a symbol of power, rebellion and sensuality wound by royalty and icons alike. you got the vision. you got this magic wand and grounds for divorce. die die, die with a colorful cultural history. secret weapon lipstick doth december 3rd on d w. we plow the soil to grow plants to eat. we draw water for wells to quench our thirst. and we extract natural resources to produce goods, but we can only continue to do so if we make these processes more sustainable. for example,

by reciting more all using alternatives like him rather than leather and feeding farmed fish with insects instead of fish meal. ah, welcome to dw science show to morrow to day. funky has an ancient origins. in recent years, dalton experts identified funky fossils between 7 and 800000000 years old. and there were so many different funky species. we couldn't manage without them. we used them to make everything for medications to use bread and construction materials. and that's not all they could for ah, by fuzzy gray, mach hurtful meters than white ones, every 10 centimeters. all is the tree full 19 columns with songs,

human annoyances. okay, make a note in february 2016 microbiologist like a quota planted around 200 alder beach and willow trees in this former uranium mining area. the soil here is contaminated with heavy metals. 6 in a few years time, the trees could be felt for firewood, if they grow well, although that can't be taken for granted with this soil. it can you, if you can't really call it foil, give healthy soil looks very different. after uranium mining was discontinued, fresh soil was brought in as part of the clean up process. but growing fruit and vent here it's still on the question. then there with their port greasewood, the soil has a lot of rubles ice which shows that the plants like this area and, and once they reach down here, there's sandy material deposited in the last ice age versus infancy in that if i site up golardo 11 and here you find practically no roots at all. this section has

a low ph value, so plants don't like it. that's highest flung, smooth and using, but i missed a low ph value. indicates acidic. soil in this environment, toxic heavy metals that are usually bound in the soil, dissolve and see and to the ground water where they are absorbed by plants. this being fiduciary experiments. we therefore try to mix in soil containing a bit of lime. this serves as a ph buffer, so the plants have a better even if not ideal habitat off to my limbs, home of ambition, bisset and leans homes. in other words, the soil is neutralized, but that's not all the scientists from germany is yanna university. have to do in order to bind the heavy metals in the soil, they convert them back into solid form using fungi. dad, he peered sir in nature as some i'll say association sees fun. gabriel and water and minerals to trees, effectively functioning as

a filter up here. anything not passed on by the fun guy will not be absorbed by the trees else going on. so in this case, we have a low, a transfer of heavy metals than without fungi time and in bomb its own appear in order to boost microbial activity in the soil. the researchers introduce special micro organisms every year in via finish. in that forest you find specific fun guy under specific trees will with some it's obvious like the launch of a letter o. but polio poll, i'm in, boca fag, is asia. so we have to look for machines that can communicate to this tree. these embalmed eden could their experiments have work best with the alder trees, with mater results from the birch and poor results from the willows. but that might change over the next few years, which is why the team is continuing with its research. they believe that inoculating the soil with fungi and bacteria will bear fruit, vermont, and aka, grow. so grow back if you don't plow afield,

will be what it takes about 40 years for the microbiology to resemble that of a natural growl slend this. yeah. so if we introduce micro organisms here, we're saving practically the 40 years, it would take for the microbiology to get used to the new ecosystem. you're fuqua's as team of wound up. but even the non poison, it's types of mushrooms growing and these parts are not suitable for eating. due to the heavy metals they absorb from the soil. the contaminants are only released when the fungi decompose. although at least and concentrations that the trees can cope with. these days, lithium is an integral part of life, as we know it. it's in computers, laptops, mobile phones, electric cars, and all sorts of other battery powered devices. the advantage of lithium batteries is that they lightweight and long lasting now with immobility on

the rise demand for this useful metal is throwing rapidly. lithium found in nature is always bonded with other elements dance due to its electron configuration, it has a single valence electron that is easily given up to form chemical bonds separating it from those chemical partners is difficult. but in south america it's different. this region is home to more than half the world's lithium reserves. it's found under the white crusts of salt lakes, bound together with the salt. in this form, it's easier to extract water from the lake is pumped out and allowed to evaporate, leaving behind a lithium rich substance. chemicals are then used to separate the lithium and some of those chemicals are toxic. another problem,

when the salt water is pumped out of the lake, it draws out ground water to a big problem in this arid region. just one battery for a medium range electric car uses between 3 and 12000 leaders of water. that's up to $82.00 full bath tubs. wendy's. if things keep going, this right. within 5 or 6 years will have lost so much water that this entire area will become a desert. it's not just agricultural livestock, farming that will suffer and in fact i'm human life will no longer be possible here and mentally has seen them. ok, sorry, a high price to pay for our batteries and in europe to conservationists are concerned about the impact of lithium mining in the hills of northern portugal mining on a grand scale could start soon. portugal has sufficient deposits to supply the whole of europe. lulu. ready but residents of the affected region of

barroso fear for the future of their land. next cause i mean, i thank yet does inter matty mean the mine will be just 200 meters from here. if we go up to that house, we would see the mind from there, with ballpark vista, regardless the out of its evil. it's going to ruin the water here as a star, and all the dust from the mine will cover the fresh grasses in the meadows. and spoil them also, but they are with us with our land simply won't be of the same quality any more freshman. it's even possible that the water would disappear completely. and then even this green grass would no longer grow here. but as electric vehicles become more widespread, demand for lithium will grow. right now europe imports its lithium. germany is also looking to see whether it could cover its own needs. in the future, germany has 2700000 tons of lithium and the most in europe. many e u members have deposits, but mining them is either difficult or too expensive. germany's reserves can be

found. for example, thousands of meters below the river rind trapped in underground springs of boiling water. scientists are hoping to extract the lithium using geothermal power, the ideas to pump the hot water from deep under ground to use it for heating and electricity, extracting the lithium at the same time when the leads him to see him. though if the him that we produce here in the upper ryan valley is completely c o 2 free, it's you, unlike the lithium from australia or south america, which generates a lot of seo to see through the long transport routes and the production method. it sounds good, but whether it's economically feasible is still unclear. recycling, lithium would be another way to cut imports and the e u wants to gradually boost recycling rates. ah. ready but extracting lithium from recycled batteries is also energy intensive. and once

again requires chemicals. right now it's hardly worth it because despite price fluctuations, fresh, lithium from south america is just too affordable. ah, we asked view is on social media, what they're doing to preserve resources. these are some of the interesting responses because she's lane a santi from brazil replied, i reuse supermarket back several times, but i strongly believe that brazil should stop exploiting would to europe francesca . his on his tip is reducing consumption. if less is produced in the 1st place, we don't need to think about how it can be recycled. we benefit by becoming better off and making the wealthy, less rich genuine dish raise them, suggest separating waste watering plants. first thing in the morning and recycling paper plastics and cardboard jamie condo, b, p, rice. i'm starting to produce my own food and use

a system for combusting. so that organic waste is bio degraded and like many others, spirit, c, r. wonders if it wouldn't be better to replace economic systems that benefit only a few and leave many behind. thanks for your comments. we waste resources in the long run, the consequences will be catastrophic. so it's vital to switch to more sustainable practices. recycling textiles, for example, can help reduce water intensive cotton production. we can also re thing, plastic production and use. it's derived from crude oil, making it environmentally damaging and unfit for the future. an entrepreneur in thailand make single use dishes from rice drill, a byproduct of rice production. and there are many more ways we can switch to sustainable materials. this is

a brand new material. and then it is lucas foreman who is one of its inventors can replace genuine leather, which is made from animal hinds. robertson was sort of grown a sample of our leather alternative. it's unique worldwide because it's c o. 2 neutral, completely plastic free and entirely plant basements with lucas foreman is going to meet july $48.00. the frankfurt based designer normally works with real leather. he uses it to make belts and bags in his studio. he has promised to look at the new material and try it out with the north. brookfield doesn't. that's what you were talking about on the phone. yes, exactly. okay. he has a good that i'm always cautious about leather substitute since the about my experiences haven't been great. new robins goodness, what i do is very work intensive with an alternative often aren't up to it from,

from the it was most nevertheless, joelle is interested in taking a closer look at the plant based leather. for him, it's important that it can be worked and just the same way as conventional leather . for example, you have to be able to cut it as cleanly as this real leather. smooth inches are important. schneider, they say good, it cuts very well. you don't need to, not all real others are as good as that. the cut edge is smooth. so those mic that looks really good seats, some of this and also m a promising 1st response. the designer is going to put the new material to a few more tests. the vague and leather was developed at the technical university of darmstadt. the inventor spent 6 years on research and then founded a start up. the new material is based on hemp waste. the company gets its raw materials from a german company that grows to plants for have seeds and to make cbd products.

as an environmental, sanders, farmers are interested in the top 20 centimeters chanted the stalks a shredded on. don't make the money money lesson of the damage for the this hem straw is left to lying, a fail for 6 months, so make it nice and soft and vice versa. we put it into this machine and it produces, i'll roll material in the all button for reasons of patent protection, they're unable to reveal exactly how they turn this hemp waste into a leather substitute. the adventurers will only reveal that they soften the ham fibers and press them into flat lengths of material. everything of natural and non toxic. as always, con, i like in a work here in the laboratory without using any gloves, but we don't use any chemicals at all. sir mutare, there's nothing dubious. everything that happens here is entirely plant based line class with alice. because if they're completely plant based material is still at

the development stage until they can produce large quantities. they want to find out where it might be used. potential clients are the furniture and car industries and the fashioned industry, of course, that's why it joanne fully a's opinion counts. there is no problem cutting it, and it can also be cut at an angle. 3 is my here, madam. i'm going to try getting rid of the edge now across and gotten come. i discontinued, and that doesn't work very well. the room for improvement there. this is how it works with leather. so if you try to finish the hemp, paste leather, the fibers fray. get through this now i'm going to try out a small piece that doesn't require much work as smartphone cases, which i know had you know, oh, jewel bullying cuts 2 pieces out of the new material or glues them in place

and then machine. so as them together, what no one wants to see is any rips or tears. lucas woman is keen to hear what the leather expert has to say. tall and look at this thing to come forward. said oh, good. now it would really well with her working the leather went very well and it was really fun. working with this material, cora continued, it works the same as my real leather. yeah. well great. it's turned out really well and we can see how it feels. m scope, there was some small minus points on the edge. can't be finished as easily as leather. the leader, the color is still, well, i don't know to what extent you can develop different use the of our more help to it would be really nice if the customers could choose different colors on, but no, it's an interesting material. and i could definitely imagine offering it alongside my other products that are viewed for me before synchronous here. mitchell, with the inventors of the leather alternative,

have taken another step out of the laboratory towards production. there are vast landfills. sites like this all over the world. these mountains of waste could be reduced if we switch to buy degradable materials and recycled, more garbage dumps, sting and pollute the atmosphere, the ground and the ground water, the trash we produce, also ends up in oceans and nature. and what about in space? that's what window geraldo from brazil. buns to know. ah, what's being done about debris in space? the earth is surrounded by a cloud of space junk. more than a 1000000 pieces of space, debris orbit, our blue planet. most of them are just a few centimeters in size, but there were also non functional satellites and jet rockets tumbling through

space. due to their high velocities, even small pieces of debris can cause extensive damage. every rocket launch adds more waste spaceship components that are no longer needed like used rockets are simply jettisoned in february of 2009 to satellite smashed into each other. the crash created thousands of bits of debris which could potentially collide with other satellite. that's why large pieces of space junk need to be cleared from orbit. researchers have been working for years to remove debris from earth's orbit. they aimed to achieve this with the aid of a satellite. it will either collect debris with an intelligent robotic arm and pulled the debris towards it. or it will rely on net much like a fisherman does. when fishing the debris removing satellite will propel the space

drunk towards earth in a controlled trajectory. when the debris enters the atmosphere, friction causes it to burn up. in june of 2018, the satellite remove debris was launched into orbit from the international space station. it was meant to test various methods of collecting space debris. but that turned out to be quite a challenge. objects move and behave much differently in outer space. the 1st official mission to remove debris from orbit is planned for the year 2025. the clear space one satellite will be sent up to a to meet a large adapter from a european vega rocket. the satellite will take hold of it and re directed towards earth on a path where it will destroy itself upon re entry into the atmosphere. if i will

let is read why i do you the science question. if so send us a video text or voice message. if we answer it on the show, we'll send you a small gift as a thank you. so how long does, does this underwater world looks it delicate? that much of marine life isn't bad shape? climate change means the oceans are getting warmer and many species are struggling to adapt industrial fishing practices also taking their toll and resulting in habitat degradation. one 3rd of the world's fish stocks are now over fished. and it's not only because of how much we it's also due to demand full fish meal to feed farmed fish. reset is a hot, it was developing alternatives. this insect

could be the solution to a common problem in fish farming or aquaculture originally from south america. the black soldier fly is now at home all over the world. when mature, the flies don't have a mouth or a stinger, so they can't spread diseases. they also reproduce very quickly if conditions are right, a female lays around a 1000 eggs. the resulting larvae could become an excellent substitute for fish meal. first, the eggs have to be harvested before being left to grow on a nutritious substrate. last i look on 300 grams of eggs can yield one. toma larva is directly really resource efficient g. the grow very quickly that they could be produced. regionally come on. so they're very economical source of protein or not. so a lot of the protein and fish monitor is currently sourced in the see. every year 30000000 tons of fish are taken from the oceans just to make animal feet. it's

an ecological disaster. such over fishing is causing wine spread devastation to marine habitats. farm insect is a startup spin off of munich technological university that aims to produce regionally sourced fish feed. it's 3 founders have set up their pilot project on a trout farm for, but i took a feed for the larvae is waste from a nearby flower mill. the young larvae are sprinkled on it and the trees are then stored in a warm and humid climate controlled unit. ready as the larvae grow, they turn everything into compost. they're now picky, felt neat anything? on the evans video, la from dish hottest so dawkins, we chose the black soldier fly. i has its larva are able to process the broadest range of food on those wish by the us, particularly important for our aim of creating a regional nutrients eyeglass. kathy foster, she is able to be practically anything mix and perfect as the deaf effect guided.

after a week, the larvae are one and a half centimeters long and ready to be harvested. just 1.2 kilos of feed yield one whole kilo of larvae. it's an efficient and d centralized way to produce protein. tolmas coon and voice gung vest m i have spent over a year on their mission to make fish water on a regional and resource efficient basis. but they do have one concern. fish have an excellent sense of smell and can be rather choosing and their culinary tastes is thinner, the centers of fish might refuse to eat the lava, which would be awful heavy after all that hard work, and i will suffer to predatory fish like these trout need plenty of protein, which is why fish feeds contains up to 20 per cent meal from deep sea fishing helmet,

vedic and hence the various institute of fisheries. he would welcome the prospect of less fish me on the feed, and not just for ecological reasons. fish would are marked in there are 4 key for the read is the largest cost factor in modern agriculture inclusion up to 70 percent off because he was or interested not only in the quality of a v t to school, but also its cost effectiveness of card visa was among the variances vill hm. then dish is also keen to see the results of the pilot project. he's an expert in animal nutrition and has been advising the black soldier, fly farmers from the outset. even do insects on fish. no, hear a lot about feeding, live insects to fish and so much on that's all i'd see if it actually works as we have on that's the acid test you not to put away. my talk here goes it's feeding time. and the 1st scope of larvae is served

but the fish just ignore them. no response. perhaps the larvae aren't to their liking then suddenly there's a feeding frenzy. i am a virus, i looked it over yonder. thank you. if you don't speak, i said as it's not you know, i'm impressed. fish, it goes to vicious hungry and we've given them alonzo. so they're getting full gun them lung some. but it clearly works above identity over the next few weeks. hell, not vida can, will be checking to see how will the fish thrive on this new feet. that means measuring their weight and assessing their state of how i'm with now, that's important information because the larvae is nutritional value changes shortly

before they reach the pupil stage. was vish designed with it's crucial to harvest a lot of it just the right moment just to make them especially appealing to the fish if all goes well and the project is a success larvae, it could end up replacing fish meal and saving fish farmers up to 40 percent of their feed cost. that's it for this week's edition of tomorrow to day. doing this again next week, until then stay curious about the world around you. but i know ah, with

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