the default setting of our planet is greed lashon community expansive landscapes for as long as the ice caves and the rich biodiversity. the impact of humans has been such that we have unknowingly and knowingly change this default to have doubled create columns of fumes and jungles of concrete and asphalt everywhere. how long welcome to equal india. today we look at how economic progress can happen in tune with the and vibrant world over the packaging industry is criticized for heavily contributing to plastic pollution battling existing practices is not possible yet until a feasible and sustainable alternative is provided a delhi based company is attempting to offset this problem by manufacturing 100

percent natural biodegradable and compose stable packaging in tableware and providing a model to move towards a green economy. in light of major health concerns and vice president environmental damage india has pledged to eliminate single use plastic by 2022 implementing the ban however will be difficult the country's plastic industry is one of the biggest in the world. but the decision also opens the door to alternatives the green sector is now creating much needed job opportunities. like here in this factory which makes 100 percent compatible tableware from bio waste like sugarcane bhagat. 21 year old kumari pretty found a job here when she was in desperate need of one and things have worked out well

for her. i gave up studying and i used to manage the farm in order to provide for my family but it wasn't enough after i began working here i was able to build a house for my family. now my brother can continue to study when i needed some extra money i was able to borrow it from the company. women like $3000.00 make up about a 3rd of the workforce at this equal their factory it provides stadium plamann to seasonal workers in the sustainability sector eco warehouse in most us india's largest cream packaging company it was founded in 2010 by pharmacologist rearm assume their single. i had moved to delhi from the u.k. and i was absolutely shocked. plastic people were using so freely basically you

know not sounding that negative health impact of it or the negative impact it has on the environment as well i don't think anyone really cared about what they were eating out of how they were littering where their waste ended up and i think in a country where 1300000000 people you know there was a real need for a solution so being a biomass rich nation and having new such products abroad i thought why not make an india. company has $120.00 employees but for single it's not just. matter of creating jobs and eco friendly products it's also about consciously making green choices throughout the process by equal waste products are delivered by amazon a service that produces huge carbon emissions single has taken the stance of making her company's packaging plastic 3. way are a complete circular economy model so 100 percent of our revenue is derived from the

circular economy so we have 0 waste process any pulp that's come out that you know might not be passed it's finished goods is recycled so that goes back into our tanks and it's fed. and then all the water again is sort of. cleaned and re used. worldwide over 300000000 tons of plastic are produced every year and then half the plastic is just used once in india the reason drugs before delivery services have increased the demand for disposable packaging until we went to. the food industry most of the telling that has been used in the food delivery in the single use plastic so these may be produced. and the food items that comes mostly is the p. or the people who properly so the problem with these. these

sort of contamination which cannot be properly cycled that's a problem. but some establishment are taking a more socially responsible approach from the start burger are made the decision to use eco ware boxes even though they cost more. expensive for sure i mean it's more than the pros who are proud of but i think we were very clear from the beginning that. sustainability is something that we believe in the places such. brown would be pushy rather. so the premiss of the brand. so also in a way that you could call it a marketing spend for us but. more of their off the amount of plastic being generated more sustainable options are bound to appear and prices are likely to drop. now into the food space as well so the railways

which is the indian railways which is you know the largest provider in the country and does over a 1000000 meals a day we developed a product that was bespoke to them and has started working with them as well. and we are flying online. the way we see it now it. is a global problem and we want to be a global solution and a global brand and that's our aspiration. with customers like the indian railways food chains and hotels brands like eco where will become part of the mainstream which in turn will help india on its way to achieving its ambitious 0 plastic goal. now when energy is created by burning fossil fuels it doesn't matter why this is done to generate power or to disintegrate industrial waste dioxide is going to be released leading to

a rise in temperature can the greenhouse gas be turned into a valuable resource we found a company in switzerland that says this can be done and this is good news because the country is. a fast melting. white snow covered mountains and endless slopes to ski on the iconic landscape of switzerland. the winter wonderland losing out fast to rising temperatures. in the past almost. 2 thirds of swiss territory was covered by snow now it's only about hoff winton's more often feels like spring now. that's why close to the city at a new technology is aiming to slam the brakes on climate change with c o 2 collected. the one of these modules once he. captures 50 tons of c

o 2 from the yeah ok we have 18. this is capturing 900 tons of. the man. a few 1000 households or about 750 cars. the climb works connectives have only been in action for 3 years it's still an expensive technology but it's with time it will expand and become more affordable the mechanism is straightforward vacuum cleaner the collectors draw in the air inside heated filters then separate the c o 2 and the gases then stored. tried to limit this rising to but that's not to say that it needs to be done so we really need to address. our emissions but if we if tomorrow we completely cut our emissions that would not be

enough so we additionally need to as well as emissions reduction. in this case after removing the gas it's just stored and sold to the greenhouse around the corner. that way the carbon cycle is closed preventing the side getting into the atmosphere. bindle growing traditionally requires industrially produced a c o 2 to 13 plants you can hear the gas here hissing through the pipes to nourish them . having to climb works collectors' only 300 meters away is a win win situation. though it saves runs or routes the fed also saying is fossil resources that you would need for industrial c o 2 a few when earth often him and it also connects better with clients who are increasingly asking for sustainable products these days look.

client works c o 2 costs the same as that which ruzicka used to buy from other suppliers but now the purified gas for his vegetarian is only the no way. 15 minutes away in the hapless will climb works the c o 2 technology is also at the heart of an operation. researchers here are capturing c o 2 and piping it into a reactor. in this reactor we have hydrogen and carbon dioxide mixed there is a catalyst in the reactor and the 2. cassis react to be called me say and water recently is the same thing as natural gas and you can do anything with it you can do with natural gas which means heating cooking and driving the car. a full tank of natural gas gives this car

a range of 500 kilometers all carbon neutral without causing additional emissions the technology is still in its infancy but it's backed by different funds and big companies from the auto and gas sector markets friedel fields the momentum is there for switzerland to reach its climate goals. where the hope is that we will be called the neutral as we want to be until 2050 will want to be carbon neutral and we should start to actually implement it. technology. technologies new technologies are picking up speed in the fight against global warming they still need to become more affordable but if it all comes together there is hope the swiss mountains will keep their snow in the years to come.

sustainable energy is central to our economy and renewable energy resources like the some water and video card of the govt option but it needs to be streamlined to become more efficient and affordable for a startup has come up with new solutions using energy and they look very different from the wind farms we know off to the. time could help solve the energy problems of the future. it generates electricity from wind power on a level that no wind turbine in achieve. its vision is developed the technology and scale it up to rival today's wind turbines. starting small and have a long way to go. starting. aren't connected to the

truck holds and guide to the current soon it should be able to climb hundreds of meters and fly. that's what the developers in berlin are currently working on. the big challenges programming the computer so that it can steer the car with these cables. the generator that produces the electricity is in the truck under the cable drums they hope it will one day replace inefficient diesel generators. turbines are fixed to the ground. the kites will be connected to a base station and fly up to 300 meters in the air the wind is stronger and more steady at that height. their development laboratory is on the campus of the technical university of berlin. where. the engineers started experimenting with fabric kites in 2012. when the kite goes up

the rope turns the generator drum and generates electricity. then they try is pulled in again which consumes very little power it's like a yo yo going up and down. over all that creates a surplus of electricity. most of their time is spent doing calculations or in the workshop. they built the kite and all the technology themselves and they're always having to redesign and optimize. as many mistakes as possible in as short a time as possible but only once it is what we have to learn and the mistakes make us smarter and then make the product safe. as is the last details for the wingtips right. the wingtips are also made of carbon

fiber. the material is very light and stable. but it can't withstand everything. like the fabric of the structures can survive a hard landing unscathed or solid. they've been working on carbon fiber kite since 2017 and have already spent over a 1000000 euros on prototypes. once a week the developers drive out to the airfield they haven't made much progress with flying. they often start at midnight when there is more of a steady wind. we get more flying time and it gets less stressful so we can enjoy the fruits of. the need to make the kite fully automated but the technology is not cooperating.

from a bit off the bottom. after lots of tests the kite takes off steered by the cables and stabilized by a computer. now they have to program the computer to carry out flight maneuvers autonomous li. trickiest phases when the kite is still really close to its base the software has to be very precise little mistakes get punished in a big way but we've been practicing for so long that it's become routine. in the meantime they've managed to get the courage to fly as high as 30 meters. and it's hoped that in 2 years the kite will be producing electricity as it glides through the air above the wind turbines. last year delhi record in its

doctors in 21 years as the temperatures soar degrees so should many wrestlers complain of a complete breakdown of conditioning systems and where they did run it seem to be a double whammy a condition as themselves take up a huge amount of electricity and freeze greenhouse gases contributing to the rights and temperature and architectural firm in the city is making ruling by very renting the air conditioner which. the members of the community best are proud of their traditional art of pottery but it can only survive if they can successfully compete with cheap alternatives. and many people are still professional where i live around 500 families make

all different kinds of things. different. changes according to the season but whatever people order we can make it. just. as well traditionally has been used around india for everything from holding drinking water to cooling hopes this heritage and the potential. of the urban material are inspiring architects across the country mohnish city put up who runs an studio in new delhi he's going back to the basics on his quest to find cheap and energy efficient solutions for arbonne architecture. as a kid i always used to like breaking things putting them together trying to make something out of it. that some were translated into even in college and a spirit. i was very active member of this installation society would be used to make art installation and then like coming up with. my candidate forms and stuff

because apart from architectural problems of yesterday so there so it started with my interaction with art in a manner over the last few years more nice has been working on a sustainable cooling system it's called a beehive fouda and runs on minimal energy it doesn't expel heat the way modern air conditioners do it was 1st made to help workers in factories who were exposed to hot blasts of the air from generator sets there are 600 employees working that area and this is one believe that right in the middle and in some other it's really impossible to stand in front of it and even work like i mean so when we started working on the project it was speak summers and i could not withstand the heat for you in 10 minutes so after we installed the. manufacture. be lifted for like couple of us would want to use and then we went back to see it off to a good amount of time the system was still intact and was working the people were

like really happy about it the structure is based on biomimicry with a design inspired by the hexagonal cells of a beehive it is made of around $800.00 parts recycled water is continuously poured over the structure which evaporates and lowers the surrounding temperature. the last 15 years have seen some of the hottest summers the world over. and india's capital new delhi is no exception as the city reels under crushing heatwaves every year indians who can afford it are turning to air conditioning and cooling systems . and studio displayed the latest installation at an exhibition by you and d.p. which strives to fulfill to modern day requirements the terra cotta structure with water cools the air while the vertical garden hopes tackle air pollution.

for diminish kumar and his community the shift towards equal cooling has given them a fresh outlook they hope that the growing popularity of natural materials will boost their earnings and improve their prospects of carrying on the profession of their forefathers. recycling materials instead of manufacturing new ones every time is fundamental to the success of a green economy but recycling doesn't have to be boring. along design a studio uses resources that would otherwise end up in a rubbish bin like federals of tobacco leaves and turns them into fancy surfaces in homes and offices. it. could be reeds it could be. feathers from. anything that's incredibly humble that you have to look at with

who was transformed use your imagination and transform it into you know something that hasn't been thought about before. nature square develops ideas for new surfaces and their london studio so far they've created over $3000.00. raw material is often waste like muscle shells. develop their own creation projects with.

materials for. people with existing craft skills and we developed the lead to the level that they are at now which is a level that nobody else in the. fall. the london design company seymour diamond is one of nature's squares clients they specialize in interior furnishing for mega yacht's company founder fiona diamond has been working with nature square for 15 years she likes their sustainable concept as well as the surfaces themselves especially because they're made from simple materials somebody will immediately think luxury is something that that shines it has some sparkle it's something that

shows some kind of well and then you've got more of the organic luxury which is really something that gives you the texture the depth of the finish maybe the last of the subtle. rather than something that is quite so obvious. today designers all over the world are working with sustainable natural materials. in germany. uses fish leather for her label. and switzerland designer tanya shanker uses apple leftovers for producing handbags. they're all interested in a new more sustainable concept of luxury. luxury is not just the rare. but it is the skill the heritage and the fact that with not getting a one off because of course you know that you never repeats itself.

using things that would otherwise be seen as waste an old idea which a growing number of designers are discovering for their sustainable creations. the businesses we do and to give to it we need to be in tune with out and bob and sooner rather than later i hope why did you. with this talking point pink about being told this episode we'll see you again next week until then good bye. for the.

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