on twitter or visit our website dot com. 60 percent of the world's population will be living in. 2050 that's the prediction of the united nations. comes with. food housing and education facilities increased significantly resulting in the. demise of the. construction option hello welcome. on today's show we've taken a look at how we can make our cities in the face of these challenges one of the gore 2 options across the world to be when it comes to fast and affordable homes is

shipping containers they've been used to build hospitals hotels restaurants and even makeshift schools but skeptics have sometimes questioned their feasibility as a sustainable building block of design and seems to be paving the. way by providing a more equal for. the. long ago. urgently needed to extend the building and decided to try something different opting to use discount shipping containers. now does the steel box is how the play room for children with a learned man geography and incidentally also about how to live sustainably.

this maybe was ready so we wanted to create something which doesn't this job because the kids are really coming so if you go for the sim and there's a good mending that disturbed children they are searching for something that can be quickly constructed and if at all in future we want to change something then that option is the end because it's a mobile you kind of a structure but let it have 6 sonali part and doc about run the company that provided the containers. defended the studio alternatives in 2016 to design and build homes work in space and just about anything that can be contained within 4 books all using discounted shipping containers. the motivation that we have to work behind this is also a big environmental factor really feel that nothing should go waste and we should

be able to work with all kinds of might be that we have around us so as humans we have created so many complex 20 of us and that we ourselves don't know what to do with and it is just ending in life and. since 1956 shipping containers have been the standard way of forwarding from. built with corrosion resistant steel they're used for cross-posting for about 12 years after this period the sit in junk yards waiting to be melted. but melting shipping containers uses 1000 clue what our financial repurposing them into buildings acquire is just 5 percent of the. if your ex is following the guiding principle of creative reuse the partners with you what's possible. so they're designed and built a home for daughter and a family made and direly out of scrap and 3 discarded shipping containers.

so this entrance door is made with all the windows and. when ones who enter this house is made of it. the 25th the day you know converted into a 2 bedroom house this is a kitchen sink cum wash basin so with that it's dictions of keeping the plumbing in a can do you know. we try to come up with the wash basin something made out of battle and water can be used even of the size. of the blue house at a cost of $17.00 lock rupees or $22000.00 euros as a show to convince new buyers for an attractive yet effective and environmentally free living space. the shipping container can be up to 12 meters long it needs to be created to eliminate exposure to toxic chemicals and also to

prevent crossed the studio all done to do spokeo the containers locally from a boat in mumbai each one costing up 200000 rupees $1500.00 euro's a typical container home takes about 3 to 6 months to make and can subsequently be transported to any part of the world. it has a much lower carbon footprint than homes built with cement for example which is one of the biggest producers of carbon dioxide worldwide. but as yet these homes made from discarded containers are the still something of an experiment rather than a go to housing solution. this becomes mainstream in terms of acceptance that people thing that reuses not because i can't afford it but because it's making us sick and environmental science

so they would be achieved that probably you know it's just in that zone where we're trying it out. the designers have built 16 container homes so far and saved close $220.00 tons of steel from being melted and perhaps even more importantly they're spreading the word of rehabilitation and eco friendly constructions amongst the youngest in society. now it's quite evident that architects around the world face the challenge to build fast and bob mentally friendly with more and more people choosing to move to cities the german capital is no exception to this architect i'm not taking cue from a global movement that is championing the use of wood as the prime of the building block not only does it look beautiful it also sequesters carbon and stores it for

as long as the building stands. this will soon be a classroom it's being cut to size in a workshop and consists entirely of wood in germany wooden buildings are growing in popularity they can be put up much faster than concrete structures. with conventional buildings made of concrete you have to work quite differently you need shattering all molds you have to work on site and that here to the stripping times which slows down the process enormously we produce standardized modules here which all have the same or similar dimensions and details so we're much faster it's so it's in. in germany as elsewhere more and more people are migrating to the city the population of lynn alone has risen 10 percent in the last decade or more schools are being built to cater for the new arrivals mostly using

wooden modules the entire process takes 2 years from putting the contract out to tender to the building's completion. timing for gemini. this new sports hole is also made largely of wood the price tag is a little higher than for a similar structure in concrete. but how safe is it given the fire risk associated with wood. misconception because we know that burns. made fire safety standards it would take a long time for the place to burn down you'd have time to evacuate the building before it collapsed and if it was made of steel it would collapse a lot faster because of the intense heat. some apartment blocks in germany and now also built of which although it isn't always obvious because of the plaster on the facade of homes like these are still the exception the demand is

growing. gemini's leading architectural firm for wood construction says most of its customers choose wood because they're concerned about the environment. the demand for wood as a building material is growing because the friday's for future movement is really having an effect people want to know what's the house made of how much energy will it use how sustainable is it what materials do you use. but gemini's forests under pressure prolonged periods of drought and rising temperatures caused by climate change are having an effect on trees those that have been damaged can no longer be used for construction is this the right time to be felling more trees for building purposes. as the just completed germany's 1st wooden highrise the 10 storey building needed nearly 1500 cubic metres of wood

which has as much carbon stored in it as 500 cars it made in a year and statistically it will take just 6 minutes for that wood to grow in germany's forests for now at least germany has a plentiful supply of wood so this latest building in hamburg for example does not pose a problem but if demand continues to grow greater investment will be needed in the country's far east if wood is to remain a sustainable building material. living in cities comes with many comforts plenty of treats food and grocery stores offering the rich world right to your food but most of this food comes from the countryside and the distance between the source of the food and then it's finally consumed is only increasing if this trend continues it might become necessary to pick and change our eating habits and production. what do you eat animals that have

more legs than your dining table. strawberries that have never seen the sun would you eat food that others throw away. the most innovative ideas to feed the surge in urban dwellers may not be perfect but they are worth exploring. but farming indoors. in big cities food often comes from far away transporting it causes a huge amount of c o 2 emissions. behind this ramshackle building in mumbai an unusual kind of farm is growing what could be the food of the future in statics. hydroponic farming uses foam and other materials the substrates for the plant. nutrients are added to the water. the range of plants includes leafy greens like swiss chard lettuce and herbes. in the same amount of space you can grow on most 10

times the amount because you can go vertically and because of the clueless newbie to soak it in water systems that are used to be good you can use up to 90 percent less water and there's the added advantage that you don't have to use pesticides when. the downside of farming like here in the netherlands where tomatoes are being grown requires a lot of energy for artificial lighting and growing something like corn or wheat would need even more power. so what about eating insects. despite their loads of legs their climate footprint is small. insect farming produces about 5 percent of the greenhouse gases per kilo that cattle take farming emit they grow very fast and they're rich in protein and minerals. about 25 percent of the world's population already eats insects regularly. the rest

of us might find the idea repulsive could be worth a try. i think together with a hint of sour from the berries it's a wonderful mixture the nuts complement the flavor of the meal worms. it's a nice light snack with a really good portion of protein on. because eating insects might not be for everyone. what about sharing food. is stunning one 3rd of global food production goes to waste. in germany's capital berlin and apple sells you where a store is about to throw away food that couldn't be sold you can then go there and get it for a reduced price is good enough to eat just not good enough to sell at full price. at an indian wedding there's lots of fun food. volunteers calling themselves the

robin hood leftovers for most to want to share they also collect from restaurants throughout india. after a quality check it's given away to people in. for free. a lot of. hunger. wants. to several. feeding people in the world's growing cities is a big challenge. but what if the spirit of sharing is even bigger. now there's another problem with growing more and more food in the countryside traditional farmers are choosing to move toward cities in search for a better life money and a secure future in northern cannot pick up countless agricultural towns have

a severe water problem and farming is becoming untenable we met with one man who's torn between the need to own money in the city and his desire to be a farmer. at 7 am every morning and genea sets out on the do hour trip into bangalore. just so his way onto a local train to get to the city where he earns a 2nd income. anjan is heading in for a full day of work at a garment factory. navigating the infamous bangalore traffic on the day of feels like he's living a double life and that his heart is elsewhere. in the know. and when i'm in a city i count off every minute until the time i can go home while i'm there i

suddenly think about the cow dung or which crops need watering i may be in the city but my real work and mind are out here on the farm i mean. that i'm out of it there are no. and you now own 5 acres of land where he grows beans and a range of greens but for a few years now he has only had the dime for them in the evenings and on weekends. this land once belonged to his father and his father before him but the produce from it doesn't cover his costs any more. than i would have when the rains were good we didn't have to work for anyone else we were kings we were the ones giving to others. now the rain doesn't come regularly and we have to fall at someone else's feet. if i get 50 rupees in return we accepted 100 rupees we accepted whatever others give us we have to take i go back again.

millions of rural indians like anthony are migrate to cities for work. they end up working as manual laborers cleaners or in other lowly paid an informal jobs competition is severe. in recent years one major factor for the steep increase of internal migrants is climate change. this belt of good not to go for instance is really unfair but as rainfall has become more unpredictable and the ground water is drying up farms have taken a harsh meeting. but anjan ai is one of the few farmers in malo determined to fight the trend of abandoning farms for the city life because he says his children belong to this soil . to make them more dizzily and in the face of climate change and janeiro has been

trying farming techniques that are more efficient even if they are new in the region the 1st which he made was from flooding his fields to drip irrigation. if i hadn't started using drip irrigation i would probably have no crops today i also use only half the water i used to in this situation where water is limited it would be very hard to survive without the drip irrigation. to take it one step further he's invited a member of to look at organization to take a look at his farm. my dad has put together. the resources for far most trying to cope with environmental changes i did regional head good is visiting anjan a lot to get him involved in the latest plans. are there we go from this year we are playing. hard up the this market occasion the disheartenment did

it he said system. which will be which will save the floor as well as the 5 must. revel in market occasion the father must show no need to be in. they can operate the system through the mobile. even if he sits outside the mall so he can he can operate the. system. anjan there is being a visit to one of the handful of farmers in the state who recently installed the automated technology that's managed through an app. for no monitors temperature humidity and soil. while it against his 6 batches of crops automatically all to the push of a button. and of course. the root cause of everything here is water people circumstances and happiness are

dependent on it. if we're able to save water and lakes fill up crops will thrive and farmers won't have to depend on anyone. feeding others. really concern themselves with anything else. amassing wealth. on a farm a really wants to do is farm. when anjan ai has saved up enough from his city job he hopes to invest in the automated technology that could generate higher profits and run his far more efficiently while giving him time for his family. his climate resilient farm in the making already inspires farmers around him to gear up for climate change and continue living a life of dignity on their ancestral lands.

have you ever heard of. them to tell you the truth it's a rare phenomenon of people migrating from to rural communities believe the amenities of the cities the hide and go back to the grassroots what did they lose and what did the deed and is this kind of living really more sustainable revisited a village full of former city dwellers. is the largest city in germany with a population of 3600000. 1.2000000 can squeeze their way through the hustle and bustle of the capital every day. but peace and quiet can be found a mere 3 hours away no cars are allowed in eco village see bin linden and just 150 people live here founded 20 years ago it's also

a no go area for mobile phones. moved here from hanover. the most was the traffic and all the advertising was plus the feeling of being hopelessly exposed to everything here were showing how it's possible to live sustainably in germany not have an enjoyable life that i can live comfortably here but we consume far less energy than people elsewhere. to save energy the buildings walls are insulated with bales of straw the villages generate most of that. which is also used to supply hot water but the village isn't the only energy efficient the residents also try to grow their own food they don't use chemical pesticides and they mainly the old fashioned way.

simply goes out of this and it's more ecological to work without machines so it's the logical option that's why it's better. soil it means less soil compaction less gasoline less dirt and smell texting until after. we're in the spring and summer you feel connected to all the growth and development and fear connected to life as some of my this is over matter guns and so on then. most things are done manually and even then there's no machinery to till the fields and they don't use farm animals either if you alpacas here are kept as pets. the daily communal meal contains no meat because it's bad for the environment and because the beginnings in the village incense around 70 percent of the vegetables eaten by the villages are also grown by them and they're aiming to further increase that figure and instead of being thrown away the leftovers of recycled as compost. the

villagers are happy with a small range of foods covering basic requirements chocolate also stopped by the village store is a luxury. and has nothing against city supermarkets as such. could be smaller. of course i really notice the abundance of products and then i have no idea what to buy. actually in each item. in the item stopped by the village store all organically sourced and more expensive than the supermarket counterparts but around the corner is a place where people give things away when they no longer need them like loads. most residents have jobs in the village itself as administrative carpenters or gardeners which means the money stains in c. . but not everybody could afford to opt in to this sustainable lifestyle that

people in germany joining the collecting. costs 12000 euro news building and maintaining an eco village doesn't come cheap. so's even linden isn't quite an eco . it's a compromise solution. i hope to be as episode has given you a sense of how people around the world are making sustainable choices when it comes to their living spaces to their food and their lifestyle and i hope you had many takeaways from this we'll see you again next week until then good bye.

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