the mission is to send the 1st female, javelin israel, his place the gender gap in space exploration. germany's 1st female astronaut has been waiting for years to get her turn of private initiative is pushing to make it happen to me personally, it's just a dream. i've always had, i've always wanted to see the us from above. destiny for space starts more changed on d. w. with water is a basic need for all living beings. without resources out on the threat side to say

a fresh water supplies from the tibetan plateau will decline. it also believe by 2060 what can we do today to mitigate the domino effect of such a pro labs in central and south asia, local supply systems. that's what we've talk about today. hello and welcome to eco india. i'm some of that. let's start in bangalore. in india, south, over the last decade, the city has looked impressively to build systems to treat all the sewage generates following a government directive. larger apartment complexes. now have to setup fluid treatment plans to treat and reuse their waste water. the visitor to such plans to find out if this approach is easing bengals water wars, the ah, a jeep bonnie good overseas. the sewage treatment plant at the apartment complex. the software engineer lives in bangalore to india,

the fastest growing city that struggling to meet its water needs is the country's 1st to port residence in charge of the waste water. a novel approach that explored seek and water pollution and save fresh water traditionally. so it's shipment happens in centralized treatment plans, but what daniel has done because the city has sort of leapfrogged in its development. the utilities haven't been able to keep pace with his ever growing demand for so which treatment in 2016 the introduce a mandate requiring people to treat their own sewage in decentralized. so shipment plans located and apartments apartments in complexes like the one i g, monica calls whom it installed a conventional sewage treatment plant to comply with the rules. it's one of more than 2 and a half 1000 small scale sanitation systems now operating in banga. lulu collectively this d centralized network treats about 20 percent of the cities c. ridge households use

the recycle water to flush toilets and water gardens in 2013. we had a lake we were our water source was will and don't want to depleted totally. and we started buying water for months or not, no longer necessity times to the complex on sites which treat implant. but many been the loo. residents complain about the high acquisition and running costs. we are selling out around $60000.00 of this settlement for the average. and also end of the year, every year we need to orally the be open to working in 3 different shapes and according to monitoring his data every day to times he used to want to and i want to be water quality. and emily level, in addition to the operating costs and the labor required to run them, such plans also take up lots of space. who maintenance can lead to unpleasant orders? an disturbing noise. a local start up sought to address these issues with

a small scale treatment plant that is cheaper, any easier to operate when a start to finish and night, how do you feed this is lisa, look at nature. how didn't it's far from redmond, and it's in the most because what happens when i'm business or adding back to the top one is not sustainable. so need to solve. so the phone, end of the big back to the one from one organism. it's less not a big deal. so what is in the back to the phone typically got an executive where the that's also going to be mixed and, and also the phone calls them up is a very good and i think back to the mission, so to speak. it can, but i don't even think mimicking account digestive system. this plan, teach seavent with bacteria and underground chambers. gravity moves the c ridge from chamber to chamber. the farther it goes, the more the solid will settle down and the water gets cleared out until it is finally safe to use for non portable purposes. ah,

with the plan stuart of the underground residential buildings have more room for community spaces like playgrounds, at $22.00 lac cookies or $27000.00 euros. these plans are somewhat more expensive to install it, but in the long run, the company saves. they're far more efficient center command that roger lived in an enclave that recently switched to this model. he's happy with the result of quality of data, right? if you see that and it looks constantly or so during the final, i would get to clear water and we place this water photo regarding the grown water, the same. but 6 years after the city mandated guy, which, which treatment recycle water still only accounts for 10 percent of bangles. daily water consumption, more than half of the water treated on private premises, remains unused. and is funneled into leaks in and around by the low to this water

is written new trains that are good for gardening, but harmful to lake ecosystems. here they contribute to toxic form floating on the water surface. we find ourselves at a very interesting point in the sewage treatment starting because if the government actually find alternate uses for this water, it will not only incentivize residents to maintain their systems better and have better quality fluids. but it can also help with the waters guess the problem, the city as a whole, because it's a bring down the water that's needed for things like construction industry greening box. and as well as even thinking about aquifer the charge if it's done well. so the possible and these are endless, but it just johnny requires planning not so full outlook for other cities across india that fees are fast approaching what a crisis where innovations in waste water management could make a clear difference on the east from being the noodle. the self

contained community of auto, which is aiming to set the standards for the net energy positive habitat. it's cool housing project. hugh once keeps isn't think we need to the community for example, collect rainwater in a unique manner. let's see how have you list open orders. however, these are develop the building and there are roads. this is contacts a local and he's famous for building green building for the greenhouse buildings are present with plants increase. but we don't feel that way since we've been doing only data. sustainability is very simple, just think twice the can be bought very. i'll be really need this. it can be even photo been when you buy auto square for the building. you build me as an architect . she is being worked under me, an architect, an open plan, of the building, open, happy patient project in order will put cheating, recorded humans cubes. and with humans case they had one goal. if they can build

differently with different kinds of technology and planning, and actually have young people live in it, you actually influence a generation that is what human scapes of about, how to make changes for building more sustainable india. so, you want a sustainable building. what do you do? the 1st thing is never most of the land natural landscape. when a drop of waterfall here, where does it go and where does it end up? you know, this is over a long geological period that water has caused the landscape and money disturbing it. what happens is, what happens in gen i, every month from water goes and stands in some people's houses and other people don't knew i'm drinking water. so the best way to avoid this kind of flooding, all of and drug is to manage your water. most of the water that falls on our hand is what we should work with. so even under the rainwater hot,

this is early in water harvesting tank. we have channel in water from the roof in different areas below, then connected to chains. we can see the chain system and all traditional houses. rain water goes on to these chains and it flows without spillage. and if he allow the water to hit the ground with the same force, it leads to high soil erosion. so we reduce the speed by laying bevels on the ground and the speed on the quarter. mm hm. in the main or at the gl or on border in the main area, brakes have been placed in between the cement blocks for the rain water to penetrate and flow. in the center, we have a board available. even if there is accessory invoice, the water will drain slowly. this is how we harvest green water here. so you put it on the rainwater on the card with wonderful. now that you understand how to build according to the topography you need to focus on the climate zone you're going to

build in humans. kids for example, is built in a hot humans on the main problem is heat and humidity. when these 2 come together, a person living care against us with a lot more than those another agent. this directly increases once dependency on fans and air conditioners and indirectly dependent on electricity. to that eustace, the architects focused on crossway installation in each house. so on the breeze, then we check for the direction of the bees. it's in the north south direction. that's by all the openings in the buildings faced the static shade of on the face. bonita, either car next problem is heat heat. so we look at all the sun moves, what time of the day the sun hit, which part of the building, and what do you put inside the building in those places where the sun is hitting, we burned the bill in this building. the walls are 24 centimeters. take them and are built with natural red soil. yeah. the clear type wall doesn't allow the heat

to penetrate through it. by the time it penetrates 4 to 5 centimeters to the world, the sun has set. and so the house doesn't warm up at all. yeah. right. so it's between the sun and the wind and the angle of the building. you're actually work out how to put various functions inside the building. and then you have comfort. it's as simple as if you were to apply just these 2 concepts to developing over in cities, you're barely scratching the surface of sustainability while constructing buildings and cities. we need to remember that the building industry is one of the major contributors of energy in this world. in 2020, this sector accounting for 36 percent of global final energy consumption and 37 percent of all energy related carbon dioxide emissions. a huge contributor to this change is the building materials. usually we want to have building materials which have a little carbon footprint. so we look at what is it that we want to avoid, or at least reduce?

for instance, of the ceiling. they use the woodstock instead of depending on reinforced concrete on the curb side phases and the golf surface is formed as breaks at age to between 2 beam strong and normal. fire breaks. there is no steel, cement, or plaster needed, or plastering needed. apart from reducing steel insulin very cycle, 3 important details in the building industry. steadwood of other ways ended up and learn from 1st construction, which was crushed and used in the other world. then to cut don't keep they use discarded. 3rd, quality rates that make does for the rules and baselines, don't pieces for the one. not only do these 2 materials, helping the governing the building, but they're also cost efficient material. but the belinda, the important thing is that there is no material cost in the construction as we use based and scrap material every 2 weeks. we collected traps in small quantities from local shops in a week or repeated this process. as these materials are not found that easily, there's only 4 ones that you can influence with design,

so forced occupancy. how do you actually influence a sustainable lifestyle? so that's what we'll aim that we said we aim at a huge housing program that single couples and even small families to live together in a way that the share and what are the share, the share space, i think you're comfortable from, but i'm a very comfortable for me here, i moved here in february. i haven't felt lonely since then because there are enough people to talk to here on days. i haven't prepared dinner. they make dinner for me to get, but i enjoyed that sharing a lot and shutting down a good mobile go and chris people to share in the useless office or utility block with an area set aside. pervasive vacation and common washing machines is included . but normally tiny, and instead of buying a washing machine and spreading more on electricity, water, we have common ones here. come when i will go to bed and then on the new in the very spot. most of us, he won't waste water. gene is what it is,

the cycle and reuse for the garden. i didn't, i'm on the blind to. when did you wonder, you can't keep talking about electricity consumption when you thinking of a sustainable building for the indian subcontinent, particularly to me. and one of the most reliable sources of renewable energy at domestic scale is the rooftop solar panels combined with an efficient building design. so how can a phase, it's making a significant difference in electricity consumption among the residence? what is actually the average energy consumed per person for emergency housing, which is middle income group holding that's looking at addressing and not addressing a low income group, closing it. we will try for $45.00 kilowatts with about 30 percent less and more the standards. and we are chipping it, can someone replicate some, i'm not sure it can be done, but it can be copied as such, design works out only in this context. we have read or appeared to be of use, the older technology. what materials are available locally?

how does it reflect in that climate? we have got to consider all this. and so that's me. and for being that this model of human scapes will focus on co sharing could be adopted by college campuses in the future. and that's just the beginning. sustainable buildings could help develop cities that aren't just as really into climate change, but also contribute less to it. this isn't the only solution, but it's definitely much needed stuck with the fruits, vegetables, and greens. we ain't required a lot of water to be good. well, in 2021, 22. india was the 2nd largest consumer of rice in the world, just behind china. it takes nearly 5000 liters of water to produce one kids. you dream. a special technique helps minimize this. let's see how any one who has driven through the state of punjab is familiar with this sect feels of paddy the

rice cropped. historically, rice has been grown here just like this. the method is called paddling where crops are submerged in water for weeks. this is one of the most water intensive ways to cultivate body and the results are in punjab is now facing and increasingly severe what a crisis farmers are now having to figure out ways around it. like go read thing. who was experimenting with a technique that is making inroads and not india. bonnie, they're going to be honest. every year the water level is falling by 5 to 10 feet of up to 3 meters in our line. arguable only be adopted. the died at sewing of rice technique because it requires less water level of thought. again, you started to understand how in the direct sewing technique works. now we've got to look at the older method 1st. traditionally, saplings of rice are grown in

a nursery for weeks. and transplanted into the field which are flooded. but rice is not actually an aquatic crop. it just has a great ability to tolerate being submerged. the what is mean role is to repel pests and works as a natural we decide. in an on 5 month, the crops can be harvested and done into rice in the form. we know. but this method uses up to 5000 liters of water per kilogram of rice and has been jobs. water tables shrinks, it is predicted that rice me not groovy on a few decades. direct sewing or the dsr technique is the alternative where seeds are so indirectly by hand or machines. more seeds may be needed for the same area, but yields remain largely on par with the traditional method. machine also save labor and related costs, an advantage in punjab, whether is a labor shortage or $90.00 to our democracy with deicide i have saved almost 20

percent of my water and you can see her video this has not affected the quality of my paddy at all. i don't how can i go? the punjab state government is now offering farmers compensation for bees 1500 around 18 euros a season to switch to the new method to conserve water landscape. mrs. pearson is the mother of her version. dr. gor, they've seen kush as an independent agronomist from the region who says that d s r is of the way forward. this is very on board to inter. i totally know another country is you know, they also do the dsr. oh, was fluid your job or it's one night 2 spears. so you soon order not any big and when sham it's debra miner's use them or the bluetooth so it shouldn't be used in north, in the year. but they have to adapted,

adapt this to the local issues by local conditions. he means there are 2 main obstacles him farmer than punjab. generally don't burn land large enough to justify the cost of machines on their own and paying for labor to plant rise by hand, especially during the labor shortage is costly. the 2nd reason is that it did a lot of lead wrong. if there's no water weeds compete with plants and best attack freshly, so and seeds. this incidentally is why more seeds are needed for the same yield. controlling weeds and pests also requires more labor and we decides and pesticides . these can be expensive and also bad for the soil in the long run. it's a tough choice between saving water and protecting soil. but there are other reasons. testing has shown that d s. our crops need to be irrigated exactly 3 weeks

after sewing to create the best results ability. the main issue is that i need to pump the water at a particular time and what we're doing with the electricity supply feels like it often does. i cropped dry and i she shamble belongs to the majority of small farmers who have not switched over yet. tv. okay, you convince me to adopt dsr? i agree that it will save water, bentley about anybody, but my father and grandfather had been practicing badly every day. how can i let go of a traditional practice? the state needs to find a way to conserve water, but equally the concerns of farmers need to be addressed from the affordability of machines to the right. we decides and electricity issues before there can be a large scale adoption. the emphasis on daisy in the direction you do is running rather since we're in oregon. so my personal lindy's directed in years or so. most every wardrobe prince switch to your so the 1st steps have already been taken

and supporting farmers and making the switch with take the state and of goals of water conservation. a long way done is touted for its gross national happiness and its positive carbon balance sheet. but this hasn't shielded it from the drastic effects of climate change. the country is struggling with a water crisis. it's residents oscillate between having too much water or too little water. how would a tackling this, let's find out. for the people of be tom glaciers of mountains are sacred. like these 7000 meter peaks at the border to the back. then the glaciers days appear to be numbered. the ice is melting. g to climate change are shown on this animation by the w w. f and the you, the glacial lake has become a major flood threat. nearly 20 mountain lakes are currently at rest. in the south

of the town, the monsoon season is normally in july, but in recent years, the heavy rains have come to sit on tight earlier in the month of may. the seed sown by local farmers were washed from the fields and the rain water vanishes almost as suddenly as it appeared. it springs, running dry and mountain streams have slowed to a trickle according to the un or than 60 percent of returns, population has no access to clean drinking water. we had out to see the source of the villages, water supply some 16 kilometers away village liter. none that al carol wants to show an environmental expert the situation they're facing her world with less frequent disputes with the neighboring villages. the rules for access to spring water, a strict nam gay, who were expert returns tarianna foundational hopes to improve water management. her,

the project received support from the international climate initiative is what this water belongs to another group we've already spoken many years ago that we can share the water for cultivation everything, but she wrung t. also. they also have $400.00 households and a population of $4.00 to $5000.00 under the like. so they're dipping into this water. there are 2 of you been in this, at least they share the drinking water with us, but it's not a solution with the drinking, but the young students who attend surround a central school are also affected by the water shortage. the 860 students have just one source of water for bathing and laundry. they don't have enough water to wash anybody in that either. they have for water to wash your coach. and because of that, when you get to all sorts of skin diseases and touches, it was a big challenge. the narrow valley in the south of baton near the border to india

has a sub tropical climate. at the valley's edge lies the village of duction, pell ray. the water supply is a problem here to the monsoon has become irregular, and when it does rain, the torrential downpours often wreak havoc when the room post for all the further coming down and all like alone float lulu from fernando and destroying gall waterhope. 3. if you go do you want to go on the preliminary report because i love the village belt a water tank to irrigate that field. the water comes from the mountains 3 plastic pipes, but they're often damaged and landslides. and then there's the elephants. don't what own way they come into the village almost every night. your small groups of young elephants are usually they tear off clusters of bananas or bamboo plants. 5 minutes later they leave water. we try to scare them off with noise and our flashlights. bigelow and the electric fence is being built to keep the elephants

out that way the hurts will stay in their natural habitat where they have an important role to play with. i'm really good movie. i think the elephant is an architect off to for us. he decides what the forest is going to look like. and if there's a tick pushes, ah, he just goin will trample it and he opens up for the regeneration of forest buttons . forests are important to the country's water supply. they also play a vital role in maintaining bio diversity and protecting the climate. tiny baton is doing its best to adapt to climate change, the residence of the mountainous kingdom, half little of the choice. some scientists predict now the wars of the future will be fought over water. many in our generation, i'd already living with the inaccessibility to portable water. the smallest

individual action help to the big stuff, leaky tap done off the running water. while brushing your teeth have shorter showers. i leave you with that and see you again next week. good bye. and thanks for watching a ah, ah, with

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