life story may have ground to a halt. twenty seven years ago but there's no holding back his dreams. thank you for watching. cinema that starts me twenty seven on t.w. . hello welcome to eco we india a sustainability magazine that gives you a bridge to cross a work into a cleaner greener tomorrow over the next thirty minutes we'll look at solutions to some of the most pressing problems plaguing our environment so that you can make an informed choice for a sustainable future. coming to you from mumbai in india. on today's show

let's look at how an organization in val just time is empowering women to light up their lives while a researcher in mumbai is doggedly looking for spiders across the country. and how it all to put north in indonesia is helping direct young people to what sustainable farming. first let's head to a remote village in the job just on the lumia in the early seventy's bunco gori founded the barefoot college the idea was to empower women with tangible skills even if they were in a trick on lacked in education and bring out a revolution of sustainability and self-reliance today after forty seven years they've come along great curators to study. so monem total brother raul ten that families goats every day from early to late. most other children their age go to school. or do them sometimes the two can

take a rest and dream a little. and you let us know what to do i wish i could fly and touch the sky so i would come back and share my joy with everybody in the village and all. that villages in the indian state of raw just than half the people here can't read or write among women and girls the rate of illiteracy is seventy percent. of davie the mother of sumanda never went to school although she needs her children to work she dearly hopes they can get an education and break out of this life of poverty. so none the wiser in general i have goats and they have to be grazed but i wish my children could go to school. they must go to school. because if they study they

won't be compelled to work the way i do that's what i wish for. i'll tell. you this evening school should help that wish come true it's the only place in the village that has electricity lighting and it's solar powered after a long day's work children come here for two hours they learn to read write and do sums the teacher addresses issues from their daily lives in math how to work out the amount to feed animals need in biology what kind of nutrition goats need. to do it. the children tell me they want to learn they want to learn more and more in the past the parents didn't want their children to go to school but they've changed their minds. now they see how important school is and they say that their children should study more. the barefoot n.-g. o. runs more than one hundred fifty such solar bridge night schools in poor rural

communities in india they're equipped with solar lamps and solar powered tablet computers which are made nearby a bath for its headquarters bed. what is based sixty kilometers away from. the ngo was all about solar energy. women from villages in africa asia and latin america come here to learn how to make solar lamps and to repair solar panels this . year we go to the sun doesn't discriminate between rich and poor it gives light to everybody let me live here though the sun is always that to produce electricity . a power from the mains is different if you can't pay your bill it stops. soner equipment is a one off investment and is a real comfort. because there's no problems at all with a little bit earlier though of course last six months basic physics and practical

skills like soldiering are on the curriculum the indian government and commercial enterprises fund the training more than two thousand two hundred women have graduated from the barefoot college so far. about the without lights my children can't do their homework and when it gets dark they have to go to sleep when i come home we're going to have so lamps. and. physical exercise is also on the curriculum that helps the women get in touch with their own needs and see themselves not only as mothers and toiling farmers but also as women who self confidently chart their own course but graduates are known as solar mamas. alike to my community we all know that darkness is not the best way so bringing light to the community is a whole big achievement. isabel more to humanise from mexico is looking forward to installing a lamp for her six children to do their homework by the way. i have no idea

what help be able to and now. that what matters is that i've learned so much. people at home will see that i can do good work. it's been quite a sacrifice to come here to learn something new that africa but indeed i want my book. when the solar mamas go home they can help bring solar power to their communities and light up the evenings so the children can study late and perhaps look forward to a better life than their parents. let's now move southward from roger stark of the city of mumbai even though the city's turning into a concrete jungle rapidly there is a rich biodiversity right in the center mumbai is home to a bird writing of spiders many of whom have only been described in the last few years research on spiders in india is captured making it impossible for the

scientific community to demand for better conservation of the species researcher darvish sunup is trying to change this particular. it is well past midnight and the rest of the city is switching off its lights. is just getting started with his. going out to look. he spotted a special spider today which has just. been studying india populations for ten years hardly anyone here knows how important.

and moment. there are several conservation efforts on tigers or even fish and omarion like that. and that's because of a lack of data on the species one reason for that could be that people are hardly aware of the different very ideals of spiders we have. what it is up me that. in two thousand and nine sign up spotted a long forgotten trap door spider a three centimeter. in mumbai's. the spider which many believe existed only in hollywood movies is native to the city it was passed identified by british. in eighteen one thousand nine for more than one hundred years. rediscovered it there was no data available on the species.

just like we have in our homes for the protection of the trapdoor spider also makes a door for you. to make these doors outside. there borrows to hide from predators predators there was this was a behavioral trait that fits needed me and i thought wow that is different reaction to something with a different. so far so now it has already described nine species of spider across the country but his biggest battle is yet to be won india's wildlife protection law which classifies the country's why live species according to how endangered they are surprisingly does not include spiders lack of data is a big reason why require less protection it is imperative to bring spiders into the fold of the wildlife protection. otherwise we will continue modeling out of the

country to other ones spider said protected by law is a she says and there are strict rules and penalties. smuggling them but for that data collection is very important i was going to order that hundred everybody important. more research on spiders good health food store to the rampant poaching of that into last found in india they are often sold as exotic pets online many of the buyers come from europe. tribal communities who share their natural habitat with the spiders are important in the effort to protect them. like this community in r e a southern suburb of mumbai. despite having lived side by side for generations they have little knowledge of these eight legged creatures and i mean that the. sun up is trying

to bridge this gap by sharing his discoveries with them. on the one though. the spider just like claws are illegal. spiders are also it's marketed in a similar manner and he said if someone comes up to you to ask for information about a certain kind of a spider you showed. their intentions are good they don't legally a smart guy. who's also recalled the spider man of mumbai is eager to rediscover more species but he's quick to brush off the impact he's had on spider conservation as it would let me look back but i don't feel i'm doing anything out of the ordinary but if satisfying to know that people's interest in spiders is growing and when people

hear that i'm called the spider man of india that often it makes them curious to find out more. it is the concerted effort of listen. that might feel spiders finally fall under indias my life protection laws still this would only be a first step toward preserving them. it is surprising that the visited on spiders in india is so unconsolidated especially given the all the creatures in the system cannot explain it today let's look at what would happen if all the spiders were to go extinct. there are more than forty five thousand known species of spiders on earth. a single spider each about two thousand insects a year. without spiders insects could pose

a serious threat to humans destroying crops or even transmitting deadly diseases. so what would happen worst. spiders to become extinct. spiders are some of the most important invertebrate predators in our ecosystems because they feed on insects like grasshoppers mosquitoes and flies. the absence of spiders would lead to an unnatural proliferation of these insects. it would also mean that certain species of birds reptiles and amphibians that eat spiders would be under threat and that could throw the whole ecosystem at of balance. we would lose out on important research linked to the eight legged anthropoids including the potential medical benefits of spider venom. scientists have discovered that spider venom could be harnessed to create new non-addictive

treatments for chronic pain. and spider silk also has great potential for example a dutch artist and a cell biologist have created a super strong bulletproof material by blending human skin with genetically engineered spider silk which has a how your strength to density ratio than steel however the combined threats of loss and fragmentation of habitat in addition to climate change could prove deadly for spiders with higher temperatures and adverse climate conditions spider larvae are at risk. this would not only cause chaos to the food web but also be a loss to scientific research. not every living being has a place in nature. and if they are extinct or eliminated it is a domino effect on the rest of the beings in that ecosystem take these for example who help greatly in pollination pollution warming temperatures the bird who was

destructive my dentist sector sides are some of the reasons bees are dying on a large scale farmers in whom to the asian honey bee are examining their practices of harvesting honey to help conserve the bees. all over the world the colonies are dying. they suffer from climate change parasites and industrialised agriculture. the asian honey bee is under threat it is native to nepal's western hills. farmers here traditionally keep their bees in hollowed out tree trunks. but when the honey is harvested the honeycombs are destroyed and the bees have to start from scratch. building new combs is so exhausting that many bees die in the process.

and the honey may contain contaminants. now the farmers have asked for advice from the experts. more and more of switching to modern beehives. the boxes contain frames that the bees can use to build their honeycomb. began again it will be used to store more so the reasons to not have to spend more energy to get a new branch of. the new hives give the colonies a chance. to regenerate. the honey extracted from the frames not only looks good it also tastes delicious. tell us about it. website.

your stories. now. a norm for their traditions but many that go into this for us lonely disappear because of unsustainable practices a social entrepreneur in indonesia is working with indigenous farm was the country's flora back into. the blue pea flour has to be picked by hand. that is good for salads so it does like a. home and as a lawyer and an expert on the flowers and plants of indonesia she's on a mission to preserve knowledge of the country's biodiversity. i grew up in a coffee. and it was far from everywhere so my mother had to grow our own food so that's how i start to learn on how to grow. very early on.

she set up a model farm and. thirty kilometers from the capital jakarta. in her work as a lawyer she campaigns for the rights of indigenous farmers. on the farm young people are taught sustainable agricultural techniques and how to cultivate the plants that have been rich to indonesian cuisine for centuries. the move would have been worried about the current. situation. excessive use of fertilizer. that's why i want to learn about organic farming. and indonesia has great opportunities to farm in a way that's close to nature and not industrialized and that will benefit our way of life and our help. my

dream is to set up a farm like this at home and use it to feed my siblings and pay for their schooling . the students take classes in organic farming and also business management and marketing. with the aim is to prepare them all to be able to run their own farms when they graduate from the program. farming no longer appeals to many indonesians the social status of farmers is relatively low. profit margins are tight and selling products at local markets is hard work. and wants to turn this around. she also runs a cafe and shops in downtown chicago. it only sells products grown by the network of smallholder farmers who number more than fifty thousand. well right now we do

have a very good thing. every year we are losing about five hundred thousand to one million farmers and probably about seventy percent of our farmers are above fifty five years old so that's why it's very important work to bring back that private. off farming profession. by building the branding of the farms the branding off the farmer and creating i didn't value products. the cafe serves traditional dishes and in the kitchen. young cooks are trained by experienced chefs. produce direct from the network of farmers. by cutting out wholesalers the small holders can earn more than usual we were the first company that pay for the. most.

because it's a very risky. climbing. every day. between four hundred fifty times. and of course if it will be slippery so. that it will be fair that they will be with accident at work. rice cakes with coconut syrup. homan loves traditional indonesian products and believes that more and more people will feel the same. now not everyone can or want to farm and grow fruits and vegetables can be a german company ip gotten is renting old farm plots that you can one of them operate from the internet want to water your plant present botton and of god not on the ground will do it for you once they are ripe they won't even deliver your fresh produce to your doorstep let's find out. it's time for the potato harvest

environ now two hours drive from berlin vegetables belonging to city dwellers grow in ripen on gardens half hector of land that's right ip internet protocol garden urbanites can farm crops here without ever having to set foot on the sandy soil gardeners on location take care of the dirty work each online farmer rents a sixteen square meter plot for a euro a day. there would be internet farmers can choose from a variety of crops from lattice to flowers. when the kid. and of course you know i used to cultivate a plot of land with my family but the problem was that we couldn't water it during the week we were in the city. and only got out there on weekends and then on the internet i came across the farmville simulation game where you plant in water and so on and i knew i had to turn it into reality. it doesn't mean that you did it it

. ip garden provides its remote farmers with a massive data once a week a drone even supplies aerial pictures it gives users an overview of the state of their crops. closed circuit t.v. guards the farm around the clock. and each of the fifty six individual plots is equipped with sensors. the measuring devices register moisture levels in the soil exposure to sunlight and air pressure. the data is transmitted via bluetooth to a computer which collates the information and puts it on line. gardeners sitting at his home computer and needs to get his plants enough water these parameters help him decide whether the soil is moist enough and how high is the electrical conductivity what's the coefficient and how are my plants looking.

this seventh grade students at the plant thomas school in berlin's panko district also want to know how their gardens doing they've rented an ip garden plot each student has been growing their favorite vegetable on a one metre square allotment they can call up the data on ip gardens online platform and water their patch with a mouse click. that's a cool thing just a tad i think sickly thought it would be dead easy i said at my computer and press the water button or whatever. but now i know that some plants aren't compatible my land isn't compatible with cabbages and eggplant. and it has yellow tomatoes need some support out in the field by app she informs the gardener he can see the tasks he has to perform on each square meter today it's fertilizing using a brew of stinging nettles decided digitally carried out on location practical.

attractive but a concept that also has detractors. and i'm on the principle when you put forward the ip garden principle you often hear i'd rather have my kids dig around in the soil themselves. out of boredom and in fact is though that neither you nor their kids actually go digging. it's alarming that's often not realized so in that sense the garden is a very good and sensible alternative. it certainly is a healthy alternative to the on line farmers can pick up their crop or have it delivered the surplus is donated to a berlin homeless charity. i hope you enjoyed to the stories of how many takeaways from it to check out our social media platforms and make sure to leave a comment we'll be back next week with many more such stories until then good bye.

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