the history of the slave trade is africa's history. just as housing for power and profit plummeted and entire concepts into chaos and violence. this is the journey back into the history of slavery. our documentary series slavery routes starts march 10th on g.w. . a new beginning is often a wonderful opportunity to examine our choices and at our life if these trying times have something its base inspirations to make a positive change towards a more sustainable way of life out all around us today we interview through to some

people who will be there to their lives who was making environmentally friendly choices hello welcome to eco india. coming to you from my neighborhood in mumbai. india is the largest producer of milk in the world because of rising demand it goes without saying that the primary reason for writing a column is fought in spain but a fall in india which has more than 100 cars does not commercially produce a single drop of milk what may be your own little bit visit to make such a contrast in choice let's take a closer look. at. 28 because of lush farmland in the busy city of noida. why organic farming is not uncommon even in the city this farm has taken things to avoid a new level. beach as it is called has built

a community of farmers that is self-sustaining and practices natural farming methods with a focus on the well being of livestock. what makes this far more unique is its relationship to its family of cattle. meat conquered age a native of good outs cut. from the sindh region. this beauty is called red cindy. belongs to a study from domino do especially suited for farming. areas of indigenous cattle from across india this farm doubles up as an animal sanctuary. cows and bulls have always been a part of agriculture but indigenous breeds are disappearing at a frightening rate tanks to the introduction of machines and the growing focus on

dairy which prefers imported breeds to native ones because of the higher milk. some indigenous breed populations are down to as little as 100 animals. be john has a herd of 135 indigenous cattle of various breeds of which 40 are bulls. it's striving to develop some of the malpractises in farming in india today. i think everyone knows how cruel the day the industry is and when i got into this and when i started seeing how many beautiful indigenous cappie were there and how the history of us importing cattle from the west for this nuclear evolution and a lot of other things then the need to protect these cattle kind of became very strong so these beautiful indigenous kathleen up your greed on the home and. many

of these are drawn. which don't actually give a lot of men. and i realize that these cattle are dying because our whole focus is on going. to preserve these breeds logical focus had to shift away from dairy. and so be germs dung whole project was born i delayed the piles and piles of dung in oil washing a lot and it's going this and. a lot of dung lying around also means release it releases and you can get it's not even going to the right is. that dung whole project promotes an economy around cow dung. every day sometimes in $400.00 kilo's are gathered to be converted into a vigilante of products. ensuring a 2nd income for farmers suitable were not there he says we make seed balls like these using seeds from big trees like the neem. if you scatter them on

empty fields before dreams they start growing. we also make images of the day it is going asia and luxury using dung and mud these are used during the valley and customers come here to buy them if you have. the dung is also used as many you know on the fields. doing away with the need for chemical fertilizers of. the reality are monitored and he says when we came here the feel of a sandy we couldn't do anything without dying of. boredom once we had enough stock of dung we started making natural mineo and used it for the fields and it took us about 2 years of preparation time or now the soil has regained its natural for to lety and we are able to grow vegetables very well. most of the plants are grown from heirloom seeds. the farmers use traditional

systems of into cropping companion planting and crop rotation. all food is grown organically. the vegetables harvested here include bitter gourd squash and pumpkin. be june produces its own solar power and is off the grid. it's home to a large community of farmers from all over india. it runs its own school a clinic a women's group and has direct access to weekly markets. the women's new skills allow them to generate extra income. and the aim is to become completely self-sufficient. is one such woman whose husband farms while she knits and stitches products that are sold to visit those i'd be. mocked she says now we're mostly making mosques like this. we make about 20 in a day and each $1.00 costs $50.00 rupees. it.

takes a sustainable approach to farming with a focus on caring for the land and the animals. found. its heart will inspire others to follow. the world biking is becoming more doable not only is it trendy it's also hopefully will help and the and barbara it and of producers will chances of getting infected 19 times but many of the bikes often multiply audited by especially if you'd move to the city or don't plan on staying for very long. we found some biking enthusiastic repairing bikes for refugees and short visitors.

chi wanya sifi repairs bikes for refugees here in berlin. he fled iran 4 years ago last year he started working at the hook invented tailwind association. a bike is important for refugees. so it helps them. mean when you look for a bike online somebody cost 50 or 70 or 100 euros or longer but i had a good thing didn't we accept a donation of 5 or 10 euros from a refugee from forward the senate well i got. almost everyone who works here is a volunteer the bikes they were pat all donated once they've been fixed up they go to refugee. if. only one yes the

field has a paid job at the association and it's partly financed by the national volunteer service it all began 5 years ago when germany took in a large number of refugees the team and also me want to help the new comers they also want to promote cycling as an environmentally friendly mode of transport and recycling old bikes is especially sustainable. because we use everything if a bike can no longer be written and we take it apart and use the components for another bike you could see that from 2 broken old bikes we create one new or usable one of the strongest most of the team come from many parts of the world irishman graeme pope who's been helping out here for 2 years. outside of the convince pope and some friends have set up a bike sharing nonprofit organization called bike surf it maintains a fleet of 20 vying and people come for them for

a small donation. bike so if doesn't aim to compete with commercial bike rental firms uses mainly come from the sharing community. the idea that if you can surf somewhere you can see there's a police somewhere. maybe you can find somewhere to stay and maybe find some place that there is a door for free. i'm going might have free wi-fi then the next thing getting around a big city like berlin is the obvious answer is to be on a bicycle it's environmental it's good for you good for your health. pope says he hopes the idea catches on you can't currently borrow a bike in many other cities. you can book a bike online. and you can usually keep it for a few weeks or even longer. look invented meanwhile

has a new project it wants to visit school classes to talk about bikes and sustainability . we want to get children and teenagers interested in cycling again so they think it's cool to ride a bike we want to show them how easy it can be to repair a bike we hope to get them so excited about biking that they don't even think of buying a car or even getting a driver's license but want to move about the city on wheels. so convinced says stuffing such a project with volunteers is difficult they're looking for funding so they can hire and pay more people. but and it is their pot of an unavoidable eternal cycle of the all encompassing. of the debilitating monsoon floods natural events destroy life yet at the same time create a base for new life conservationists are now studying

a similar phenomenon in military training areas i'm a devotee of army with the words. constant tank movements and artillery exercises make nature conservation at this army training ground a complicated affair before the ecologist start work the search party patrols the area to make sure there are no nasty explode. of surprises lurking in the grass they're always accompanied by munitions expert from the german military once. they found a missile its location is marked down and laser bomb disposal experts will pick it up. you have to search carefully as we use everything from small 20 millimeter ammunition to large ordinance and explosives of course it's much easier to find bombs that to find small munitions and don't forget we've been using this troop training area for 80 years so you find all sorts of stuff here. just those 80 years of army maneuvers have helped create a very landscape in bomb holder or grasslands with wild herb's as well as woodlands

and brush all ideal for biodiversity. grasslands are so valuable because they're hard to find anywhere else there's no arab land so no pesticides no nutrients no fertilizers this is only for military maneuvers. the army has all the heavy equipment it needs to preserve the natural environment does armored vehicle is used to take care of open spaces to make sure they don't get overgrown it turns up shrubs and flattened small trees. germany has 1400 square kilometers of land for military drills the environmental group nabu commissioned a study and found something astonishing although there are pollutants like heavy metals and kerosene residue the sites are ecologically important. didn't get from this was another situation in these areas is unique the exercises

create a patchwork environment there are temporary changes what we ecologists call disturbances in areas where soil is removed there are pioneer sites where rare plants can grow as well as animal species you can't find in the regular landscape. destruction by tanks and artillery creates new ecological niches says army ecologist wilfried corden. pons foreman tank trails and bomb craters where frogs and mutes can spawn. it's extraordinary the damage we see here from tanker trucks you only see this in military training areas is especially important for nature conservation this is not static environmental protection habitats are constantly changing but they're also valuable areas not in regular use by the military where nature can evolve organically if not to live. in the area is used less often they deploy sheep several 1000 sheep graze all summer long in the

military training ground so that's what makes sheep really useful is that they get into all the corners under the bushes into parts of the woods we can't reach a machine can't do that the sheep saw prince grazing and droppings at the turf into the state that nature needs. the sheep of spent numerous summers in the military zone and are well used to it so shepherd karl-heinz kinkel. in there really really generally whenever they're shooting even heavy fire you'd be amazed how fast they adapt if they do get frightened they huddle together. in germany large swathes of the natural environment to being wiped out chiefly through intensive farming the untamed an army training areas is highly valuable in ecological terms. despite the bombs and grenades this unique environment get special protection. a majority of elephants

leave. their huge coldest of traction and have to perform tricks on command for the hordes of applauding tourists who visit them every year restricts it often perfected by shooting them repeatedly but the pandemic has put a range of the plan of incoming tourists while on the one hand this is good news for the elephants on the other the future of the me is threatened some of them now have received a new visa on life me accompany them elephant rescue team to see for ourselves. just one look and she knows exactly which elephant is which she now has 80 of them each one has suffered lect child learn knows all their stories. until just a few years ago this elephant worked in a nearby riding camp as the conservationist explains he had to carry tourists

around every day if he didn't obey his trainer would pierce is thick skin with a bull hook the tie activist has been working to protect elephants for 25 years with her foundation she aims to improve the lives of the packet derms donations and able her to buy up animals who've suffered especially harsh treatment most of the elephants have spent decades being ridden or in showbiz but in childbirth elephant nature park they no longer have to work or be in chains paying guests are allowed to watch the elephants but nothing more. people come and visit they don't disturb a friend their death be yours the money to come and the congress do more and more. again and again like child learned has exposed animal abuse using a hidden camera for centuries wild elephants have been subjected to prolonged violent taming methods now there are laws in thailand that prohibit animal cruelty

. but china says this has done little to change the taming practice known as elephant crushing. and that now is the plan for them to do with the whole. lot of the bribe breeding everywhere. the baby are called bravely you can see the blood when i work. i have the will i have to tell them pretend that i had ordered i don't care why i don't get that i don't get that from there. but up that come out of how i cry i cry with a lot of disappointed about human. i angry angry bit read the paper that is. that. she's a lecture and her team are once again on a rescue mission this time the conservationists will collect 7 elephants from this

riding camp southwest of bangkok and bring them to the reserve near chain mind the camp owners themselves contacted chandler's foundation and asked for help as hardly any tourists are coming to ride the elephants to the coronavirus pandemic. an adult elephant is usually worth about $2000000.00 baht or more than $50000.00 euros but due to the pandemic the animals have become more of a burden for their owners. it cost them nearly a $1000.00 euros a month for food and care. the funny part kyra is happy to at least get $1000000.00 baht per elephant from china or its foundation. our situation has been dire since the start of a pandemic we had to close the camp for months. regardless of whether we're open or closed we still have to take care of the elephants and we need to feed them every day. we were allowed to reopen on july 1st but there are simply no visitors.

that might make it. the convoy sets off in the early afternoon. that little taking. as long as that feeling. that i'm hungry and no one. i think the journey or kids. the next morning after a nearly 20 hour drive the convoy reaches its destination the elephant nature from north of chain mind the team is exhausted lecture i learned has hardly slept but nothing can dampen her mood. all the happy because the journey is spliced elephant angry so yeah. i feel believe.

once that restraining bars have been removed it's time for the elephants to take their 1st cautious steps into a new life. one. look at the newcomers will have to be isolated from the rest of the herd for 2 weeks in order to prevent the possible spread of disease. the rescuers freeze the animals from all their ropes and chains. so beautiful. has. vied it a new home for well over 100 elephants a home where they're no longer forced to put on a show where they can simply be elephants. the lives of women in india are changing slowly but steadily more of the women are getting an education and have the spied this 20. india the top of the list

of countries considered most dangerous for human we met the founder of a nonprofit organization in mumbai was encouraging women to stand up against sexual violence and gender discrimination this brought us to the day to day struggle it's 5 steps forward 2 steps back 5 steps forward 2 steps back and the protest has to be a daily protest if you don't let the government know that. the fact that you had a child who was brutally gang raped and murdered as a crime of ethnic cleansing that you have political leaders across party lines state to the street with indian flag and in defense of this is just something you have never seen before. nor child's body should be subjected to.

a lawyer and a social activist back in august 25th along with a group of fellow young amazing feminists we started an organization she says which is a new movement in india to fight against all sorts of gender based violence and discrimination and fight for equality. at that point i started receiving extremely. aggressive dead and real threats. if you know i'm following you i have people following you i know where you live i think the idea of a woman cleaning agency and idea of a woman a sort of really demanding for her rights a sort of the fighting for justice. scares all structures and these weak people don't need things that they can resort to do is quick online and threatening us

thinking that that is somewhere where the silence are what he says. that well i'm still here i'm still fighting. and it's obviously taking a toll on ben but other than credibly support our family my family's realizes that the walk we do. has a significant impact on people's lives. everything is stuff below deck to you being a woman will object to you being young they'll object to your very best and loath to live check to you varying make up they'll object to you speaking english. objects to you c. fighting against discrimination based on religion they've been objects do you. reason your voice too much there's this notion of. there's this notion of speak up and fight for your rights but do so politely you know without offending people too much. and dream that we don't

pass on these realities to our future generations as accepted way of life that mothers don't have to tell their daughters as a view of life you just have to adjust to do it i dream that. you know more children are not been subject to child sexual abuse like so many of the world. i dream. that. equality would be a normal way of life and more than anything my dream is do you know the she says do not be needed. now each one of us has access to a new lease on life many young joseph our life it's going to start to how we grab it and run with it i hope to be as episode has inspired you to take a step in that direction i'll see you again next week until then please stay safe

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