Only in the mix here real sense we visit the nation where happiness is the most important thing. First though we go to the antarctic and talk to the scientists who spend months based in the worlds coldest region. Right at the very south of our planet lies antarctica the continent of snow and ice. In 1911 the norwegian Roald Amundsen became the 1st person ever to reach the south pole the last region of earth that was still unexplored and uninhabited by humans. In 195912 nations signed the antarctic treaty pledging to use that region only for peaceful purposes and particularly for scientific research. Today there are around 80 research stations in the antarctic used by 4000 scientists from all over the. We wanted to know what its like to spend months in the cold and ice and so we headed back starting at the airport close to the russian Polar Research station as a red sky at. Antarctica from the air. On board this aircraft our scientists from 10 different countries. Will be spending the polar summer doing their research here. This year the team from bella bruce is especially large. Billow says were a big program for science earned it girl or just course more earned. Joe fuses and now real building go station. India has also sent a large team. Members will be making their way to the countrys 2 Antarctic Research stations. To study is there build up on together what we. Are studying so it does not emerge off to so on a commission of the all the depth of the world beyond the current what is the condition of the ice so for example it is a thing of the glacier. Nearly all of antarctica is covered in i if. We are need for the length coke comes from russia he works at the nobel now as i read scales station close to the airports. People are better and researcher like most of the russians here he started working in the polar regions during the soviet era. My wife. But the president begins. My i love the look of my daughter. She was 8 months if youre staying. Having been observing the environment for many years the researchers have been able to monitor the changes taking place. No. Change. One subject of interest involves lunar observations its well known that the moons gravity effects ocean tides but its effect on weather has not yet been well explained. The russian Team Cooperation with the says small is just that the german annoy my a research station. 700 kilometers away. A few visitors come here dinoire maya station is after all in a very remote location. Youll safina struck a man and study the earths Magnetic Field and measure the strength of earthquakes theyre not the only ones researchers from several other nations conduct similar work still the Scientists Say theres nowhere near enough exploration underway on antarctica. Antarctica is still a fundamentally unexplored continent and thats why there are actually too few stations to collect data on the. Market agrees he heads the noisy maya stations air chemistry observatory hes worried about the rise in the percentage of c o 2 in the antarctic atmosphere. Hes also concerned that the untouched southern continents could fall victim to economic exploitation. Bus pass young its hard to say what will happen and how things will develop especially if some areas become ice free and amazing Raw Materials are on earth to. 4 years ago the antarctic treaty was agreed and extended but. We dont see that as a good sign that it will continue to go in this direction just as it does that we still why dont you be a good step back leads the research team. The work done here is purely scientific anything else would be forbidden in accordance with the antarctic treaty that the International Community create 2 in 1959. Inspect their regular unannounced inspections to take place at the stations. So to this point there havent been any conflicts. But considering World History one can only hope that the intentions remain purely scientific that. One big draw for researchers that is the emperor penguins. The scientists want to examine the animals breeding behavior in order to predict possible trends caused by climate change. The International Researchers share their results with each other. And. People always talk about the antarctic family all the conflicts that exist elsewhere in the world for by the wayside everyone helps each other and people try to get along at times under truly inhospitable conditions its nice to see that in spite of all the bad news in the world it can really work. Successful collaboration on the most sparsely populated continent on earth. While some research is a busy in the antarctic others focus their energy on happiness asking what people really need to live contented lives money lots of money but there are other important factors stable relationships good Health Educational qualifications and a job that matches one skill. Happiness experts have long been interested in where the happiest people live the uns World Happiness report norway and denmark rating high and finland topping the list for the 2nd year running. Meanwhile features further down but the small nation in the eastern himalayas has its own very special relationship with happiness. Because. This is a master class a. Navigation there is no autopilot no radar just pure flying skill if youve been spotted its an ability to be metal when. You do not have much more with you if they come in then the valleys spinning and it is turning and when doing its new c. E. O. Like you flagged a little blip in the will you have. The board actually hearing over the opening change. The pilot tells us that it takes time to learn to navigate the terrain the pilots orientate themselves using buildings monasteries and the landscape in general a little luck never hurts when flying into baton every landing is different but these professionals know what they are doing. All of this except for getting the. List that should be. Done is different its the only country in the world where welfare is measured not in terms of Gross Domestic Product but by Gross National happiness. Anyone who wants to find out more about this should be ready to wear traditional dress and thats how we got into the government quarter in the capital the former monastery in fortress is now government headquarters we were advised to bring a gift for our host a bottle of whiskey properly wrapped. Perhaps thats another path to happiness sound economics is also important for. All countries. In the uk is what we also see is we have to ensure that. It does not come at the course of play environment culture and tradition if the policy cost less than that. Back to the immediacy the Happiness Commission the think tank can be nerve center of the government whatever takes place in these halls of bureaucracy is aimed at achieving one thing collective happiness according to the constitution at least 60 percent of putins land must be forested return absorbs more Carbon Dioxide than it produces the only country in the world to do so. Compared to other countries to turn is poor but well educated a pillar of happiness education is free and standards are high to outsiders the nation might look like an Outdoor Museum but on the inside its a society that protects and treasures its culture but is everyone in bhutan really happy for you as you are all when you are different people are you happy. If you look at. If. We have. Girls who sort of do you consider you know. Where much. Of it. Every few years the Happiness Commission asks the public how happy they are the last poll indicated around 75 percent of these are indeed happy. Today is one of them. For you we could have 2 rice harvest a year but theres no need for ones enough we just dont need more were happy with that. They allow the you know most of the. Capitalists would despair here maximizing profit is a foreign concept so is stress indeed the country has its own rhythm when put day announces that dinner is ready. Many common running 3 generations live under one roof of course people in many parts of the world see togetherness as being important but here it actually happens. Why should we leave this place the house the fields our parents gave all of this to us will pass it on to our own children we have work we have food were all happy since. Her husband likes to chew on a rican not wrapped in a bacon leaf in his garden its a mild stimulant which could also be a factor in happiness. The town is about the size of switzerland with around 800000 inhabitants tourism is sparse that could be in an attempt to control influences from abroad but is that control a good thing in the long run smart phones are everywhere what previously was far away is now locals fingertips and the outside world can be tempting with all it has to offer. Whether young people are happy and whether they will stay will decide the countrys future. Buddhism is still powerful but ists believe in the close relationship we have with the universe and astrology. Its like math we calculate subtract multiply the stars tell us if it will be a good day whether we should do things or leave well enough alone thats how we determine happiness on a scale of one to 10 i write myself an 8 and thats only because there are some things that we all have to endure like illness and. Given that you didnt. So happiness does have its limits theres also no guidebook to follow on becoming happy not even here in the land of happiness in bhutan. Helping others is another way to boost your happiness levels in this weeks global ideas we meet a young entrepreneur from south africa doing exactly that his aim is to revolutionize the countrys overstretched housing situation in the townships of johannesburg where he grew up poverty is a big problem coupled with an acute shortage of places for people to live. I the township of soweto lies just south of johannesburg formerly a home to miners the region now has around 4000000 residents no one knows the exact number. Most live in corrugated sheet metal shocks and thats just what young entrepreneur london wants to change he wants to have lots of brick houses built 50000 homes in needed in the johannesburg metropolitan area. So most of them to prefer to live in the thousands because its cheaper to live there when youre ready. To move forward. So this creates an opportunity for us to actually create a. World where. In the. Order of the. Many South Africans could never afford to buy a home of their own so they rent shacks in other peoples backyards all crammed together side by side. Is a selftaught bricklayer while building an outbuilding in the backyard of his parents home he got an idea to replace corrugated metal shacks with brick houses his customers other people who own the land they pay for the building in monthly installments using the rent they receive from the tenants while the. Tenants themselves get to live in a better home plus the whole thing is more environmentally friendly as the houses are made of special bricks so theyre more like almost like theyre walking so because. Youre sure youre. Going to cut your burden caused by abdul to prevent. Unsecured unfairness to live out your sort of birth of the rich. Youre only you the. Have to put a roof. Plan lets you know makes his bricks of construction waste so he doesnt need to use sand that also means the bricks dont have to be fired in a kiln which saves on energy because the Building Blocks are interlocking the pressure of their own weight is sufficient to make the wall strong unstable its an unusual way to build but its less of a burden on the environment than traditional masonry. So if youre not using. The mental. Break as president to tell them that you only use the mentor who. Saw having to have a pile and this is kind of like. People because they can touch and feel and its now more convincing than even into the knitting that. This man was also interested and happy to learn more so than the c. B. S. Is among the 1st tenants to move into one of the brick houses the 35 year old comic onic has been living in a backyard for 6 years until recently in a metal shock but not anymore now he has a proper home he used to pay about 35. 00 euros a month now he pays 40 he thinks its worth it. Actually very very very p. P. Course if youre staying in the last thing in that whole say the. Place to be like is a human being actually staying in there for me so you feel confident when everything. Building rubble is a major environmental problem in the impoverished districts of johannesburg Many Companies just dump their waste in the townships to avoid paying disposal fees nandu similar c. B. S. Knows this all too well and every day dozens of trucks come to her neighborhood to illegally dump building waste for more prosperous areas this bothered her a lot until it inspired her to become an entrepreneur now shes founded a startup that process is waste. So because a lot of people do it ways to move a ways in their college but then we take responsibility with the least and the they had visited roads with their waste we compost it we also send it distribute it to organization that make you Service Organizations like plan little House Building company that you startups plan to work together. To know who could use the plentiful building rubble for his environmentally friendly bricks. Now the 2 are working on ways to crush the waste and transported to the construction sites they hope to get started soon. Though we are working out how we can actually need. And use the rubble as raw material for making bricks with. And then it can be actually more profitable on the side and they actually help hire more people because then you need people who are going to make bricks and people are going to separate their waste and crush. More than 3000000 public east. Subsidized homes have been built in south africa in the past 25 years even so the government has failed to meet the need for a new housing plan little over says that many who came to johannesburg hoping for a better life are now living in worse housing them before theyre exactly the people he wants to help and not just by building new homes for them he has many more ideas for the future. With. Most of them over plans to actually. Live here. Are all sort of so we can replace all the. Skills and also planning them to build their own houses. Moving to another one being there in the room of all that is the stuff of the future right now each building is a major financial risk for london and his start up hes only been able to complete 3 homes with environmentally friendly products so far 3 more are under construction but hes been inundated with requests for more 6. Youll find more Inspiring Stories on women our Facebook Page there you can learn about women determined to make a real difference and change the status quo d. W. Women gives a voice to the women of our world. This weekend global living rooms we visit a family in columbia. Roy and have him by name hello welcome my name is lose mary and this is my home please come in that seat if they need this is our living room and this is our motorbike. That would think with that standing here because we dont have a garage. I will call them in ballin the motorbike is really important for our family because its our main mode of transport. We also use it to transport things to other villages and. Look here are a few photos of toes and the painting and our beloved virgin of guadalupe. Loaded and her figure stands in the living room because our lady is part of our belief but then when its very important to us we believe that she protects our home and helps to ensure that everything remains her money and. That. But i get thought that not. Saying dont follow me. Here is the area where we watch t. V. And relax yawn. Eat anymore and here is the hub of our home the kitchen. And our moon yummy valerian we drink it and tea form its about to boil the herb spawns have a very calming effect weve. Got the name on that and this is our bedroom. Here. But lets go outside now. This is the most important and also the nicest part of our home because its refreshing out here. We sit down here and chat. And eat here and we enjoy the fresh air and being surrounded by trees i mean. Born as. We hang out the washing here because this storm. Good asset for thanks for the listen i i hope you liked our home come again at any time youre always welcome what about how the air he put on with a bottle but i thought. Next week we head to a village in the state of chiapas in mexico where the knowledge about traditional methods of growing and preparing food is allegedly being lost now though thats about to change. 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