it was a stroke some state of emergency 6 into chaos. joy the 2nd visit. to the people driven steel order. 1979. that created today's troops december 23rd w. . welcomes a global 3000 this week we meet a south african entrepreneur who's using sustainable bricks made of construction waste to build sturdy homes for the poor. many people in the town of port too but only in a material sense we visit the nation where happiness is the most important thing. first though we go to the antarctic and talk to the scientists who spend months

based in the world's coldest region. right to the very south of our planet lies antarctica the continent of snow and ice. in 1911 the norwegian roald amundsen became the 1st person ever to reach the south pole the last region of earth that was still unexplored and uninhabited by humans. in 195912 nations signed the antarctic treaty pledging to use the region only for peaceful purposes and particularly for scientific research. today there are around 80 research stations in the antarctic used by 4000 scientists from all over the world we wanted to know what it's like to spend months in the cold and ice and so we headed there starting at the airport close to the russian polaris. station. sky

. approaching antarctica from the air. on board this aircraft are scientists from 10 different countries. they'll be spending the polar summer doing their research here. this year the team from bellaver is especially large. billows says would be a program for science and a goal just course more current. and now real building go station. india has also sent a large team. members will be making their way to the country's 2 antarctic research stations. to study.

together what we. are studying so it does not amount to so on our commission of all the depth of the will be i think that trend what is the condition of the. example and it is heating up again. nearly all of antarctica is covered in ice. need to lend coke comes from russia he works at the nobel last i read today a station close to the airports. he's a veteran researcher like most of the russians here he started working in the polar regions during the soviet era. my. look my daughter. was 8 months years time. having been observing the environment for many

years the researchers have been able to monitor the changes taking place. no. change. one subject of interest involves lunar observations it's well known that the moon's gravity effects ocean tides but its effect on weather has not yet been well explained. the russian team cooperates with the says molly just said the german oh my research station. it's 700 kilometers away. a few visitors come here the noir maya station is after all in a very remote location. you'll safina struck

a man and eat his quad to study the earth's magnetic field and measure the strength of earthquakes they're not the only ones researchers from several other nations conduct similar work still the scientists say there's nowhere near enough exploration underway on antarctica. antarctica is still a fundamentally unexplored continent that's why there are actually too few stations to collect data on the. marcos agrees he heads the noise station's air chemistry observatory he's worried about the rise in the percentage of c o 2 in the antarctic atmosphere. he's also concerned that the untouched southern continents could fall victim to economic exploitation. that's. it's hard to say what will happen and how things will develop especially if some areas become ice free and amazing raw materials are nursed.

but what's the here 4 years ago of the antarctic treaty was agreed and extended but . i see that as a good sign that it will continue to go in this direction just as in does that which don't why don't you. go back leads the research team. the work done here is purely scientific anything else would be forbidden in accordance with the antarctic treaty that the international community to in 1959. inspect their regular unannounced inspections to take place at the stations. so to this point there haven't been any conflicts. but considering world history one can only hope that the intentions remain purely scientific that.

one big draw for researchers that is the emperor penguins. the scientists want to examine the animals breeding behavior in order to predict possible threats caused by climate change. international researchers share their results with each other. and. people always talk about the antarctic family all the conflicts that exist elsewhere in the world for by the way so everyone helps each other and people try to get along at times under truly inhospitable conditions it's nice to see that in spite of all the bad news in the world it can really work. cesspool collaboration on the most sparsely populated continent on earth. while some research is a busy in the antarctic others focus their energy on happiness asking what people really need to live contented lives money say some lots of money but there are

other important factors stable relationships good health educational qualifications and a joke that matches one's. happiness experts have long been interested in where the happiest people live the un swirled happiness report sees norway and denmark rating high and finland topping the list for the 2nd year running. meanwhile features for the town but the small nation in the eastern himalayas has its own very special relationship with happiness. this is a master class a. navigation there is no autopilot no radar just pure flying skill if you've been following it's an ability to very narrow when. you do not have much

spoke with make up in the least bending and it is turning and mean doing its c.e.o. like you flag a little bit in the video. the would actually hear how the putting in. the pilot tells us that it takes time to learn to navigate the terrain the pilots orientate themselves using buildings monasteries and the landscape in general a little luck never hurts when flying into baton every landing is different but these professionals know what they are doing. is full of the things that are going at it. but i just. think if you keep the air. return is different it's the only country in the world where welfare is measured not in terms of gross domestic product but by gross national happiness.

anyone who wants to find out more about this should be ready to wear traditional dress and that's how we got into the government quarter in the capital the former monastery in fortress is now government headquarters we were advised to bring a gift for our host a bottle of whiskey properly wrapped. perhaps that's another path to happiness sound economics is also important for. all countries. in the uk is what we also see is we have to ensure that. it does that at the course of play environment culture and tradition if the policy because. the policy is back to the immediacy the happiness

commission the think tank can be nerve center of the government whatever takes place in these halls of bureaucracy is aimed at achieving one thing collective happiness according to the constitution at least 60 percent of b. trans land must be forested be term absorbs more carbon dioxide than it produces the only country in the world to do so. compared to other countries the turn is poor but well educated a pillar of happiness education is free and standards are high. to outsiders the nation might look like an outdoor museum but on the inside it's a society that protects and treasures its culture but is everyone in bhutan really

happy for you as you go are all different people are you happy. you shouldn't be. mixing but if you do you need to look at. that as. we have. done that you. can ask yourself do you consider yourself. to 10 want to turn. it. every few years the happiness commission asks the public how happy they are the last poll indicated around 75 percent of boots honeys are indeed happy. today is one of them. we could have 2 rice harvest a year but there's no need once enough we just don't need more we're happy with that they allow their you know most. capitalists would despair

here maximizing profit is a foreign concept so is stress. indeed the country has its own rhythm when pre-date announces that dinner is ready. many come running 3 generations live under one roof of course people in many parts of the world see togetherness as being important but here it actually happens. why should we leave this place the house the fields our parents gave all of this to us we'll pass it on to our own children we have work we have food we're all happy. it's. her husband likes to chew on a rican not wrapped in a bacon leaf in his garden it's a mild stimulant which could also be a factor in happiness. the town is about the size of switzerland with

around 800000 inhabitants tourism is spots that could be in an attempt to control influences from abroad but is that control a good thing in the long run smart phones are everywhere what previously was far away is now locals fingertips and the outside world can be tempting with all it has to offer. where the young people are happy and whether they will stay will decide the country's future. buddhism is still powerful but is this believe in the close relationship we have with the universe and astrology. to the modern that it's like math we calculate subtract multiply the stars tell us if it will be a good day whether we should do things or leave well enough alone that's how we

determine happiness on a scale of one to 10 i written myself an 8 and that's only because there are some things that we all have to endure like illness and. given that you didn't care so happiness does have its limits there's also no guidebook to follow on becoming happy not even here in the land of happiness in bhutan. helping others is another way to boost your happiness levels in this week's global i.d.'s we meet a young entrepreneur from south africa doing exactly that his aim is to revolutionize the country's overstretched housing situation in the townships of johannesburg where he grew up poverty is a big problem coupled with an acute shortage of places for people to live. i the township of soweto lies just south of johannesburg formerly

a home to miners the region now has around 4000000 residents no one knows the exact number. most live in corrugated sheet metal shocks and that's just what young entrepreneur london wants to change he wants to have lots of brick houses built 50000 homes and needed in the johannesburg metropolitan area. because it's cheaper to live there when you're ready. to move forward. so this creates an opportunity for us to actually create a. world where the. order of the. many south africans could never afford to buy a home of their own so they rent shacks in other people's backyards all crammed

together side by side. is a self-taught brick layer while building it out building in the backyard of his parents' home he got an idea to replace corrugated metal shacks with brick houses his customers other people who own the land they pay for the building in monthly installments using the rent they receive from the tenants while the. tenants themselves get to live in a better home plus the whole thing is more environmentally friendly as the houses are made of special bricks so they're more like almost like they're walking so because. you're sure you have a different. sort of britain caused by abdul and. unsecured fitness to live what you're trying to bring to the group. you're going to you're the. starter when you're. going to rupert.

land let's you know make sense bricks of construction waste so he doesn't need to use sand that also means the bricks don't have to be fired in a kiln which saves on energy because the building blocks are interlocking the pressure of their own weight is sufficient to make the wall strong unstable it's an unusual way to build but it's less of a burden on the environment than traditional masonry. so it's really not using the . really comes to a bricks as president to tell them that you only use the man 3. so having to have a pilot this is kind of like. people because they can touch and feel and it's now more convincing than for them to be interested in the thinking of. this man was also interested and happy to learn more so than the c.b.s. is among the 1st tenants to move into one of the brick houses the 35 year old comic

comic has been living in a backyard for 6 years until recently in a metal shock but not anymore now he has a proper home he used to pay about $35.00 euros a month now he pays 40 he thinks it's worth it. actually i am very very very here p.p. course if you're staying in this thing that will shake the. human being actually. you feel confident when everything next. building rubble is a major environmental problem in the impoverished districts of johannesburg many companies just dump their waste in the townships to avoid paying disposal fees nandu similar knows this all too well every day dozens of trucks come to her neighborhood to illegally dump building waste for more prosperous areas this

bothered her a lot until it inspired her to become an entrepreneur now she founded a startup the process is waste. so because a lot of people do it ways to move a ways in their college but then we take responsibility with the waste and the they have visited roads with their waste we compost it we also send it distribute it to organization that make you service organizations like landed to house building company. that you startups plan to work together. to do who could use the plentiful building rubble for his environmentally friendly bricks. now the 2 are working on ways to crush the waste and transported to the construction site they hope to get started soon. though we are working out how we can actually need. and use the rubble as raw material for making bricks with.

and then it can be actually more profitable. and they actually help hire more people because then you will need people going to make bricks and people going to separate their waste encrusted with. more than 3000000 public least. subsidized homes have been built in south africa in the past 25 years even so the government has failed to meet the need for a new housing plan little over says that many who came to johannesburg hoping for a better life are now living in worse housing them before they're exactly the people he wants to help and not just by building new homes for them he has many more ideas for the future. with. the plan to actually plan the people that live here obscure them to actually prove to all sorts of so we can replace all the. heroes and also training them to prove their own houses.

on a woman to another one being there in the room. all that is the stuff of the future right now each building is a major financial risk for london and his start up he's only been able to complete 3 homes with environmentally friendly bricks so far 3 more are under construction but he's been inundated with requests for more 6. you'll find more inspiring stories on d.w. women our facebook page where you can learn about women determined to make a real difference and change the status quo d.w. women gives a voice to the women of our world. this week in global living rooms we visit a family in columbia. roy

and have him by name hello welcome my name is loose mary and this is my home please come in that. they mean this is our living room and this is our motorbike. i think with that standing here because we don't have a garage. i will hold them in ballin the motorbike is really important for our family because it's our main mode of transport. we also use it to transport things to other villages. and we didn't look here are a few photos momentos in the painting and our beloved virgin of guadalupe. and her figure stands in the living room because our lady is part of our belief but then that's very important to us we believe that she protects our home and helps to

ensure that everything remains her money and. that. what i get bought they're not. saying don't follow me. here's the area where we watch t.v. and relax yawn. and here is the hub of our home the kitchen. area and we drink it and t. form it's about to boil the herb spawns have a very calming effect we. got the name on that and this is our bedroom. here. but let's go outside now. this is the most important and also the nicest part of our home because it's

refreshing out here. we sit down here and chat. and eat here and we enjoy the fresh air and being surrounded by trees. with plants full. of born as. we hang out the washing here because this storm. good asset for thanks for the listen i i hope you liked our home come again at any time you're always welcome what about how the air that he almost put on but i thought. next week we head to a village in the state of chiapas in mexico where the knowledge about traditional methods of growing and preparing food is gradually being lost now though that's about to change. that's all from us this week do send us your

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