on our website, d, w dot com ah ah, the scale of change needed to tackle global environmental issues can feel overwhelming, but by coming together, local communities are finding effective ways to deal with the threats on their doorstep. to me, we explore collaborative projects that prove sharing is carrying. hello, welcome to eco india. i'm sorry that a good. we start in southern quinn, bethought a city that like many others in india, is wadded about water. scientists say in the regions, rivers are vanishing, while droughts increase and water tables drop. we met one man who decided to take

action and see of local water bodies and then found surprising strength in numbers . when a local n t o put out a call for help to clean up trash along a water tank and dumb and i knew it didn't expect 350 people to show up. here's what it looked like before the clean up and after and it happened in less than 2 hours. is that we have had 25 to 30000. i don't know is who have worked with us. got it not left, be blocking to make a positive contribution to society. i'm looking for you. the hard part is organizing it. money. got done. is the founder of the india called curriculum that by the gobbler. my, it's volunteers have been distorting what a body's across claim at all for the past 5 years. and this is how they do it.

so a, she's in charge of getting all volunteers to arrive at the scene. and out on that and on the street there, dick, mom often wear gloves for the day and time in brooklyn. it's money, gardens job to divide them up into various groups. hello, hello, you are all there, wedding globulin? yes, i'm just waking up to distribute supplies. i heard about the housing long ago and gopi is in charge of documenting the process group at the very last minute come closer, agony no longer. it all started in 2017. when quin motto was facing a severed shout, money. condon was determined to revive one of the city's driest water bodies. better when you pull down on it hadn't, has even water for many years, rather than i decided to clean the panel by removing plastics and with an investor visa, normal flare decline. we began cleaning activities on the 12th of february, 2017 maniac. in the 1st week, 50 shoreline, but better. but in the weeks after 400 people showed a loss of in just a moment while we finished eating the tank or either part of it. and we don't have

a financial or political back. glad that we had volunteers who were ready to work for this. now what i was helping belinda anna mcclendon at it been and so we decided to clean up various water bodies every sunday. so far we have been working for 249 consecutive sundays. either medicare no damage done, would have arnold gordon in idaho. my tomorrow's the organization has restored for large leaks, 9 small ponds and more. but if you ask money canden which project was hottest, he'll insist on take you there before he tells you the story behind it. ah, either a lacrosse spread across 90 acres, the velo tank is one of claim or those oldest. it's fed by the no loose river for 15 years, the dream in dry because of 3 major problems that blown the day there will not set in this account here under canada, water hadn't been long. benito to white people had encroached on foot and

a half of the 6 and a half kilometer long known on either side of the river banks and garbage had been dumped into the jack dems through which this dang receives the water. these were the 3 problems somebody morning, brittany, limited in 2017 money, camden and his team began cleaning the tank and it's checked dance. they also played a role in convincing 2 and a half 1000 families. settled along the river banks to relocate to state housing. and then for the 1st time in 17 years, the velo dank was full ah, village is 2 kilometers, only once laughed at reliable water sauce. but just a few months after the reservation was completed, locals noticed an increase in groundwater levels because the volcano tank could now retain the water it received back in the you only have armed if it dream, raphael, if it didn't,

i was. he wouldn't farm before the war is is days watering the tank for the past 4 years. there's been water in our veil when you use them. wouldn't talk about out the water for farming rosario wondering what on the right? yes. to buy 200 to 200 liters of water every day. mama, it's much better now because i cannot get water when i, when i need it at home. on my savings having greece as a result, long island, and one of the strongest ppo whole in water. again, it's not only people who have benefited from it and from the ground water regenerating itself. this tank has now also become a habit dot for various species. that's because volunteers when beyond just cleaning the tank, they planted over 10000 cheese of native varieties using the milwaukee method, a japanese afforestation technique. this trip of forest protects the water in the tank. it's also attracted dozens of bird and butterflies species to the very low, dank, and the green zone surrounding it. at a northern expressed

a joy i had when i saw the dunk fill up with water in 2018. we used to water these plans lot of water from lori id shortly after that. we used buckets to cross with the water on the tongue. it put one of these lumps on you amaral. got diana. and albert in the galley, carrie, my dad said you will need to what i need to find volunteers. the n d o reaches out to schools and colleges, yet it's most powerful tool has been social media by sharing. it's what's up link and post and clean updates. it's succeed in bringing many young people together who wish to be a part of the process or gopi is the perfect example. he joined when he was just a student to day, he pitches in with his skills as a joan cinematographer. then we have a leak. we do it for jason and so did before the cleaning, after the cleaning and after the water get restored. we then presented 2 companies

looking to fund organizations. at the same time, we show it to the government officials. this helps us get access to see as i'd opportunities and allows us to continue our rugs with government approval in other lucas under the loan that they used to let. ah, instead of us approaching people about this, the up becoming aware don't get oh, there is a young boy in peers with us. if you ask him, what do you want to be when you grow up? but he says, like you, i'll go up long trees and save lakes. now he's like, what will you do for food? he replied, i'll go home and eat. we are see such positive changes amongst children. what i, when it is organ, it isn't it live and learn. the effects are usually low me out, but here it will get their hands dirty. the feel, this is my home. i'll keep it clean this water. i think the protection of water bodies requires more than restoration, increasing encroachment waste,

dumping effluent discharge, and lack of proper maintenance by civic bodies or just some of the major problems. if you are near a relative letters to people on the drive you while it, but there are so many dirties of data here. nobody raises questions on because unlike the villager, nobody drinks this warrior not accordingly. government to suspend the girls of repeats to revive licks eloquent, but had it made efforts to make that red water consumable new people would begin to get healthy. not academical, monica, none has succeeded in uniting people who care about water. now he has his sight set on restoring the 1000000 java, which is the backbone of modern declaim little this river that passes to 4 districts and feeds 25 tanks is under threat going. but also the itself is on the banks of the north live ellen. but we don't drink from it in this, did we dig voter bonnie, bonnie or ali or really alan, that the number of days the water flows through this river is decreasing each day law and we want to increase it. and that's what we're now working. good witness. or

then i may say it again, i am waiting on you to would warranty organizations like money condoms. help sped awareness about the urgent need to save local water bodies. da may not. who has over 200000 tanks and other irrigation sources, but less than 90000 of them are in use. it will take a collective effort from the government and citizens to save water for future generations. ah, to the netherlands now, and a new town taking shape near amsterdam. killer, it's the residence we'll call the shots when it comes to planning and development rather than the municipal authorities. the goal is to foster innovative and sustainable lifestyle options. while encouraging local food production, is it you topic? we visited aust. divorce to find out. i thought us filled the

air at this building side around 30 kilometers from amsterdam. the crew is hard at work were now the wind sweeps across the meadow. there will soon be a school for 60 children. every screw, every fixture is being put in by the parents themselves. one of them is flora, small and big, whose 2 children will attend the school. we started only 3 weeks ago and i, we all right, is that far, houses, streets, parks, playgrounds, the residents are building and developing the 43 square kilometer area themselves on their roster wall isn't organically growing city and a unique experiment in the netherlands. we, i, dia, is to give people more freedom to create their own living space architect clos hoffman started the project over 10 years ago. we thought only freedom is also a responsibility. are usually in this kind of normal

urban development. the responsibility is mostly as this developer site or municipality side can for organize top down and you know to, well, this is completely put upside down. the plan is to have an unplanned city. more it's more one of the few rules is that auster walled has to be green and a lot of room less than a 3rd of the land can be developed. and every resident is expected to use half of their land for urban farming. to encourage biodiversity we wanted to kind of introduce a strategy to develop housing in the green environment that would kind of preserve the qualities of the green environment while still allowing kids to live inside of it. over a 1000 residential units have already sprung up in the countryside east of amsterdam for florence mullin, bake, and his family receiving the subsidy for the parcel of land was a dream come true. since the house was finished, they've spent a lot of time organizing community life building the school and working in the

vegetable garden once a week, flora small and be, goes into the fields and marks the plots with harvest ready vegetables. we are a c, s, a and a community she product, aka agriculture. and that means that, um, you know, we are producing fetched a bose for about 50 households. if the harvest is plentiful, every one gets more and they also share the risk of a bad crop. once a week, community members can pick vegetables in the garden with a message on their phone tells them how many in which one's neighbor alex hames care, comes by regularly. this is just an comparable in terms of quality alike. it doesn't have any pesticides on it. they put a lot of love and attention and effort in it. i know them very well personally. so it makes this a big difference in experience, but also the quality of the food for me, poor community exchange original ideas. but there are also challenges in creating

poster world you could say is the so show experiments and that them, people are not always use that to have to work together. like usually it's government lay down like you can do this, you can do that. it's going to be like this and like that. and here people have to do it themselves. and sometimes it just takes a bit of a learning curve because people have to figure out how to do that. a few kilometers away in the community shop, maryan ups, poor and neighbor, my youngest son, martin display the selection of homemade honey jams, and cheese are produced in ost of uh pop's pool is one of the original settlers. hundreds of different plants grow in his wild looking garden on the other side of the street. mostly the land is bare when you buy it, so if you can give her seats to the land, then their oh kind of native plants and trees will start to grow. and this is very

helpful for or by diversity of making a good ecosystem. ups pool collects and rise the seeds of his plants and laid her hands them out among the ulster valdez. the self taught forrester, he believes nature is the thing that links every resident regardless of their chosen lifestyle. most of all is expected to grow over the next few years. the plan is to create space 415000 houses and 40000 people. prices for the new plots have multiplied up spool is worried that the inclusive idea that any one could be a part of the community is in danger. we feel it also us as a responsibility for us to realize that there will be a mixed community. we've also people with low, low salaries and starting people with a young her children,

and they cannot afford her house and that's really a problem. the settlement is attracting attention, not least from property developers. some have built terrorist houses on the plots in the middle of auster wald selling them at high prices, while ignoring the tradition of building your own home with an urban garden. the introduction of more regulations from the city has also stirred resentment among residents and yet demand to be part of the experiment is huge. today there are 10 times the number of applications, then there are plots available. that doesn't surprise to parents on the school committee. in addition to a beautiful place to live, they found a real community. and that's the beauty of old that are a lot of am equally mind as people and oh yeah. at the spirit to build things and and and, and yeah builds oh so the community and it's a really strong and powerful community so that this oh so yeah there's one of the

things i really like and love about osa look in 2 weeks lessons for the little ones are due to get underway until then there's a lot to do. but cooperation is 2nd nature to the people of auster. walt? well, that type of ne, believe spirit is at the heart of the sharing economy. a model where people rent or bought the things the mean rather than buy and own them. that not only helps them save money, it also has a positive impact on the environment. the concept is sticking often indian cities. we had to look around and denny, to explore the lifestyle a little more looking for something especially for addressed. she would only be reading once on her reading. but jew, he's not out shopping. she's visiting flu, a clothing rent. it is an outlet that gives you the option to rent clothes for a one off occasion. and for half the price of buying outfit ah,

being conscious about what we buy, where we spend on money, and is it really worth it for that time period? when you know you're actually gonna be wearing it and then you don't need them after that, you're never going to wear it or anybody else's reading. so, you know, might as well let it b. o circulate a condom. m u has the world's largest population of millenniums like doing it is a demographic gutters increasingly drawn towards renting, rather than purchasing assets. young people in cities tend to be more social financially and, and buy mentally of it. and they are embracing the flexibility in affordability of the rent or shared economy model. given that more than 1000000 tons of textiles are thrown away, each ear environmentalist see it as a positive trend. now the one way to reduce that is to reduce consumption of materials. now, rental economy provides that opportunity. if the same product was the market is

trying to sell to, everyone can be sold to many people and everyone can fulfill their need. then you have, then you're proportionately reduced environmental impact between 20162019 more than 100 online rental companies. it sprung up in indian, traditionally rental businesses meant small units in unorganized markets. now swanky rental outlets provide a wide range of occasion via for rent through high street stores and on lineups and alongside clothing. rental furniture is the other segment, spearheading the shared economy in india. the domestic market for rented furniture is what around 800000000 euros a she. she is booking a dining table for his home in google. his opted fort city furnished an online

platform for furniture and branded appliances. the table is assembled at his home. this works well for us, she is a consultant and often has to relocate to a different city. practically everything in his current house, from furniture to appliances. rent right now, he's paying about a $150.00 euros a month. buying the same furniture would have cost up to $10000.00. you're only the hassle offer. owning furniture we service renting it out there. these days, furniture, i mean, you know, furniture models keep changing her. just the sure. convenience of going on to you know, their wrap on the form. selecting a furniture, looking ain't having it delivered to saved a lot of time and effort. furniture rental in india has grown 5 times in the last 3 is according to need of jane, founder of city furnace. he collected data on rental apartments. more than 80

percent of apartments in india are either semi furnished or unfurnished. if a new tenant is moving into a rental apartment is measured, it turns out that he'll be moving into an unfurnished place. so all those are i do target segment for our furniture rental. so that's how we arrived at this number there. there 9 group people living in the metro rental department of which 80 percent are unfurnished. and that's an ideal market for a furniture. and when it comes to wooden and metal furniture, it usually gets used for a longer period of time. but still around $3000000.00 tons of furniture waste and up in india's landfills every year. all the furniture markets like this one and then you can be found in most cities with the oldest refurbished and sold at a discount. but the challenge is to live in meeting the demands for new furniture, sustaining there is illegal primary

forest timber r, which is coming from across the world, including se, asia to india and china. in fact, i know would be the bigger legal market. now, refurbishing for little means that we are reducing that illegal logging. ah, that is happening. we are reducing the number of trees that we are cutting. ah, the are you saying, you know, the land requirement for growing go street to protect the forests in india, the government introduced to forest stewardship student or at s. s in 2022 to confirm that forests are being managed, sustainable. together with growing kind of renting instead of buying. it is an important step towards maintaining a more environmentally conscious consumer behavior. in india, the sharing economy already works like a well oiled machine in the german capital. borrowing things in berlin from

a store or from neighbors has never been so easy. thanks for the digital platforms that connect owners with seekers of goods and services. i would like to ben boffa has clearly done this many times before he's putting together his blank trailer that 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. more dollars, garden equipment of tools, a child's mattress for sleep ends, double gideon lenses neighbors. these things. so goes hence thinking they won't have to buy them. is it? i don't see this as being anti consumerist. it's about sustainability. magna, these things are usually so rarely. if you knew something along than buying something makes increasing sales and then the 2 men got to know each other via an online neighborhood platform. more than 1600000 users are connected to people

living in their vicinity via name and on dot d e. people use it to lend and borrow stuff to swap information or to offer help. the startup was set up in berlin and 2015. the portal is free of charge for users. the company funds itself by a donations and small ads placed by companies and the respective neighborhoods. young ghana offers high quality tools for one year. oh, $50.00 an hour. you can reserve them by an app toolbox 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 flat. as my mac wasn't, it used to play a role. how big your record collection was and you needed your own car to get anywhere on. and if you had a lot of books in your shelves, you possessed

a lot of knowledge. today we of wikipedia, car sharing. there's netflix and spotify. what you have isn't important anymore. it's having access to things that's crucial. and that's why the status and the role of belongings is different today. on yes, fonts is one of his customers. she's a dancer who travels around the world a month for her work for small household tasks. she borrows what she needs from tul bought an electric drill in this instance, even though she could buy one if she wanted. she managed to borrow use and returned the tool within an hour. as i know, since this one year of 50 is a lot less than the price of the drill. how much am i can always come here and borrow and again with y'all's line. so that means i can get it as often as i needed to close all the paul. hm. yon gala 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.

despite social distancing the locked down actually brought up my sloop and baba and his neighbors closer together. in many ways they re decorated the apartment of a neighbor who was ill and helped out with odd jobs. all that for free. the concept of sharing and collaboration is of the heart of need to take a colony of hands or a pack of foods, a school of fish, or communities of humans, sharing wounds, knowledge so that the group as a whole can survive and thrive. what are you doing to collaborate with a community? me or you? for a greener, sustainable planet? let us know or decoy. india a d, w dot com until next week. good bye. and thanks for watching. ah,

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