we're using too much water and. water using what. we think our water supplies to last forever. but. when the rain storm. starts march 20th on w. . 68 percent of the world's population will be living in urban areas by 2050 that's the prediction of the united nations this rapid urbanization comes with c.v.s. challenges the demand for jobs food housing and education facilities increased

significantly resulting in i'm going to meet the demise of the use of available space in cities to find eco friendly construction options whole welcome to eco india. on today's show we've taken a look at how we can make our cities sustainable in the face of these challenges one of the go to options across the world to be when it comes to building 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 a door in boonies seems to be paving the way up to tackle this skepticism by providing a more equal friendly. if. not

long ago this daycare center urgently needed to extend the building and decided to try something different opting to use discarded shipping containers. not these the steel boxes how's the playroom for children we have to learn math geography and incidentally also about how to live sustainably in. this meeting was ready so we wanted to create something which doesn't this job because the kids are already coming so if you go for the cement because of admitting that this stuff shouldn't there you are searching for something that can be quickly constructed and if at all in future we want to change something then that option is there because it's a mobile you kind of construction let it it's the tsunami part and doc about run the company that provided the containers. to founder the studio alternatives in

2016 to design and build homes work in space and just about anything that can be contained within for. all using discounted shipping containers. the motivation of that that we have to work behind this is also a big environmental factor where we feel about nothing should go waste and we should be able to work with all kinds of money to do that we have it around us so as humans we've 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 956 shipping containers have been the standard way of forwarding from. built with corrosion resistant steel they're used for crossposting for about 12 years after this period the sit in junk yards waiting to be melted. but melting shipping containers uses

$8000.00 clue what our finished repurposing them into buildings acquires just 5 percent of the. usual axes are falling there guiding friends. of creative reuse the partners were keen to show you what's possible so they design and build a home for daughter and a family made and direly out of scrap and 3 discarded shipping containers. so the entrance door is made with all the windows and. when ones who enter this house is made of it. the 25th or do you know converted into a 2 bedroom house this is a kitchen sink cum wash basin so with the distinctions of keeping the plumbing in one can do you know. the effect of come up with the wash basin something made out

of only faddle and water can be used even on the side. of the blue house at a cost of 7000 loc rupees or 22000 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 crust the studio all done to spokeo the containers locally from a boat in mumbai each one costing up 200000 rupees $1300.00 euros a typically container 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 on a still something of an experiment rather than a. go to housing solution. this becomes mainstream in terms of acceptance that people think that reuse is not because i can't afford it but because it's making us sick and environmental sense so to be achieved that probably you know it's just in the 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 important they are spreading the word of vision eco friendly constructions amongst the youngest in society.

now it's quite evident that architects around the world face the challenge to believe fast and bad mentally friendly with more and more people choosing to move to cities the german capital is no exception to this architects who are now 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 sequester garbage and stalls it for as long as the building stands. this will soon be a classroom is 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 shuttering or molds you have to work on site and that here to the stripping

times which slows down the process enormously we produce standardised more deals here which all have the same or similar dimensions and details where much faster it's. 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 that's record 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 the burn

does 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 wood although it isn't always obvious because of the plaster on the facade homes like these are still the exception but demand is growing. germany'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.

gemini's forests under pressure prolonged periods of drought and rising temperatures caused by climate change 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 trees for building purposes. we have just completed germany's 1st wooden high rise the 10 story building needed nearly 1500 cubic meters of wood or has as much carbon stored in it as 500 cars are 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 restaurant street 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 repeat and change our eating habits and fuel 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 letters and herbes. in the same amount of space you can grow almost 10 times the amount because you can go vertically and because of the clear was no water systems that are used you can use up to 90 percent less water and there's the added advantage that you don't have to use pesticides when you're doing in. the down side 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 the loads of legs that climate footprint is small. insect farming produces about 5 percent of the greenhouse gases per kilo that cattle opaque farming emit they grow very fast 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 they be worth a try. and 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. before everyone. what about sharing food.

stories about to throw away food that couldn't be. good enough to eat just not good enough to. there's lots of food. left overs from want to share. from restaurants throughout india. after. it's given away to people. for free. there are a lot of things in this world what's nice hunger is you. know it's they are all you know that still. exist everywhere. feeding people in the world's

growing cities is a big challenge. and one of 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 to. agricultural have a severe water problem and farming is becoming untenable we met with one man torn between the need to own money in the city and his desire to be a farmer. at 7 am every morning and joining us out on the do our trip into bangalow. so this way onto a local chain to get to the city where he earns

a 2nd income. and today i was heading in for a full day of work at the garment factory. navigating the infamous bangalore traffic on the day of feels like you are living a double life and that his heart is elsewhere. in the know. 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. and you now own 5 acres of land where he grows beans and. 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 the for that but the produce

from it doesn't cover his costs any more. than i would have thought when the rains were good we didn't have to work for anyone else we were kings we were the ones getting work 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 brutal indians like anjan am 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 god not

a car for instance is rain fed 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 become more resilient in the face of climate change and janeiro has been trying farming techniques that are more efficient even if they are new in that 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 look at all to take a look at his farm. my dad has put together. the sources for far most trying to cope with environmental changes and its regional head should show good is visiting on a how to get him involved in the latest plans. from this year we are playing. hard up the this market again and that is it he said system. which will be the lord as well as the. song. marketing haitian the father must. be in. they can operate the system. even if they sit outside the 5 months so 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 moisture while it is a good to 6 batches of crops automatically all to the push of a button. and of course bob pangburn 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 they'll be the ones feeding others. don't really concern themselves with anything else bishan or amassing wealth. all of pharma really wants to do is farm.

went on jr 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. to tell you the truth it's a rare phenomenon of people migrating from the rural communities believe the amenities of the cities to be hide and go back to the grassroots what they use and . and is this kind of living really be more sustainable revisited

a village full of former city dwellers. the largest city in germany with a population of 3600000. 1.2000000 cars 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 lived 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 how does one have an enjoyable life we 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 their own and the city which is also used to supply hot water but the village isn't only energy efficient the residents also try to grow their own food they don't use chemical pesticides and. the old fashioned way. nadine fish. so for those it's more ecological to work without machines so it's the logical option that's why it's better. the soil it means less soil compaction less gasoline less dirt and smell the texting until after. we're in the spring and summer you feel connected to all the growth and development and for connected to life as the mothers of the matter so on then. most things are done manually even then there's no machinery to tell 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 begins in the village incensed around 70 percent of the vegetables eaten by the villagers 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 their basic requirements chocolates also stopped by the village store is a luxury. and has nothing against city supermarkets as such. range 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.

if the items stopped by the village store all organically sourced and therefore more expensive than their 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 n.z. . but not everybody could afford to opt in to this sustainable lifestyle not even the people in germany joining the collector. costs 12000 euros building and maintaining an eco village doesn't come cheap. so's even linden isn't quite an eco topia 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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