World, fresh water is in short supply. What for solution in lebanon to Water Supplies a dwindling but women stepping in and planting the else. An unforgettable image, a column of smoke rises over the harbour of lebanons capital bay roots. 2750. 00 tons of Ammonium Nitrate fertilizer exploded. Here on the 4th of august 2020, devastating swathes of the city. 200 people died and there was an estimated 13000000000 euros in damages, too much for crisis rock to lebanon. Yet once upon a time, the country was booming, bay route was a cosmopolitan and sophisticated city. But then in 1975 civil war broke out. Political and religious groups battled supremacy tearing the country apart. The war only ended in 1990 to day, much of the population lives in poverty. The infrastructure has largely collapsed, including waste collection. The local currency has lost 90 percent of its value. Many struggle to afford the very basics, food and heating and gas. And its really tough for the many refugees here too. But there are some projects offering hope it looks like a game, and it really is childs place since every throw is the goal. The small brown balls that these women are throwing into the big har valley are so called seed bombs. The bulls contain plant thieves. An outer layer of clay, protects them from birds and road. And when it rains, the bulls soak up water and then the plants grow all by themselves. The fatal plateau of the because valley used to be famous for its largest cedar forests. A cedar tree even ended up on the countrys flag. However, growing settlements and uncontrolled deforestation have meant that there is hardly anything left of the original forests explains a coordinator from the aid organizations or lum. L. A. D. C. And ive had a collateral fellow. We never used to think about the importance of trees about hampton. We might sit under a tree in the shade, but we never asked ourselves where did it come from . An aside, we planted it, i had a hand on the other day, and it was only 3 this project, and we realized how much effort it is to re green a country hall. I ran lower it off led to the bay re forester lebanon is just one goal of salam. The work here is also supposed to bring people together who otherwise have little to do with each other, says, but to ebara him who fled from her syrian homeland to neighboring lebanon 10 years ago. About the bins and the women her all work wonderfully together. And yet whether they come from syria, palestine, or lebanon, about horn, we originally met through the project. But now were all like sisters in the home button instead alone, we laugh together. We tell jokes, it makes the work easier then. And then the said, some of the women live in informal settlements. Others have a solid roof over their heads, like between abraham from syria. Nevertheless, she says, live in lebanon is not easy for her. Her husband is unemployed, and her daughter regularly needs expensive medication. Without the 8th us dollars she receives for each days work, the family would have no income. His in nor has sydel, and my little project is more than just a job but brings and money her mother has had that i had father. I wouldnt know that it lets me do something good for nature and the environment he did be, or im fear that bobby i and i now live in lebanon. Its become my new home that the, that and none of none who are what any i want to serve this home, harry about, and i the feel for that, the north, any, or even if its only a small contribution middlefield believe, ah, lebanon was once called the switzerland of the middle east because of its well. In the meantime, however, almost 80 percent of its nearly 7000000 inhabitants live in poverty. Ah, the situation is particularly dire for the more than one point. 5000000 refugees, most of whom come from syria. Their high number has led to mounting social tensions in the country. Ah, says annette unclear has experienced it herself. She fee, its her family of 5. 00 with the money from the reforestation project. Shes lebanese, but her husband is palestinian. Their children are therefore considered foreigners via Anthony Annabel admin, and are there so much discrimination in our country here . Theyre so hon. Even my children phillips and laughable because of that palestinian father. Theyre not allowed to go to the local school issue. Mcnelty. I wish my children could grow up like any normal lebanese child on, and instead theyre excluded from many things. And my husband isnt allowed to take certain jobs in just because hes palestinian or nationality does not play any role in the trees for lebanon initiative. The only condition for participants is that they do not have another means of income. Because the project especially wants to help those most in need. To day the women are making seed bombs for wild time and sisters. In addition to reforestation, the product also wants to plant crops that can later be harvested. After sifting the soil, the women add the clay that will later form the hard outer layer of the seed bowls. When both are mixed, the seeds go in. Everything is then mixed with water and needed. Its a sociable process. The group then sits together and shapes the individual seat balls. Ah. When the balls are finished, they need to dry in the sun for at least a day. And then theyre ready and new life can be created from them in an im bazaar, so im ready for arresting lebanon. Its amazing objectively. My children will thank me, though benefit from it also to henry and even when none of us are here any more, ive done something good for the future of our world here. And im sure of ya. For to day the women had finished their work. The projects aim is to release a total of 600000. 00 seed films. By the time the reforestation project ends in august next year, it would go a long way towards bringing back the countrys famous trees. Drinking washing, cooking Industrial Production farming without water. We humans are lost yet, according to the un, as many as 2300000000 people live in areas docked by water shortages. Thats around 30 percent of the global population. By mid century, our planet could well have a population of 10000000000, with an accompanying rise in the demand for water. But Water Supplies are already dwindling. Many natural reservoirs are already over used or have been contaminated with sewage. Where on the brink of a global water crisis, could our oceans offer a solution . Kate down was the 1st major city to risk running out of water. But its not going to be the last jakarta, london. They jing tokyo could all face their own day 0 in the coming decades. Most of the water, at least food form unclear, are experiencing some will to stress or well discuss street, the gap between demand and supply your water is narrowing down. But how can that be . Our blue planet is a wash with water. More than 1000000000 trillion leaders to be precise. The problem is that 97 percent of the earths water is salty and most of the fresh water is frozen in ice caps. Less than one percent of the earths water is drinkable that makes one solution, especially promising salvation. We sell a nation, these hallucination desalination seems like a pretty straightforward solution. You take that undrinkable, salt water, remove the salt, and end up with an unlimited supply of fresh water. And so why are we not building more desalination plants . Me . Thermal desalination uses heat. Sauce boiling point is a lot higher than waters. So if you boil salt water, only fresh water will evaporate, leaving all the salt behind membrane desalination uses pressure, salt water here, colored and red for clarity is pressed through a membrane that is only partially permeable, fresh water can pass through here, colored and blue, but the salt is trapped on the other side. The technology didnt improve much until the 19th century when industrialization and population growth encouraged more research. Population growth is the main driver for our increase in water scapes. And soon another factor could make desalination even more crucial. Global warming. As the climate warms, more water will evaporate, and as aristotle noticed more vapor equals, more clouds equals more rain. But that rain wont call evenly. This map shows how precipitation will change as the climate heat up. Regions in purple will get more rain, those in orange less now compare it with this other map. These red dots indicate areas that are already experiencing water scarcity today. Dry areas like hal fornia and the middle east will have even less rainfall. Other countries, like india, will have more rain in the monsoon season, but less in the dry season when people need it most. This will make desalination even more popular. With boiling, billions of leaders of water takes a lot of energy release. D, availability of, of oil. And especially fossil fuse makes the thermal process is cheaper. But for other types it could be, i think, 25 or 30 times more expensive. But that energy doesnt have to come from fossil fuels. A start up in berlin has a sustainable alternative. The water comes from the ball for the system. And after that is gone through the booster bomb with 14 by the water right through the membrane. And he is in is water, a green energy . Thats the key to the company success. This is one of their plants can, kenya the solar panels, keep the cost of water low in villages like this, where electricity is not available. I get the water for free. We get the electricity from the solar and wind for free, so we can now produce 1000 meter for 0. 50. This price is actually comparative to clean water from the river or from the ball. But theres another problem. What do you do with this water . Thats left behind. So we thought of this, so look out of the water to produce fresh water. But now the salt is still contained within no substance. But its just a smaller volume. So its mo sophie, ah, this water is called brine at the be over let what we produce more brine than we produce nice adding it. You feel your pipe with this coming out of the discipline. Your discharging on the sideline, wooten in and as it flows out it will sink because its more dense. Salenti and the temperature can also deplete the oxygen available. And this is whats causing actually the organisms more damage, just a lack of oxygen that basically Southgate Bryan can also contain chemicals harmful to see life. But what if this waste could become a resource . Tomatoes, seaweed, and certain fish can tolerate high salinity. Morial light uses brian to cultivate them in tubs like this at the moment, or the technologies ought to wait about a fire or brine management. But those are on a very small scale. The challenge is that all we can transform those that small scale technologies into a large scale operation. Desalination is not a magic formula. The process must become more efficient before low Income Countries can afford it. Desalination plans must convert from fossil fuels to renewable energy, to limit emissions. And the whole Industry Needs to come up with a plan to deal with this bry. What facilities like this are already a lifeline for many communities. Movie today in cape town is doing a lot better and the dam is full. And the city was rushing to build desalination plants to avoid daisy row. But the solution wasnt desalination or any other technology. People became water wise, they radically changed their water use and they valued water for the essential an irreplaceable substance that it is and will stay with the topic of water shortages. Climate change is causing drought in many countries like tanzania, but in the region of russia are reported to carry yuki witnessed something extraordinary. Here in anger. Rocca, a village in northern tanzania. Hardly anyone has a tv. Thats why linda min limbo brings her small mobile cinema with her mood. She was here a few months ago on behalf of the lead foundation, anthony in conservation organization. Im on another group. How did you, are you . What, let me grab a spell. I want to show a film about see how here today im buy cuz he hi means living tree stump loyalty, me exit. We will start with announcements in the village and later on the evening we will show the found that flyer, im not you on it. Not blasting them execute but where is every one . Its still early afternoon and the villagers are in the fields. Digging in the bone dry earth holes in the earth as far as the i can see. It seems like all 7000. 00 residents are out and about whats going on there digging here because of another movie presented by linda ma limbo and the lead foundation, it was called just dig it. John mooney remembers it well as he digs a trench and fills it with grass sieve, little cumber mazin get the film taught me that you can do something about the dryness and drought of recent years, or like a deal or dial, or we can till the land is and create water basins via my gonna, which we fill with seeds to help the fields recover. But in while my letter wasnt in recent years, fields here have continued to fall victim to desert vacation. The persistent drought is a consequence of Climate Change with it. Can anyone really fight back on that on that about whether its 5 pm and Linda Malone Bos colleague that makes an announcement that the Film Screening is taking place that evening . No, no, no, we dont want another one. You know . Its a Welcome Change for the villagers. They only get to see a film every few months. The children are excited to see whats coming. One 0, one. Yes. Now the final touches linda ma limbo has been doing this for 3 years. 3 years in em enough when the film explains how to protect your land from drought, africa. People have cut down their trees many times. In recent years. The land became barren and the Harvest Hills got worse lighted off. Now we want to show people how to reclaim that moisture so that their yields increasing and they have enough pasture to feed their families even while i shall. Hm. Its fine. The show time it starts with j monte, a very popular comedian in tons and here. Why hes riding a bicycle through the fields is a mystery. Whats more important is what he hears. Philip. Why, why, why were talking about any new mama, im not kidding you. You when i got, i mean to niggle good talk i got my i see from bonnie up ne, in italy mans and humans, a re not owned on a known him. Took another. Got, im not a back up. I mean, we can any, im back in one and yet i, every one in anger will go once rain and the film as well. Received people here become familiar with drought over the past few years. What it means to be thirsty all day long. The film showed the villagers that small shrubs or tree stumps can grow into large trees. If given a chance, 1st viable plants are selected. Next there prove to that only the strongest shoots remain than the trees must be marked for every one to see. And importantly, the plants must be protected from hungry cattle. According to the campaign, this method has managed to save over 9000000 trees in tanzania, a re greening measure of this magnitude has an impact on the local weather and can also bring rain this means the country will cool down and crop yields will improve at least in theory, in anger rica, its still a dream though the last few months have seen 30 percent less precipitation than in previous years. Which is one reason why theyre digging the rain basins, according to the campaign that were now over 200000 such basins in tanzania and kenya. And all of this just because people saw a movie. In reality, people here earned one year of 50 probation, diligent workers like dina, hosea can manage 5 a day weekend in iman for wednesday as if we make money digging now to the high end of our data. My then you grow up later when the grass is grown, folk 70 will benefit both our cattle and us because we save ourselves the trouble of carrying food to the cattle. They were my then home with us. I was able to let ruin my then one wont go with if we employ these practices, they wont help us take care of our livestock. Funny. Not to say dear bud in fool. Rainwater normally evaporates on the dry soil, but now it can collect in the basins. Miss gibbs, the water, more time to seep into the soil. And this allows vegetation to grow, not only inside the basins, but also all around them. This re Greening Program is in full swing and gaining in popularity. Strategies like this one have an impact on the Global Climate and could even help to slow down global warming. And the people of anger walker are doing their part. How did people around the world live for this weeks global living room . Sweet. Go to our mania. Ah i hello. Come on im ethic. The soon the last these are my sons was the last, the mom and my mother. Her my thickness with big tanya. My name is arnie man. Okay, im any rocky armenian. Was that just that . 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Che you have to serve di and very beautiful covers as near the more you respect, your guess, the more expensive the cup has gone, hunger northbound is in as well. I see it a 100. This is our sons title. He got it for his birthday. We call it cuts that out of he did that without the nora garcia godzilla, gillian, i said look, if you press on this bus it peasy gwinnett, i am aquarium measures. Weve had this fish tank much longer than the turtle and image done. So good luck with some new fish coming out of her meds. Well get her gabby northville, your mothers there. Mark her name. Now, if her to right now does it letting in front of the fish tank when youre angry, has a calming effect as mom am mother of the heard. I take care to knock battle that so from us at global 3000 this week, right to us at global 3000 at d, w dot com and find us on facebook to d w global ideas. See you next time. Take care. Ah, with who lebanons crisis. Ah. 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