about how often does cross or her. with i do this. or future it sounds a part of our way. through our document storage and. the big. welcome to global 3000 just this week we meet a south african entrepreneur who's using sustainable bricks made of construction waste to build sturdy homes for the poor. many people in bhutan a poor too but only in a mix here real sense we visit the nation where happiness is the most important thing. first though we go to the antarctic and talk to the scientists who spend

months based in the world's coldest region. right at the very south of our planet lies antarctica the continent of snow and ice . in 1911 the norwegian roald amundsen became the 1st person ever to reach the south pole the last region of earth that was still unexplored and uninhabited by humans. in 195912 nations signed the antarctic treaty pledging to use the region only for peaceful purposes and particularly for scientific research. today there are around 80 research stations in the antarctic used by 4000 scientists from all over the world we wanted to know what it's like to spend months in the cold and ice and so we headed there starting at the airport close to the russian polaris that just.

approaching antarctica from the air. on board this aircraft are scientists from 10 different countries. they'll be spending the polar summer doing their research here . this year the team from bellaver is especially large. rose says would be a program for science and religion course more and. now we build and go a station. india has also sent a large team. members will be making their way to the countries to antarctic research stations. to study.

because together what we. are studying so it does not amount to so on our commission of all the dirt but we will be adding that trend what are the conditions of the. example and it is heating up again. nearly all of on talk to it's covered in ice. leon need to lend coke comes from russia he works at the nobel last i read today a station close to the airports. he's a veteran researcher like most of the russians here he started working in the polar regions during the soviet era. and prevent illegal. my. daughter. who was 8 months if you staying. having been observing the environment for many years the researchers have been able to monitor

the changes taking place. no. change. one subject of interest involves lunar observations it's well known that the moon's gravity effects ocean tides but its effect on weather has not yet been well explained. the russian team co-operation with the says molly just said the german on my research station. 700 kilometers away. a few visitors come here the noise maya station is after all in a very remote location. you'll safina struck a man and eat his quad

a study the earth's magnetic field and measure the strength of our earth quakes they're not the only ones researchers from several other nations conduct similar work still the scientists say there's nowhere near enough exploration underway on antarctica. and talk to her is still a fundamentally unexplored continent that's why there are actually too few stations to collect data on the. market agrees he heads the new mile station's air chemistry observatory he's worried about the rise in the percentage of c o 2 in the antarctic atmosphere. he's also concerned that the untouched southern continent could fall victim to economic exploitation. that's. it's hard to say what will happen and how things will develop especially if some areas become ice free and amazing raw materials are nursed.

but had say here 4 years ago the antarctic treaty was agreed and extended but. i see that as a good sign that it will continue to go in this direction does this insist that we still why don't you. go back leads the research team. the work done here is purely scientific anything else would be forbidden in accordance with the antarctic treaty that the international community create 2 in 1959. inspect there are regular unannounced inspections to take place at the stations. so to this point there haven't been any conflicts. but considering world history one can only hope that the intentions remain purely scientific.

one big draw for researchers that is the emperor penguins. the scientists want to examine the animals breeding behavior in order to predict possible threats caused by climate change. the international researchers share their results with each other. people always talk about the antarctic family all the conflicts that exist elsewhere in the world for by the way sorry everyone helps each other and people try to get along at times under truly inhospitable conditions it's nice to see that in spite of all the bad news in the world it can really work it does in. successful collaboration on the most sparsely populated continent on earth. while some research is a busy in the antarctic others focus their energy on happiness asking what people really need to live contented lives money say some lots of money but there are

other important factors stable relationships good health educational qualifications and a joke that matches one's skills gap in a sixpence have long been interested in where the happiest people live the un's world happiness report sees norway and denmark rating high and finland topping the list for the 2nd year running. meanwhile features for the town but the small nation in the eastern himalayas has its own very special relationship with happiness. pretty good. this is a master class and never gave there's no autopilot no radar just pure flying skill the infant embargoed until now believed to be merely. told you do not have

much more fluid. in the leaves bending and it is turning them into its c.e.o. like blue crab a little bit in the william. the born as the. how the really. the pilot tells us that it. it's time to learn to navigate the terrain the pilot's orientate themselves using buildings monasteries and the landscape in general a little luck never hurts when flying into bhutan every landing is different but these professionals know what they are doing. because of this exact thing and it will be. there in that list yeah if you feel. the turn is different it's the only country in the world where welfare is measured not in terms of gross domestic product but by gross national happiness.

anyone who wants to find out more about this should be ready to wear traditional dress. and that's our we got into the government quarter in the capital the former monastery and fortress is now government headquarters we were advised to bring a gift for our host a bottle of whiskey properly wrapped perhaps that's another path to happiness sound economics is also important. all the trees. in the us what we also see is we have to ensure that. it does that come. to addition if the horsey cause. back to the immediacy the happiness

commission the think tank can be nerve center of the government whatever takes place in these halls of bureaucracy is aimed at achieving one thing collective happiness. according to the constitution at least 60 percent of b. trans land must be forested be time absorbs more carbon dioxide than it produces the only country in the world to do so. compared to other countries to turn is poor but well educated a pillar of happiness education is free and standards are high. to outsiders the nation might look like an outdoor museum but on the inside it's a society that protects and treasures its culture but is everyone in bhutan really happy for you as you go. different people are you happy.

if you need ok. if. we have. to ask yourself do you consider yourself. where much. of it. every few years the happiness commission asks the public how happy they are the last poll indicated around 75 percent of these are indeed happy. today is one of them. we could have to rise harvests a year but there's no need once enough we just don't need more we're happy with that. they allow the most. capitalists would despair

here maximizing profit is a foreign concept so is stress. indeed the country has its own rhythm when pre-date announces that dinner is ready. many come running 3 generations live under one roof of course people in many parts of the world see togetherness as being important but here it actually happens. why should we leave this place the house the fields our parents gave all of this to us we'll pass it on to our own children we have work we have food we're all happy since. her husband likes to chew on a rican not wrapped in a bacon leaf in his garden it's a mild stimulant which could also be a factor in happiness. the town is about the size of switzerland with

around 800000 inhabitants tourism is sparse that could be in an attempt to control influences from abroad but is that control a good thing in the long run smartphones are everywhere what previously was far away is now at locals fingertips and the outside world can be tempting with all it has to offer. whether young people are happy and whether they will stay will decide the country's future. buddhism is still powerful but ists believe in the close relationship we have with the universe and astrology. to the mobile. it's like math we calculate subtract multiply the stars tell us if it will be a good day whether we should do things or leave well enough alone that's how we

determine happiness on a scale of one to 10 i write myself an age and that's only because there are some things that we all have to endure like illness and. given that you've been. so happiness does have its limits there's also no guidebook to follow on becoming happy not even here in the land of happiness in bhutan. helping others is another way to boost your happiness levels in this week's global ideas we meet a young entrepreneur from south africa doing exactly that his aim is to revolutionize the country's overstretched housing situation in the townships of johannesburg where he grew up poverty is a big problem coupled with an acute shortage of places for people to live. i the township of soweto lies just south of johannesburg formerly

a home to miners the region now has around 4000000 residents no one knows the exact number. most live in corrugated sheet metal shocks and that's just what young entrepreneur london wants to change he wants to have lots of brick houses built 50000 homes and needed in the johannesburg metropolitan area. so most of them to prefer to live in intelligence because it's cheaper to live there when you're ready. to move forward. so this creates an opportunity for us to actually create a world where. in. order to. many south africans could never afford to buy a home of their own so they rent shacks in other people's backyards all crammed

together side by side. is a self-taught brick layer while building and out building in the backyard of his parents' home he got an idea to replace corrugated metal shacks with brick houses his customers other people who own the land they pay for the building in monthly installments using the rent they receive from the tenants while the to. it's themselves get to live in a better home plus the whole thing is more environmentally friendly as the houses are made of special bricks so they're more like almost like their book brick so because. you're sure you. want to cut your brood of course by up to 30 percent. unsecured unfairness to live out your sort of bird with this brick. you're going to you that. have to put a roof. plan lets you know who makes his bricks out of construction waste

so he doesn't need to use sand that also means the bricks don't have to be fired in a kiln which saves on energy because the building blocks are interlocking the pressure of their own weight is sufficient to make the wall strong unstable it's an unusual way to build but it's less of a burden on the environment than traditional masonry. so it's really not using. the mental. really comes to bricks as busy when you tell them that you only use them and. so having to have a pile of this kind of. people because they can and. it's no more convincing than to me even into the knitting that. this man was also interested and happy to learn more so than the c.b.s. is among the 1st tenants to move into one of the brick houses the 35 year old comic

comic has been living in a backyard for 6 years until recently in a metal shock but not anymore now he has a proper home he used to pay about 35 year as a month now he pays 40 he thinks it's worth it. actually our very very very p.p. course if you're staying in the thing that will shake the. place to be actually staying in your home you say you feel confident when everything next. building rubble is a major environmental problem in the impoverished districts of johannesburg many companies just dump their waste in the townships to avoid paying disposal fees nandu similar c.b.s. knows this all too well every day dozens of trucks come to her neighborhood to illegally dump building waste for more prosperous areas this bothered her

a lot until it inspired her to become an entrepreneur now she's founded a startup the process is waste. so because a lot of people do it ways to move a ways in their college but then we take responsibility with the least and the they have betrayed roads with their waste we compost it we also send it distribute it to organisation that make you service organizations flight landed to house building company. to startups plan to work together. to know who could use the plentiful building rubble for his environmentally friendly bricks. now the 2 are working on ways to crush the waste and transported to the construction sites they hope to get started soon. though we are working out how we can actually need. and use the rubble as raw material for making bricks with.

and then it can be actually more profitable and more besides and they actually help hire more people because the new need people who are going to make bricks and people are going to separate their waste and cross. more than 3000000 publicly. subsidize homes have been built in south africa in the past 25 years even so the government has failed to meet the need for a new housing plan little over says that many who came to johannesburg hoping for a better life are now living in worse housing than before they're exactly the people he wants to help and not just by building new homes for them he has many more ideas for the future. with. most of them oh good. for him the people that live here. are all sorts of so we can replace all the. skills and also training them to prove their own houses. which one are moving to

another one being that in the room of all that is the stuff of the future right now each building is a major financial risk for london and his startup he's only been able to complete 3 homes with environmentally friendly products so far 3 more are under construction but he's been inundated with requests from all. you'll find more inspiring stories on t.w. women in our facebook page where you can learn about women determined to make a real difference and change the status quo. d.w. women gives a voice to the women of our world. this weekend global living rooms we visit a family in columbia. roy

and have him by name hello welcome my name is loose mary and this is my home please come in that. it's a me this is our living room and this is our motorbike. i think with that standing here because we don't have a garage. i will hold them in battle in the motorbike is really important for our family because it's our main mode of transport. we also use it to transport things to other villages. and we didn't look here are a few photos of momentos in the painting and our beloved virgin of guadalupe where

her figure stands in the living room because our lady is part of our belief but then that's very important to us we believe that she protects our home and helps to ensure that everything remains her money ends. up at the earth they're not. saying don't follow me. here's the area where we watch t.v. and relax yawn. eat anymore and here is the hub of our home the kitchen. area and we drink at and t. form it's about to boil the herb spawns have a very calming effect we're. back to name all of that and this is our bedroom. here. but let's go outside now.

this is the most important and also the nicest part of our home because it's refreshing out here. we sit down here and chat. and eat here and we enjoy the fresh air and being surrounded by trees. full. of the out of order as. we hang out the washing here because this storm. i get asked that for thanks for the listen i i hope you liked our home come again at any time you're always welcome what about have yeah. but i was a bit and then i thought oh no. next week we're in rwanda where heavy rains destroyed harvests more and more often

resulting in frequent food shortages in villages now farmers are learning new methods of growing crops to make their fields less vulnerable to the elements. that's all from us this week do send us your comments right to global 3000 i d w dot com check us out on facebook women by finale.

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