Only in a material 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 world. 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 i read sky. Approaching 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 bellaver this is especially large. Billow says so were a big program for science earned so you will just cost more and. Do a few zips and now we build and go a station. India has also sent a large team. Members will be making their way to the countries to Antarctic Research stations. To study is there build up on together what we. Are studying so it does not amount off we do so on a commission of the all the dirt but we will be adding that what is the condition of the ice about example and this is the glacier. Nearly all of antarctica if covered in our youth. Need 5 the length coat comes from russia he worked at the nobel last i read k. S. Station close to the airport. Hes a veteran researcher like most of the russians here he started working in the polar regions during the soviet era. My. Daughter. Was 8 months 1st time. Having been observing the environment for many years the researchers have been able to monitor the changes taking place. Change. One subject of interest involves lunar observations its well known that the moons gravity affects ocean tides but its effect on weather has not yet been well explained. The russian Team Cooperation with the says small adjusts of the german my of research station. 700 kilometers away. A few visitors come here the noise mile station is after all in a very remote location. Youll safina struck a man and his quad a study the earths Magnetic Field and measure the strength of our earth quakes. 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 thats why there are actually too few stations to collect data. 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 he also concerned that the untouched southern continent could fall victim to economic exploitation. Its hard to say what will happen and how things will develop especially if some areas become ice free and amazing Raw Materials are nursed. 4 years ago the antarctic treaty was agreed to and extended it but. I see that as a good sign that it will continue to go in this direction. Just as in does that we still why dont you. Go 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. There are 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 but. One big draw for research is that noise is the emperor penguins and the scientists want to examine the animals breeding behavior in order to predict possible threats caused by climate change. International researchers share their results with each other. 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 it does in foods and in can 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 say some logs of money but there are other important factors stable relationships good Health Educational qualifications and a joke that matches ones skills gap in a sixpence have long been interested in where the happiest people live the un swelled happiness report sees norway and denmark rating high and finland topping the list for the 2nd year running. Through town meanwhile features further down but the small nation in the eastern himalayas has its own very special relationship with happiness. Pretty. Good. This is a master class in navigation theres no autopilot no radar just pure flying skill if you mean by those its an ability to very narrowly. You do not have much more fluid. In the bellies going to get the fish turning them into its c. E. O. Like you rather live in the william. The more nash the good. How they do believe. The pilot tells us that it. Its 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. This exact thing and it will be. There for you but i missed. The. Turn 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. In the gears what we also see is we have to ensure that. Development. Does that the. British and if the horsy cause this. 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 b. Trans land must be forested be termed 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 go are all different people are you happy. If you need ok. We have. To sort of do you consider yourself. Very 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. We could have 2 rights harvests a year but theres no need once enough we just dont need more were happy with that. They allow the most. Capitalists would despair here maximizing profit is a foreign concept so is stress indeed the country has its own rhythm when protege announces that dinner is ready. Many come 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. 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 sponsors 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. Where the young people are happy and whether they will stay will decide the countrys future. Buddhism is still powerful but is this believe in the close relationship we have with the universe and astrology. To the modern that 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 care 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 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 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 prefer to leave because its cheaper to live there when youre ready. To move forward. So this creates an opportunity for us to actually create. In. Order 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 brick layer 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 wrench 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 you. Cut your bridge in cost by up to 30 percent you can use unsecured fairness to live with this brick. Youre going to youre the one. To. Have to put a roof. Plan lets you know makes his bricks construction waste so he doesnt need to use sound that also means the brakes 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 but since were not using. The mental. Really comes to bricks and specially when you tell them that you only use them and. So having to have a pile this is kind of like. People because they can touch and feel and its now more convincing than what im so interested in the thing with. 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 comic 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 this thing and that will shake the. Place to be a human being actually. You feel more 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. 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 the 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 have been educated roads the waste we composted we also send it distribute it to organisation that make you Service Organizations flight landed to levels House Building company yet you start ups 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 saying. Though we are working out how we can. Collaborate and use the rubble as raw material for making bricks with. And then it can be actually more profitable or more beside and actually help hire more people because then you need people going to make bricks and people going to separate their waste encrusted with. More than 3000000 publicly. Subsidize 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. But. Most of the most. Primitive people that live here. Are all sort of so we can replace all the. Skills and also training them to prove their own houses. Which one are moving to another one being the root 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 t. W. 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 week in 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 and. See if they need this is our living room and this is our motorbike. Standing here because we dont have a garage. Is our goal for that many battles in 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 we didnt look here are a few photos in the painting and our beloved virgin of guadalupe. And her figure stands in the living room because our lady is part of our belief but then thats very important to us you also we believe that she protects our home and helps to ensure that everything remains her money and. That i do a lot but i get there with another morning. Saying dont follow me. Heres the area where we watch t. V. And relax yawn. Eat anymore and here is the hub of our home the kitchen. I am yummy valerian we drink it and tea form its about to boil the herb spawns have a very calming effect we. 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. Plans full. Born as. We hang out the washing here because this. Last year for thanks for the listen i i hope you liked our home come again at any time youre always welcome what that have yeah. But im with a bottle that i throw. Next week were in rwanda where heavy rain is destroying harvests more and more often resulting in frequent Food Shortages in villages now farmers are learning new methods of growing crops to make their fields less farmer bolger the elements. 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