quiet melody resounds along the line of the mood. and soon very. recently. the mind and the music. talk from 1st 2019 from september 6th to september 29th. hello welcome to eco india a sustainability magazine that trains the spotlight and solutions to some of the most pressing problems in the world today and introduces you to change makers who are making this possible i'm stunned that i'm home coming to you from mumbai in

india. i had a short hour refugee women in delhi are working towards creating a plastic free world. a peek into a matriarchal community in indonesia sumatra. and how the city of atoms is preparing itself against the impact of climate change. first a heartwarming story a group of undergraduate students in delhi is working with of danny women who are very few jews in india to make meets the ones and boys that are edible most of the 11000 of refugees in india live in delhi projects but the idea is not only giving these women a source of livelihood but also helping create a society with lesser plastic. it is a bit prematurely and of the on 30. already on their way to work. the

2 women are of gone refugees. arrived in the indian capital delhi 5 years ago with her husband unfortunately her husband is unemployed she is the breadwinner it's a job to produce at the very. town. we live happy lives in afghanistan i think that until broke out there and bombs were falling up an event. the other way my husband and children's lives were in danger. that spent we decided to come here. to british work for the drug project. the students from delhi's kirori college said

that the initiative that the help of the u. and that the united nations refugee agency. is basically an amalgamation of 2 sons geared towards bought through and. through basically means your pencils and there's something that you can eat being at will your dances so when restarted our the project we would looking for all communities who require that in direction and are socially as well as economy backwards and really really had the boys iran we've met with access and you and got in touch with the un at sea island they have gone to a few g's. many of gone refugees live in the bogle district of southern delhi including banish she earns about $1500.00 rupees a month roughly equivalent to going to do u.s. dollars. this work is new people don't know about the concept of edible cutlery yet. that's

why even though i have been working here for the last 3 years the money is not great and we get paid only when i was boys get sold that would be fair it's good that we are doing because we are trying to replace plastic. and eating from plastic utensils can cause a lot of. very depressed that would pose made up for example it is a great thing. not just for people's health but also for the environment. the base aggressively includes white flour rice and of a protein some of the bones are chocolate i'm in flavor of the production the kitchen has to be used within 15 days what isn't used can be bad the i believe your pencils decompose within just 2 weeks. first we make the dough and put it into the machine then we ship it and put it into the oven

to be baked finally we clean it properly before it's made very forcibly. experienced groups have had a hand in developing the formula. the food safety of the project has been off the should be approved by indian the tortoise. biggest principle that it's trying to work on is that i do catering the was a single use plastic and it was an avid in fact that plastic is taking over the void and it's high time that you stop talking and start doing and then when you're going to go out on the mark. they're mostly shocked in the. placement of plastic where they say so. a lot of potential in that area so we've been pursuing that since. the world used to be drowning in plastic waste in india online delivery services also generate $22000.00 tonnes of it every single month.

of enlisted professional help from the food industry to ensure they can compete with conventional packages. given we started out we had a little problems going out there because it was a very new concept to the people but often successful miscreation seminars we did ring out to people at reduced events and in various qualities we were able to create a sustainable demand for the product. first there were language barriers and just had to grow to. have already achieved a lot of learning to manufacture the utensils then turning to sales. we have also gone to store this couple of times to sell these. the team makes all the arrangements and we had. one ball fetches us.

we also get a share of profits then there so it. be. 10 minutes in there vandeman was one of the most challenging aspects. it was difficult for them to open up to was because they're in a completely different world completely different country with no identity but then with various sessions with the community where we taught them their language a little fun learning their languages and with the exchange of cultures you find. among projects 1st customers is discovering greater noida good orders between $250.00 to $300.00 every month they're mainly used to serve ice cream it is a stock. now we've all seen that hot trenching image of marine conservationist pulling out lumps of plastic bags from

the sea to ok but have you wondered what happens to heavier plastics like spoons for example but they end up in a landfill let's find out. if you've ordered delivery for today it might reach you with a non edible staple disposable plastic spoons. an estimated 79 percent of single use items designed for immediate disposal to accumulate in landfills for are left as litter around us. to understand the environmental impact of these single use plastic spoons we need to examine their journey from design to disposal . what is the lifecycle of a plastic spoon look like fossil fuels are extracted with drilling rigs then refined often causing pollution and harming local communities and biodiversity. these materials are then transported to a factory where they go through a chemical process known as polymerization producing small pellets of plastic

called nergal's. the pellets are than ships to another factory where the students are manufactured after which they're shipped off once again this time to distribution centers where consumers purchase them. but even before it's been used the spoon has already done irreparable damage to the environment spills and negligent transportation lead to nergal's ending up at sea and eventually in the food on our plates at the same time inefficient supply chain management means more fossil fuels are burned and more carbon dioxide finds its way into the atmosphere and that's not all just 9 percent of all the plastic that's been produced since 950 has been recycled. consumers typically only use plastic spoons once. after that they become a solid waste that finds its way to landfills oceans or incinerators.

since the plastic isn't biodegradable it can remain in the environment for hundreds of years we need to avoid plastic waste in the 1st place and improve the recycling system. having seen that the 1st question that pops in my head is is there a way to avoid plastic use altogether one of my tools friends who tried to replace plastic in her day to day life tells me they are just possible but not easy to design as in germs seem to have found the solution after much trial and error they have bio plastic sheets and bags made of said you will see which can be put into a compost heap once you're done with it and that's it well let's take the. packaging that decomposes after it's used. it disappears without causing any damage to the environment. researchers and designers around the world are trying to

realize this vision. among them a product designers katya instance ava's. the trigger for that work is the amount of trash that they themselves produce. with. the couple have long been aware of the issue. but despite their best efforts they're aware that avoiding packaging altogether is still extremely tricky. and 15 yeah about 15 years ago we were standing in our pantry wondering why a 3 person household generates a bag full of plastic waste each week. even though we're very careful this is. every day food items cooked meats cheese coffee and tea it all has to be packaged apartment 2 years ago there's

a vis started producing can possible film and bags made from cellulose from which waste which decompose when they come into contact with bacteria in the soil in france italy and switzerland you can put them in the organic waste bin. indictment of my germany this isn't possible at the moment we're working to provide evidence that our film decomposes brilliantly in industrial composting facilities and together with waste management companies we also striving to find a solution to the problem of how these materials can be recognized in sorting plants so that they can be turned into compost in germany to. another challenge is coming up with packaging that seals in a roma for half a year now spend save as has been working on a multi-layered composite of all coffee packets. just like a plastic packet coated with alum in your it protects aroma and keeps the coffee from going stale the new product is currently undergoing laboratory testing.

well you know. every food stuff comes with its own challenges in nuts or fatty cheeses bioactive coffee is a roma sensitive so every product has its own characteristics and they have to be tested i can't make any assumptions that's the challenge you have to try everything out and that takes time and it takes money because it's course material. but the savers have already won over many customers for their single layer cellulose foam for example vegetable supply is like sun mom where possible the organic farm packs its way as an open crates the heads of lettuce and other salad greens will to if they aren't covered monica some months which the box made of composite a bill from 6 months ago as the german waste disposal system doesn't cater for them some mom has come up with an interim solution. to the. customers can definitely return these bags to us and we'll compost them not all of our customers have

compost heaps or a composting bin but they can bring them back to us compost on it at times at times but. the vegetable delivery found would also like to avoid using conventional plastic for their potted halves but because the thin film used for the leafy greens would come into contact with soil and the pots it would start decomposing too quickly causing it to rip too easily. xavier's have developed a new film for the application it takes twice as long to come past due the new film decomposes in 12 to 15 weeks in industrial facilities and in natural conditions it takes longer to break down than the original cellulose film so it can come into contact with soil a moisture we can package plants with it without it breaking down straight away. avoiding packaging altogether is unrealistic in today's global food industry but there are more and more alternatives to conventional petroleum based plastic film.

shifting focus now indonesia is home to the voice of the largest matriarchy committed to the mean unc about people here property families mean mainland boss is down from the mother to the daughter just like in matriarchal communities in care law for example hakim visited vest on sumatra with 4200000 minnows continue to live in practice there centuries old tradition. she's the boss. so is she. and so is she. among the mean and care about people of sumatra the women are in charge. what. about women are strong because in our tradition and culture they hold a strategic position but now one of the leaders the moral guardians that the

pillars on the foundation for the women have authority. what makes this matriarchy even more unusual is that it's in a country where the majority of the population is muslim and the power of the women hold isn't just symbolic unlike most traditional communities around the world my sons inherit from their fathers here it all goes to the women are born. it's the woman who owns everything. she owns the house the property the fish poems the rice fields. everything to the middle advise me to sit on my thumb at the bottom one. is one of 2 and a half 1000000 women and she lives on the island of sumatra where she produces the most expensive coffee in the world cup you also had coffee beans come from coffee cherries that have been eaten and definitely hated by the asian palm civet it's a highly specialized product and popular all over the world. so i also bought

another yeah i actually started this business on my own without help from anyone not the government or anybody else so. i started my separate coffee production from 0. to accept of the. i just thought if other people can do it why can't i. that's my motto that's why i've survived in the civic coffee business to this day. business. it's typically dominated by men. is the only daughter in the family so she inherited the house and fields she employs farmers from all over the region and determines the prices herself passed down from one generation of women to the next

the 1st land of western sumatra has been a source of wealth of the people for centuries. young. men who are younger so i think there's a lot to learn from our women. from their self-reliance. from their respect for other women. and from their independence in the bend of. when mean and care about couples marry the man moves into the wife's house and what's in her fields most men come from other families in other villages opinion about inheritance is divided. from the guy at the embassy for i haven't really thought about marriage yet. i know that's still a long way off from 8. 11 it's

a might. go i think we should respect the traditions inheritance should go to the daughter of one. and i think he has educated men should be leaders they should be men that need to but in our culture it's the women who have the privilege and that's not right. and religion says it should be the men who lead because women need to be protected that's their privilege and i think the market is going ah that's the way it should be i'm not the only person with this opinion you can see out of the question but i don't as i am. grouping gutfeld. i often get into conflict about this with my family.

we're going to be our own there's a woman in my family who says men have no rights. yeah it's not that i have no rights we have duties but in the moments just the inheritance that only goes to the woman what. i mean i certainly say from the threat of male dominance that women are in control they have economic power and authority because of what they own. every man on what about a person dreams of having a daughter. and i gave birth to 3 sons are. now in india extreme heatwaves during the summer months have huge trip with cautions there's a loss of life in many of the genes in the country climate change is not

a myth anymore and is not exclusive to only some parts of the planet pick atoms for example the city has to be with drastic shifts between extreme droughts and. the new media stablished office for resilience and sustainability is starts with looking out for nature based solutions to make athens climate resilient let's take a look at how it's going so far. the renowned athens acropolis seen from the top of nearby mount like a better for athenians like a better choice is even more important nowadays because it still has traces of woodland 80 percent of the metropolis is a densely built cauldron of cement with summer temperatures easily hit 38 degrees celsius climate change is also aggravating conditions in the drought plagued arid landscape linear mirah valleys had enough their rising heat and the long period of heatwave creates drought and we have problems because also we do have.

a different type of rains these days also get the climate change we have shorter periods of time that we have enormous amount of water coming down in a very short period of time so this creates flooding and flooding creates erosion so we have this double phenomenon of dryness and a lot of water which also depletes the land and creates land there over 3 years ago 40 percent of the area's annual rainfall gushed down here in only 5 hours and washed away most of the topsoil. athens is one of the european cities most at risk from drought and farce fires the deforestation of the slopes of mount like a bit as has disrupted the area's microclimate as well the downpours of recent years turned roads he into want water chance now athens is responding we're replacing all the asphalt of the road that goes up and down the hill which is a proximately 3 kilometers taking it off and putting

a special type of material that is what the permeable water is a key element when it comes to cooling athens down that's why the head of the city's waterworks is showing a rare antiquity the final stretch of a fully functional aqueduct dating back to the year 125 it channels $5000000.00 tonnes of water a year which until now simply drained. unused into the at and su is we tried as a duck to use it in the 80s but the quality of the water then was not that great so now that we have a very good serious system we can speak again about using the water of the hydrants aqueduct not for drinking but for other non-portable uses like for example watering plants irrigation also washing roads or washing. waste bins so these are things that we right now often use drink

up a walk there to do things that is actually a great waste the aqueduct is still intact here because it runs underground for 20 kilometers it's unique in europe groundwater trickles into it along its entire length which can be accessed at over $200.00 locations downstream the national gardens in athens is not only in a way since of retreat from the hot city's bustle it's also important for the local climate the aqueduct is already irrigating the gardens that in turn cools the surrounding area. the national garden has just launched a project aimed at cataloguing its entire inventory all 7000 trees and 5000 bushes with photos latin names and trunk sizes. sensors will also record temperature and humidity. the project's findings will be transposed across all of

athens. it'll help to improve care of watering of trees pruning and to replace city plant stocks we have about $90000.00 trees in street lines and we want to have for each one of them they their regarding their health their height and what kind of eco systemic services it gives to the city syntagma square with the greek parliament sits is the beginning of one of athens main shopping for affairs warshel will also play a key role in combating he linea mira valley is having 16 water fountains installed . you need say you need room areas to give them protection then you need water then you need to have public water fountain. so that people can drink water. water and woodlands to cool baking cities in athens and around the world.

i hope you had many day careers from previous short we'll be back next week with many more such stories to help you make an informed choice for a sustainable future until then good bye.

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