up for sort of the latest technology in nearly every aspect of life has been to lead but what we often forget is that our ancestors tried to do with the knowledge they had access to big traditional farming practices for example they promoted biodiversity and defined climate change for hundreds of years the forgotten power of traditional knowledge that's our topic today welcome to eco india your environment magazine. coming to you from. rice is the most cultivated green on the planet and 50 percent of india that's roughly 600000000 people consume rice for sustenance but a need to ensure food security in the 1960 s. led to a decision the phase the rich diversity of rice the country has traditionally bolstered off a small group of farmers and carola is trying to revive this let's find out how.

this is a work of art johnson all your poems labors of love planted one paddy sapling at a time. for only up and other farmers in the way and district of getting up cultivating paddy is not just a means of living it is a view of life that has existed since before they can remember. when i 1st started cultivating native paddy people were very curious about the color of the crop they wondered if it got burnt but if medicines were used okola was added so when people started going just to pick pictures of the colorful body which very encouraging on the corners on the field. only up in arms field art is

a glimpse into the vast and diverse bank of the over 100000 paddy strains native to india a country where rice is a staple food for more than half its population. things began to take a turn in the 1960 s. when policymakers struggled to address a newly independent india's growing hunger problem under the green revolution programme farmers were asked to forego their indigenous seed varieties and favor high yield hybrids. the policy makers thought that if you change the practices of the fatherless you can improve the productivity and that and they got the seeds from a rational basis such institute and they are called holding but i guess in the last 50 years almost to 7380 percent of the biodiversity from that because if it is gone

which includes i go by there was the between certainly for seeds of farmers and also that a lot of biodiversity around the traditional farmers face. when biodiversity is lost the soil becomes weaker the ground concrete in as much water and it becomes harder for crops to resist best. but a few farmers have fought to hold onto native seed which are deeply rooted in their culture. like change over a year old roman a member of the couldn't you have tribe who has been able to conserve 50 to one ideas of indigenous paddy some of which were passed down to him as heirloom. and i'm not i would never go to order that in the same day we are going to fire on children i'm able to identify all the seats that i take care of. in the beginning i

had 6 types of seeds which were hunted down from my uncle to me in 1909 and i have . only valium turn their lower garniture near lou gunter grass when i worked on baldoni and i started with all those from 2000 i started hunting for similar seeds and i want to. get a. lot of what 36. someone has voted for and preserved as many traditional greens as he could find that out on the verge of extinction like to add on my to gun type shall the mean ingredient of the famous video of me. and. get in there getting better. this is. part of alien or new nirvana. and this is the shyly. in the olden days this was

a rice which was eaten by ok things it was truly fit for kings i don't judge a bit of that commodity going on out of the. indigenous seeds are more best resistant in addition they are best after to the local climate and that means they are best suited to withstand climate change. this is especially significant for getting up over to toad's of its land underbody cultivation has been lost since the 1980 s. a movement called save our values has been working and farmers across 7 indian steves 2 handguns of indigenous strains off rise and improve the quality of the land. the next 10 years this lady but i believe that especially no climate change is also is it's a very risky thing so you need to put a lot of her sources for fatness in the field. starting from production to look at that ability by india. in a sustainable manner than. the government going to develop and that is what we

think. up out of humans farm land has been reserved to counterweight each man rightly without the use of any chemical fertilisers on pesticides he also believes it's all about sharing and encourages his fellow farmers to exchange an experiment. that americans that you know a movie seats are not meant to be sold and they should be passed on from one farmer to another by hand. do it out of all the knowledge they have is what was passed on to me and what i learned by seeing and going and understanding things that only it is not something i have learnt to read in books or by researching on the internet and then years of. his enduring gonzo ration book to a year old raman was awarded the blonde genome savior award by the government of

india. traditional law about how plants animals human beings and other organisms on earth interact with each other can make a significant contribution to sustainable development today but it often comes down to adapting old traditions to new conditions. many small farmers across the world. to make feeds losing last amounts of carbon dioxide into the atmosphere but then a project aimed at getting farmers to give up the slash and burn methods in belize for example in the trees are being planted to make the ground for type and the tops of trees form a canopy and the fallen leaves create over. many indigenous people preserve important and useful knowledge about hubs and plants

like in the amazon region. in the region as communities are bringing the today's green forest gardens to good restaurants. even all construction methods are getting new attention in india an organization teaching us to build earthquake proof houses using local building materials. traditionally construction techniques to build hof timbered houses have been used all around nowadays half timbered houses are undergoing a revival in popularity they've even started bollywood. this picturesque backdrop looks like something out of a fairy tale but old have tempered houses can be found in many european cities. even bollywood seems to a phone in love with them several movies that feature their stars dancing in front of german have timber houses.

the tradition dates back to the 12th century buildings are constructed from a wooden structure filled with brick or loan that made sense wood sand and clay were all freely available materials. this have timber houses not even one year old yet it was built using the old methods have timbered inside and outside for owner nor about money it was important to have a low energy home equipped with the latest technology but the roof to is based on a historical design it's a so-called cold roof which is well ventilated. that's an old building technique in the sense that in the past there were only called roos and you notice that in the old buildings where attics are not insulated but in the summer it

remains a quite pleasant temperature at the top of the house but that's all it down to the way it's constructed. at the same time the heating technology in the house is cutting edge a fuel cell supplies the building with electricity a solar thermal system provides warm water on the ground floor and underfloor heating system is being built that uses brick to store the warmth the windows are made of smart glass that darkens when the sun shines keeping out about 90 percent of the heat in summer the house was built by construction company owner heiko schultz for more than 25 years he's been building have to bring houses based on old designs but with the latest technology inside. it's a real challenge people used to build very differently centuries no one was concerned with energy efficiency and cetera these days we have to work with significantly thicker walls and accommodate very different things windows have to

be fitted completely differently and it all has to be done so that it's not visible outside. the wooden skeleton is constructed in a carpenter's workshop using only timber grown in europe spruce fur large douglas fir or oak. just as in olden times no nails are used. instead the beams are connected with joints secured with opec's in keeping with traditional methods. this is a joint that has been used by carpenters for centuries only wood is used. the advantage is that it expands in the same way when temperatures fluctuate that's not the case if you use wood together with metal and that can cause damage in the long term a joint that only involves would avoid this problem. but. about

12 cubic meters of wood are needed to construct a house with an area of 200 square meters if you place the chambers end to end they would stretch almost one kilometer it might sound like a lot but wood is a lot more sustainable than other conventional building materials like concrete and cement the hard family is also building a have to merge house based on historical design originally they wanted to build a wooden house but they couldn't because of planning restrictions for them that have timber house is a successful compromise. where you have a specialist we hope the mix of wood and loading will create a healthy living environment 1st thought was wood and the idea morphed into a half timbered design the entire house is built without a single stone and. today's new have tempered houses don't show their youth they've got several centuries ahead of them perhaps they'll even provide

a backdrop for a bollywood movie someday soon just like their historical counterparts. it's not uncommon to hear that knowledge is being lost due to the effects of modernization and changing lifestyles sometimes knowledge doesn't get passed down through generations and can die out as possibly this is a loss for society as a whole but this. can help italian grandmas share their skills and tend to recipes online meet the. pasta grannies web page introduces italian grandmothers their traditional recipes local noodle shapes and personal stories from all around. the intention behind the project is to preserve the centuries old past a tradition. the site was founded by british food writer vicky venice and she's

been living in central italy. only for the past 12 years i noticed that young women had to go out to work and simply weren't making pastor anymore it's only the older women and i thought someone needs to make a record of that so that it's not just about learning about pastor which is a universally loved food it's also. a granny you know the residents with grandmothers and everybody loves their own mom. today she's visiting a pastor granny from a neighboring village. vickie benison films and interviews while she makes past. 1000. and 20 to start making this particular pastor. do you remember. if. she did oh you're making this pastor since i was about 10 all the stuff that you all you know. my mother taught me and my sisters me with

a. daily oh rolls out the dough thinly down to 2 millimeters thickness and. then she cuts it into little squares. today she's making couple netty here in the marquee region this field pastors especially popular on holidays. then you has nimble hands when it comes to shaping the past or . is it difficult not at all in fact it's easy all you do is folded and press the ends together and go firmly to do 40 much there. well. it didn't take long to persuade you to take part in a project you know both are very similar i think it's great in this way others can learn a recipes and their tradition won't try out the very stuff that. vicki benison has already visited more than 200 past

a granny age. hardly any of the grannies can actually name precise measurements but years of experience have taught them how to gauge the right proportions in a way that half the amount is homemade pasta dough i don't quite fit and this is how it should look around solution as well as nice and even. to pass the grannies are on instagram as well. and on you tube. i think it's important to celebrate all the women's experience and celebrate its and just have fun with it really because it's quite often women often a bit shy and stay in the background and it's nice to kind of push them into the center in. she hopes her project will inspire other people to visit grandmothers in the countries they live in and preserve their recipes and charms for generations to

come. now remember my grandma used to drink water out of an old the pot she used to see it cool in the water and did not require electricity storing water in these ports was a common practice across india before the wide scale use of refrigerators one man in delhi is bringing back this practice and ensuring that everyone in his neighborhood has access to clean water. for the last year was allowed not large and has. been on a mission to make sure no one in his neighborhood goes thursday i start my day some 5 o'clock meaning to deliver the 1st round of water for the market and then i come back by the plug my assistant starts and he takes over and he starts delivering

water. might gusts around on parts commonly used across india to store water and keep it cool not transient as popularly called the must come man because he has installed nearly a 100 water pots in his neighborhood for public use he fills them 3 to 4 times a day. everybody is more concerned about the b.m.w. and the muscly that i portrayed in that i form my you know when you don't really need. more language what is more important is making sure that your guard is as well reuter's. cyclists security guards daily wage labor those ricksha pullers and pedestrians they are greatly benefit from the service he provides. a staggering 163000000 people in india don't have access to safe water. initiated like now tragedians help improve the situation and.

i think the principle people should allocate some water for the public also holds and it's a lame excuse saying that it will encourage all kinds of people all kinds of people with the community nothing really belongs to us everything belongs to the community . god 30 host and whatever you do is good sincerely. for long now traditional camel herders of us have struggled to make a living. the community lives on what the councils provide them with the transportation and load bearing but with increased urbanization their utility is diminishing the hotels are now looking at sustainable alternatives to preserve their culture a lot of important their livelihood. this

region is india's largest so it's plain and home of the kind i am of their name cut i mean salty in a good at the. out a special breed that has successfully about dead to transitional areas of vegetation mangroves and grasslands there died includes various blondes shrubs and mangroves but if they don't eat monrovia's one along these animals get sick and eventually we story. the heart is in the catch dejan who have been living with the camels but generations are struggling nowadays to find the provide food for their camels. and. the man groups are much closer to us earlier we used to take the camels or to greece and be back within an hour and there were many

a lot of that on about 30 on the megas about right now we need to go 6 to 7 kilometers deeper into the desert to look for grazing ground by the united and go to each other now they go so supplement and they don't want to sign for direction and processing is joining ordinary groves and. sort of what am i going to get there that are going. to that i was going to do to. the hardy as the heart of 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 mongrel forests are fast disappearing giving the. assault ban school big manufacturers. in 2011 with the help of a local ngo the camel how does organize themselves into the catch. 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 gazers related to and vironment of issues to disallow salt manufacturers from operating in the region and ensure better implementation of the conservation plan of the highly try to end. in 2013 together with the ngo they came up with an idea to secure their livelihood . for years they only use camel wool for their own needs to make seat rest while riding camels or bags for their belongings taking this practice beyond the image a community could not only give them a new mode of livelihood but also help guns of the qatari army. is a matter of pride we're. really here. for this war doesn't require any sort of. a lot of chemical dying process it would be a winnable in fear and there is

a possibility of getting really beautiful product out of this. this one who has. the engineer coming here has been helping the holders of catch to set up an assembly line process the cameras are sheared once a year just before the legions hosh 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 spending the shared one in 3 on the whole community is involved in the processing of shearing the wool spinning going on and leaving the plot. traditional rivers 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. then there are all that income had jeans now we get no we have thirty's fight we get our money on time. proved to me since we have come together that we are able to figure out which has been a market value and how it can benefit us. to do you know only $6000.00 coming camels in the region but with the common herd taking a big step towards reinventing their traditional craft and fighting against the fall the spread of the salt industry a sustainable future for both the commoners and the herders might be possible.

collectively we've always been a forward society rarely looking back but examining traditional practices who help us in not to leave inventing the wheel each time we're faced with a new problem we hope we've encouraged you to think about that or even reach out to your grandparents about how baseball solutions. we'll see you next week until that the.

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