hello and welcome to eco india one more organization the concrete jungle around us is constantly expanding to help you counter this we train the spotlight on green living in cities rago coming to you from brandenburg gate in sunny bali. today on the show let's look at why boards are the important part of a city ecosystem. how large city like bali is finding you know where to be is to produce its own food and remain sustainable and why an architect from india is being called an eco pioneer. the. first let's talk about one of my favorite subjects for many futurist predict the beers not ready farben we have robot farmers harvesting studio closer to our homes or 3 d. printers creating a perfectly field cross off without emitting greenhouse gases but the food we eat

to be has a massive carbon footprint i went to meet 3 game changers in the city of bullion who are trying to find cleaner and crema solutions to help mitigate the problems in our food supply teams right now. 3.5000000 inhabitants is not a big city considering standards but there are still lots of people to feed in the german capital i want to go explore how sustainable bully got in its food production. the ancient asterix and the chinese they did many millennia ago now a 1000000000 company is using the technology of aquaponics to feed the city's residents in the center of building a former malt factory this farm is producing food it's a bully it's a combination of reading fish and growing vegetables. nicholas lescott and a colleague set it up 4 years ago the carbon footprint of. traditional food

production is very massive how is this the solution to help solve this problem well aquaponics as a as a way to produce very resource efficiently food fish and vegetables of highest quality and if you do that within an urban environment of course you have very short transportation mileage you have very short cooling chain chains and an overall better c o 2 will benefit the reference from here in berlin reproduce about 400000 parts of base loads per year and we can produce roughly 30 tonnes of fish and this is just a surface area of 1800 square meters if you could predict on for me one of the 3 environmental benefits of using a coupon what's the carbon footprint that it's the water footprint it's the feet footprint and it's the ocean footprint actually for what you think is the future of this technology in general i think as humans we have to produce food in systems

like this where you take a very small footprint to produce large amounts of food with less resources this is a feat for a vegetarian like me i'm on my way to find out where i can find some lunch as fresh as this many places in berlin advertise the freshness of their products but it's impossible to be good bank industry god. at this restaurant that needs to come from the field instead you can watch a green screwed right behind the box inside since i'm not going to tell me how the idea for the bank him about you wanting to have a new form of astronomy 1st national astronomy in german is still very tradition all your work a lot of that convenience and so we decided to start on a strong that has the most visible history as you can see it works it will harm me it's really a part of our org where we say ok you can have really high quality but still affordable in their prime but with super fresh. what would you say of the

challenges to something like this in the beginning it was very difficult to sell the idea to the gas it was not really considered being here with the action of a fan i remember when in farming fold the machines here were the farming models we had many guests that thought we're old enough now and not restaurant but now after 2 years of course people know if they get food here and that we go on for. any kind of time she has a big impact on the end but i don't regard in the production of the transportation and the complicity sued waste as one of the biggest problems in our society today but often what happens is when groceries into their expiry be thrown into the bins but bowling has a very interesting way to tackle this problem this seems to be a grocery store like any other but the goods the sell here are believed to be. produced on expired food going to the trash bin and strain however just too good to

eat raw file film is the founder behind this unusual shop. surplus is operating in 4 different locations in berlin and unlike shop this is such a simple yet you know it's a fantastic concept can you tell us how it came about for me already when i was a young child felt a lot of injustice that we have hundreds of 1000000 people also children starving in the same time we're throwing away food that's not possible anymore environmentally but also ethically correct wanted to do something to make this world a better place and that's why i started so well what does the future look like for so this and put a concept like this our mission is to create awareness in the heads of the people because 50 percent of the food waste in germany and in most other countries in europe is happening at home so we want to give the people again trust for their own census and our goal is right now we are throwing away. one 3rd of all food in the

world and the next 10 years we as a humanity appreciate food again more and use the food which we have instead of always producing more and more food which we throw away moves to come rough i felt he's creating a franchise to steve. i'm into 3 very interesting places today and what i've noticed is that reduce the strain of well being pointers and clean up is what it was known then an exception is not the goal for every city in the world. now i'm standing in here got a park right in the heart of the place is abuzz with drug cyclists and even those who want to just relax a bit sun our next story highlights how the songbird's who arrived for the summer from sub-saharan africa are making the busy city their home. 90 and. in many european cities the birds are disappearing. in berlin nightingales even

adaption to annoying traffic noise like near the iconic brandenburg gate as you look at all sort of parks they often have an area around the else heart of heart also metres was very overgrown budget haitian so the brambles and the nuttall's and the muslim girls and lasting all the groans have a new top tech show. the birds growing population offers researchers new insights. with the help of amateur bird watchers and a free app they learn about where the nightingales live and their highly complex song. it has as many as 190 different vocal elements researchers suspect that the birds may even speak different dialects . when it comes to birds in a crucial part of any courses. they help preserve and increase the region's blog

biodiversity but cities around the world are finding it difficult to make spaces board friendly a delhi based ngo is trying to change that by building artificial mist with coconut fiber and bamboo sticks all about the city. though once you make it just how spiral is becoming conservationist in its absence . its decline has been partly attributed to the lack of an emotional connection between humans and the books which are in fact among our oldest friends. modern buildings open rooms leave birds with nowhere to nest there are fewer crevices notes and now and it's not just. where there used to be green reopen

planning has taken over and all you see concrete a structure so we will. have shut them out. from our hearts today they're not allowed anywhere near as many are going to. cut it he is a documentary filmmaker by profession and became a spiral conservationist by accident but us how been involved at the meetings and it's my office was in sao delhi and on my way to work i would see huge flocks of birds and it made me happy. one day i saw a man filling in the pipes where the birds nested when i asked them what they were doing this said preventing the spreading of filth. to monitor your car don't worry i don't these bird populations were already doing and they were making the problem worse this is what they were just following orders but i told them i would file a complaint and were new to me like a complaint got

a. letter to fighters report with the national green tribunal which deals with cases relating to an environmental protection did the trick cut 300 artificial mast along the road and then weeks the spirals settle down what's more they began to breed and lay eggs. boyd by his success country set up the equal routes foundation to promote his mission and raise awareness of the bird's plight. truckies country now conducts workshops for children in schools all over the country and for anyone who wants to help bird survive life in the city. it takes just 40 minutes to learn how to make a nest with coconut fiber jute and bamboo sticks mimicking what the birds themselves would use to build their nest. these birds are very important for our system like

a paranoid system walk around to feed all insects that can be harmful to us professor so deep the chatter g. has been working on for years conservation on biodiversity for 20 years he also believes that predicting spado populations is crucial to maintaining the ecological balance this is one of the smaller sized species. scientifically. which means that again it is falling in very close people. to be a misnomer. and i actually found like it's a global distribution is very very high as it was distributed across the country across the lord but the problem of the business users that and spite of the numbers are coming down. the international union for conservation of nature that categorized as giving conservation cutting loose a species. are least concerned your. country has built over 100000 nest

since he started his workshops and has taken his message to some 3500 schools i mean. the conservationists say is that the artificial nest was 60 percent success rate and are helping revive the populations of urban birds. even still build another 250000 over the next 2 to 3 years. long good for delhi it has someone like rakesh country to look out for the city's birds but what happens in other urban regions how do birds adapt to a decreasing cream cover and rising human populations this explainer will help you can text to lies that question. more than half of the global population lives in

cities and that proportion is growing in 1950 there were 751000000 city dwellers but in 30 years time there will be 6700000000. to make more space for growing urban centers forests are being cut down. that means birds are losing their natural habitats. to survive they too must adapt to city life. experts believe. that of the world's 11000 recognized bird species 20 percent now live in cities. but how have birds been affected by changing to life in big cities. in rural areas birds are nature's pest control every year they eliminate about a half a 1000000000 tons of plant eating insects. and many health

pollinate and disperse the seeds of plants scavengers such as vultures remove animal carcasses. in the city however birds must adapt to a new environment they don't build their nests on trees instead they build them on structures such as electricity poles or apartment buildings. they eat discarded food cities like the large numbers of insects and worms they would otherwise feed on. that's why some experts believe that birds that live in cities age more quickly and have a lower life expectancy than the same species that live in rural areas. this city's noise level also impacts birds communication and reproduction. for example males that want to breed must compete with the sound of cars and other loud noises otherwise they have no chance of reproducing the animals must make

a greater effort. that's why it's becoming more important to create spaces for birds when planning cities it's the only way to ensure long term biodiversity. what a temple it used to be an airport and today is one of the biggest in a city box. there's an ongoing discussion in the city should be housed in one part of the field and if so can they be in. call friendly an architect in india is considered by building communities with the least amount of ecological damage. the center of arts c.e.p.t. university campus. it's a creative haunt for art students as much as it is for professional artists.

it's not far from the gallery. this gallery structure is below ground level but keeps things cool here even on the hottest days. city housing complex is home to a life insurance company's employees they live together with their managers in the same building their children even play together. the brains behind all these projects is 90 year old architect krishna does she want his buildings to be more than merely impressive. piece of. the. natural. shadow.

is. a log. nature. and naturally labor and. his own studio mirrors that concept it's a mixture of traditional influences and those of his mental swiss french architect . for.

over the course of his professional life he has completed over 100 projects mostly situated in his hometown. thing clued housing estates like. built for a textile company's employees. the vittra design museum in southern germany. is currently showcasing she's work. amongst the exhibits a model of the iranian housing estate for people on low incomes in the late 1980 s. every resident was given a small plot of land with a toilet. they built themselves depending on their needs and using purpose built design. people live here. the notion of designing your own home according to your personal needs is more

relevant than ever right now in western countries as well. almost on the cannot there is a housing shortage cities berlin especially are increasingly having to struggle with rising housing costs and it seems to me that does she has managed to combine a person's apartment with their sense of identity and a highly unique way. it's a meditation on how we want to live in the future how flexible a house or an apartment has to be the whole sign she's granddaughter kentucky who've curated the exhibition they selected is most important works together. some of the most important lesson from his architect or for many students and all practicing architects that octu this generation is that his approach to participate free and open ended up addict where there are possibilities to grow adapt modify

over a period of time. last year does he was awarded the pritzker architecture prize for his life's work. his opus includes the institute of indulging as a repository for ancient family's manuscripts it was a major challenge for an architect to ensure it maintains a constant climate within. it are mostly i'm drawing a sketch of the structure created by mr darcy the special thing about his architecture is that its client responsive functional very simple different and is very attractive sustainable and mindful construction with constant reference to people and their constantly changing needs principles which are firmly embodied in both christian adore she's architecture. wooden buildings are not only trendy but they're also very eco friendly compared to the traditional ones made with concrete and pricks and normally now it's thought that wooden structures are useful for more than just

a weekend the wants tallest wooden high rise stands 85. stall and is located just 100 kilometers off the capital city of austin. the wooden high rise on the shore of lake muir in norwich valley has 18 stories 85 and a half metres high the tallest wooden building ever to be built worldwide. the project was the 1st film and the personal dream for developer. it's a symbol of what is possible. to make in word complicated buildings and also high rise buildings and how to reduce c o 2 and this is 60 percent lower c o 2 than in steel and concrete you think clearer and

clearer so it's healthier both for people but also for the nature. life but that we can as an apartment on the 15th floor. be thoroughly enjoys being surrounded by would. like this i feel diverted you can smell the bird all the video you see makes. doing something with you so i think it's more like this living scene concrete right so you feel that the building is living actually with you. it took years of pioneering work to make the wooden tower impermeable to wyndham whether it was designed by paul architect and moved from a company specialized in temperate construction. project coordinator. ventured into

new architectural territory. we had never done anything like this before so it was always about believing that it is possible a lot of hard work and long nights trying to figure out how can we do this the biggest problem. lightness of the material so all the force of the external force as they will try to tilt the building or shift it. to load bearing called had to be something deeper into the ground than usual. proofing was never a major issue the thick wooden beams can withstand a blaze even longer than steel another factor behind the trend building with timber . 84 meter building under construction in vienna it's also not a ford or joe francis building an entire development with eco friendly material and architects in london are planning a $300.00 metre tower made of oak. i think it's a symbol of the green shift we have mental to think about and using timber.

from the method of building. for the future not necessarily tall buildings but in every building he can use that. wooden high rise also offers a hotel and conference rooms. the 100 you go in music the more you sense the wooden surroundings. residents of the upper floors have to get used to the creaking in the swing of the timber deeps. be in this area. i think you can feel it a bit more like you think you feel it. it's material so i think it will have something and that's normal and this is good.

so far wouldn't high rises remain the exception. but them yes a tower is a good example of what apartment buildings could look like in years to come. i hope you read many takeaways from today is sure to help you make an informed choice for a sustainable future we'll be back next week with many more sad stories until then from bali good by.

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