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successful radio drama series continue. this season the stories focus on hate speech prevention sustainable charcoal production. all of this are available online and of course you can share and discuss on africa's facebook page and other social media platforms. insiders to name now. it doesn't look much like winter in germany central appalachians here skiers snowboarders and above all ski resort operators are suffering from the mild temperatures. out there ski areas. shutdown in recent years but inventor. they're expanding their

winter sports activities and trying to keep one step ahead of climate change. the snow is thawing during the high season. still all of the ski lifts are in operation and all of the slopes are open. fully booked it's one of the most popular ski areas north of the alps but unlike in the alps white winters can't be taken for granted here at 670 meters above sea level normally lies right on the climatic snow line and studies show this line could rise even higher in the years to come. nico brinkman

operates several ski facilities. his family has long lived from tourism and provides employment for around 50 people. and how does it look. as the facilities are concerned. one of the most modern ski areas in germany. also invested in increasing our snow making capacity just to be able to offer skiing for 2 to 3 months again. some $360.00 snow can and stand at the ready at temperatures of minus 2 degrees celsius or below 0 they can make snow and secure the resorts operations throughout a normal winter but it's 3 degrees above 0. too warm to operate the snow can

and so on a few of the slopes they're employing what's called a snow factory it can produce snow at 4 degrees celsius but environmental activists criticize the vast amounts of energy and water it consumes the resort operators won't say much about that and we can only film what's on view to the public the snow guns out of which fine snow is shot but not the technology behind them but one thing is crystal clear artificial snow secures jobs here. so. then we just got to if we didn't have it that we could kiss the christmas season. at your forgets to. park it in country we definitely wouldn't have had any snow is it just because the temperatures never dipped to minus 2 degrees the snow cannons need . this some moments karlheinz runs one of the ski schools he employs 70 ski instructors he hires some of them specially from

abroad because people from many different countries learn how to ski here. and his skis school is constantly expanding. i tend. to trend towards learning to ski and going to ski school continues unabated. and due to the numerous snow cannons we can finally be assured there will be snow sneezy hard to miss i can assume that i'll be able to run my ski school for 60 to 80 days. that's something i can do before. a good reason for going to defeat. these days his ski school is attracting lots of guests from the netherlands it's a 3 hour drive from vinterberg to the dutch border. for many this is their 1st time skiing. because they're going to school where i do natures beautiful. oh

yeah and their mouths are so let's let's go to scream yeah yeah it looks very nice it's books i didn't expect so much snow expect so much. so much people would hate the school holidays have started in the netherlands it's the weekend and there's enough snow most of the businesses here make over half their yearly income in winter. i when things get too busy the lucca family take refuge in their trailer. they're in no hurry to hit the slopes because they can't hear long term their trailer is cold weather proof the winters here are never really harsh. to distribute overboard it's gotten much milder version you know there's a lot less snow than in recent years. often we were half submerged in snow. with. the retired miner has been coming here for close to 20 years it's just

a 2 hour trip from his home city of do's book. but soon he may only be able to hike here because temperatures keep rising in the hordes of tourists are taking their toll on the slopes. nico blink man is also concerned rising temperatures are eating away at the blanket of snow covering the slopes during what should be the most profitable period of the year when at the moment it's still good for ski but if it rains answers for cost it could be that we won't be able to run a summer ski lifts due to the lack of snow cover. man we hope that it won't come to that but it could happen. in the fight to save every square meter of snow on the slopes really begins in earnest when the tourists have returned to the ski lodge for the night yohannes on to and his

colleagues prepare the slopes for the next day with their snow groomers. it's really pretty windy out here and i come down number 7. come down. ok. thanks for devices today it was really full so the ruts are quite deep so you need to go over it a lot. but can take 4 hours for one driver. software that works with data collected by g.p.s. lets you harness know just how much snow the lies beneath his. numbers of just 70 to 80 centimeters. that's ok. no new snow has fallen for weeks there's only what's been produced by the snow factory.

and. over snow from the snow factory. you can move it around easily because it's quite sandy. heroes right before the blade and it binds together pretty well once we have gone over it and then you have a really good ski slope of your. life well johan as does his rounds the tourists enjoy some place the fun the tightly. shut he. played such. the next morning the party's over on the slopes as well overnight the rains came and melted most of the snow leaving grass and mud in their wake but undaunted some

winter sports enthusiasts gather on the slopes where skiing and snowboarding is still possible flt played. i mean. at least the slopes johan is a groom to. the night before are still open. one . of them however nico brinkman slopes are pretty much snow free with the ski rental business he runs on the side is also deserted. even one off day can cost him several $100.00 euros for coats last night it rained on fortunately for now it's raining again and. when are you really notice the

sudden change because many davies is simply staying away so we have lots of equipment on hand and we can't rent it out temperatures are forecast to remain above 0 for the next few days so there's little hope things will improve more and more ski lifts are shutting down. but yulian papa vinterberg top weather expert is looking on the bright side the geographer runs his own weather service just for this region and operates about 40 survey stations. he believes the current mild weather has less to do with climate change and global warming than with natural fluctuations which have always existed. believe me you're not actually much here we live in a climate zone that strongly influenced by the atlantic ocean. of what happens on the atlantic has a big effect on us. that means in winters where the atlantic is calm cold winters. vinta. he doesn't foresee warm weather putting an end to winter sports in the

central uplands any time soon via the action of it as it is we don't expect a repeat of this winter it's an exception it's warm and changeable phases of the next winter to be significant in colder and snowier that's what we expect will happen. often also and many inventive big share his optimism including nico blink man still he's been making provisions for years and that along with the ski lifts and ski rentals he also runs a hostel the bookings from schools and clubs mean he's no longer reliant on holiday years who stay away if the snow does. thoughts are here and a mild winter like this one would be fatal if you didn't have a 2nd source of income or does but most people here do. sure it's not nice and here in there it can be problematic when a winter like this happens and so i didn't allow that sufficient. he's already

preparing for spring when the ski slopes are transformed into a mountain biking adventure park that also helps to make him less reliant on snow. clear of us all of us the interest of entire doniger is used to be that a bad winter would bring you to the brink of bankruptcy existence. luckily now we've brought in our bodies so a bad winter isn't quite so critical and so far to the critters is our crown but sure when you're self employed and everything's at your own risk your food and winter like this can give you a sleepless night or 2 often got a mars one job interview that started out of social cold. but now if he has another sleepless night he can just go night skiing that also brings in more income and more visitors in the short ski season. it's things like this that are helping people invent to keep their faith in winter sports in times of climate change.

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