when given the great chances like the boys i would like. not just on international women. on detail but you know. i. this is news and these are our top stories in central africa the president of equatorial guinea says at least 15 people have been killed in blasts at a military base in the city of basra hundreds more injured television quoting the president says the explosion was ju-ju negligent handling of dynamite in military barracks. the saudi led coalition has launched a series of air strikes on yemen's capital which is held by who theory rebels the

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this woman is helping her but you've lost to medicinal plants and knowledge this woman is empowering indigenous women in mumbai is a forest and this woman is working to convince people to switch to alternatives of plastic we met these silent t.v. shows to tell about their inspiring stories hello welcome to eco india and some of the raghu coming to you from mumbai. for centuries women have been the keepers of traditional knowledge often passed down to them or you from their mothers and grandmothers to be a lot of it has been lost or forgotten the revival movements led by women can be seen in so many parts of the world we met one such woman. who sustainability by being lost need to hopes and in the process enabling the local community to be

self-reliant. if. it is a cult more it could be up on a small village in the southern indian estate of tom and. i and a little shop bought but the nugget roger is suggesting some home remedies to a young mother she has been quietly leading a cross troops movement for the last 20 years conserving the biodiversity of the region through a devival of traditional and medicinal plants. almost $65.00 plus nothing has population depends upon traditional medicines for health care to avoid health organization estimates however climate change and overharvesting has led to a muscle of destruction of these plants about $300.00 species in india currently under threat of extinction. the kuwaiti bio region that barbara davis is set to the still be home to all of its 100 indigenous the

species of plums. what they learned about native as a child also growing up to be the 1st woman to graduate and how they're. going to let the leveling up but i'm not a pot of money and i want to get a good though in the bottom 3 belong to a family of traditional herb painters everyone in my religious used to come to my house for medication at this juncture i was diagnosed with a skin disease when i was medically 3 days old and. what i did my family struggled hard to find a cure until the succeeded when i was 7 even at that age i learnt to discern which curb was used for one of the beers sort of the good idea now and then to give that line a cup i mean on the bike i might add to it. later she did her master's in human rights because then called to a project by the end non-mental but john they couldn't forest organization based in tamil nadu as a herbal health worker. and with. her

. she formed self-help group. that would encourage them and to set up god's souls and produce close to 40 herbal remedies cosmetics and organic food helping these verman on a living man for the 1st time at. all for it sustainably from nearby forest and kitchen gardens dried and ham processed and sold at lonmin of course starting at 42 p. to nearby villages organic and submissions so a lot of that and i in the local and they have an idea if you see in our village for instance the most common problems are in back pain and knee pads for that we use locally sourced herbs to make an oil that eases the pain we have paved the way for the natives to use it easy early man and wait a long that a mighty anna would have done which across. the remote village of not to cooper is one of the most disadvantaged regions in the district. near the world as cheap labor years as this and franchised house. to the self-help group they have gained

a certain degree of independence knowledge my family didn't let me study i got mattered as soon as i completed my 12th standard in school after i b.b.q. and one i attended meetings of a self-help group calling anybody interested in working with. at 1st i was skeptical about how i would work with a young kid and whether i could work with others in the team in one hour. the neighboring and 9 nursery. plants are grown for other self-help groups as well as for home gardeners across the state. we had the most sustainability is one of our most important principles. it was the home of the land then and i notice it is only one if i need $500.00 plants i took only $500.00 seeds the rest will fall down and will become forest again only

if the uproot plants will it impact the foreigners that cod area that on the few of you raise them to become forest again there is norvasc of destruction here or that one of them might have been on the bottom of one of them and i have the run out is on sale. sustainability is the key driver drawn through all the self-help groups set up by father she tells us how they have come to create a system that guarantees it. looks like a sausage at their local if there is a local resource and it's in abundance you plan on how we can create value added products from it in case there is a shortage of any plant we decide on how one can reply to many a walk of the end of it and again it was a little. thanks to part with the nagarajan spy knitting work many have found their way back to walk it and hundreds of women have become pregnant for their families.

women stand on the front line of climate change you may have heard this or seen this on the news but what does this mean exactly and why are women facing higher risks by the impact of climate change let's take an in-depth look. all around the world women are leading movements that call for governments to take action against climate change in a crisis that's manmade and they are taking the biggest toll on women women are among the groups most impacted by climate change but why. other family sustaining the latest document this family members is a challenge for it's going to challenge for a moment in many developing countries men leave rural areas migrating to the city to find work and women are left to take care of their families and their farms relying on the natural resources most impacted by climate change to live.

prevailing inequalities across society them at higher risk. let's take the example of women farmers worldwide women make up at least 43 percent of the agricultural workforce and yet less than 15 percent of all landowners are women. that means their land tenure security is nonexistent in many cases this is seeming khayyam a policy adviser on sustainable development and acting chief for economic empowerment at the un women they don't have the same access as men to agricultural inputs by that we mean seeds and fertilizer and equipment and knowledge and technology so when there is a climate change impact whether it's. extreme weather events

or prolonged periods of heat or cold women have fewer economic resources to be able to withstand those shocks. those are just some of the direct impacts climate related disasters can also lead to further hardship and increased poverty in some cases parents are unable to feed their children and take desperate measures. in the 1516 years. girls are trafficked this is an router chatterjee a community worker at. salvation forum for environment more safe based in kolkata. and out of sheer poverty. and it can do or say that and getting her mad at a guy who are. some a maybe are among the relatedness and most cases you find those marriages end up in

human trafficking but women are not just impacted by climate change being on the front lines puts them in a unique position to find ways of adapting by creating climate resilient food systems working to preserve food and forming co-operatives because women were left to do all the work that allows communities to so i mean with or non-work culturally women at the expertise that's vandana shiva a prominent indian environmental activist who's been working in the field for more than 40 years seeds of compassion and there are preserved women through the culture that they won't come into. it's not only on the ground that women can have an impact currently women make up around a quarter of all national parliamentarians but there's evidence to suggest that if there were more it could bring change. there are studies that have

shown that if you have women in parliament. those countries are have a greater likelihood of doing and enforcing legislation that addresses climate change. activists say there needs to be representation at all levels and only then can progress be made in the fight against climate change with . the knowledge and skills of women are priceless here in the crowded city of mumbai deep in the arctic forest a lot of this knowledge and traditions are still very lively but the exchange. is rare for a local social entrepreneur wanting to make the secrets of our indigenous women. are a forest is full of ancient trees and wild animals. 2000

acres of stunning nature in the midst of mumbai india's 2nd most populous city. cassandra nazareth is a businesswoman and activist from the mega city in 2020 she took part in a protest against plans to clear part of the forest to make room for a trolley station the protest succeeded because sandra is still drawn to the woods . your i'm walking into ivy trying to save a forest and i have discovered a community which probably needs more flaming than the forest. around 70. and indigenous people in our a forest. again. never going to be all over the many who are ready. but the noise at all.

women like a book could you cook steamed rice wheat a traditional dish of the tribe. because sandra nazareth helps the women of our a forest find customers in mumbai this helps them earn money and increases their self-confidence. many of them did. before madame nazareth came here we were too shy to talk but then she looked people in the face and told them to speak up even now she encourages us to talk openly and courageously with the authorities. and this well was clogged but now water flows once again i don't know from mumbai recently paid 275000 rupees or 3000 euros to build a new well women now have more time and independence to do other activities rather than fetching water. they don't have the luxury of getting water with. you don't

they have to sort of for the what. village where. before there were no toilets here. but they were made available to be no drinking water facility but they gave us drilled wells and flour mills before that happened we had to go a long way for water but now it's available near our homes. now the art of the people also covers these banks cassandra nazareth sells them online and the proceeds go to the women. like i did. this war late tribal art is well known in the world and i'm happy i know how to do it madame nazareth gave me painting supplies and pays me for it. women here have also learned other ways to create an income for themselves. they sell her and other plants from the forest.

a little over certain stomach elements and this flower is her heart problems the medicine is made from these. although the wyly are in contact with the modern world they still try to honor their tradition as with this wedding. the bride wears a stunning traditional dress. the groom makes offerings to the day and they believe live in trees. a bundle of sacred twigs symbolizes the forest as a witness to the marriage. i've learnt a lot with play interaction with these women they've to me in ways if i'm pushing them to be able to do. as cassandra nazareth his name is too far into the wyly they call her meaning light the spark was kindled by both sides now they work together

to protect the lost of mumbai's green lungs and the survival of the indigenous people of our a forest. indeed when women grew from being invisible to visible the whole society benefits let's now meet a young champion of it. from russia is yet another example of how women can shape the world for the better she's devised to write to you if we used to encourage people to plant trees to ship overseas 6000. that would help plant the forest project. what looks like random bunches of greenery are in fact pine tree saplings thousands of them already for planting marianna monty a new explains how it's done it's very simple you place the sapling in the hole then fill that with her and check that the sackings firmly batted in 8000 saplings are due to be planted today here on the outskirts of moscow marianna

monty are no ask for help online and an army of volunteers has responded she regularly invites members of the public to help or. russia's forests of taking quite a beating in recent years huge areas have been devastated by wildfires pests like bark beetles pose a further challenge russia has more forest than any other country trees cover nearly half of this vast land. i think doing this since 2010 there were terrible wildfires back then throughout the whole of russia i saw a picture of huge well established trees being blown across the fields by the wind they were breaking off like matchsticks marianna munchie onil studied economics and initially worked in finance but she quit her job to devote all her attention to

reforestation you can change the world one small step at a time and people will pull together for a good cause. everybody here wants to help people become more aware of nature again and to encourage them to do their bit to protect the environment. i want our planet to be as intact as possible so that we have healthy air to breed and leave our children and grandchildren an environment in which they can live well. our environment is sick i don't want to inflict further injuries on the natural world. back in her moscow apartment she's able to relax after all the hard work but she never loses sight of her goal i didn't see a change in my earth and this is my mission in life i want to achieve great things for the benefit of society of the planet and nature of the planet looked at all

good afternoon my name is mario monti and i'm president of the russian climate fund . was the good poignant the. work has long since expanded beyond planting trees together with other environmental activists she puts out her own podcast into the bid to get the message out to more people but she's also developed a mobile game app called plant the forest the aim is to promote interest in the well being of trees income from the app goes to plant new saplings. new plenty more on the game or has to collect points which then allow him to plant trees the idea is to inspire users so that they stop being indifferent towards our trees and so that they want to help with resource station. with nothing. back to the forest on the outskirts of moscow it's time for a lunch in the past 10 years marianna munteanu and her helpers have planted more

than a 1000000 trees that's the equivalent of around 1300 soccer fields a large number of volunteers of all ages have helped to make it possible last year she was selected by the united nations for the young champion of the earth award. soon this area should once again be a strong healthy forest hopefully strong enough to withstand all the challenges of the future. when it comes to an independent life and earning a living many women still shy away from founding their companies but many who are often looking for a cause to support meet a social or environmental cause we've met a few such entrepreneurs in germany. rolls and rolls of patterned material. and her husband are selecting the most suitable to use for their next batch of bees wax wraps. your ball we use organic cotton coated with

a layer of bees wax tree resin and to hobo oil the 3 components together of what we paint on to the material the mixture is the secret behind the wraps. and the great thing is that these wax cloth allows food to breathe at the same time as keeping it moist. condensation doesn't develop and that's basically why the plastic wrap food often goes. up plastic. the mother of 2 developed her prototypes 3 years ago in her own kitchen with lots of wax and an iron she'd come across bees wax cloth while she was studying to be a graphics designer in the us. since we were always using so much plastic clingfilm which can't be recycled i thought ok bees wax cloth is a great alternative but i want to know what it's made of and i want to use raw

materials from europe that's how i started making it in my kitchen. there's a lot of manual work involved the high level of wax in the mixture means the cloth stick together once they're made they have to be separated by hand cristina's our insists on manufacturing in berlin and pays her employees fairly. so 2 beeswax cloths are quite expensive at 10 euros but they can be reused for up to a year part of women's entrepreneurship right now is entrepreneurship in general is seeing this the emergence of what we call impact investing and use social entrepreneurship. christine as business idea has created 20 jobs here. there are plenty of women who want to go out and profits and there's important thing to them but by and large an agenda to really speaks very directly

to this this idea that when it comes to prayer ties and social tools of my own mental goals and economic goals men tend to breyer ties economic goals over other goals women tend to pray or try as social goals or other goals. it can be a long slog before a female entrepreneur can live off her profits in berlin's meant to distract the vibe of a female entrepreneur center helps women who want to become self-employed it offers support in developing a business plan brokering micro credits there's even a day care center it's this support that the more than 70 members value about this co-operative treasure and also need as one who follows but with the spirit of a 1st of all it's far harder for a woman to set up and business there is a systemic disadvantaging of women here in germany they're supposed to take on the nurturing work meaning they do much more work in the family and they earn less than men. that raises the hurdles for setting up a business. women tend to found service companies rather than tech companies and

it's hard for them to find commercial space which also needs to be close to home so that they can also take care of the family. before moving are bipes allies. the rents in the co-operative are well below average something fashion designer cutting yard on benefits from. she's been producing her own fashion collections for 10 years. her materials are all organic made in weaving mills in germany austria and elsewhere in europe. she wants to take a stand against the fast turnover cheap textiles industry. mock what we buy today is definitely too cheap so basically you shouldn't be able to sell clothing at those prices because i know what the costs here are like even if we consider economies of scale what's on offer here is still too cheap that devalues the garments along with the people who make them we simply can't do that to each other

. ethically made high value clothes have their price address here cost 600 euros a top 170 cotton says the priority for her customers used to be being well dressed now many have a keen interest in where the clothes are made because tina also found customers quickly her bees wax wraps are now sold in $1000.00 shops across europe the annual turnover is a 7 figure sum. but she doesn't want to exports to asia africa or the u.s. . as a part of us i wanted to make a sustainable product right from the start because i said to myself we have these rule materials in europe if we ship them overseas the c o 2 emissions would be catastrophic. but she can imagine setting up production of broad using locally sourced raw materials and

a local office for the local market. i hope to be as episode as. bar work and enable the. good for the environment and put this aside to seek them out of your community and give them a path on the back i'll leave you with that part and see you again next week with many working stories from our entire team in india and germany good buy.

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really busy here busier than normal no wonder that my stuff and i are very tired by the end of the day but even before the outbreak of covert 19 many of my patients have been complaining about chronic fatigue there's so much to sell much stress in modern life which may disrupt your sleep and every needs about 8 hours of sleep per day ok as a workaholic or as a party goer you might say it's a waste of time but rest assured it's not. as the sun sets orange and red wavelengths of light activate cells in our retina and tone in levels in our bodies rise melatonin is the sleep hormone. it makes us drowsy. our responses get slower. and we tend to start to feel a little shivery. our brains now turn

inwards. high frequency brain waves give way to slower ones. we relax. hugh shortly after falling asleep gross hormones reach peak levels. when it's time for a bit of our in our muscles regenerate skin and hair grow and wounds heal. and in our brain a bit of spring cleaning gets underway. all the information that we have acquired during the day is built into temporary storage in significant memories and then deleted. only the important ones are transferred into more permanent storage. then things start to hot up. parts of the cerebral cortex awaken out of deep sleep it's time for the rem phase

we begin to have dreams extremely vivid ones our blood pressure and heart rate rise . cognitive centers are offline our dreams help us to process our emotional experiences. there are alternative cycles of deep sleep and rem phases during the hours to follow. the depths of night metabolism and body temperature are slow as they go. the people who aren't asleep have to contend with feelings of trouncing us and the danger of that city which is particularly high at that point. as morning approaches the stress hormone cortisol takes over again asked sleep gets nighttime. but it's best not to jump out of bed

immediately. not all areas of our brain wake up simple tenuously. feelings can be keener than our minds at this time of the day or. sometimes the most important insights of the day come to us before we get out of bed. if you're constantly tired this might be a sign of disturbed sleep or simply not enough sleep or you're constantly under stress or the pressure because this makes you tired as well so be sure to take some time out and do some sponsored exercise especially outside in the sunlight because of this sink rises here in the clock to run things up follow our next report this might help to blow away that nasty cloud of fatigue. it begins with a drink. anything that contains can destroy your sleep so from the afternoon on

words it's best to switch to caffeine free options. how about a glass of wine in the evening that should make you sleepy but is that really true we are sick sleep expert dr samuel little well. it might help you falling asleep but ask for the sleep quality it will ruin your quality it will cut off your deep sleep and your rem cycles you dream sleep and it will all. also improve snoring and even sleep apnea meaning stopping breathing at night so be careful consuming alcohol specially in the evening laptops cell phones and other electronic devices are omnipresent these days many people even take them to bed but the artificial like they emit disturbs our sleep patterns. they send out light to our retina to our eyes and that light suppresses minute on the seat hormone and she

says away from sleeping that's why it's better to balance the trick devices from the bedroom that also means using a good old analog alarm clock we also sleep better when the bedroom is well aired and at a comfortable temperature. our bodies love routine having a relaxing cup of tea in the evening and printing a good book but not on the tablet can help prepare you for an ice night's sleep. even as adults we can find rituals in the evening that we do every day in the same way like reading a book or making a community it can be a ritual in itself and you know putting on night gown on and going to to see that helps even adults and if you still can't get to sleep don't stare at the clock that will keep you awake even longer it's better to try relaxation techniques for example trying to be living your whole day in your mind in reverse that will make

your brain tired. too complicated tried listening to soothing music or thinking of a time when you really felt really relaxed and before you know it you'll be sleeping like a baby. if you are constantly tired. you not only prone to making mistakes or accidents but you're prone to internal diseases as well like diabetes or hypertension or are you taking drugs against migraines or hypertension then be sure to discuss your medication with your doctor but what ever you do don't take energy boosting pills orderings because they're very very harmful. endless insurance laser sharp focus and the ability to party all night long energy drinks promise

performance enhancement for the mind and the body. but they also increase the risk of serious side effects for our health. excessive consumption of energy drinks can lead to a rapid heartbeat nausea sweating and sleeplessness. the temporary energy boost they provide is due to a mix of various additives. chief among them caffeine the amino acid taurean and vitamin b. when combined their effect is more intense than any cup of coffee. the crucial difference with these drinks is that they contain a huge number of additives that can enhance the effect of the caffeine and that increases the risk for the heart. and anything over 3 milligrams per kilo bodyweight is risky someone who weighs 50 kilos and consumes 2 small cans of an energy drink has already exceeded their daily limit.

what is especially dangerous is young people making the strings an intricate part of their lives and thinking they can't perform properly without them. and that danger is magnified when people consume the drinks during all night parties. pick me up subject our cardiovascular system to considerable stress especially in combination with alcohol. both alcohol and caffeine raise our pulses. hours of dancing to the mix and the heart will struggle to keep pace. and my heart rhythm consultations i repeatedly see patients with atrial fibrillation and another cardiac along with me due to excessive consumption of energy drinks and all night partying if you hire more commonly we see patients in emergency wards reporting increased heart rate secret nazia headaches and sleeping

disorders. the combination of active ingredients is more harmful for the heart than caffeine on its own in one study test subjects who had consumed one liter of such a drink and subsequently saw a higher increase in blood pressure than those who had only been given caffeine. there was also a significant change in an important electrocardiogram reading what's called the key interval. by how it's a monk patients who have an electrical heart disease like that catchy interval prolongation much and lead to fatal cardiac arrhythmias outs with. that risk is exacerbated by a lot of people not even being aware that they have a heart condition. at the same time a substance is contained in energy drinks mean that regular consumption compulsive damage other organs. in addition to dangerous effects for the heart the drinks also have a high vitamin

b 3 content for example which poses a risk to whatever and that risk is especially hide among people with preexisting liver disease or when the drink is combined with alcohol. and as if all that wasn't unsettling enough energy drinks also contain huge quantities of sugar in many cases even more than in sodas and fruit juices. such high consumption of energy drinks can also. contribute to excessive weight gain and increase your risk of diabetes. debilitating fatigue is a common symptom in infections which makes absolute sense because our immune system wants to give us time to fight the disease and to recuperate in coburg 19 this is a very long ongoing situation and experts say that you have to take time don't

exercise don't do sports most importantly listen to what your body says chronic fatigue is not the only long term consequence of a coronavirus infection. life just hasn't been the same fizzy month since his corona virus infection even the slightest physical exertion leaves him exhausted and 5 months later his recovery remains frustratingly slow see mine used to do a lot of sport but not anymore. done here at knifepoint but the few weeks ago i was out on a very slow one luxury walk with a friend but even that was so strenuous that i struggled to make it back home and up the stairs a soft opted for the next 2 days i was still so exhausted from that stroke that i couldn't do anything other. than that fatigue is one of the aftereffects of a cave in $1000.00 infection busy moms doctor diagnosed lung damage but also found something else. the exhaustion symptoms also fit another illness chronic fatigue

syndrome or any c.f.s. . the i'm showing there are the reading difficulties caused by damage to the elderly all in the lungs can be explained by sars could be to. why we don't as for the chronic exhaustion i can't say right now whether it's connected to the corona virus or it's a stand alone symptom in any case it. something we were unsure about which is where a neurologist has to come in. finding a neurologist who is familiar with fatigue and the symptoms it causes this is easier said than done. what scares information there is on the condition is contradictory research on the subject is still in its infancy. and in many cases there is no medical treatment available. in austria

a neurologist michelle has considerable experience with fatigue syndrome and over the last few months he's had patients on an almost daily basis reporting such symptoms after recovering from a coronavirus infection that's not only a mystery right now is why these people are constantly exhausted and at 1st glance there's no explanation for these damaged organs and that's where we see an overlap with these long covert cases with any c.f.s. . it's alarming because with the high absolute number of infections we're likely to be seeing a very large number of people developing chronic problems after a corona virus infection. chronic fatigue is clearly a problem that needs urgently addressing now more than ever. as perverse as it may sound coronavirus presents a huge opportunity in that regard it highlights the fact that post-viral fatigue is

very real and not something you can ignore because of the sheer number of people affected that in turn raises hopes for people who've been suffering from post viral fatigue for decades there is hope that researchers will now be able to gain new insights that can be applied to other viral infections to. begin to get heart towards those affected to avoid too much physical exertion in many cases it leads if anything to a worsening of symptoms. hopes his own body will be able to beat the exhaustion one day soon as it might be some time until the medical world gets to the bottom of the enigma. chronic fatigue of the covert known team has shed some light onto a group of patients which have been alone for many years pretty much alone suffering from any c.f.s. chronic fatigue syndrome effected patients are literally does able by this disease powerless to lead a normal life.