the big cities or ones synonymous with dreams of opportunities and the good life. what is that still the case? hello and welcome. i am so i have to go through body and go watching equaling deal . but city is now remind us of traffic, board and quality badge, sanitation, concrete. i need to to move in z like now these are our cities, and it is our responsibility to figure out ways to improve our city life. if you all agree with this plug back, wonder what we can do. this episode might have some on so scale. let's start with the city we are in right now delhi. and since it is my city, i can see if you tell you the problems y'all are many florida equality is probably the biggest to us a large proportion of after use and has to do with the amount the waste to be precise with certain types of waste disposal systems and waste dumps that either lies on least infinity ation for its waste disposal and fall generation. and this

has consequences. they've come out of buttons that it shouldn't be happy for 12 years. he's been living in just a lovely hot, leafy neighborhoods in south denny. but 1st impressions can be deceiving. to see any of the plants around here and see how much dust is there. if i leave my got outside in the morning, i'll see is little dust all over it because it's likely she'll just take it on me. it does from bundles for the month, little cloud based and sanitation planned processes, municipal waste into electricity, almost 2000 tons of it. every d investigative journalist monday, i'd be happy. i wrote a report about it for the new york times relevant and made some great discoveries and, and working with the indian institute of technology and johns hopkins university. so samples and equity. it on the plans that examined over 4 years and compared to

other residential areas in terms of nasty, heavy metals that really affect your quality of life. and your health we found are in huge quantities around the plant. whereas at the control area, 9 kilometers away, we did not see that level of lead, arsenic etc. in her article also published online, the elevated pollutant levels, a community documented in black and white. the toxic method of cadmium was alarmingly high. as the magazines are sending blood and cobalt according to the investigation, this has already had health consequences for people living in the surrounding areas . we spoke to the gynecologist to, to dr. me, you should ask who had lived in for who had worked in the stuff that so if that'd be her neighborhood right next to the plant. and she had been there since

practicing in that neighborhood since 1999. and she said that since this plant came online about 12 years ago, um, i have never witnessed this level of miscarriages. journalist estimates that's about 1000000 people. i did a key effect by the blonds. in fact, do monthly o'clock is a joint partnership between gender, urban invest, limited, and the deli government, the national green tribunal, and the deli pollution control committee. having both fines on the company multiple times. but nothing has changed quite the opposite. since the article was published, a statement from the plan's management has appeared on their website, claiming that they comply with all legal regulations. requests for interviews with the company and authorities went on onset citizen and activism. poverty in 1090 is calling for the closure of these innovation plans and the she sees

a particular list in unsorted ways. we all feeling and solid waste management rules via framing on segregating ways. you know, which is extremely important. the moment it will take her to get raised and then you'll bring in that last maybe 2 to 3 percent or waste that can not be now either recycled or um, upside 3rd or about the com posted that comes and gets incentive rate's it's all in control. but right now i'm coming mix bringing with mix smithfield, onboarding. it is a has a doesn't every, with your you're breaking every environmental goal was basically the company's promotional video presents the muscle o'clock as a modern base to energy facility that carefully separates waste. before for assessing it into electricity, only then became a pollutant eleven's low and efficiency high. however, the new york times allowed to go sites and now the seas manager who defeated the

environmental violations of frequently and safety measures will be ignored. for the extra impact of us and the why the from 2021 for the confirms this obviously the flash from the cloud line for me was done. you know, delta dental areas, a lot of the still find folks like metals in the top dollar, which they sell for a few cents and they get there. and when today, what about 4 years later? nothing seems to have changed in the hadn't legal flash as money, i'd be happy observed during her to search. they were taking the ash and open bed trucks winding their way through daily. we were watching morning commuters trying to rush to work with ash bellowing from the truck into their eyes. same thing with children. and then they were just dumping it like that right into neighborhoods with very little no precautions. waste energy plans with

effective flu gasp notification considered environmentally friendly and sustainable methods of processing waste. which is why companies like them i put a whole class can earn money on the international common credit market for every megawatt of electricity they generate. however, environmental organizations like g, i a regularly protest against the practice as the that was not a good government. they didn't put up with that when the group was established on the planet with the government credit market type. good. right. uh got, i mean, but now it's starting to pick up again and people's effect. so they're hoping to generate more revenue from the plans now within like spending its capacity since they couldn't and much from it back then media you to do, i was getting the undeniable truth is that debbie has a waste problem and waste energy plans like they might put o'clock accessible with the mega these quality critical add pollution despite that,

eco friendly claims for residents living close to these facilities are the consequences. how painfully evident. and i'm sure me why is this problem seems to be for citizens to solve? that is much that we can do to control the ways that goes into these infinity does india generates at least 20000000 tons of ways that either ends up in landfills or was added on to for. however, some women in tonight are changing this one household at the time from whatsapp nudges to neighborhood compost as they are showing how small steps can lead to big john summation. and we all have something to learn from that. what's happening here is a half yearly activity in this household you'll see for over 6 months, which are and her family gaffney, set to say, household items like plastics, electronic items, i'm use papers instead of discarding them in the been i honestly,

i didn't find it too hard to do was really it, as i found it to be very rational. now i, before i started this because if i consecutive gets the ways from my house have to be, how can i expect someone else do? i'm going to use it the now they taking all of this to a waste collection type, organize paid ok, which is the residents of the sort of another association engine light. the benefit association was set up in 2019 with the name of ensuring all causes and cost to run a good basically getting waste properly. but not everybody was on board like to shop lucas, it could it be done? i mean, could these seems that the biggest challenge has been changing people's attitude. we beat back, so why should be segregate or if it's not i'll, well, i will a job that are conservancy workers, especially employed for this job. so these are the questions that rep would across to us and the over the years we have managed, uh, maybe quite

a good percentage of people into understanding use that one k g with ad household is managed. it'd be easier for the city to manage. segregated v as rather than on, on segregated, we may see that it's roughly 6200 metric tons of waste every day to deal with this hundreds of micro composing centers. depending breakfast i'm with you to look over the centers. the time to drive is set up across the city, but then not operating to the flip attention says oh copy to search and advice that he's executive director of mine who has been actively involved with the team. children custody of one of the beacon function efficiently and you can completely take advantage of the capacity of these processing centers, only when we use to segregated f source. what we realize to why the so to walk is that a large part of the lease that is getting to the bid and selected it just goes to the dump yet. because then simply unable to process this in the microphone postings

. and those are the drivers processing centers gemini, puts in a lot of effort to sort everything perfectly. but different studies have shown that only 20 to 45 percent of the population in tonight separates the risk as carefully being put together the least likely get project with the setup infrastructure and not just in the community. these not just the end of the highlighting hope people's actions. i'm making a real difference to this. i don't things i'm environment this included in the cheapest like funds to plastic hooks installed and 40 buildings across 3 streets in the locality are used to effectively collect uncontaminated multi layer and soft plastics. nearly 100 kilograms of plastics have been diverted in the 1st 6 months. the collective plastics i've been sorted, unveiled at the creator and center, the recycling centers,

where they will be made into boats for furniture and other household items. the most successful, initiated to hollywood, is a 3 community lane compose those that have been set up in the neighborhood. the funds are 90 workers who collect the res door to door. sounds for about 25 kilograms as well. again, increased to each name some posted every day. a conservancy worker makes us this feast along with cocoa feet in the 3 is the one day issue and then bounce was it to the lean compose to that is something compost is distributed among residents for use in the gardens. so when we started distributing the compost, that is, it ends with nearly happy and they in fact approached us to uh ask is this to help us started in house, in their apartment or in their house? that is one thing we also saw, the desegregation levels were increasing with the community composting project. it also made them understand the need for waste management. why segregation was important because it was about happening right in front of their houses. the

mean by which i believe that the success of the funds, the plastic and the name on posting projects is down to those cuttings constant monitoring and campaigning efforts. a noticed a level or no they did beautifully last to watch item, which is this not as a group and sent messages emitted whenever people didn't cooperate, they would take a picture of the dustbin. so they'll send it in the group. the whole thing. you have not done it to the kind of corporate entity. so some people who are sensitive about the vendor started seeing reason, he started doing it again season and that they've been by not having to the, the, all of the we've selected at the waste collection type is center. the recyclers wasted 3. 60, i'm day cycle month in the city buildings as the driver loan. they've clicked that 7.6 tons of unwanted items for the cycling through them. very happy and proud to

share that little guys more than 150 members under a global into us close to 5 or 6 of us to cater to 1000 households. and we like to expand and also inspire other communities to emulate from us and the cost of the model as successfully as it includes key partners in the waste management process. it's residents, contractors, officials, the such organizations and the association and send this model to cost is aligned with the tenant corporations climate action plans for building the myoshi to waste . what in the city it's called. the idea is very simple. it's to help families from better habits over their present actions for a more promising future. another distinctive feature of cities, especially in densities, is construction and concrete everywhere. in jazz, the 2nd largest producer of cement in the was and this contribution having to c o 2

emmys, much scanners to these google gina as a whole toilet, germany's trying to explore some solutions that can help us build better by aligning architecture, those requirements. we've been live meant to lead concrete. a free by gray has replaced screens constantly building more higher foster concrete production is responsible for around 8 percent of c o. 2 emissions worldwide of yeah. and if i said we're using some which is a twinkling result, i'm in various finite fossil resources. so we have to think about how we can build small sustainable agency building because even the highest bone itself. and we need to more greenery in austin tease because somebody's a he tang, i'm too much couple. but hits me though is isabel, it does. so if you think about it all could talk to a nature a diametrically opposed to, you know, we built primarily to protect and also from wild life for the web. the, for example, and seem to always have, you know, and that means we're always destroying nature in some way when we build, you know,

that's with us through them and did all that well since we worked with nice run up buildings instead of against it, a recent tech submission, invalid, and seem to be a munich show cases, projects that do just stop how been trees grow together to form a structure. this question has fascinated architect sudden i've looked fixed for 20 years. this vision is to match architecture with nature and this construction, a kind of tree house and the such a cost for you to cool. you have to walk a lot with others, as it's interdisciplinary, like botanists forestry scientists, civil engineers, ecologists, we will work together to pull our knowledge from different disciplines, so it can be used in the design process and thought some kind of project himself in germany shows most of building native trees could look like of to 12. he is the plane tree cube is over 10 meters high and toilet and the neighboring kindergarten

children use the shady space inside to play. otherwise, it's home to insects and but the trunks of the young play and trace of bronx style to inquire into augusta bill context checks that grace regularly claimed trees were planted on all 6 levels. at the same time, 8 tenants, i am prompt to box the pay is to pay for the i terrace. the plane trees outgrow that long to has an end to connect with the plane trees by the route they fuse together and gradually grow into one unit. and hopefully. ready then they can remove the boxes. ready they counted molten, has found some plane trees because like this many oven trees, some of the same things die from disease or from the us to come. the tree tops will grow together to form over a quick corruption might be phone. guess this, a clue. house is made of wood and fungus tunnels,

the surface itself to the top. but the panels of robust. so how do you create the building material from fungus? to nature, as the inspiration tend to fungus likes to grow one to seduce trees. attaching itself to the would biologist lisa show helps walk on the front of the house. cultivating tend to focus in the bar a tree. it's so hard that she needs a solo to come through it is i with this is the focus is great for building the interest is because through the my, c, m, the root struct trip, the fungus that grows on the ground residues are brought together and not intellect king creates a most stable material. yeah, so that's why i'm interested. extra views of must say i don't make so tiny deals of the developers that perform the house, the collective of scientists, architects and contests. grace funky coaches, a mix system with various other materials, ways including organic waste,

like what shavings of a minute. then they pressed the mixture into shape. after a few weeks, they came up to the fungus by heating at the materials and remained solid. it's already used for installation. the building with it is new laser in india, the search to sustainable construction materials is grabbing more urgent architects and the human scale project in southern india. is orville a ton in clay into hyams to, to easier to cool during hot summer's up in the plains of northern india. any troops on pollution every winter and pause due to the binding of chrome waste. but . ready will build is finding new ways to what cycle this waste into britain. these are great creek bricks and like strong company molded for all kinds of uses the fucking ballot and indian entrepreneurs have developed

a new material to replace the world's diminishing sun supplies. made wide up selection hall to dispose of mineral and mining waste. this artificial song dislikes have been stronger than traditional some old produced hair manufacturing without touching any risk, but that's ok. clients news, european pioneer, civil side pick on working with materials like much like australia, small team ro to even produces laundry projects with round falls, but much brick buildings are otherwise brahas. i'm a scientist as and so i have to bicycle privilege if the west and well that we no longer build with modern will buy one for that. it was replaced by concrete during the 19th century industrialization. and i'll see if it's going to around 40 percent of the global population still lives in most houses. we've just forgotten how to build this way before the end of the more than we have this ever filled out. how would the visitors had like to live in the future in a funky house?

a mode house, or house made of trees. and they're covered up. i'd actually like a combination of all 3 look bricks to the load bearing most fungus to installation and trees on the outside. like the tree house in you, by my boss, that course i taking it instead of big machinery, you can just use pump. so build with trees, something very simple and cheaper in the long time. i think we need to be more direct. is the message i'm looking at holland. nature offers a number of other materials lexie read, which could also be suitable for construction. even that research is still in its infancy, the projects on display show how all conjecture and housing could protect by the environments of human gen i has names. foundational example of citizens putting in yours are the thoughts. so being about some change, every union city would have to use to one water body which is dying. and for you

john, i also had one such lake that over 50 acres. let's go meet the people behind the to the rising, a garage to what's moving. what does that transform the dying leak into a driving flash walker? he would. how did they do this? and can therefore, the strategy be a blueprint for saving all the legs? love to dive into this inspiring story. it's common for leaks in the gen name, metropolitan area to look more like she was in garbage dumps. however, about them legal in the cities out good as proven to be an exception. to jump on them, uses digital about them, they just do this 5 years ago. and then we could not even stand here. you know, not been just by lab 20 feet high and briefly the like a mountain. all spread over for because it will be at the stench was so bad. people avoid it blocking the bus to have call and the operating. the transmission began with the small group of deeply committed volunteers. the old one, the old,

when we started, the lake was in a very bad state. however, cooperation with the local residents and the government has revived it, and it's now a fresh water lake. it's become a favorite spot for people as well as birds and animals. a deal started in 2013 for just 3 people, but in 2019 monday organize the manual, clean up event 1500 people. and the government stepped in 2 and a half 1000000 euros to help speed up the project. nikki unique designs up to the 11th has reach 4.8 milligrams. police don't work for drinking water. there's not much would be at on 5, many of the lakes around here. the pollution is so high that the level of dissolved oxygen is it will be found to be below 2 milligrams. bonita, oxygen level, we're not wasting the volume deals at chip summarizing, have gain valuable experience, but with the us and have develop what they call the, for the plan to help other neighborhoods. revive that, only the for these are deflect very basic and deepen so either. so the 1st step is

to deflect every by building a baffled wall to protect the league from drainage. we then link it to a new drain. it's gonna, it's gonna need started caused by amazon. about all the, the next step is to drain, the league completely removes the polluted side and trash and plastic. then on the once it's dry enough for us to be able to dig into the site, we remove the polluted simply that contains remains of the sewage and other substances of things. they aren't going to move on. these anybody on the since the lot of having that and we have to excavate at the bottom of the lake between 4 and 8 feet which helps and water storage throughout the us and increases its ability to reach out to ground water design, which is a positive side to fell out of all 5 kilometers away, non among them lake faces similar problems i've looked at the bottom lake ones did because of improper waste disposal. a group of incidents here is beginning that own teen updraft to prevent the late from dying out non when the, when we started this process about 13 weeks ago, i need to call so much of them 10 years ago when it is not long,

lee was used by the people as a fresh water source of confine propagate into this on the day because of the families of housing and other construction internet of the lake has gone into a drain audio. and i was at 1190. and that's how you, when they don't understand me, like i looked at it so much the one that even the water here was so polluted until 3 months ago differently. that'd be great. even stand you running between opposite remove the stain to you about it said it is a big step forward. or you can go to don wherever people find a new space. they start using it as a dumping spot in modern. that means to change it to get it. so category revival of the lake has also helped keep locality safe from colombia to and harvesting about 60 percent of the you are leaving. so you can get the, when you pull it on each leg to come together and dig the initiative to save that league city and the government has proved itself ready to do that bought as well. what i want is to be below the government to save nature. change will not be difficult. a lot of me, i'm not gonna go to the montgomery. the same old as jennings population grows, restoring it's leaks. could it be a g element in the city strategy to secure to,

to water supply for the coming generation? that's all for today's episode. the fonts do agree, no future requires us to do you think the solutions that we could and please rely on what other steps you will think we can fix to make a big difference. we will let us know, even if you email us already talk to me directly on my social media handles. i will see you next week until then take care would by now most gosh, the

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