyle and the other mobile home park will also find that security. they
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don't know yet if they'll get the chance to buy the land their home for standing on . and if the investor is willing to sell for a lean time is running out, she might end up having to move in with her sons and lose her independence for rent keeps going up the from a spar. so to cup of tea, no french press or filter coffee is one of the most popular drinks in the world. but climate change is diminishing harvests and turning the daily coffin to a precious commodity. but don't panic. there are solution of this putrid smelling pope is an excellent fertilizer. a mix of banana is chicken manure and sugarcane juice made by didn't van jones with enzyme still break down the nutrients? see,
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use it to treat his coffee plant. he inherited the farm from his parents 7 years ago and has made a lot of changes. i see, i mean gaming a like everyone here. my parents made excessive use of chemical pesticides and fertilizers with watching, mocking docking that made the soil honda civic on the plums week and no good for the future goes and after the b c type. that is why i wanted to do things differently and decided to specialize in organic farming. the coming that'd be to begin once a month use phrases, coffee plants with the own advertising nutrient cocktail which also keeps pests at bay. he used to live in the urban sprawl of ho jayman city in the south of the country, but return to the central highlands in the north where he grew up. it hasn't rained in 3 months, which is unusual here, and it's hot to coffee. grow is used to say the cool climate here was perfect. but
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now many say the weather is become unpredictable. then john uses one sack of chicken men newer for each tree to keep the soil soft and combat the impact of climate change. made it either you don't allow them, they're the dry season this year is really extreme. the other company farm is about to go to the crops 2 or 3 times more than i do with my organic approach. and it's working out here. my trees are strong with healthy and even gross. on the so he knows every bush and tree on his plantation and waits until the cherry like fruit have turned a nice deep red, signifying that they're ripe. the harvest period is normally between november and december. with that too is different to year. didn't then don't defense bear fruit all year round. quality requires patience. he says and passion rather than there was sweetest honey under beans or inside the cherry open. other farmers in the area were initially dismissive of his decision to break with traditions. seeing that his
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book knowledge was no match for their years of experience, but soon they were lining up to ask him for advice, which he is happy to provide. now, they've joined forces to founder cooperative, so they can all benefit from his methods. look, i have, i mean that's why started using organic fertilizers, 3 years ago, we've done this help. i've learned a lot from him. everything takes longer, but it's more sustainable by the roots, a stronger and the beans are better. but also, but yes, the quality is very good. i got a new generation is taking over coffee plantations in vietnam and inheriting the challenging conditions with it. this area is mainly home to small holders. most of them have a ranch to hector's of land and just under 2000 trees and all they want to save their livelihoods. and coffee farming. among them is winning from ton, who's testing a new variety of coffee being at his nursery. it goes by the name ts 5,
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but everyone here calls it the super being due to its excellent yields the punch the saplings on to a stable root of stock to see which combination delivers better growth in the region. still have the thoughts. that's not the idea is for this new plan to help us kill 2 birds with one stone, munch what the toner is. what do you think of a uh, they have now in mind, we want to produce high yields from the new bien site might have to have together with the strong roots that will withstand the extreme weather conditions. what kind of do you want? both of the coffee trees have 2 months to grow together in a protected environment and then they are replanted on the farm of one thing that when drunk ton is already sure this variety is cheaper to cultivate than other beings with less water required and less fertilizer and if all goes well in a few years time, the harvest will be far more plentiful and the quality of the beans not being
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compromised by climate change is also vital for the regions. coffee traders demand for those beings is growing in asia to the before they are ready to be sold. the beans 1st have to meet the discriminating tastes of the coffee testers. they check the products, sweetness, and the city in the process determining the market value of that harvest. i can't taste whether a coffee has been growing organically, but i can taste its quality, and the new ts 5 being has a great dr. taste. the vast majority of coffee grown in vietnam is the strong tasting robust of variety. the plants are more robust than a rabbit, but they are sensitive to high temperatures and drowned. as we try to do better and face those challenges, i think where you would kind of open it is to make like a bit of coffee and new processes, new drying methods. so tending of 8. yes. and for didn't,
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ben duncan is neighbors. there's more at stake these loved traditional vietnamese filter coffee and want to keep the culture alive. and it's unifying power between the generations, all who is holding the don't hang the we don't do the same thing, which is a health, you know, i'm, you hooked. it means we can read, discover a lot of things to get on the computer, all right? and it took me enjoy all the path to wind up out of my colleagues here, give me energy and motivation and it inspires us to keep on developing new ideas. we might even deal with the same really in the global race to combat climate change via thousands coffee growers are keeping pace. there's confidence in the future here that innovative and sustainable methods can help later generations make a living from coffee farming the
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victoria perry and a team of hunting trees in the northwest of chillies, capital santiago's t. around this set or rank the hill or the 70000 saplings have been planted in the past 5 years. even more equipment because we need to leave some room around the trunk. that simple root canal. see i left here to say, oh your insurance has to be very even the most. okay. like when it rains the nova, so you can actually treat you with a trench. will collect rain, most of that will prevent erosion and cool. cool. so don't all the trees stuff this cup of front of them, they helped me catch it, run out for the rest of the sound kind of things that sound okay. for now, the hill looks green and healthy, but he eats and drowns, exacerbated by climate change. mean the area dries out almost completely in summer . when it rains,
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it can get dangerous for the people who live at the foot of the hill. rain full chains up the this can trigger lance lights, the trees are being punted to secure the ground and prevent this from happening. they use a store moisture in the soil and help cool the area. the aim is to create a green lawn, a kind of natural air conditioning system. it could actually save lines, ran k is the whole district in santiago. so many people here, it's taking a harsh tone. i know it's just too hot and then, but i'm not in the summer, they really feel it's where the use going to be even. well, it's less than what am i talking about? the elderly can't afford to conditioning it stuff and poor people, all they can use to keep close eye water. to have to stay out of the son of a pig into words because it can raise. i've told my wife, i don't think i can take the heat in summer anymore. temperatures of around 40 degrees of projected. so rank of this summer is kind of heat is unprecedented. it's
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victoria perry. and in december there's been a rise in heat when i did fatalities. as a result, the reforestation project is intended to help alleviate the situation. a lot of it, but they don't affect the me take a look. at the minimum, i mean veteran spaces can help and lower minimum temperatures in winter. and in the next month temperatures in summer low, he got the ink, the less young. let me see if i see on that is why what's happening with mind rank of going to the room and have to say everyone. yeah, bob will have a direct impact on the immediate surroundings in minneapolis and the rank one little said why you're going slowly. i'm the for tomorrow, if you do the screen, the great are these things are going to help lower temperatures for the way to win . i mean, it's gonna be like a better product from heat and drought to waste and evolution. santiago is facing many environmental challenges. it's also struggling with social inequality. the gap between rich and pool is one of the reasons for the protest. and finally,
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that the city has witnessed, in recent demonstrate his voice, their anger at the privatization of pension and closed for reform, education and health sector to pull people are especially affected by the impact fee environmental crisis. it's a situation that could escalate dramatically, says a night. okay, so from deland, when i see the house without santiago as an absolutely divide. i'm assisting a guest from climate change is exacerbating in a quality one bath. this is one of the triggers for the social conflict and the injustice that so many people are experiencing even the environmental crisis is increasingly becoming a social and political crisis in affluent neighborhoods. in santiago, there's no garbage on the streets, public services work well. there were plenty of green space as a pox,
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and the air is cooler and freshen. this is because they benefit from more public spending. a lot of tax paid by companies, businesses is funneled into these districts of 9 times more of a compet service spent here. that is socially disadvantage districts and what we're doing and not whether it's income from financial pageants, so tolls around to study those into a municipal fund. only one stud stays in vista, colorado. we make an important contribution to other neighborhoods. like many neighborhoods, vanka is chronically undefended. a project like the tree planting initiative could only be funded with help from international donuts to our of setting c o. 2 emissions but even more trees on to enough to mitigate the effects of climate change, especially for people us socially disadvantaged,
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explains urban studies expert ricardo fellow feet is rank on the throne. it might be good to hear mingling. so thank you for ranking with all of the problem is italian with a 70 percent social housing. boy i expense its own can realize a project like this. if you didn't, all others can do it to them. you don't know, they look it or be able to get, but i saw in the refunded and from the for the most do forget that being comes for a policy only with distribution be added on. and we must show sleep very much in the coming from tennessee 3 months. but the people that can co, we'll see a long term benefits. i mean it helps lower temperatures and serves as a local recreation area, but also promotes bio diversity. and the project is an opportunity to raise awareness about nature and climate change. if that is when i would need that as an opportunity to adapt to climate change and make a difference. so as you can see, this is a very built up area and there are lots of highway south to be the better. this is suddenly a place in santiago, which change can happen to us on?
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yeah, well it keep what i said will come over the next few years. 50000 little trees will be planted in rank s victoria and calling in the project is also a contribution to great to social and environmental justice. here in santiago the was to each and every day like gives me like the, the things that give me peace and realize my purpose in life. and you know what i wanted to do as i could then another individual david of vito. as a fashion designer who grew up in the canyon capital nairobi in the key bearer area, which is associated with poverty, crime, drug abuse and prostitution. he began designing clothes also to avoid turning to criminal activity. people used to see that you felt from community late hours. it
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is hard for you to become somebody in life. so in a study like making clothes, i wanted to show people that was a good, good come from a business like that. and david succeeded here in his workshop and keep era, he now designs fashions for a host of star clients, not just from kenya, but also global celebrities like bruno mars and beyond say. so these are things that come as they have, like the more deep slope of the garden that's are embodied into them. so through that almost label, it's not enough to speak about my creation of my work. but i'm also able to speak about like one of the african studies and because i'm not doing it frustrating africa, you know, designing clothes also helps david come to terms with this difficult childhood. he attended him back coffee primary school here in the outskirts of his mother was
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a single parent who raised him and just 3 sisters on her own. she couldn't afford their tuition fees. as a result, at the age of 11, david had to leave school around 11 like i wanted to become like an engineer. electrical engineer because i was really good in months. so then i dropped out of school. that's when the dream southern southern slowly by slowing it. i've been told that my life was gonna end on the time because everybody was telling me like, and i'm going to get in the mysteries and stuff like that because 6 to 70 percent on my friends. like, you know, most of them is in the crime. doesn't mistaken identity of the drug abuse, so me being alive right now on being able to do the other that they do is just like me that for 2 days, david, a veto supports a lot of local children who face a similar difficult situation. he sold school uniforms for over $700.00 girls and boys and pete the school fees for $20.00 of them. the oaks youngsters like 13 year old, esther will be able to follow their dreams. in her case, becoming
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a pilot. that's me, but it's great because not that many kids are able to go to school because the parents don't have enough money. and when you're at home, you can't study and keep up with the other pupils which bus out. so i'm really glad to be coming to school the for david a. vito also supports local deaf women teaching them to so and helping them to find jobs. i show my mood. mohammad now works in a factory that manufacturers bags she's able to provide for her family. also thanks to david life with no money was tough, but now i can afford the hospital bills for my daughter. i can save some money by food and pay her school fees to veto
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believes in the principal of helping people to help themselves to mexican. so good next. nothing so broad and, you know, the desk broke sitting there like you know, people at and if i didn't enough to give them the opportunity to help them kind of what you need to continue. the david's latest labor of love is to keep bare a fashion show a chance for butting designers to showcase their creations. and they appreciate the chance to get some visibility. many have to fight against the same prejudices that confronted david at the start of his career. the so for us to come here, a forcing piece of it the on the, on the flow fluids and things that this is what we do. this is how we express ourselves. and this is a rate of life physically, very many people and allowing them to dream that visible succession, both you, you can be free, you can create, you can be magic. it's another trying for david to veto hosting
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a fashion show in the middle of a slum district meeting that was at the back. no paper before this and think about that other thing about bryan, i'm glad that business is on their own. nobody. i mean, um, everybody i've been good vibes, we don't see like any kind of solution that is like negative to anybody because everybody's up season is filling out all of that is or to launch friendship of each and every other day. if you're able to see of the problems of things and they get to see about as out there for david, a veto, there is no question of him ever leaving kenya and the place where he grew up. not even for enticing offers from abroad. the looking for more unexpected insights and exemplary solutions from around the world. you get to meet the people fighting climate change, then follow us on facebook, instagram and take tokens. the,
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