Promoted biodiversity and defied Climate Change for hundreds of years the forgotten power of traditional knowledge thats not all but today welcome to eco india your environment magazine. Coming to you from mumbai rice is the most cultivated green on the planet and 50 percent of india thats roughly 600000000 people consume rights for sustenance but a need to ensure Food Security in the 19 160. 00 s. Led to a decision the fees the rich diversity of rice of the country has traditionally bolstered off a small group of farmers in kerala its trying to revive this lets find out how. This is a work of art johnson labors of love planted one by the side. Playing at a time. For only a poem and other farmers in the van and district of cattle or cultivating paddy is not just a means of living it is a view of life that has existed since before they can remember. When i 1st started cultivating native berry people were very curious about the color of the crop they wondered if it got burned but if medicines were used local i was added soon people started coming just to take pictures of the colorful berry its very encouraging on the corners and often. Only open arms field art is a glimpse into the vast and diverse bank of the over 100000 paddy strains native to india a country where rice is the staple food for more than half its population. Things began to take a turn in the 1960 s. When policymakers struggled to address a newly independent indias growing hunger problem under the Green Revolution Programme farmers were asked to forego their indigenous seed varieties and favor high yield hybrids. The policy makers are that if you change the practices of the fatness you can improve the productivity and that and they got the seeds from a rational basis such institute and they are called holding by case in the last 50 years almost to 7380 percent of the biodiversity from that because if it is gone which includes agro by the rest of its mean certainly for seeds of farmers and also that a lot of biodiversity around the traditional farmers face. When biodiversity is lost the soil becomes weaker the ground cant retain as much water. And it becomes harder for crops to this best. But a few farmers have fought to hold on to native seeds which are deeply rooted in their culture. Like change over a year old roman a member of the couldnt see a tribe who has been able to consult 50 to one ideas of indigenous body. Some of which were passed on to him as. My mother would never have got to our. In the same day we are going to fire on children im able to identify all the seats that i take care of in the beginning had 6 types of seats which are 100 down from my uncle to me in 1909 and i. Only valium turn their little or car neater nearly 200 were american baldoni and i started with all those from 2000 i started hunting for similar seeds. In the autumn market by 30. 1 has sold 4 and preserved as many traditional grains as he could find that are on the verge of extinction like to add omatic gun to the mean ingredient of the famous model of our very annie. It is Getting Better by the way and this is. Part of alien born new nirvana. And this is the shyly. In the olden days this was the rice which was eaten by ok things it was truly fit for kings. And id have it out that commodity going on now in the. Indigenous seeds are more best resistant in addition they are best and after to the local climate and that means they are best suited to withstand Climate Change. This is especially significant pocketed up over 2 toads of its land underbody cultivation has been lost since the 1980 s. A movement called save our rice has been working at farmers across 7 Indian States to help tons of indigenous strains off rise and improve the quality of the land. The next 10 years this lady but i believe that especially no Climate Change is also a medic risky thing so you need to put a lot of her sources for fatness in the field. Starting from production the market that will be why india in a in a sustainable manner than. In the cavern going to develop and that is like we think. Up out of famines farmland has been resolved to conquer with each morality without the use of any chemical fertilisers on pesticides he also believes its all about sharing and encourages his fellow farmers to exchange and experiment. That american. Movie seeds are not meant to be sold this would be passed on from one farmer to another by hand with the nikkei do it out of all the knowledge they have its what was passed on to me and what i learned by seeing and doing and understanding things that only it is not something ive learnt through reading books or by researching on the internet and then years of. His enduring guns a ration book general whale drum and was awarded the blonde genome savior award by the government of india. Traditional law about how animals human beings and other organisms on earth interact with each other can make a significant contribution to Sustainable Development today but it often comes down to adapting all traditions to new conditions. Many Small Farmers across the world one would love this to make for typhoons releasing whilst amounts of Carbon Dioxide into the atmosphere but there are projects in that getting farmers to give up the slash and burn methods in blues for example in the trees are being planted to make the ground for tight and the tops of trees form a canopy and the fallen leaves create over rich nitrogen soil. Many Indigenous People preserve important and useful knowledge about plants like in the amazon region. In the region as communities are bringing their reinforced gardens to me restaurants. Even all construction methods of getting new attention in india an organization teaching us to build earthquake proof houses using local Building Materials. Traditional construction techniques to build hof timbered houses have been used all around. Half timbered houses are undergoing a revival in popularity theyve even started bollywood. This picturesque backdrop looks like something out of a fairy tale but old have tempered houses can be found in many european cities. Even bollywood seems to a phone in love with them several movies that featured their stars dancing in front of german have timber houses. The tradition dates back to the 12th century buildings are constructed from a wooden structure filled with brick or alone that made sense wood sand and clay were all freely available materials. This have timber houses not even one year old yet it was built using the old methods have timbered inside and outside for owner nor but it was important to have a low energy home equipped with the latest technology but the roof to is based on a historical design its a socalled cold roof which is well ventilated. Thats an old Building Technique in the sense that in the past there were only called roofs and you notice that in the Old Buildings where attics and not insulated in the summer it remains a quite pleasant temperature at the top of the house but thats all it down to the way its constructed. At the same time the Heating Technology in the house is cutting edge of fuel cells supplies the building with electricity a solar thermal system provides warm water on the ground floor and Underfloor Heating system is being built that uses brick just store the warmth the windows are made of smart glass that darkens when the sun shines keeping out about 90 percent of the heat in summer the house was built by Construction Company owner Heiko Schultz for more than 25 years hes been building half tempered houses based on old designs but with the latest technology inside. Its a real challenge people used to build very differently centuries no one was concerned with Energy Efficiency and cetera these days we have to work with significantly thicker walls and accommodate very Different Things windows have to be fitted completely differently and it all has to be done so that its not visible outside. The wooden skeleton is constructed in a carpenters workshop using only timber grown in europe spruce fur march douglas fir or oak. Just as in olden times no nails are used. Instead the beams are connected with joints secured with opecs in keeping with traditional methods. This is a joint that has been used by carpenters for centuries only wood is used. The advantage is that it expands in the same way when temperatures fluctuate thats not the case if you use wood together with metal and that can cause damage in the long term a joint that only involves would avoid this problem. About 12 cubic meters of wood are needed to construct a house with an area of 200 square meters if you place the chambers end to end they would stretch almost one kilometer it might sound like a lot but wood is a lot more sustainable than other conventional Building Materials like concrete and cement the hard family is also building a have tempered house based on historical design originally they wanted to build a wooden house but they couldnt because of planning restrictions for them to have timber house is a successful compromise. For specialist always we hope the mix of wood and alone will create a Healthy Living environment our 1st thought was wood and the idea morphed into a half timbered design the entire house is built without a single stone and. Todays new have tempered houses dont show their youth theyve got several centuries ahead of them perhaps theyll even provide a backdrop for a Bollywood Movie someday soon just like their historical counterparts. Its not uncommon that knowledge is being lost due to the effects of modernization and changing lifestyles sometimes knowledge doesnt get passed down to traditions and can die out as possibly this is a loss for society as a whole but this solutions can help italian share their skills and recipes. Meet the. Pastor grannies web page introduces italian grandmothers their traditional recipes local noodle shapes and personal stories from all around italy. The intention behind the project is to preserve the centuries old past a tradition. The site was founded by british food writer vicky venice shes been living in central italy. Only for the past 12 years i noticed that young women had to go out to work and simply werent making pastor anymore is only the older women and i thought someone needs to make a record of facts that its not just about learning about past that which is a universally loved food its also. A granny the resonance with grandmothers and Everybody Loves their own. Today shes visiting a past a granny from a neighboring village. Vickie benison films and interviews heart while she makes past her. One thing. And when did you start making this particular pastor. Do you remember. If. She did any and ive been making this pasta since i was about 10 all the stuff that you all know. My mother taught me and my sisters to a. Delio rolls out to joe thinly down to 2 millimeters thick and. Then she cuts it into little squares. Today shes making company. Here in the marquee region this field pastors especially popular on holidays. And then you has nimble hands when it comes to shaping the past or. Is it difficult not at all. In fact you know its easy for you to as voltage and press the ends together with the family to do 40. There. So it didnt take long to persuade you to take part in a project you know both of them he said i think its great in this way others can learn our recipes and the tradition wont die out the fact is that. Vicki benison has already visited more than 200. 00 passenger granny and. Hardly any of the grannies can actually name precise measurements but years of experience have talked on how to gauge the right proportions. Came down by the fact that now this is homemade pasta dough i dont buy it and this is how it should look around solution as well as nice and even. Past the grannies our own instagram as well. And on you tube. I think its important to celebrate all the womens experience. Celebrate its and just have fun with it really because its quite often women often a bit shy and stay in the background and its nice to kind of push them into the center in. She hopes her project will inspire other people to visit grandmothers in the countries they live in and preserve their recipes and charms for generations to come. Now remember my grandma used to drink water out of an old the pot she used to see who are in the water and did not require electricity storing water in these ports was a common practice across india before the wide scale use of refrigerators one man in delhi is bringing back this practice and ensuring that everyone in his neighborhood has access. Clean water. Through. For the last year i was alive not rajan has been on a mission to make sure no one in his neighborhood goes thirsty i start my day. 5 oclock meaning to deliver the 1st round of water for the market and then i come back i plug my system starts and he takes over and he starts delivering water. Might cuss at rounded on parts commonly used across india to store water and keep it cool not transient as popularly called the much common because he has installed nearly a 100 water pots in his neighborhood for public use he fills them 3 to 4 times a day. Everybody is more concerned about the b. M. W. And the most agree that i want to aid them that i phone lines you know when you dont really need for it and the i phone rang but what was more important is making sure that your god is velcro. Cyclists security guards daily wage labor knows rickshaw pullers and pedestrians they are greatly benefit from the service he provides. A staggering 162000000 people in india dont have access to safe water. Initiated like now tragedians help improve the situation and. I think the principle people should be looking at some water for the public also holds and its a lame excuse saying that it will encourage all kinds of people all kinds of people with the Community Nothing really belongs to us everything belongs to the community. 30 holes and whatever you do is good sincerely. For a long mel traditional camel herders of the jihad have struggled to make a living the community lives on what the camels provide them with milk transportation and load bearing but with increased urbanization their utility is diminishing the hotels are now looking at sustainable alternatives to preserve their culture and motor boat and their livelihood. This region is indias largest saw its plane and home of the kind i am of their name cut i mean salty in a good at the. Out a special breed that has successfully about dead to transitional areas of vegetation mangroves and grasslands their diet includes various blondes shrubs and mangroves but if they dont eat mongrel spawn along these animals get sick and can eventually we story. The heart is in the catch dejan who have been living with the camels for generations are struggling nowadays to find a preferred food for the common. Good mangoes for much closer to us earlier we used to take the camels or to greece and be back within an hour on the way home with a lot of that on about 30 on the mega about but now we need to go 6 to 7 kilometers deeper into the desert to look for grazing ground trying to buy the united im going to now with or limited on that i dont want to sign for direction and processing storing or to my groves. Sort of what i am going to get there that are going to go. To that i was going to do to. The old mild hardy as the heart of our corn our traditional pastoralist to live on the camels using them for transport or by selling them over. But today this livelihood is threatened the one striving mangrove forests are fast disappearing giving way to salt big manufacturers. In 2011 with the help of a local ngo the camel herders organized themselves into the catch. On the turn to fight for their rights over the years they have filed a case in the National Dream tribunal a special court that deals with the cases related to and by mental issues to disallow Salt Manufacturers from operating in the region and ensure better implementation of the conservation plan of the highly trafficked and cut i. In 2013 together with the ngo they came up with an idea to secure their livelihood. For years they only use camel bull for their own needs to make seat rest while riding camels or bags for their belongings taking this practice beyond the image of community could not only give them a new more of livelihood but also help guns are the carrier but it. Is a matter of pride were. Really here for and shared for this war doesnt require any sort of. Lets have a lot of chemical dying process you do want to be on the believe. And there is a possibility of getting really Beauty Products out of this. This one who has been. The engineer coming here has been helping the herders of catch to set up an Assembly Line process the camels assured once a year just before the regions harsh Summer Season occur a camel produces about 300 grams to 5 kilograms of oil per year depending on its age thats enough to provide a viable source of income to the camel hota. The women are spinning the shield wall in brianne the whole community is involved in the processing of shearing the wool spinning began and weaving the plot. Traditional rivers like lanka are also benefiting from the use of gamma wool as a 3rd generation river he sees immense value in a living with this wool instead off sheeple for example. Our income had jeans now we get more satisfied we get our money on time. Proved alongside me since we have come to get that. Has been to market and how it can benefit us. To do there are only 6000. 00 kind of economies in the car but with the common herd taking a big step towards reinventing their Traditional Craft and fighting against the fall the spread of the salt industry a Sustainable Future for both the dominant and the herders might be possible. Collectively weve always been a Forward Society rarely looking back but examining traditional practices could help us in not to leave inventing the wheel each time were faced with a new problem we hope weve encouraged you to think about that or even reach out to your grandparents about how big a farm solutions. Weve seen next week until the. Homelessness. Poverty. 40000000 people maybe not it states are affected. Even though many of them have steady jobs. Who is smoking be outcasts of the American Dream operating in the wealthiest country in the world sod. Spondee doubling. Their wealth isnt cultural over their egos insatiable. Their rivalry deadly. 3 princes. All of whom dream of the arab world. 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