has blood on it from blooms that have yet to feel. what should be done with a stone or from africa. and this is being hotly debated on both continents. stolen sole charge people 13 g.w. . welcome to label 3000. this week we meet ship builders in costa rica who are proving that shipping and sustainability do fit together. we learned about his shiny a future for diamonds can last make jams bring an end to the mystery of mining. but 1st another precious commodity water in the himalayas hydra palace stations are

on the rise and they're taking their toll on nature. like elsewhere temperatures are rising in the himalayas think legacy as of northern india a melting with devastating consequences in february this year a mudslide into iraq and buried almost 200 people dozens of them lost their lives climate activists say hydro power stations are to blame their construction involves large scale blasting and tree felling leading to land erosion now local residents are fighting back. pre-term singh is angry with the government and its promise of environmentally friendly energy he lives on the st river a small tributary in the marshall pradesh state within 20 years the state built over $800.00 hydroelectric power stations 2 of them on the same age. range to begin with we thought this project would greatly benefit and develop the

area but when the work was underway it didn't turn out the way they play and. there's no water in the entire area. roads are environment homes are lent everything has been destroyed we've been left with nothing. yet. begun to continue the. same valley residents say they were promised compensation and jobs instead they lost their entire livelihood which were traditionally based on agriculture. now with the 2 hydroelectric plants on the same river there's nowhere near enough water for the farmer's fields. and 2 more power plants are under construction there. as an environmentally friendly power source hydroelectric plants have become an important generator of electricity around the world in 3rd place behind coal and gas. and that also makes them

a lucrative source of income. and he macho predation the state government rakes in over 9000000000 rupees that's 100000000 euros in electricity revenues annually. environmental activists now regard the hydropower boom with skepticism. saying research is the effects it's had on biodiversity and people's lives in the region. these mega projects have a negative impact on the environment around them when the land has been expropriated it's then submerged in water that means sources of livelihood like agriculture are completely destroyed. there's large scale deforestation construction and influx of people and that all these to further environmental imbalances imbalance bottom making the body keep. on top of that the region is prone to earthquakes dam breaches avalanches and landslides

would be catastrophic for the people living here there was a landslide recently in the neighboring state of iraq and. the river teatime lies only 40 kilometers away from the same valley. another small tributary but it flows through untouched nature. it's one of the few in the region with no hydro electric plant. that's things to run jeev bharti in 2002 a number of hydroelectric power stations along the river were given planning permission. to teamed up with other villagers and went to court. everybody was. on the project called up all you get. and all the usual crazy old white everybody is. good and mostly you except if you thought you know ben you preach from school to look good in my red meat if world or private investors would

have it good and. i'd like to see if he wouldn't actually believe it or just everything it would indicate. the villagers won their case though it took 3 years. their homeland and livelihoods have been preserved they still live off agriculture and fishing and in recent years they've also established a sustainable tourist industry in their valley inviting travelers to their own homes. would be a small form state for really didn't there's not a lot of you know division that took place and we all this dark people that buddhism is has to be treated as an ordinary day of income generation x. . you know and thankfully they're also good or not. you know proved us that i.

now 20000 people are visiting the teton valley annually the residents are in much more with tourism than the hydro plant operators promised them in compensation. anglers hikers birdwatchers and study groups mostly from india come to see the myriad species in the environment the villagers defended so well. conflicts a common in mining regions to cobalt platinum and gold and known as rat us and industry is dependent on them just one cell phone can contain 60 different elements all of which have to be extracted from the ground. such mining destroys fast areas of land and natural habitats and countries rich and such precious metals often suffer more than one thing but there could be a light at the end of the tunnel at least when it comes to diamonds.

and. a token of love. anybody ever had a marketing miracle. ministers for. a diamond is forever. the inspiration for countless song. and movies. but they also cause brutal civil wars. and environmental destruction. beautiful pure precious diamonds are strangers to the earth's surface their true home is in the hellish foundry of the earth's mantle. more than 150 kilometers deep with temperatures over 800 degrees celsius under conditions impossible to

replicate except that's not quite true. we can make that. scientists can grow diamonds in the land. are seen as it's my dime and they are getting so much better and faster. that soon enough we might no longer need to mind the. damage. is actually taught to this community. this is far i moved to an activist to a spent his life exposing crimes in zimbabwe's diamond business this made him into a target for corrupt authorities do you actually wanted me executed. the state security did my home i managed to sneak through the window. his reports horrified western consumers we've got

a lot of artists on miners who are going in there because all that so in the kitchen they don't notice them the custom in the end is sit dogs in their. people also shoot to kill. thanks to his work and that of n.g.o.s like human rights watch and global witness human rights are better protected today but environmental destruction persists diamond mines can cause deforestation respiratory illnesses and polluted water in regions where that's already a scarce resource people used to to fish from that river they cannot do it anymore because of the center that's coming from the customer because are dying the fish are dying so it's a disaster and normally hold them accountable for their crimes but economics could succeed where politics failed the profitability of these mines depends on diamonds

perceived rarity and that's starting to crumble. diamonds were never precious on the shans family's been in the diamond business for 3 generations but his company is breaking industry taboos there are very few diamonds was a. a myth created by do bears. a company that for a long time controlled the production of most of the world's romans. and which has since one time chairman said increased their value by making them artificially scarce since the 1960 s. it's been possible to make tiny grains for industrial applications. for 5 years ago we started to see advancements in technology that allowed for production of general quality diamonds. and high enough quality to be used and. here's how it works we take a slice of all to create

a diamond and it's arranged in a proprietary chamber you arrange those seeds almost like a waffle and you close the chamber you raise the temperature inside. it combination of propriety gases when the temperature is in the mid 132-1500 degree centigrade between splits the carbon that separated starts bonding this one. starts connecting with this seat that's sitting at the bottom of the chamber and i mean grossly have highly this technology is energy intensive but it's still more sustainable and profitable than traditional mines just a few months ago one of the world's biggest diamond mines closed forever because it was no longer profitable to keep the conductivity makes diamonds wonder material for engineers could also make screens more resistant solar panels more efficient

lasers more powerful hard drives smaller and much much better electronic devices these higher tech out. cations represent a very very small part of the industry at this point. 3 so could be decades away but i think we're going to see a diamond and a lot more of the products that we use on every day basis 2. and let's not forget we're no longer needing to mind. with time grown diamonds will provide a more sustainable alternative for zimbabwe. the number one that is less human rights abuses. is the issue of pollution it will be significantly reduced. and then said leak dam one is good governance and even the military should. therefore i

completely support. low pay and dangerous working conditions are common in the ship breaking industry to 600 search the container ships were demolished last year alone the oil and chemicals released in the process pose a huge risk to place people on the planet and frighten a grave polluters over their roughly 30 year life spans to one vessel can use up to 300 tons of heavy fuel oil a day the global shipping industry produces 940000000 tons of c o 2 emissions every year new regulations from 2020 i need to reduce this but can the sec to do without heavy fuels and steel all together one shipyards in costa rica has found a way. i want to try you spelled in costa rica there needs to be

a good reason. and this is it a traditional tall ship named saber for transporting cargo it's being built with the word of $400.00 trees but it's carbon neutral we claim to be more than $4000.00 trees so far and we will be creating over 12000 before saving hit the water. the main office for the day shipyard is in a treehouse. all in keeping with the overall concept of sustainability this is where the ambitious project is managed. well we want to do is using save our flagship step for the for profit company and prove that we can make green shipping fire. international shipping produces a significant share of global emissions. seba is designed to change that course by showing that things can work differently inspired by the project dozens of people have gone on board it's been our best remembered from i'm

a boat building instructor from holland and from him on a broad scale in the united states through the pine. local time for boeing i'm from portugal my name's russell i'm from the west coast of canada and i'm support crew so i do whatever needs to be done every helping hand is needed the initiators including links from canada want to raise awareness and provide an alternative form of shipping their freighter is to be 100 percent emissions free and that's not all . it's for using sustainable local materials right that are sourced within the region so we also have a clean shipping. business that we're building but we're also also promoting sustainable building as well cargo ship building which is something when you compare it to steel is a lot more environmentally friendly. the ship which is $45.00 metres long is due to

set sail next year powered only by the wind and where necessary solar powered electric motors $250.00 tons of cargo. the vision includes investing in the community by employing and training up local people like you i mean that. she used to live from fishing among the mangroves from on the coast. i never dreamed of getting a job like this or i'm learning things to you i love it best i worked on the big ship now i'm on a small accompanying by it's nice to. hear. the workers receive breakfast and lunch here the chefs come from the local town of alice or jumps a few the food is plentiful and mostly vegetarian made from self grown produce shipyard offers both jobs and prospects drawing people like logan mcmanus a coaster rican he used to live in florida. it's something very humbling and

inspiring. when you've been looking at it from a far from social media to just looks like something from a dream and i'm living it. as simba takes shape manager danielle has been looking for customers interested in using the ship to transport their goods between central and north america. one future contractor is an hour's drive away in the mountains. the organic coffee plantation is small but aims for top quality the farm is relatively new run by people with a vision who don't mind working in the damp humid conditions of the rain forest. they're targeting the u.s. and canadian markets seeking customers who love coffee and care about the environment. small producers or conscious environmentally conscious producers such

as this farm is inherent part of our business model will ship pretty much almost anything but we really want to ship its products just like this and telling stories like that. as yet only the ship's framework is complete see it is costing 4000000 euros to build more ships are planned financed by investment partly from individuals and small investors who believe in the project. the 3 mass tall ship is due to set sail early next year the team is committed to producing the world's cleanest cargo ship a wooden ship will last 150 years whereas these big steel ships which are a lot bigger impact on the environment they're going to be beached somewhere after 1020 years max and they're going to be scrapped for metal and some 3rd world country that. really doesn't need all of that pollution. another day's work is not over. yet i mean that is proud to be employed by the shipyard. which is

located in one of the poorest parts of coast rica. she has fixed working hours and good pain the single mother started out as a cleaner at the shipyard but she received training there in carpentry so that she can work on the ship. i'm sorry great to be part of the same fishing in the monographs. that used to be the only way i could money so that my daughter and i could see my work. better but. 90 percent of goods worldwide are transported by scene in ships powered mostly by heavy oil saber is designed to show that all the pollution isn't necessary. the company management is appealing to governments worldwide to reduce the emissions from shipping they're convinced it can be done i don't want to sound like a dreamer but yeah i do think so i think there are efforts here have already changed the world we've already invited to speak up 23 in bonn here speaking there

few years ago and we have created a growing tension from large companies from other shipping companies from the united nations. see these small compared to the giant steel freighters the oceans but the company isn't aiming to generate huge profit it just wants to point the way in times of advancing climate change. slowing down climate change that's what our global ideas series is all about this week we had to kenya solar power should be given that high costs used to be an issue now that there are some very affordable options. on many sent her love of flowers has brought grace near charley long way today she's the proud owner of a flower farm in the town of near the kenyan capital nairobi it's

a certified fair trade company with more than $500.00 employees together they grow 20 different varieties of rose. yes i mean from us on this is because my lawful for us long before even bought this farm in the even if probably some with. a bit of business done for us for me it is many it was very important that i walked with the product that i like to myself i was happy. for nearly 30 hectares of land are covered with greenhouses full of roses all of the flowers are grown without the use of chemicals once harvested the roses are packed and placed in a cold store ready to be sent to europe both the cold store and the artificial lighting use a lot of electricity but the power supply isn't always reliable in kenya and power cuts are frequent. gracemere china has often had to decide whether to keep the

flowers fresh using a diesel generator which is costly or to let the roses die so for years she's looked for alternatives. renewable energy sources like solar power were always very expensive. but last year she got a solar system that offers up to 150 kilowatts of power financed with the help of a german startup called a job. they came fussell felt would get us about the benefits. and the along the way we all saw that it was possible for us to start with just a few steps and to get to a place where we can be halfway. she now pays around $2400.00 euros a month to the start up it's a lot of money but still around 30 percent less than she used to pay for

electricity after 9 years the system will be paid off and she'll only need to finance the maintenance costs equal egos serves a number of businesses. kenya including another flour company called rift valley roses here they've set up a floating solar system. called leader co-founder marching band has come from germany to inspect the installation he's worked with solar power for 16 years and swears by it companies that use it to reduce their energy bills actually saving a lot of money secondly it's also saving c o 2 emissions and helping us to save the planet. the firm already has rooftop solar panels from michael ego but more electricity was needed as they had no land free for a 2nd solar system the owners came up with the idea of using their farm reservoir from which they irrigate the roses it's kenya's 1st floating solar system it was

set up by technician. he's installed a number of solar systems for it called the go since the project 1st began in 2017 . but this here was quite different. well the floating system has a lot of different issues compared to a lead molded system. as you know it has to be resistant you have to now understand how to move things because you're talking about something that floats and we don't know any of these items so we had to rely deeply on a knowledge of the technical team at the core legal. the start up now operates in 6 countries go has an unusual funding policy to push forward its energy revolution because bank loans are usually slow to come through the company operates only with crowdfunding the money comes directly from private investors individuals or families crowd investing has a few advantages it's flexible it's fast and it helps people to actively do

something against the climate crisis by using that capital for sustainable energy projects like this. especially the fact that it's fast and flexible helps us to use it for these kind of projects. the investment has definitely paid off for grace near china and it's encouraged her to keep aiming higher and in the future we can only hope that there will be less power cuts but i am myself is that we may get to a place where we are a 100 percent but to crowley with. that will be using sora. that would take her one step closer to her own timid goal to sell flowers that are not only fair trade but also grown on a farm that's completely climate neutral. that is all from us at global 3000 basely thanks for joining us we'd love to hear your

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