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hello welcome to eco india a sustainability magazine that brings you face to face with some of the biggest problems on our planet to be an interview says you to the people who are dedicating their prime to solving them let's go right ahead and read them son to iraq who coming to you from mumbai in india over the next 30 minutes how the indigenous councils. i've seen minting their means of livelihood. how one man brought about the safe door looks revolution in india. and how an entrepreneur is in the building safe open spaces for women with the help of. but 1st full study of reinvention and who traditionally faster lists across the board are struggling to make ends meet it's not any different for camel hood those of budget up to. the community lives of what the camels provide them with transportation and the ability
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but the increased urbanization they give to lety is diminishing the herders are now looking at sustainable long term that is to preserve their culture and mode of portably their livelihood. this region is india's largest and home of the curry. their name cut i mean salty in goods and at the beef on a special breed that has successfully adapted to transitional areas of origination mangroves and grasslands their diet includes branches blonds shrubs and mongrel dogs but if they don't eat one along these animals get sick and eventually we story . the heart is in the constitution. who have been living with the
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camels for generations are struggling nowadays to find to provide food for their camels. lower to the biggest dog the man groups are much closer to us earlier we used to take to care most or to greece and be back within an hour and there were many a lot of that on about 30 on the mega about right now we need to go 6 to 7 kilometers deeper into the desert to look for grazing ground by the united i'm going to read other now with or so supplement around that i don't want to sign for direction and processing is joining or tomorrow gove's. sort of what am i going to get there that are going to go. to that i was going to. the. as the heart is that called out traditional pastoralist to live on the camels using them for transport or by selling them a. buck today this livelihood is threatened the once thriving mangrove forests are fast disappearing giving way to salt plants for big
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manufacturers. in 2011 with the help of a local ngo the camel herders organize themselves into the catch. on the turn to fight for their rights over the years they have filed a case in the national dream tribunal a special court that deals with the cases related to and by mental issues to disallow salt manufacturers from operating in the region and ensure a better implementation of the conservation plan of the highly attractive and cut i . in 2013 together with the n.g.o.s they came up with an idea to secure their livelihood. for years they only used family wolf for their own needs to make feed rests while riding camels are bags for their belongings taking this practice beyond the image it community could not only give them a new mode of light. but also help guns are the color i am using one is
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a metal probe or. it is i remember in relief and food for this one doesn't require any sort of. let a lot of chemical dying process that is already in the belly maybe a few and there is a possibility of getting a very beautiful product out of. this one who has. the engineer come here has been helping the holders of touch to set up an assembly line process the gammas are sheared once a year just before the legion's harsh summer season occur a camel produces about 300 grams to 5 kilograms of oil per year depending on its age that's enough to provide a viable source of income to the camel herders. the women are spinning the sheared one in 3 on the whole community is involved in the processing of shearing
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the wool spinning began and leaving the plot. traditional reverse like high lanka are also benefiting from the use of camel as a 3rd generation river he sees immense value in a living with this wool instead of sheeple for example. our income had a good note. we get our money on time even technique has proved alongside technique since we have come together to figure out. the market and how it can benefit us. to do there are
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only $6000.00 coming camels in the country but with the common herd taking a big step towards reinventing the traditional craft and fighting against the father the spread of the salt industry a sustainable future for both the cameras and the herders might be possible. camels are all the ships of the desert but what exactly makes them indispensable to the ecosystem let's find out. often known as the ship of the desert camels have a unique set of genetic features that allows them to adapt to the harshest ecosystems. not only are the extremely important to desert ecosystems they also are indispensable to human settlements in the wild. so what makes camels invaluable to the desert. firstly the role they play in the habitat as camels often drink
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brackish water in its salty plants they help spread solving nutrients over the landscape through their fecal processes. they're also agents of seed dispersal after spending some time traversing a camel's digestive system seeds of certain desert plans like acacia cave in and prosperous have a better chance of germinating further away from their pound plant this aids the spread of shrubbery. moreover because camels consume plants not targeted by other grazers including several harsh pest weeds they help eliminate flora which may halt scrub growth or be fatal to other desert wildlife. as herbivores their presence in the ecosystem also means more food for predators and scavengers. but also human life in the desert would be unimaginable without the camel. domesticated over 3500 years ago camels have traditionally been
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a means of transporting goods with 2 tros and leathery pads under their hooves camels are able to move without sinking into sand at speeds of up to 60 kilometers per hour desert civilisations rely on camels for their meat milk and fur camel milk doesn't curdle and has a higher content of vitamin c. fat and protein than cow's milk it's an important nutrient source the camel hump rich in fat is a delicacy 1st several nomadic tribes around the world. camel lulu's used to make coats and warm jackets while camel hide can be fashioned into sandals and veils to carry water. the better ones of africa have been known to use camel urine as a hair wash to protect it from nets educated a reddish hue some even drink the urine as medicine for certain diseases. dr odorless camel dung is used both as fuel and organic manure capable of living for
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days without food through sandstorms and harsh desert winter nights camels are the ultimate desert companions extremely low maintenance and adaptive. shifting focus now a lack of access to sanitation is a very long problem in india 40 percent of india's still deficit in the 40 years ago when this war started sort of international to tackle this problem hand in hand with the local government the organization has been over 9000 community toilets across the country. wherever he goes he attracts a crowd across india he simply known as the toilet man bin dishwasher is visiting a dam poor village close to the capital delhi the 67 year old comes from a wealthy family as a child he was disturbed by the fact that his family servants had to put up with poor sanitary conditions he was determined to change things you need to employ his
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n.g.o.s who have international is building a toilet for every family in this village free of charge many other places have already benefited. well. the toilets can be built locally using locally sourced materials like bricks stones burnt clay or wood in neighboring moreover the work is already complete every house has its own composting toilets where human waste is turned into fertilizer it's transform the lives of villages. toilets have great benefits especially for an old
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man of 82 years like me it was very difficult to go across the road to defra katyn open it was very dangerous now i can go to the toilet in my own home. gov wire from above. and it's made life much better for women to what is on the bar that i have the it was difficult to find a safe place to go. there were men around so it was uncomfortable for me. i used to wait for them to leave so that i could deficit in the open. more people in india relieve themselves outdoors than in any other country that's because of the lack of toilets and sanitary facilities politicians have repeatedly promised to improve the situation but much still has to be done. public awareness is at least on the rise thanks also in part to bin dishwasher patek his n.-g. o.
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co financed a toilet museum in delhi here visitors learn for example that long ago things in india used to be better people what do you think twilight. in india for power than 500 years ago from to be people are going in opposite the 19th you may get a whole many related but not for many school in villages that are not blighted. over the years been dishwasher pattered has also constructed 9000 public toilets across india. these are popular because they're clean and free of charge and the special thing about them is that their top to bio gas plants. here. good. bye gideon. it become boy of. course did. the plug.
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and that they hope to. get the toilets can also operate off grid thanks to the by a gas plant many sanitary facilities are now being built according to this principle across asia and africa. meanwhile back in the damp poor the villages say that they're all looking forward to getting toilets of their own. if they build a toilet for me also it will be a great comfort especially for my children we have a huge problem without a toilet my daughter will feel secure and safe snakes and scorpion bites are quite common while definitely getting out in the open. and in the future these children will find it quite natural to have a restroom of their own. now it's often the women who end up having to be the
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biggest price for even basic rights for example the right to choose and practice a livelihood the ferocity of the need to movement in india will tell you the problems women face at work is a wide and deep our reporter spend to do with a budding journalist in our group to find out how she is standing tall and attempting to break the glass ceiling. curing are put in the time and saloon upon the works for the television news channel. she is one of the few female t.v. reporters in the conflict of city of 1500000 people. after graduating with a diploma in journalism suddenly struggled to find dropped one t.v. station refused to hire her another said she could anchor but not work in the field so lonely refused to give up despite the challenges let me remember that here. i come and i come across in my work police officers in reporters see things like come
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and have tea with me spend time with me meet me after work i'll drop you home some of them are really forceful it makes me uncomfortable and. i block these men's numbers on my phone. i'm here because i want to be a reporter not because i want to spend time with men. and yeah they men had. a guy today she's interviewing a group of men in the park she wants to get their views on women empowerment and gender relations at a time when india's me too movement rages on twitter many female journalists in india's big cities have alleged sexual harassment by senior editors and colleagues and news of those allegations has also filtered down to the men here have strong views about it. oh yes you know these women who are speaking out want oppressed or subjugated the professionally qualified women why did they stay silent for so long
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and why have they suddenly found the energy to start screaming me to. be as a leader that i don't think men are capable of producing women the way it's portrayed in the me too movement the women making these allegations are just seeking publicity they want to be famous you know i get asked about the mayor of a saloon need to have a cement on the job is very real but she says she can't speak of men was one is there is a thing i can't afford to make enemies of the man who had me what's the point of making a complaint if it's police officers themselves have to sing be who do i complain to and who can i complain to about senior reporters. it's a question that's a no news. dismisses week johansson news 24 a year ago he says his company has a 0 tolerance policy but he still hasn't set up a complaints committee as mandated by india's workplace laws against sexual harassment the decision to hire a female reporter at this channel is rare in arca but true hands reasons have
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little to do with the quality of a big bag a somali born female reporter ready enough to look for not the was want to see a female reporter they want to see how she talks how she reports their tractor but . nowadays you see that everywhere even if you go to a shop you see that women are pointed at the sealed counters or the checkout it's a way to attract customers for us to having a pee male reporter is about increasing our viewership and our ratings. for families and small towns like aga bisan easy way to deal with the me to account stay at home in this conservative neighborhood few women work outside their homes so long as parents come from a village and not india would go so i'm not allowed to wear jeans on phones laugh loudly or even speak with boys saloni has fought hard to get away she now has big dreams saloni wants to get out of our ground and join a national t.v. network in davie to get better training and work experience. is
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every part of our city is safe for women a social entrepreneur to india is trying to match exactly that cultural i wish were not is using the data generated through safety audits that indicate the government's n.g.o.s corporations and even common citizens how safe a neighborhood is and how many poorly lit another safe spots it has that's why not how. an image captured every 50 meters of water city looks like from a female perspective what kind of cities are we building what kind of cities do we want. i think violence against women and sexual harassment today is clearly a global problem. in india that i did that i mentioned probably in the male dominated nature of public spaces. crime rates are high in india's inner
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cities and women and girls are especially vulnerable fears for their personal safety mean women sometimes avoid going to walk or steer to want to cover. safety pin as opposed to safety up looking to change start with countless details such as images of daily streets at night that show for example if they're busy or empty prelate search by public transport and so on. my vision is to improve the access and the rights of women and girls to access all opportunities in 15th around the world. and technology from me is an enabler in that so safe haven is a technology which helps to collect data that allows both women and girls to move more freely in the city at the same time it provides data to key stakeholders such as city governments to make the changes. a long time and so i talked to best called
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been obvious for not was motivated in part by the 2000 turns deadly can lead to peace in the us and in part simply by maternal protection and. in delhi we actually use that data to show the government that there were about 7800 dark spots in the city right that with pop patches of the city were absolutely no life. known used by the city authorities safety bill is expanding it seems to include public toilets and bus stops but cities such as delhi change all the time i've been planners don't always have the time. and money to factor in the safety of girls and women. entrepreneurs has developed yaps my safety pin which is partly based on code so as to time safe to be night this takes pictures of the city from very close and safety pin track to tell its users friends and family to they're looking for one thing is
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that we are very aware that data can be misused so we for example in our tracking feature we are very clear that only a woman asked someone to track so nobody can take a decision to track someone so we are very careful that we don't want to become a stocking up. my motivation my desire is to see that the world changes. safety is changing the world for women. it's been used to improve safety alongside the tracks and in hanoi to strengthen sustainable public transport have been planning by women for women that support safer cities. now more of the women role models are beginning to be celebrated by society but this is only a vis a vis bella
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a board game designed by a polish on the kernel is trying to fortify those efforts even by design for all ages and genders the game in 1st the players about strong women and the ideas they strove for let's look at what went into creating this. bestselling author j.k. rowling artist frida kahlo and tennis star serena williams in the game. they share the board with 25 other extraordinary women these include famous i'm not so well known personalities from the past and the present. polish design is because they ask i came up with the idea. with the help of a small team she's been producing the game at her workshop in warsaw since 28. the basic idea of. inspire little girls and show them that they can do anything they want with real stories of real women from all the times it's
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a game for 2 players by asking questions each tries to guess which woman their opponent has chosen the 1st player to guess correctly when we ask questions about everything about any information that's going to find on the board so about their accomplishments about their life or about where they come from about anything that you can see there you cannot ask about their looks. or something. she considered the biographies of some $400.00 women when designing her game she wanted the final selection to include a variety of cultures eras and occupations. the watercolor portraits were painted but. the polish artist found it challenging to make the women look realistic not idealized and yes immediately recognizable. it's not just the way the painting will look but also the expression. because some
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of them are smiling some of them some are like the more. serious. so just deciding which one should look how which one should look very friendly. drawn harder to approach for example so that was part of the siding on how exactly to bring them. the 1st version of who she is in english. but because we have is already working on french portuguese and spanish versions. along with the board made of birch is also a cheaper cardboard one the designer dreams of making her game available to as many children as possible and not just girls i think that it's important for boys as well to see women as the hearings as well because if they don't see them as weak as equal or if even boys don't see girls as equal in the in the competition and never ever it won't work. because believes the more strong female role models girls
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have the more they'll try to emulate them who's she is her attempt to show girls that they can do anything. exposing children and young adults to really enjoy a loveless well luckily the grief of more girls to dream big but also tackle the roots of the book girls and girls grow up condition i hope today's stories have given you a lot about we'll see you next week with maybe more good bye 101. being
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