the because life is that the main, the i look over and there's a man wearing a sleeveless shirt and he's got a a fide shirt on over it. and he rolls up his bod shirts, and he shows me his swastika and his ss folds. and he points out divided states in the usa, a culture where his raging is a trends, right? the destructive forces, power, nature can protect us from flooding, the and invisible danger at pollution as an occupational hazards.

the transgender writes are running topic of debates in the us. around 1600000 people in the country identify as trends. while many republican controlled states the settle them restricting trans rights, more liberal ones, such as minnesota, provide a safe haven for many. here trends, people find the legal and medical support that's often denied them elsewhere. minneapolis in the state of minnesota, in the us, the transgender people, people who don't identify with the sex they were assigned to birth are increasingly ponds in a bitter culture. war, many republic and run states across the us are passing and to trans laws. the live,

the state of minnesota, meanwhile, has declared itself of legal refuge for transgender people. sam, ruler moved here precisely because of such a protective laws. she and other trans people here, once transgender rights to be enshrined in the minnesota constitution field, the edwards is 14 and was able to start treatment before puberty. no one sees her as a boy. now she's a passionate activist for trends, right? 6 and running across the country, my buyers and i feel like a lot of children feel like they have no power in this kind of kind of here today just to the trans you we're here because we're trans refugees in this new place and we have an obligation to make our voices heard,

sam roller fled to minnesota from the republican state of indiana. together with their partner, katy, she had to leave her beloved home. they see themselves as political refugees in their own country. sam roller feels safe here. no one stairs as she walks by. her family is run a farm in india and for 200 years, sam herself was a farmer in a tight knit community until she came out as trends. her friends deserted her, she was laughed at even threatening. then one day while out shopping, a truck parked up in front of her. i look over and there's a man wearing a sleeveless shirt and he's got a applied shirt on over it. and he rolls up his bod shirt and he shows me his swastika and his sports. and he points out that the message to me was not settled that, you know, was the final stop, you know, we,

we just refused to live in here. we do our hands up and we said it's time to go in minnesota trends, people are also able to access the medical care. they need to easily say critics and too young to be edward streams of becoming an actress. she never felt like a boy at 5. she told her parents she was a girl. oh well i always knew i was kind of a girl. i mean, i was very like fun presenting it as a child. i used to wrap a blanket around my head and pretend it was my hair. but yeah, it was very early on. i was very like a very feminine just support her follow her lead. maybe she's trans and maybe not. maybe she's just considering things, but it became pretty clear,

but when she became very persistent, you know, i'm a girl, i'm not your son. i'm your daughter. guilty. edwards and her parents talked to doctors early on and here in minnesota were given the support they needed. he'll the was prescribed puberty blockers to prevent her voice from breaking and just stop her developing facial hair careful about for some time now. she's been taking female hormones. dr. angela gets hurt, specializes in the treatment of trans children. many republicans criticize ginger, affirming health care for minors, citing a need to protect them. but angela gepford believes such criticism has a political motivation. louis miners, she says, own the receive reversible treatment is a common misconception that essential health care for transgender diversity. this fast or quick or easy to obtain, and none of those things are true. and there as long waits to get in, which by the nature gives more waiting time for young people and parents to think

through decisions doesn't assessments and intake with a young person. prior to making decisions like mass going izing or from amazing hormones that would have some long term impacts. and for some young people, they may pursue additional interventions. beyond that, which may include surgical procedures. those are almost always done in adulthood use. the edwards wants to show your true so to the outside world, she's really that here in liberal, minnesota, she's allowed access to hormone treatment. so it's definitely feels good to just be like growing up like a normal child. and for people who don't, it's very like scary inside because they're gonna have to grow up without to see looking in the mirror and seeing themselves that is how life was for sam roller in her republican home state of indiana. and the trends laws are institutionalizing

hate. she says, and deepening the divide between democratic and republican state. you know, this division is real. you have one group that wants to fundamentally give dignity and life, and opportunities to people. and another group that wants to take it away. and as we enter this world, the very stark part is decisions. and i just pray that we find the way out of it. many americans like sam roller and her partner katie, are moving to where they feel best, ideologically, far from united. the us is becoming ever more divided. the floods of the world's most common natural disaster based reckoning. no,

certainly coastal regions, but also river basins, uncontrolled untold damage, but nature, office solutions, rivers and suppose to look like this. today, many of them are straight, narrow, deep, depleted and surrounded by concrete. that's because humans have a long history of changing griffith enter landscapes, but it can use them for farming, industry, transportation, and to this house is close to the edge. this river here is a great example of how we have mess, but our landscape as a can see it's been straightened, regulated, and died also pods if it's flat planes and upside, which would usually provide space for over, for and water has been drained and filled. the river from suck plains in this area . so it's an important function though, across the seed is a flap sake market back and guidance and as opposed to storing so k water to one of the largest urban slept in forest and central europe. it is home to many animals and plants species. but from the middle of the 19th century, dance and bridges for railroads were billed to you right to the forest. and during

that process phone, over the course of this area of a cut off and an outline drive, and all this means they can no longer supply water to deflect in forest. and that's not just happening here. around 2 thirds of the flop chains along germany 79 major rivers can no longer serve the original purpose of storing excess of water because of the dikes. bitterest of water from beating them. once stood up, the remaining slept in areas are covered by fields and houses and what's happening across europe, we're $70.00 to $90.00. percent of luck plans have been environmental, need a great it is on the americans are also struggling with the pete of suck plains. so why is that a problem? flux ends on not only important ecosystems. they also absorb and store carbon from the accuracy of helping take a climate change. and maybe most importantly for the people who live along the rivers, they keep flesh flats and check. forcing into holding the functioning flood plain far as it's a very important because they keep water in the landscape longer they soak up water and provide the crucial sponge function to get sponsored soon. that's not tsr. it's

a flat plane ecologist. he's been studying the role of rivers and coastal wetlands for decades. then the kind of own now i'm kind of without flood plains in floodplain far since water flows out of the landscape, very quickly. leading to large flood waves that cause a lot of damage. and the cost is enormously high for society. so you can say soft in normal. that's why shots together with a seed is applied, so it gives guidance. the university of flats and the environmental association. apple decided to give the flux and landscape here. i'm a natural face again for free. and what about 1st is 40 years ago we realized this floodplain far as it was undergoing a process of expansion license, many trees development here that were not flood resistance and which displaced the trees. b. she's the typical of a flood plain virus to edition paul mocking type of thing. like this one. and elm trees like this one, does the die off what other specie is that a lot less people into flooding like maple sided to spread video hose. good. when the floodplain dries out along, come to maple trees. and here's

a good example. scans of them is it seems that they have a white look. you sat, the other species, find it difficult to compete with them. you know, not to be proficient use, die to complete the and then, and those are the species to protect us against flooding. know, can all of a decent member can do exactly because those species are highly resistant to flooding. uh, cause a send to get your process and. ready that's because those species can handle being shredded better than others. they can also handle drives better, and they sec moisture out of the site, which decreases the amount of water contribute them to flush setting events. so the research has had an idea. they started purposefully flooding a small area of the forest every spring for decades and watched what happened. confess, strengthen the surface of i'm wanting a face to face. we found out settings that allow the forest to stay moist for up to 3 months longer. even during drug periods and that this flood plain forest was able to adapt to these weather more dynamic conditions under the social species that

don't belong here, receded, leaving space and light for the tree and animal and plant species that are typical of the flood plain far all talking with your phone so i can even move they literally train to for us to be able to soak up my water again and find the offensive. fruit also has a sense even with flood resistant trees. if they don't experience flooding for a long time, they may forget how to cope with it, or how to adapt to it in an come chart says the data they collected over 30 years tells the story of the ecosystem going back to its natural state. this was a 3 d model of a 7 have to forest area that they flooded. and so they'd for 3 decades. just look at how many veterans that were before they started flooding the area. those on typical, sometimes invasive species that are not so resilient to flats and drought. and now look how many green these came back once they thought of southern bay area. those are typical native slept injuries, what type of system to flats and drops to sigma. here you can clearly see that the

maple is dying. this area has been under water for several weeks. and right next to it is the flood color into europe and ash for which looks very healthy. so you have, you tied all a seat or they were surprised by how fast the force went back to its natural state . once, instead of adjusting the water levels, the following sent us for us, these are nature based solutions which will help mitigate the extreme events we expect from climate change up to move on. so how exactly the flat, the area which provides ended on the end of the 1990s, the city of leipzig began reconnecting old channels systems and the flood plain like this one here, the book own box to the main watercourses so that the forest could access water again and they've multiply reconnected, the old historical channel systems that were still in place, and this ditch was partly restored by hand. and his stomach hurts. we thought,

hawkish, dead, the channel systems were connected. and then an intake structure was built in the dyke, which fed water back into the channel systems. we thought these are things that stay and i lighted. they then cut out several paths of the diag on the river side so that the water can naturally over flow into the flat plane. is in the interest off where you could buy them and we're seeing a clear and measurable rise in ground water levels even within a very short space of time. and even with such a small water body, there were a visible, measurable results back then it was easy to get a permit for an undertaking like that. light is supposed to day, it's far more complicated. there are new guidelines you regulations, which have to be followed. more evidence is needed more calculations. it's not as simple as it used to be as miles i've always online, but that didn't stop the cd from doing more, it brought together scientists and the oldest and local officials in 2018 to come up with a concept to rejuvenate the entire of something over the next 30 years and they

just finished a fest project. they restored this to our group at here and design in a way what can overflow more naturally regularly and productively like it did in the past before we also drove us to home human feet testing. so you can see here we've move the fields relatively far away from the edge of the far from creating a large car. it will and which the voltage can be on the freely is all quite implies and gas. that's cool. down a fullback was responsible for revitalizing this old river bed. we hadn't even done and we have several outlets through which when the flood comes, the rising water can fly in cheap. i'm start, it flows over this very low bank, directly into the forest invitees. because this means that with the 5.5 kilometers of new will to way which we recently finished building. we can float around $45.00 hacked as a floodplain for us several times a year to invest now much and yet that's roughly the size of 80 for football fields . and that's also good news for the animals to live here. fish and various species

of insects have already set it in, but it wasn't easy to get to this point. it's a tricky process to find the balance between flooding the forest enough and so it really runs. so just like i'm a water and not over flooding it, otherwise the water could permanently stay there like in a bath tub, which would change and tire ecosystem. and you have to consider a different interests unless you were in a big city. so there are many different views on how the forest should be used, and recreational uses, particularly important that for you instead of we flood certain areas and then some paths become inaccessible in spring. as a result, we need to explain this and provide information, so we're offer alternatives. so actually we found that there was a very high level of acceptance and that people often find very creative solutions . it's quite the same. i'm so happy right now. yeah, right. because it really was years of talking to people every day, making sure that they weren't afraid of the volts are coming in

a problem many on this investment. and it's just wonderful to see that we now have water in this small river. despite that size, has a big impact on the closer the closer vehicle. i think it's not just people using deforest, recreational purposes who needed to be convinced about the flooding plants, locals, time, i've had to be on board as well, because i can't expropriate people without offering alternatives. bringing more watering to the landscape doesn't mean giving up agricultural use. you just have to adapt the agricultural practices like turning once arable land into a wild meadow. and then of course has to be appropriately compensated. that means instead of planting corn and grapes eat on all of their nan thomas with 10 grass in some areas and fell to hands that they would also receive a compensation payment. so that's, that's the goal for the next 10 to 15 years is to revive less more than 16 kilometers or for my arms along the river. do you want to reconnect drive that river on an internet at least 30 percent of the left hand area by the new river. so

that instead of this, the area will look like this? and here they already started turning from a farmland into a flopped in forest. they planted species resilient to funding so that future floodwaters can be sucked up by the plants like a sponge that way. shots as they can also get more water to stay in the ground. of course, projects like this come with a half the price tack. the city of flats already spend 6500000 years, logically funded by the gym state to buy big land and build new bridges and good ways for crossing. the newly restored river is the, the document while i go, because i know it will require a great deal of effort to get this project approved here in the region and by the authorities. so that the further steps can be taken to preserve the flood plain forest. and so that funding in the 10s of millions can be put in place. i said this new device, it sounds like a lot of subbing is actually the most expensive natural has it in europe with one study estimating the river based flood risk could increase 74 to 6800000000 jurors

by the end of the century. most lots you can see it is situated on functions. these other ones that are predicted to suffer a lot of got damage in the future. and the changes we've made to most of our waterways adding to the fact risk not detracting from it. that's why you environmental ministers recently approved the contests of natural reservation law that seeks to recruit far as re what people end and which one drove us to the natural freestone states and most of the child's welcomes. among each of us, it seemed like yourself when we consider the monetary damage that extreme events can cause to our society. and the long term effects required to address them. as it's clear that putting money into ecosystem restoration is a future proof investment invest, it's illusion to isn't so close to shop. that's why i'm one more european cities situated. in fact, plants experimenting with nature based approaches like this. and the project in lights like has become a blueprint father. charles has been cooperating with colleagues. i'm

a sonia spain and portugal to share knowledge and best practices, such as how to retain water in an area as long as possible. and as a lot of other countries can learn from that success, finding the item to move than anything, it's important to get the landowners and tenants the farm is in the forest as on board and to make decisions together with them on site. and not just with planners at the drawing board waistcoat dundee, the tor, when nature functions properly, it works for us and we can benefit from all that it offers us, and that's an insurance policy for the future. the physician over 50 to cool. the cat pollution is a sign and kayla almost the entire global population breeds uh the succeeds w h show at quality limit evolution causes 6700000 from

a cio debt. so yeah. and then the one of the most effective cities, women are organizing to bring much needed change. this is the post world line food. it's about 20 to hit this. it's the 2nd largest dumpsite in the us gap or to new delhi. more than 200000 people live alone. it's fair to meet us for the last 25 years. hey, ma has lived and worked here as we speak a pyramid comp. it'd be that the p. i used to go to work, then come home that send my child to school and do all the chose to go to excel. but for the boss here, my head hasn't been good. so p, so i stop going to work as well. since they give me, i used to walk 2025 days a month, but now i will close and put out the cut. i will know what estimate with them. i make out about the big for people who live this close to the line. so even the ad debrief is toxic in a city that has some of the most polluted ad in the woods, improper waste, dispos that makes things much worse. table is bought of

a group of fuck the women who have been learning about this issue. and the reasons for the has problems they're planning to reach out to the thousands of other women who do similar work. the group meets regularly with local f, as in data, and conducts public hearings and social medical and environment. police who i think this is extremely important to have this kind of community level engagement because typically what happens is that, you know, people are not at the end of their is they are on really it's bush to i live and up air pollution, heat both outdoor indoor, so the 1st step definitely is that uh, you know, feeding awareness among them. and you know, some of these, our next programs i am aware of are also providing some individual live is, you know, a strategy to really add up to the situations to people. i'm more of it of the need for the strategies then looks on a she grew up in a family of base because it has full tonic speed and some of the health problems

these by the women. things that are such as also seen in medical tests that in these b, if this is it sells be fun ready function test. we found that this big of a main road about 3.6 times more likely to have a voice in long conditions and stuff like um, charities will 6 times likely to have less than lum functions as compared to men. and because they're cooking indoors and the cooking on bio biomass fluids or do we hives is equal, it looks on a and the theme audits into an environment of action and research group of how to set up a quality monitoring devices across the neighborhood. this has local them in land, they walk and daily activities they avoid working in the waste of rent. the monitor flashes, red and fake the cost is like reading box even outside of book,

back at home. the women have taken steps to cope with mispronouncing fuels. just to get all of this up to the women here, use bio mass jobs. but then be heard about the government program to provide for you guys to lenders. we looked into how to access the scheme was part of the v help that they used to do to 35 people into calling me. okay. and cylinder. this gas bill idea in 2022. the wood air quality to for designed daily for a list of the was 15 most when you did cities of the air pollution affects everyone walker in the informal sector. so for the most major in perspective, projects and construction sites rely on no b workers who have literally to no protection for pollution on the job defends that also near the construction site. so they get little respite from the pollution. that's a good little boring, cement, always created a lot of tasks and effect on them. went into a mountain like that. we had no choice to live on the the construction sector. workers here are also organizing. i'm returning to work and see for jobs many large

bought in an introductory book shop run by and n g, or to learn how to use the proper safety equipment. she says it made a difference. we will pick a not that of the model but i took part in this training for 15 days on august 21st and foremost what safety equipment i need to protect my health is the my goal on any with the efforts of women like fema looks odd and many may be a drop in the ocean with the hope that with time the will help raise awareness and promote better working conditions for, for informally was indeed looking for more insights and solutions from around the world. if he wants to meet the people fighting climate, change the test on facebook, instagram, and 6 of the,

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