christianity firmly established itself. both religious and secular leaders aren't there to display their power. to trace begins. the tallest biggest and the most beautiful structures. is how massive churches are created. consciousness to feed drolls starts april 12th on d w. how the times have changed not long ago a swanky fast car was aspirational even if it was a few. we wanted to update every season to be trendy and chic all year long

but today with curious about e-commerce and prefer bicycles sustainable fashion. let's look at the fast moving switch cluelessly how welcome to equal india. coming to you from. very tasty and in many countries white which comes from news groups has been a lifestyle decades now. with an image problem particularly because often a lot of it's still to be these fruits indian creek farmers for example who are spiled to export a bulk of big creates need a solution to this problem. is helping them we just that. a tropical climate and sandy soil here in the western indian state of maharashtra conditions for growing grapes are ideal the 1st vines were planted here in the late

1990 s. by a local entrepreneur who returned after studying and working in the united states today nearly 70 percent of india's total grey production comes from the region. like many small farmers here. rose seedless table grapes. it takes a lot of time to grow chemical free grapes. one needs a lot of patience because the benefits of going chemical free are not visible immediately. for example you may not see the result in just one year you have to give it time and at least 5 to 10 years. well other great farm is use pesticides but kumble ensures that insects like green lace wings and australian ladybugs take care of the pests and keep them away from the vines. and infestation could quickly destroy entire harvests the majority of his grapes are

exposed it to europe. the vineyard next door belongs to us because brother. he too exports a large portion of his harvest and mostly does without chemicals to. he routinely checks by hand to see if his plants are thirsty. thought it may not tell the soil needs to be felt properly to check its moisture content. right now it shows 40 percent which indicates that this area needs water if it clings together more than this than the moisture content is 50 to 60 percent water is not required. this is a study done later. to cultivate and irrigate the soil has dug ditches. they're going to give the car. ever since i started practicing this new method of water management in which moisture is provided directly to the

root zone i've saved a lot of water. and i noticed that especially in the months of april and may when there's a shortage of water. that's helped me to improve the quality and lifespan of the great. brood a kilo of grapes can fetch $160.00 with peas compared to 70 reviews on the domestic market the great farmers would like to export more at present 12 percent of indian grapes go abroad. no the. bodies in the last 10 to 20 years on seasonal rains have increased the incidence of crop diseases like powdery mildew and downy knew too much more than before. to control this great growers end up having to use more pesticides. this results in many export relation problems but if you want there are a lot of liberal. but it is possible to both uphold rules of pesticides and achieve

the quality required for export. some expanded it has developed an app for that very purpose the software allows farmers to record important data about the grapes on a smartphone. the app then matches this data with information from the national research center for great. under the thumb and then has up to date information about which tools they're allowed to use when and to what extent. the european standard or another going to stand australian what they are doing in their norms by yearly or already or so the knowledge and how to particular to the end if you're going to farm or when you can see your last mile and get a better knowledge so the exporter we grow the app also helps full mismanage their income and expenses and to find traders who buy the great. 22 year old farm that

tanika kulkarni uses the app and hopes to be able to sell her grapes approach soon . develop under-funding got that they were marketing one of the great farming requires intensive marketing to get a good rate for our produce and for it to be sold in different parts of the world now when i haven't you know it is ready for harvest we just need to cane details about the crop and the quality of the grapes into the app we have then connected to multiple traders who can bid to buy our projects. this way if we are able to get the best price for it but he has one fiber. india ranks 12 than the world when it comes to land used to grow grapes but its export volume is low by international standards the film is of nashik a working hard to change that. many of us may not have been born been yet but we all know what the fashion trends of the fifty's and the sixty's the iconic leader

and long term trends anymore fast fashion labels make sure that trends change on a weekly basis this of course has a negative consequences but more and more consumers are now. and are demanding change again fast fashion labels of rise to the occasion and commit to being environmentally friendly let's find. we're constantly bombarded with media that pressures us to buy new or and trendy or clothes that quickly go out of style an estimated $93000000.00 tons of clothes go to landfill or burns every year. and that's roughly about the garbage truck loads of textiles every 2nd going to landfill every set and. producing clothes also pollutes our water and generate c o 2 the fast fashion model pioneered by makes twice as many clothes per year compared to the early 2000 but companies say that's about to change thanks to eco

friendly fast fashion but can we believe them into tax czarist parent company. and agent and group are 2 of the biggest fashion retailers in the world and both have collections that claim to reduce the environmental impact of making clothes. these fashion giants say they are making entire brands more sustainable but look at these promises starting with the materials fast fashion brands mainly use polyester which accounts for 52 percent of total fiber production and caught and which is around 24 percent. p.v.c. is a different name for polyester it's the same type of plastic found in water bottles it's carbon intensive produce from petroleum and the process releases acids in ammonium into the water supply and caught in it is a chemical and water intensive crop the world wildlife foundation says it takes 20000 liters of water to make one kilo of cotton and only enough for one teacher and a pair of jeans also around 11 percent of the world's fastest sides are used on cotton

fields. that close to and is in the long term much better the form of the car is it and the environment and the soil the produces and it's less water intensive and doesn't require as much irrigation and such. we requested an interview with them about their product sustainability but they declined over email they said we are happy to say that by the end of this year all caught and we use will come from sustainable sources that are also responded by email saying in 2019 the group used over 38000 tonnes of sustainable cotton and that's clothing up 150 percent from 2018 but what does sustainable actually mean there is no standard definition and it doesn't equal organic h. and m. says that sustainable caught and can mean recycled or last passed aside and g.m.

most bizarre calls it's caught and ecologically grown and stead of organic. it claims the cotton is certified by the organic cotton standard and the global organic textile standard which say they monitor chemical and water used production processes terms like conscious and ecologically grown are hard to fact check and can confuse the consumer but according to the nonprofit textile and shane in 2016 age and was the 2nd largest user of organic cotton in the world sorrow was the 4th let's focus on synthetics and h. and m. sustainable collection a synthetic clothing should be at least 50 percent recycled zora doesn't specify a percentage and their labels can be confusing this jacket says it's 100 percent recycled polly had it seems like it's completely recycled but the filling is polyester

a different material the per centage recycled statement often doesn't refer to the whole garment making it look like the item is more precise gold than it actually is czarist says they're caught and polyester will be sustainable by 2025 h. and m. says all of their materials will be sustainable by 2030 and for 2019 that figure was already at 57 percent if they stick to these commitments it could mean big changes for the industry but material is only part of the story to find out if that cotton is actually organic or that polyester is actually recycled consumers need to be able to check the production process with an h. and m. conscious t. shirt you can find out in which specific factory it was made so it's theoretically possible to check the sustainability these are only lists how many suppliers it has in one city but not names and addresses they were both a value added by fashion revolution an advocate for transparency and sustainability

and fashion and no large brands score over. 80 percent but for 2028 m. did the best with 73 percent so quite transparent czarist scored a 43 percent not so much this is important because suppliers are one of the few stakeholders with a front row seat to brands in our working kim has a background in human rights and managed a garment factory in cambodia they uniquely have access to the information that consumers need to be able to cross-check brands actions against their words if people can research suppliers they can hold the brands accountable to their sustainability claims but just because you are transparent it does not mean you are sustainable it does not mean that at all and that's really really important even for brands who know their whole supply chain making an eco friendly garment is hard let's speak up then you can see that. the more you went to a responsible way but the cotton is not to produce the same 18 advertises that the

company is working towards a circular future according to the website you can bring your clothing to any store and it will be resold as secondhand clothing reuse just textiles or recycled. the has a similar campaign it says it partners with different local organisations which then take over what happens to the clothing so what does happen they are you sold reuse and recycle but not in the proportions you might think over half is sold overseas the rest is mostly turned into industrial material burned or dumped in landfills h. and iman's are our investing and recycling research book point 5 percent and point 0 percent of their profits respectively they say returning clothes is circular which really isn't true and even if it were. that's not the solution to

the consumption. overproduction. the problem is that too much clothing is produced whether it's eco friendly or not we need to think about how we shop what we're really calling for. but the there is a there is a bold step a number of notable fashion brands and fashion houses now going season so off to them it's an important thing to do the concept doesn't mean sacrificing style but making clothing to last rather than be thrown away so what do we do when we want to buy new clothes agent emmons are say their eco collections are better for the environment and they actually are if you want to check the sustainability of the whole supply chain there are many smaller brands that can account for every step of their production process and buying season less clothing means it won't go

out of fashion and end up in the trash because this is a rare industry where consumers actually have real influence. when they look at the whole picture i realized maybe only as consumers use the power can silence brands and push them gives in pressured shoe to do to make some changes. so ask yourself not only who made your clothes and what they're made of but also do i need these new clothes and go from there and stad. if we want to look at the sheer number of resources used to produce garments it would seem extremely unsuitable for the often just one or 2 washes high quality fabrics have a creative shelf life like the traditional saris made from silk and cotton in india and indian designer has found a sustainable route to give the saudis

a 2nd life. there are. in india the sari is much more than a piece of clothing. and sentimental value they are usually passed down from mothers to daughters for generations. the idea of luck does he came to make in the night when she rid of her mother's wardrobe. it was full of heirloom saris. to buy for my grandmother's side is in whole wardrobe she had pieces that she's been gifted. bought rarely worn there's a whole lifetime of saris lying there. some are only used once or twice a year if not you know and i realize if she hands it hundreds thousands of women across india must be having the same thing in. quietly lying in their

wardrobes. as an ethical fashion brought that up cycles old saris into bespoke modern outfits with an emphasis on countering such shop culture and the fashion industry. apart from the very early impact of restoring so many metres of old fabric diverting so many kilos of leased from the landfill i like to use that as a way to start a conversation with my clients many of whom have 0 interest in the environment as a stand ability you know people want to look good that's why the lot of them come by so. i don't know always do the big i like what you're wearing for me you know it's it's a confluence of sort of memory history fashion identity art and social anthropology really i've never personally encountered anything like it and to have

this opportunity to sort of gently distract me. from the mind. this is very good very close to my very special you know this is from my. first ever i mean when i started working. nights customers spend hours with her helping her design the new clothes everything from grasses to place suits to. all out of the saudis they bring with them all from the ones she collects herself. the main role material. could come from any corner of the city of. nyuk is used to getting phone calls on line. to come and look at and. lying around in someone's closet. one of the biggest challenges nyuk encountered before getting her business off the ground was convincing local dealers to work with. something that immediately desist initially. i mean if you're going to do the kind of

work i did because this was different in. new pieces of textiles and once i came here idealized i would have to work only extends. out stain when i want to 1st start did not like the concept now after working hard for about 2 years i haven't started enjoying it. like. these days. some. is convinced about the mission. of profit our definition of profit is only financial then of course the system that is created is you. employ unethical practices you favor people less treat them badly or you have destructive processes that damage the environment all just in

a bid to save money and maximize your profit for your shareholders which you need really bound to do this is very important to understand that when we open up our definitions to into a human social and environmental cost also as a cost and a net social and environmental gain also as a profit which is what we aspire to do we here are you know that is the systemic change that we need in the business was to be truly sustainable. between. $200.00 euro's easily compatible in price unsustainable. worldwide. initiatives like this show that. sustainable fashion is no longer merely a dream. and there are so many things we by which we end up losing only once or twice i have 3 different types of my clothes that for example there

are now platforms to share these. and did a big hit in cities like. sharing as a new lifestyle is beneficial for the environment and also brings communities schools that together. has clearly done this many times before he's putting together his bike trailer because he can lend it to a neighbor for free of course that's nothing out of the ordinary for him he regularly lends out his belongings. were. garden equipment tools a child's mattress for sleep fans. neighbors these things so. they won't have to buy them. i don't see this as being anti consumerist it's about sustainability these things are used so rarely if you use something a lot then buying something makes increasing sense and. the 2 men got to know each

other by and neighborhood platform more than 1600000 users are connected to people living in their best city maybe. people use it to lend and borrow stuff to swap information or to offer help. we have over 50000 entries linked to lending and borrowing and the range of items is huge from a grill to a car seat to a bike trailer to a ladder to a handcart so many different things. when. they also offer services english tutoring guitar lessons all these things and more are exchanged. at the start up was set up in berlin in 2015 the portal is free of charge for users the company funds itself via donations and small ads placed by companies in the respective neighborhoods. even some local authorities use the platform to communicate with residents in

a particular area. people have a whole range of different reasons for using the platform. often tend. to people increasingly live in smaller apartments they don't want to gather too much clutter and many people simply want to give something back to their community and we believe that if you give it makes them very happy and it strengthen social bonds when we borrow something from someone we come into closer contact with those we live right next door to. mindi medically. by contrast. never meets any of his customers. he offers high quality tools for one euro 50 an hour you can preserve them by an app tool bought is built around the classic business model of the sharing economy where companies and money by renting items out for

a particular period of time. used to play a role held big your record collection was and you needed your own card to get anywhere and if you had a lot of books in your shelves you possessed a lot of knowledge today we have with the pedia carsharing there's next flix and spotify what you have isn't important anymore it's having access to things that's crucial and that's why the status of the role of belongings is different today. on the issue as one of his customers she's a dancer who travels around the world for work for small household tasks she borrows what she needs from tool bought an electric drill and this instance even though she could buy one if she wanted she managed to borrow use and return the tool than an hour. when you're 50 is a lot less than the president and i can always come here and borrow it again. that means i can get it as often as i needed to. is launching

a crowd investment campaign to help him grow his business he believes his model could also work with other items and on an international basis. the consultancy company u.c. believes that sharing economy revenues will have grown to $335000000000.00 by 2025 a forecast that predates the coronavirus pandemic. despite social distancing the lockdown actually brought. and his neighbors closer together in many ways. decorated the apartment of a neighbor who was killed and helped out with odd jumps all that for free. we don't really need to me huge promises and crank gestures to show our commitment to be an bobbitt a lifestyle could include small actions every day that was the food respect and

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this is the the news live from berlin the un's top expert on male knowledge will serious charges against the country's military this growing interest. me in the i mean. terry lane. goes he says crimes against protesters include murder torture and forced disappearance also coming up president joe biden announces an ambitious new vaccination timeline for the united states he says there will be enough doses to cover all adults by the

end of may raising the hope of moving past the panda. but there's more bad news for germans wanting to return to normal life the country's health minister warns of tough weeks ahead with infections on the rise and fresh setbacks to the country's vaccination rollout. welcome to the program protesters are once again out on the streets in myanmar to call for a return to democracy with a harsh response from security forces but some police officers say they do not want to be part of the crackdown on their people anymore and have fled to india. demonstrations like these have become routine throughout the country every day

protestors repeat the hard work of rebuilding protective barriers. they have no option but to flee when they are yet again broken down by security forces. yet there are those within the security forces who disagree with the junta as brutality the british broadcasting corporation has interviewed police officers who fled across the border into india after refusing to carry out military orders. they are among the 1st defectors to share eyewitness accounts of what is happening in myanmar. as protests were taking place my boss ordered just to fire at the crowd and i refused to shoot them. and i said i'd rather side with the people later i told him i was going to visit my family that's when i ran away the military is

becoming more and more brutal. so far the protesters have refused to be silenced they are still taking to the streets demanding the return of democracy to their country. are now joined from geneva by tom andrews is the un's special report on human rights in myanmar talk you have told the. human rights council that the military in myanmar is likely committing crimes against humanity what are you basing that on. well 1st of all a court has to rule one way or the other and this is not a court rule or state but i urged the members of the human rights council to take a look at the definition. of crimes against humanity and then look at the way in which the people of illinois are being ruined. crimes against humanity are widespread they're systematic they're done against

a civilian population they're done knowingly and if you look at. me to challenge that we're seeing every single day they were there indeed widespread 70 people have been killed in 20 different 28 different communities around around the country you see a command and control clearly being evidenced by the fact that the brutality is very systematic very much along the same lies no matter where they're occurring in the country people are being mowed down there over 2000 arbitrary detentions and counting in these if you throw me in water and again these are not being committed against combatants they're being committed against peaceful protesters their own their only offense is to work peacefully toward the restoration of a democracy and a future that is not approved this military junta so for all of those reasons there is very there's a lot of evidence i think striking evidence that crimes against humanity are being

committed as we speak well despite all this evidence must offense a mass of attention and condemnation not deterring the one time so what actions need to be taken that could have a real impact by the u.n. for example. well number one speaking out rejecting what's going on in the strongest possible terms that's the 1st step but it's only the 3rd step and we're hearing that by the way from nations and i see in the neighboring countries a need that's very very good but action is required what i'm encouraging the that the members of the human rights council and in fact all u.n. member states is to form a coalition an emergency coalition for the protection of the people of the of the security council can't impose focused tough clear sanctions on the military that a coalition of nations can do so when i'm saying enforce them on individuals in the junta their families and associates but also on economic institutions that are

fueling this regime so for example $1000000000.00 u.s. dollars flowing into the pockets of the junta in the me and more or the gas enterprise alone so if we can focus sanctions on those institutions which are fueling what is the revenue in their pockets we can make a step i think a significant step in the right direction ate an arms embargo was another step not recognizing them diplomatically is another step focusing resources outside of the hotel those resources going to humanitarian aid or development aid and saying that directly to n.g.o.s how much of how much of meaningful measure has. the depend on russia and china to stop blocking any vote on sanctions and the u.n. security council. well that's a big change leaves to say and china has shared needs some i think encouraging statements calling for the release of political prisoners for example. but we know

that this is a challenge we know that china provides the military for years with the chechen the sick in the security council they provide them with weapons with trade so that is always going to be a challenge but we need to do is build a collective response outside of the security council. and focus that responds in a coordinated way to where it will hurt most of the hate it is not as strong or is a deal about it that we could get through the security council for example this if you're a council could refer the hooter to the international criminal court but at the center of we used all the resources that we can that we have at our disposal and usually as well as we can whether or not we have a shorter aggression which i'm tom andras un special rapporteur on myanmar thank you very much for the time it's my pleasure thank you there's been another mass school abduction in nigeria this time in northwestern could do in

a state authorities say gunmen seized a group of students in a raid on a forestry college on the outskirts of the state capital witnesses said around 30 students were abducted it's the 4th mass kidnap mask of nothing from a school in one area since december. u.s. president joe biden says the united states could make serious progress in moving beyond the pandemic by the u.s. national holiday on july 4th the u.s. president presented his updated covert strategy in a televised address and said the goal is to allow people to celebrate the independence day holiday with their loved ones he hopes to achieve this by rolling out vaccines much faster than previously and to suppress it. biden's appearance was eagerly awaited his speech emotional the message optimistic so far the u.s. vaccination program has well suppose the president's own hopes i said i intended to get a 100000000 shots in people's arms and my 1st 100 days in office tonight i can say

we're not going to meet that goal we're going to beat that goal. more than 81000000 shops have been administered in the u.s. since by didn't inauguration just under 13 percent of adults are now fully vaccinated but in this plan is for everyone over 18 to get the job by early may countries and that's a reason for confidence he said if we do all this if we do our part we do this together by july the 4th there's a good chance you your families and friends will be able to get together in your backyard or in your neighborhood and have a cookout or a barbecue and celebrate independence day. shortly before his speech the president signed off a huge stimulus package for the country $1.00 trillion dollars to get the economy moving again. well for more this let's bring in washington correspondent.

how have they been able to move up the agenda so quickly. you know i get how a lot faster than expected it's perfectly right when joe biden took office he promised 100000000 doses in his 1st 100 days now we're talking about the same time frame more or less and $330000000.00 americans will be eligible for the vaccine by that may 1st and that is for a variety of reasons really and part of it in all fairness it has to do with donald trump who of course was very much criticized for his poor handling of the pun demming but he bought many vaccine doses at the time when he was still in office and biden added to this by facilitating and brokering the white tells me go shared with johnson and johnson and merck sold to competitors but they're actually now working together on producing another 100000000 vaccine doses some point the

military was deployed the vaccine is now handed out in stadiums to drive through and supermarkets there are a standby list so that no don't get thrown away in the end of the day but let's not forget also that the u.s. is really hit hard by the pen demi with 500000 casualties so there's also a lot of pressure on the government to roll out the vaccines as fast as possible and so will the economy for a moment biden also signed a 1.9 trillion dollar relief package how confident are americans that the vaccine rollout of the stimulus will turn the economy iraq briefly as you. well it is the largest package in history of the united states but it won't will not bring jobs back that will certainly take some more time but what it does it brings relief so there's 1400 u.s. dollars in stimulus checks involved unemployment support it will also be use the money to distribute the vaccines which in turn is crucial then to reopen the economy but there's also a lot of concern of course by critics that about the macro economic fallout of this

sheer amount of money that is pumped into the economy and that it also could cause inflation in washington thank you. well here in germany health minister here inspiron is telling people to prepare for challenging weeks ahead as corona virus cases continue to rise meanwhile the pace of immunizations remains embarrassingly sluggish and sponsors germany will have to wait until mid to late april for the newly approved johnson and johnson public anger over the government's failing management off the pandemic is nearing boiling point ahead of several key elections as called it 9000 cases in germany rise of thor it is a once again emphasizing the seriousness of the situation. that's how it is to me we will have to brace ourselves for some very challenging weeks and which will continue to try to balance the necessary public health measures against the

normality we're all desperate to return to. our shared concern also for the country's public health institute he probably mused of mr pandemic it's not over yet we're running a marathon when the last 3rd and that is known to be specially hard not least because there is now a race against the variance. the worsening situation comes at the same time as frustration grows over a slow vaccination rollout that has been marked by supply shortages and lead and bureaucracy. and there is also a corruption scandal involving several conservative m.p.'s. 3 members of angle america's parliamentary party have resigned in the past week over allegations that they misuse their positions to make money nicola. line face allegations they lobbied for companies to get supply contracts for

coronavirus facemasks global has admitted his firm received 250000 euros for such help. a 3rd lawmaker. said he would resign after allegations he helped contacts in azerbaijan with procurement. cases or. in a short period saw many. and i mean the party leadership of the conservatives is not yet. ready. for the case will emerge the mass scandal has threat to public trust in the conservative party and the timing of the scandal is especially bad with 2 regional elections taking place on sunday the votes in the states of ned and bob in the back will be the 1st of 7 elections in germany this year that will call me named in

a general election in september. your news that's it for me of the news. business news that's coming up next. why did this person. there or. not that can be.