the tragic reality behind me extortion. starts july 24th w. hello welcome to a brand new episode of india a sustainability magazine bevvy introduce you to change me cuts people like you and i were finding solutions to some of the most pressing problems in the world today. coming to you from mumbai in india. this week let's look at all when organization in cancun is up cycling use to loved ones for the temples the bombers in vietnam

are coping with extreme breakdown. and how design knows not in short the plan will win but not a season of savvy is not about the boxed. first let's look at the story of the people who are tackling river pollution in india don't fly was it a staple offering of temples and mosques around the country but they often end up in rivers considered holy the india to maintain their sanctity take for example the ganga flora of bees reportedly accounts for 16 percent of the total b.s. that ends up in what is considered india's warriors true but do young entrepreneurs and conquer have found in the ingenious solution to this seemingly complex problem .

i got that cheese all incense sticks have always been an intrinsic part of religious functions in india. best swelling smoke rings emblematic of hopes prayers and deference. but these activities make right here on the banks of the river ganges perhaps small special. they recycled from the waste of flowers offered it temples every morning as they burn to the ground they take a substantial portion of potential river pollutants with them. at this very place john reed when 15. there's a chick friend who had come to visit me in concord so and we're sitting here.

around these a festival which marks the end of the winters hollister's and welcoming of summer so people celebrated by taking a dip in the ground this is conservatives very horny. so we sighed here for about an hour and we saw that more than $150.00 people came and could be. bringing the wardour there was a person selling plastic containers just so that people could buy the containers and for. that back home the water was sordo deeds weekly now and we are thinking why and we started talking why is the warden when you would. spoke about. the issues because of the company we spoke about the issues of the band we spoke about the c.v. and so on and then we saw a lot of people coming in and throwing the religious waste in and then there was a small boy from one company which came and dumped all the flaws that was the point i realized. no one has ever done anything we almost of.

an opinion eat it led both ago wall and karen rest stalky can pour residents who grew up in this town along the ganges to develop an idea that is today a successful and sustainable business model. help us green works towards upcycling temple waste its most successful ventures so far has been flour recycling. the conversion of used flowers collected from temples into charcoal and chemical free agora bodies. where new thought in no one believed in us beyond everything because they knew that this 15 years old you are you and that started by when you commune with something something and then when viewers are going back with an open movement operation make them believe it was a hard task but the river once we showed them the actual product and the actual impact that we're making then they believe that yes something.

around the industrial town of can pour in which have protests began g.'s the most revered of rivers in india is at its dirtiest going by conservative estimates about $8000000.00 tons of flowers a dumped into the river every year. flowers are thought to be completely biodegradable but the sheer volume combined with pesticides and insecticides leads to toxic waters. one of the primary causes of hepatitis cholera and diarrhea.

topic of traffic of the floods from the temperature in the concourse of the people of drugs which have a different route the optimism for the time is less. than the ones the flowers are bored and they're worried and then they're distributed to different women then they have to say it again but the thread the blackboard and the ideas. then separate them into 3 parts one is used for incense sticks the others use what we can both now and the 3rd what we have created is the product on time of war which is the voice for the bio degradable come aboard. then these women manufacture. and senses the 1st child sticks in india.

chemicals like also making lead a removed during the process. we've been able to flog more than 7000 pounds of waste and that means that we've been able. to science from getting it to go to work. to. help us green currently employs about 79 work is predominantly women from marginalized communities many of whom used to work scavengers. young women with them now and working everyone appreciates my work an asset earlier because of the work i was doing no one respected me no one ever wanted to drop in

my home. but now everyone comes over whether i'm home or not i always have guests over and. you knew. i had to believe that i had to do something new for the city or for the community of the world with a mouse having the community before us the basic needs food clothing and charger for them a self-respect. care and your study and kit i got while and now determine to extend the flower cycle entrepreneurship model to other industries facilitating the employment of 5000 people by the year 2020. my opening dream is that i establish this facility at every corner of the city and the country so that nothing goes beyond and we provide more and more going for the youth and make us. out on them it's a big move. now

from india let's head southeast. the country is experiencing frequent bouts of extreme flooding storms heat waves and cold snaps rooted regions a particularly hard hit leaving local farm was struggling to protect their crops the cost to province of kwang been which is regularly hit by storms is setting an example but trying something different let's take a look. around the world on a country that has most of us and the sheerest impacts of climate change especially be affected by this for a simple fall 2017 in vietnam we have a sickening storm come to the country.

i'm come from local that's what i understand the. life of people. especially with the poor people that spend group i think that that group they need to support. the people who live in. their income mainly be pencil out on the only pack you guys can division and some. and they have a small garden but the women also lack of knowledge use that knowledge and use. of the evil that's why we support the women.

thanks to the project i've learned a lot about taking care of fish like what kind of food they need to feed the baby and what to feed the adults and i've also learned how to keep them healthy and i have to treat illnesses this project helps create jobs are also my fish at the market and that means income for my family while. i was born and grew up in the village. for me the most important thing here is the people and i'm really connected to them. we're friendly and open. we stick together and we help each other.

oh villages hit by natural disasters every year we reckon with one or 2 typhoons every season as well as one or 2 major floods with all the strains of heavy winds was even more problems than in the coastline is receding swallowing up our land someone same time sand invades our homes and the fields grow our food. will be then you. will go out on a. regular. we're planting lots more trees we're restoring the forests to try to mitigate the impact of climate change. the forest creates shade and climatic buffers. it serves as

a break and stops the soil from trying out. the trees help clean the air and reduce greenhouse gases. during the typhoon season the forest helps prevent the sun from drifting in from the coast to the village. a little from the fury of the storms. this is really a. model of. vietnam as well because. in these. there all of the community. services that they will get from.

one country. costs. in fresh. also. be ma nature. people can also live very friendly with the environment the local people. have a good income. a large part of india has worked. and this susceptible to extreme weather conditions like excessive heat 2017 was the hottest year recorded in india's history the 4th straight year of the record has been broken in such

a situation staying constantly hydrated becomes a necessity one man in delhi is making sure every person in his neighborhood has access to clean water. for the last 4 years 69 year old alike in iraq has been on a mission to make sure no one in his neighborhood goes thirsty. i start my. 5 o'clock. the 1st drop of water for the market. he starts delivering water much because rounded and pumps commonly used across india to store water and keep it cool natarajan is popularly called the much command because he's installed nearly 100 water pots in his neighborhood for public

use even fills them $3.00 to $4.00 times a day everybody is more concerned about the b.m.w. and. when you don't really need. what. is. cyclists security guards daily wage labor is rickshaw pullers and pedestrians greatly benefit from the service he provides a staggering 163000000 people in india don't have access to safe water. it's initiatives like nutter rajan's that help improve the situation i think open. some water for the public also. and it's a lame excuse saying that. all kinds of people all kinds of people make the

community. really belongs to us everything belongs to the community. and whatever you do is good sincerely. let's now shift focus to look at a problem affecting one of the largest industrial stores of carbon on earth more lands of crucial significance west to interact these natural habitats can store 10 times more carbon dioxide than any other ecosystem on average changes in land use practices and climate operating them. but a nature conservation project in germany has found a way to restore. these conservationists want to save the more land near give horne in northern germany their most important work right now is up rooting young trees from areas that are too dry andre data of the nature and biodiversity conservation

union has been working here for many years and leads the restoration project. we're removing trees to keep the moreland open because it's so dry the trees will otherwise keep growing and create a forest. up rooting the trees also helps protect the climate the more land stores considerably more carbon than forests. too many trees would dry out the more and slowly destroy it. 98 percent of the more lands in germany have already been destroyed through peat harvesting logging agriculture. teaches at the university of sustainable development in volved and near berlin she's very familiar with the global threat to more lands illegally yes i was one off because. in africa for example about 20 percent of my land in kenya in nigeria has been protect the

cultural use making it a source of greenhouse gases be out in. indonesia and southeast asia there's a rapid deterioration as being converted into plantations on. peat has been harvested here for 200 years today it's mainly used as potting soil andre data and doris planter of nabu are hoping to restore more lands currently being used for industrial purposes. they. need in order for the peak to develop and kate moss is the most important plant when it comes to replenishing the more oil and when that if you go bald water as peat is removed barren areas being created it could be replanted so we're trying to grow as much peat moss as possible so that we can plant it on those narrow areas.

up the baltic and that will help the more lands to recover. to grow peat moss on a large scale water needs to be returned to the more land 1st. to soak the area we release the water there's a board here and when we remove it the water flows through and fills the area. as the more land revives it slowly recovers its former biodiversity many insect species can only survive on more land peat moss also begins to grow again. the peat soil here will accumulate at the rate of about one millimeter per year so it's a job that requires a lot of patience and it'll take about 6000 years for the more land there get horn to fully recover for years now and again right through school was incomplete without a but not as. a 6 yard wonder government handle when in sync with gold and silver

thread but how do we bring dawning into a dying art as we was increasingly done to make. that turn out large quantities of synthetic. now some indian designers have stepped in to save the iconic sorry and keep the craft alive. to wash away the sins in that of a gun got some to die and be committed. but it isn't just the city. i heard. it's also famous. with silk and gold. with a distinctive look and feel. it's. a must to stay with. the fabrics. operated by spring punch cards to determine the design for the. looms.

the physically demanding work is mostly done by. weeks to make a single. but scenes like this increasing. the centuries old artistic tradition . in the past there would have been a wooden handle in every home. entire families in these villages. were involved in skills were passed on from generation to generation until this happened. in the last decade has seen the arrival of machines cheap. and wiping out the handling just. made the switch. and invested in.

many artisans. in other sectors. makes me very sad. but i have to embrace new technology in order to make production is now much faster i don't have to do backbreaking work anymore. unlike these machines. as well as at night and i make. much more money. but there is a solution to save the handel industry some are just into kamar is a designer in bought an assay he draws on the skills of the city's bieber's to produce contemporary handcrafted fabrics for luxury fashion houses in the u.s. and in europe. they end up as design aware on catwalks. prices as high as $400.00 a metre for their time and to know times have changed there isn't much of

a market left in india for people handle i'm sorry's. the industry needs to reinvent itself. to go with international buyers because they really value craftsmanship and handmade products and they're willing to pay much higher prices. back in the village that is allowed to employ $32.00 families on a regular basis. that the weavers here own between $120.00 to $250.00 a month depending on the work and the skill. it's really about the marketplace. the hope is that if you encourage artisans to stay true to their unique craft. making a single piece of hand-woven fabric involves an entire chain of artisans specialized in different skills. up to 16 different workers a part of the process. initiatives and specialize in different

skills. up to 16 different workers a part of the process. if. initiatives like helping to sustain the artisans and keep the craft life. the case for not. coming but change seems inevitable and the future remains uncertain. i would love to. you can see there aren't any young people it's a huge problem young people nowadays want to study the more aspiration of they don't want to get into this kind of work. that's the biggest challenge. if we don't do something in another decade they won't be the artisans left at all and in this industry. if one of the c's remaining hand looms what a fall completely silent. it would mock the disappearance not just of croft. but the way of life. i hope to be

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