Can do to help protect our planet this week will introduce you to the people and projects while making this happen hello welcome to equal india. Coming to you from my neighborhood in mumbai now 70 percent off from moving india still depends on agriculture as the main source of livelihood for us we were all from information on best practices in farming and this brought to sub Optimal Results but the Development Organization is using the fall wolf because knowledge to empower was Small Farmers in bihar and help lift them out of the. Indian youre looking from family to further make up its an unusual carrier jump. On me. His latest film focuses on how to predict eggplant crops from paris. You have a very healthy plan for using nimoy every 7 to 10 days to keep bests away many of. Whom are began to see that film could be a great tool for spreading information in his Community Farmers in bihar in northeast india have struggled to cope but changing conditions as a result of Climate Change kumar felt there was a lack of information generally on how to deal with crop diseases and where the fluctuation is youve got. To do. These are might be might very easy. To live with you because. You have to keep a close watch. You can recognise 2 years ago. I was trained by Digital Dream funded by the bill and Melinda Gates foundation and us aid among others if uses information and Communication Technology to increase the productivity of smallholder farmers at that building of information was disseminated to the community through the chart paper put of the plaques and through those some other men will. Then their. Attention came into existence so then we have started with this so that and with the purpose of that like it will be it in the information delivery longtime at the community saw the farmer sort any other business that is can memorize the information that he misses is delivered a long time and they can adopt they can use that technology for a longer time. The global Development Organization focuses on small and marginal farmers who own less than 2 hectares of land and who account for around 86 percent of all farmers across india many of them grapple with serial poverty and in less than 4 euros a day digital green is supported by a state run organization known as. The Training Program is aimed at helping. I mean this is the problem in the past was that if your farm was infested the best you had to 1st to spend money on tackling the best would invariably destroy your crops that again was an additional loss but if youre just planted up your field and there was on time your rate i would have lost money once again not that all these expenses are farmers are easily earning 25 to 30 percent more than a bit of him going to benefit. Thats an estimate but kamar believes his work is having an impact because based around 1500. 00 rupees just under 18 year olds for his work he gets extra for each film showing for spreading the word. The 35 year old is responsible for the content of each bill. He works together with the digital green team to develop story boards and set up screenings in the villages. Today after Community Meeting local women have gathered to learn about a new crop disease. According to oxfam in their figures 85 percent of rural women in india work in agriculture and so they make up the majority of the digital green audience. The economic crap in my field is infested with pests and im unable to get a good price for it in the market is there a way to save our crops from these pests and actually that. We recommend the use of crabs for this drug. That has a teacher with a cracked and when they come close they get. Screenings followed by. Discussion this discussion amongst fellow farmers is helpful in many ways it gives people the reassurance that if a certain brokers has been successful at a particular place it is likely to work here as well it builds confidence in people yvonne farm implements a practice of the stand before all this helps in creating better practices. So far digital green has produced over 5000 videos viewed by millions of people across pardons of villages in india and is not the only one spreading the information. That d. M. Hopes that by treating more people like him other farmers will have the chance to adapt to the climate changing conditions to. Now we all know that we used as a big problem for our planet globally we produce around 2000000000 metric tons of municipal solid waste every year its an issue in india too but the good news is that Solutions Big and small are being implemented to tackle it head on we caught up with an Environmental Organization in delhi which is working on different ways of reducing waste. Mountains of trash are among new delhis biggest problems. Half the city ends up in landfills like this one in east delhi. As they bake in the north Indian Sun Hughes entered the docks and seep into the ground. But. Only around a quarter of an india as we asked is formally process. For a large part of the rubbish thats left indias Informal Sector of waste because step. One such community lives in south delhi where they collect trash and preserve things that they can use resell. They get little recognition from the government but they form an integral part of the citys Waste Management system. Only have a. Little boy whos going to collect it if not us who dont take no responsibility for their own waste especially not the people who live in big houses if we didnt collect it it would pile up in the street and stink so badly no one would want to go out signed if we stopped collecting it for 2 days everything wrong. Its estimated there are between one and a half and 4000000 waste because in india. They live on the margins of society with almost no access to education basic sanitation then if its. Nearby environmentalists then lyndall runs an Organization Called switch. A few years into being a nonprofit joggled the idea to collect some of the abundant garbage in delhi and up cycle it ill give it a 2nd life with higher value. This commercial arm of switch is called green the map. Trash keeping has no life or no future and thats what we know happens reach of books on right now upside can be used for a lot of things that we actually up cycle for example a lot of tire in india is actually born by you know. Thats where we actually meet interesting wallets out of our those tires and to top out its been congesting our landfills for a long long time plastic similarly so we can be actually bring in Innovation Design and utility and and make some interesting products. Delos from green the map. And more now i recently. New delhi. Today they are visiting southern a 2nd hand market to buy materials for an order they received. At this market you can get anything you may have no matter what it is everything you need to make a bag from in a tire tubes for example like fittings buckles zippers thread you can get everything here. Moved to delhi after school when he couldnt find a reason to stay in his village in bihar. His uncle had found a job and bring them up and brought ali in to spare him the harsh life of a typical migrant which normally means menial labor and. Green the mop employs mostly migrants like ali to work with with to give them a 2nd chance at a good life. Lots of boys from my village have ended up working in factories or on construction sites where they have to carry around the cement used to build high rises. Their jobs are a lot more back breaking my work is great. Im proud that im helping to reduce garbage making something useful from it instead of throwing it away i got of. My. Proceeds from green them up going to switch us environmental projects planting trees to clean the air and advocating for green policies. Job believes so then the onus argument relies on the government really produces almost 10000. 00 metric tons of garbage. In 10000 metric tons of garbage. Its also not my responsibility or our responsibility or Community Response we. Manage our beats to the states responsibility so its very very important to really not pick up the aspects of governance from various management governance is the job offer government im going to hold them responsible for about. The landfill in delhi we go higher than the. Inspiring people to rethink the concept of garbage is a good 1st step to keep india from sinking beneath its own waste. Or drill a lawn mower or a big suitcase but thats things you need every now and again so if you buy a new one even though you might only ever use it once platforms designed to allow people to share with their neighbors are becoming the trend in cities like they are not only economically practical but also beneficial for the environment. Unpledged weve been crafter has clearly done this many times before hes putting together his bike trailer slip. You can lend it to a neighbor for free of course thats nothing out of the ordinary for him he regularly lends out his belongings. Or. Garden equipment tools a childs mattress firstly friends. Neighbors these things so. They wont have to buy them. I dont see this as being anti consumerist its about sustainability these things are used so rarely if you use something a lot then buying something makes increasing sense and. The 2 men got to know each other by and my neighborhood platform more than 1600000 users are connected to People Living in their city maybe. People use it to lend and borrow stuff to swap information or to offer help. We have over 50000. 00 entries linked to lending and borrowing and the range of items is huge from a grill to a car seat to a bike trailer. To handle so many different things. When and. Also offer Services English tutoring guitar lessons all these things and more are exchanged. At the start of the set up in berlin in 2015 the portal is free of charge for users the Company Funds itself by a donations and small ads placed by companies in their respective neighborhoods. Even some local authorities use the platform to communicate with residents in a particular area. People have range of Different Reasons for using the platform. People increasingly live in smaller apartments they dont want to gather too much clutter and many people simply want to give Something Back to their community we believe that if you give it makes them very happy. And it strengthen social bonds when we borrow something from someone we come into closer contact with those we live right next door to. Me in the media to me. By contrast young never meets any of his customers. He offers high quality tools for one euro 50 an hour you can preserve them by an app. Tool bot is built around the classic Business Model of the sharing economy where companies and money by renting items out for a particular period of time. Such as money used to play a role held big your Record Collection was and you need to go own card to get anywhere and if you had a lot of books in your shelves you possessed a lot of knowledge today we have with the pedia carsharing theres next flix and spotify what you have isnt important anymore its having access to things thats crucial and thats why the status of the role of belongings is different today. Anya shunts is one of his customers shes a dancer who travels around the world in much for her work for small household tasks she borrows what she needs from tool bought an electric drill in this instance even though she could buy one if she wanted she managed to borrow use and return the tool in an hour. When youre 50 is a lot less than the president and i can always come here and borrow it again. That means i can get it as often as i needed he. Is launching a crowd Investment Campaign to help him grow his business he believes his model could also work with other items and on an international basis. We have limited budgets and the amount of c o 2 we emit is limited to if we won people in emerging and developing economies to enjoy the prosperity that they deserve then we have to achieve this prosperity in a 0 carbon and eco friendly manner. The Consultancy Company you see believes that sharing economy revenues will have grown to 335000000000. 00 by 2025. Forecast that predates the coronavirus pandemic. Despite social distancing the lock down actually. And his neighbors closer together in many ways they redecorated the apartment of a neighbor who was killed and helped out with odd jobs all that for free. But almost 20000 species of bees in the world but best decides and predators have the numbers to bring for many years now in germany theres a growing community of people who are doing their best to keep the ball of meta alive and bossy. And. The morning more dead bees can be found lying in front of these hives the pride and joy of amateur beekeeper foot. Where to be hes normally live for 6 weeks but his are falling victim to a parasite brought into europe from asia. You have. Their pharaoh mites destroy the bees nervous system to a point where they lose their sense of orientation that means theyre unable to carry out their tasks anymore but even lose their ability to fly thats why the viral mind is a very very dangerous to be. Its one of around 100000 amateur beekeepers in germany he and his wife took up the hobby 5 years ago in berlin. The number of black people has has risen in recent years and in lots of german cities including the capital there are many different b. Colonies living within an area of only a few square kilometers. That makes for a certain density but not be as they are now are able to cope. With the problem and. To make sure the bees do cope the amateur a. P. Arrests are helped by a veterinarian at berlins free university. Dr benedict pilot check gives regular courses on amateur beekeeping. Plywood he also instructs must be key i was at the university here. You didnt learn all about the different types of be there are more than 560 species in germany alone most of them are wild. Wild and solitary bees spend their lives alone they dont live in colonies so theyre exposed to different dangerous. The whole being the hot money reserve the infamous parasite the burrow might not solitary be. Instead solitary be. I have the problem of nesting sites monocultures dont provide listing sites we really need more smaller fields and we need chemical free fields. Studies from europe and the us show that monocultures and pesticides are the main threats to be survival. With not a single chemical in tow biologist killed in the herd plants and the rate of native flowers in residential areas in. The project is funded by germanys environment ministry. Wild bees only feed on certain flowers the more diverse the garden the more bees that can thrive here. We dont have enough spaces for flowers in the countryside and in cities that we have to help them out its not about honeybees vs wild its equally bad for all insects. Without bees nature is missing one of its most vital pollinators they are responsible for the propagation of hundreds of thousands of plants. Hoping to encourage more people in the countryside and the cities to get plants. Burning dried leaves is a common practice in many parts of india its easier and cheaper than disposing them as waste but the smoke released on burning is not only bad for our health but also affects the involvement we live in a. Our next report from before the lockdown shows how poorly the rest of it is doing her bit to put an end to this practice in her city. It is the dry season in india away from the monsoon rains which give new life. Dried fallen leaves are everywhere you look. This is on a mission to end this practice she decided that she no longer wanted to bun leaves on her property. As a lion need fill up one day while that was my 1st question and then i realized none dating be by not money is not selfish and we have. The alternative was a simple idea. An idea consult and by profession such a brown leaf. Its a connex people who have drive those who need dried leaves like i would gardens them and use the resulting mixture as a soil. Started using brown leaf after she read about it in the local newspaper and agricultural scientists but one of them awarded using standard oil which often needs to be transported from its place of origin and used in a step. I was ready. To deduce. Through the brits. Do this work is completely voluntary she receives no outside funding in the right conditions dried leaves the compose the can be mixed with other by waste and then as fertilizer for new plants the. Benefits from the book she does. Increase it. When a city generates 2100 tons of beast every people then what they want to collect this with and transport it for 70 kilometers to the landfill is a big downside we are unable to make more than one trip because of the traffic these days. But he does not have a night at the idea that that he looks good souray and then we are there are some in that community who need the space and if you could make them to those who have it thats whats truly marvelous and thats the board and he will just have people who know where you are so the large miles has been up one of our team by him. With what she has learned from brown League Builder also started. Which translates to living there. As part of the initiative she brings together the citizens of over the weekend to clean the move whatever the surface of brick discovered with water hyacinth a week which could destroy the marine ecosystem if left unchecked oh it is a closed system so there is no concept of always so what there boy you should make it is going to remain here for a while and so we have to begin forward weve pulled even though the what. A dedicated and one mentalist sees herself as the catalyst for clean green and believes that brown leaves and not only the big. I hope you enjoyed to this show and had many takeaways from it each one of us has a role to play and how habitable our planet is and what we leave behind for the generations that will follow ill leave you with that part and see you next week until then good bye. The bigger the lie the longer you know. The way its not some simple fact is we should be humans lie about 80 times a day. From our gut and theyre not the only one. The troops come out. In 15 minutes on d w. Were all set. To go beyond the obvious. Were. As we take on the world. Were all about the stories that matter to you. Something. Good what ever it takes people are running out let me come up. Missing you cut it out w. Made for mines. This is some dope story a stubborn rice farmer from thailand. Is problem. Is crito no chemicals. His wife thought it was crazy. And i bought ducks. And his plan was. To step in. Step out. Of the. Tests stand a chance. The price of slicing the 1st free. The finest egg production to top it off. 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