of creative people and innovative projects around the world like to use that protect the part that boost green energy solutions and reforestation. interactive content to inspire people to take action the audience and series of google 3000 on t.w. and online. hello and welcome to focus on europe i'm a lot about biloela thanks for joining us today for millions of europeans it's the highlight of the winter season skiing in the alps the beautiful mountains and pristine nature attract winter sports fans from around the world. ski holidays have become a $1000000000.00 industry that many in the region rely on. but

there is also a flip side to this winter wonderland on the snow covered peaks ski resorts leave a large carbon footprint during high season the industry operates at full speed lifts run for hours as crowds queue to hit the slopes snow machines are needed to combat the effects of global warming and there is more of the same to come in australia's style valley a project is underway to extend the ski area to neighboring pits to create europe's largest glacier ski resort but the number of critics against the development is growing. it's tough going up here on pitstop glacier but the air increasingly thin. right of fluid and his friends are trekking up to a mountain ridge to protest against plans to turn parts of one of the last pristine

glaciers in austria into ski slopes. rising could be the thing to skiing regions will be linked to a new one. for the new area alone will be about half the size of the spit skiing region these are huge i mentioned the bit by bit we are destroying our natural landscape you know that all of it. but down in pits still valley many local support the project like the knesset who recently took over her parents' guest house. she's deeply worried about the future of her business in recent years fewer and fewer visitors have stayed in the valleys guest houses and hotels. it's the only skiing

region in tyrol with such a downward trend. we need an economic impulse to give young people like me the confidence to invest in our businesses many of our guest houses are run down but young people like me are afraid to invest because we don't know how the tourist industry will develop so it's essential for us all that . economic growth. if the. the plan is to link up tranquil pistola valley and its glaciers with neighboring boats the glacier 2 2 2 2 2 2. it's a huge construction project estimated to cost some $130000000.00 euros. 2 2 2 proponents say it will create europe's largest glacier skiing region. but critics say these plans will have serious consequences they point to and the

valley one of austria's premier skiing destinations drawing visitors year round. modern ski lifts transport droves of tourists up the mountain. a local tourist industry has been set on growth. and today a sleepy little mountain village has become a booming tourist hot spot. the customers want this and that's what counts our industry benefits austria's valleys i think this project will be hugely important to the next generation. the. advocates of the mega project say it would boost tourism especially in pitstop valley so far the ski slopes are busy and ski lifts could use investment. but within just a few weeks more than 150000 people signed

a petition opposing the project to the surprise of many locals. vanessa family for example reliance ski tourists to keep their business running the pony and carriage rides they offer simply aren't enough to make ends meet. this is small things like sometimes it makes us really sad and speechless when people claim we are destroying our unique landscape sure this impacts nature but when you look left and right and pits tile you'll see that we also do a lot to preserve nature because phones on the pool. many locals feel criticism of the project is out of proportion and if they didn't once in the hug we're sticking to the designated borders of the skiing region we don't want to bring the legal requirements from the states at all to ski areas for those in 2005 and we are hearing to them what it's going to be doing. since then however there has been

growing environmental awareness today many agree that mass tourism is putting a major strain on the austrian alps and that a limit has been reached. this is something that activists like rhino pfluger and his friends are drawing attention to. this is like you know enough is enough we need to protect our place is the natural environment and we need to switch to a more sustainable form of tourism if we destroy everything that will not be possible. so far there's no consensus on how much tourism really is sustainable. room for plenty of conflict in the future. well the conflicts could come to a head in a few days the state of tour all has to evaluate how strong the environmental impact will be. it was a core promise of his presidential campaign but instead it has caused chaos in many

parts of france and many well maccollins pension reform plan well he wants to reduce the $1000000000.00 pension fund deficit by raising the retirement age and replacing the dozens of different pension schemes with a universal one but france's powerful unions want him to scrap the entire plan and they are willing to go the distance for their cars travelers all over france have been affected by the strike but commuters in paris have been the hardest hit some not had enough but a majority still support the strike and activists like claire have devoted themselves to stopping mccraw. and have federal campaign of our young so confident and absolutely determined to rule the 6 weeks they have been opposing president mccollum's proposed pension repeal these young women are standing shoulder to shoulder with train operators in

mexico because the compulsory for them they say is especially unfair to women as they see pension benefits from others being cut. only the time works during your lifetime would be counted towards your pension that's not fair as it's mostly women who take the from work to raise children women are impacted by this reform front and center. claire gave up her position as a senior secretary in order to run the feminist organization lets a phone take meaning the defiant ones. she wants to fight cuts to social security which often impact women 1st. is a front a have reworded a famous french hits and want to win over others through human. lives was.

that most people at the demonstration are absolutely opposed to the pension reform but they don't quite know why we feminists are here to you that's what our song is for it helps to bring people to us. in clear view the high deficit of the pension system does not legitimating reform she supports the actions of the powerful train operators union which brought public transport to a halt planting these empty metro stations like here at the station unnecessary to ensure that the pensionable age remains at 62 for some like real work has even earlier. clare believes mccrone wants to break up the french social security system with his reforms this suspicion is shared by many as french political scientist pascal perrineau explains why the government is simply unable to explain the reasons behind these reforms. i thought no matter if you're for or against them

the president's approach was somehow amateurish. i don't think that he said to himself it's all staged this massive conflict and then i'll end up coming out of it stronger than before. i believe the opposite is going to happen. this conflict will leave the president weakened. small. in the meantime for reasons of being patient waiting for the few remaining trains like here i've got you know the majority in france still wants to see the reform plan scrapped. proposed to see the beautiful it's all been the opposite of commonsense again from the government make the decisions 1st and only then did they talk to the unions that's why we have to stand on the strike before you go on the

reform is necessary how else is it going to work we also have members of our family who aren't wealthy and they're not afraid of the reform at. the moment you know the loss of course we're all against this pension reform but the protests also address another issue all those professions where permanent positions are increasingly rare have taking to the streets i work as a researchers where there's no job security at all like you know full class the french social security system is not outdated with its short working lifetime she thinks it could be groundbreaking for the future what are the cup honestly i don't see any. signs of the protests coming down. on weapons will continue fighting until the government takes back the reform plans. you can't just keep cutting our social security system without any resistance to this rule that's not.

right with you. is convinced that solutions will be found therefore she and her fellow campaigners who keep protesting 2 weeks if necessary. in giving we receive it's an adage that has done to zele lives by like the rest of his country his community margene in southeastern turkey has fallen on hard times unemployment and inflation are high and the value of the lira has plunged while neighbors are relying on one another just yet by and this is true even for the 4 legged ones has done dedicates his time to helping sick and injured animals and just to a new life on 2 wheels. but. for the last year sorry kids hasn't been able to use her back legs so our kids is turkish and means blonde girl . the blonde girl has arthritis in her joints says around her. that's why his song is called. the sort of we met today for the 1st time.

sorry kids it's very good natured earlier she barks a bit because she didn't know me but now i see how good natured she is. so much hassan believes that sorry kids will get used to her walker quickly and without much difficulty the 24 year old built the dog walker himself. hassan says he's already been able to help almost 500 disabled animals in turkey. if the animals haven't walked for a long time the position is unfamiliar and they're afraid of falling over he says. therefore the 1st steps are always timid. assan thinks that my also be due to the many onlookers but in the end everything works out. there i'm so happy just now the tears came and very happy and very grateful. that. she did it.

my deen and turkey's predominantly kurdish southeast is the sons' home town. here the animal lover has his workshop he's been building walkers here for the last 5 years it's important that they're stable if they break quickly the animals and confidence explains hassan it all began with an old toy. it's out of a model in the crypt i had a toy car that i broke you can use the full small animals they got tickets for example i took the wheels and made walk with the kittens but they didn't last very long. they'd fall apart quickly. so i wanted to build strong and top to scrap metal dealers out them and try to get a postulate. these days

a song gets its components from a bicycle shop for wholesale prices a song doesn't charge anything for the walkers. he earns his living with odd jobs and finances everything with donation isn't. even if he doesn't get a single era for his work he still wants the animals in their owners to be better off. the shopping center and martine gave his son a workshop space free of charge. which we should buy so than when his son started building the walkers we saw his story on the internet and social media what we liked was the connection with my dean who was this boy from our town who won the hearts of so many people which she just launched i called him and said come here which would give. this patient's name is cokie he was in

a car accident 15 years ago. his owner said the long term effects started a year ago. cokie stopped using his hind legs and slides along the floor while seated. hassan took exact measurements on a previous visit each walker is custom made his son believes kochi will start using his legs again soon. his 1st attempts at walking are promising. as i think the walker is made of aluminum and very light the weight is on the wheels with time coke is condition will improve. he always wanted to go out of the house but his legs got sore from friction with the ground. with his walker his hind legs won't drag on the ground and he'll be able to go outside. the shot. all of a sudden the little dog starts to walk.

his owner right cheers him on yeah. yeah after a long time not using his hind legs the 1st steps are really exhausting for him. that. was a big i waited a long time for this little girl i could barely watch him suffer. thank you very much. called. nowadays hassan has a nickname in turkey they call him a maci see. he's the one who can fix a life. concerned us citizens patrolling the streets of berlin to keep the peace sounds harmless enough but what if i told you many of those citizens have ties to germany's extreme right party the n.p.v. their cues police of not doing enough to combat crime despite evidence that germany

is safer now than before well the extremists say they want to create so-called safe zones their methods which include wearing official looking uniforms are perfectly legal their targets are mostly people they perceive to be foreigners. a vigilante patrol in the heart of berlin 3 men from the n.p.t. and extreme right party the leader of this patrol is sebastian schmidt who has a criminal record for incitement to hatred when he is on patrol he sees himself as protecting his fellow germans. then you know i took saunas in if you see someone committing a crime in a safe so. then every german has the right and suddenly a chance for smith and his comrades the men call out to 2 young women who are collecting signatures. they think they're scammers and pickpockets and follow them

for a few minutes. because if you do win here the next ones will turn the same troop the vigilantes can't prove any of this they're going by instinct. they come from eastern southeastern europe most 17 year olds and you can recognize them by this list in their hands is a list and on if there's a settlement it's often the case that in this area roma and sinti do those kind of things if you know the appearance of the vision lanty patrol evokes images of nazi propaganda the name shaft should zone in or make safe zones can be abbreviated with s. s. in german just like it there's paramilitary organization doesn't see it that way for through not talking about it i think getting the shaft. is very far fetched it's really close shop churchill and create safe zones is a team on the scene s.s. and it's at most

a 100 feet long by like. i'm sure the soldiers on the internet vigilantes seem anything but harmless and aggressive video advertises the protection zones and a mention in the book would change your site. it's no go areas in big cities all right thanks on the women from her in a storm in. rating of a home and at the mercy of imported crime over pedestrians in central berlin notice the patrols off camera a few welcome the idea that someone is watching out they say there's too little police presence but most people we meet here are critical of the n.p.t. patrol. impede the leaning i categorically reject the n.p.t. and we don't need a safe zone because we have police and they do their jobs properly. i think it's totally unnecessary some people feel the need to take action themselves so they fear firmly lucic issued a mission. i don't even feel threatened anywhere in berlin or that i need

protection i don't i just mish. official figures don't support the need for a vigilante patrol germany's crime rate has been decreasing for years statistics say that local residents feel increasingly safe the government is alarmed at the spread of patrols in spite of these facts. patrols are a worrying phenomenon that in germany law enforcement is soley the juki of the state it has a monopoly on the use of force whenever so-called self-proclaimed vigilante patrols supposed to be tried to create law and order instead of the state it lies outside of our legal order and we cannot tolerate it. we also need to raise awareness among our police departments on how to take action against such groups. the police are present in central berlin they stop the patrol someone called the

emergency services because of the right wing extremists ideas are checked and recorded but nothing else is done. the police officers have to let the members of the vigilante patrol go. the safe zone patrol moves on no one stops it authorities remain side. and over the issue the police union is concerned. just hard for the warden vest wearing red vests is not forbidden come on over with regards to how we can really contain this difficult. i believe the only way is for the state to be visible if uniformed police or security services from the councils are visible they will disappear with. first sebastian schmidt kids right wing extremist party vigilante groups are a way to hide their racist ideology behind a caring image that i 60 most music i don't care if i'm called a right wing extremist and we do what we think is right and i think that's reasonable if that's right we can scream ist i don't care and we don't care. he's

very self-assured meanwhile the german authorities don't even know how many vigilante groups there are and they lack effective legal means to tackle them. math english science typical subjects and a child's education but that could soon change in england at least in the village of corbridge north underland climate change is being added to the curriculum dr merrill batchelder was one of the 1st to obtain accreditation as a climate change teacher so while many pupils across europe are skipping school to take part in friday's for future others are experimenting with ways to make the future more sustainable. for science experiment a 6th grade class in the northern english town of hexham tries making fire with different types of fuel the teacher meryl botch elder asks her pupils the difference between energy derived from paraffin and even on bella answers that only

ethan allen is carbon neutral it's a science lesson about climate awareness whose name is to teach young people how to mitigate global warming. we do this practical so we burn paraffin we burn ethanol what does it matter when you say actually the type of fuel makes a difference to our long term survival and health on earth then that makes it relevant if you meryl batchelder is england's 1st climate change teacher certified by the un for which she took a 20 hour on line course her goal to raise awareness among children as a foundation in the movement against climate change. heat waves appearing from all from july to the end of august i think that really changes how we think it's our future and like people like it's not their future it's our future and our kids' futures so i feel like we should have a bigger say than there's just little things like getting the electric cars or turn

your lights off when you're not in the room that's what merrill does she's taken the initiative to put a climate change teacher in every school in the region convincing school administrators was easy everyone recognizes changes in their natural surroundings but shelter recently switched to solar energy at home and tries to braise her own food she 1st heard about climate change 30 years ago but felt optimistic but i was not particularly concerned i thought government would protect us i thought times would change now that we knew the science of the evidence was coming out 30 years later nothing much has changed now mero much older is too. matters into her own hands as a climate change teacher and northern england. thank. you well that's it for today thanks for watching focus on europe you want me know your thoughts about our show on twitter thanks for tuning in by for now.

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