And the netherlands to find out more. We still its in her room one of south americas more populous countries where around twenty percent of people live in poverty mostly in the countryside in many urban areas rich and poor live side by side in impoverished districts people might live in wooden huts worth around three hundred dollars while the affluent neighbors snap up mansions worth three million how does that affect a community. Here here is heavy with just most of the People Living in these shocks have no access to electricity and running water. On the other side of the mountain a well to do neighborhood with sports facilities and luxury villas. Two world separated by a ten kilometer long wall made of concrete topped with barbed wire. Around taurus lives on the poor side pump on the situation in the outskirts of the peruvian capital lima the population is increasing rapidly as more people arrive from the countryside to try their luck in the big. Fifteen. Sarah has lived here for seventeen years during that time both the wall and the contrast between the two sides have got bigger. It makes people aggressive this kind of situation shouldnt exist today its a form of discrimination a form of these could mean a steal all other people might see it differently. But for me its a clear separation of the poor on one side and the rich on the other. Runs an eastern ri in her neighborhood she offers good food at a good price something her customers appreciate. The forty nine year old earns just enough to get by she serves meals from Early Morning to evening during the day she takes time out to go shopping and sometimes even goes home for a short rest. She lives alone now she says her exhusband was violent. Rapid population growth coupled with poor quality housing and lack of services have led to many problems. If there are a lot of health risks where we live there animal feces everywhere which raises the risk of infection. Theres plenty of filth and smog here. And our neighborhood is located in a valley the air is always smoky from the garbage being burnt any wallah in this us lots of children have asthma breathing problems and i just of issues and theres never enough water. On this side of the wall the stench of burning garbage is ever present. On the other side theres a different kind of fire lifts the veil of fire places provide warmth and calm for us here in the suburb of los cuz you are an ass life is good for many of those on the rich side the wall provides peace of mind. Where you were even if its my work that makes me successful. I believe everyone who seeks success should find it we have to Work Together and give each other opportunities ok. In my opinion the wall provides protection but the door is always open so that we can be together it will be of. Several years ago he hired victor who lives on the other side of the wall as home help victor has come to terms with the divide. Well im one of the poor people. In the village and thats where i was dying. But theres no reason not to be friends with people on the other side. Its not about exclusion. I mean i wouldnt call it a wall of shame like other people do what he does people only want to hurt others see it with. Ten kilometers of barbed wire designed to keep undesirables. City officials agreed to the wall of construction at the request of wealthy residents who hope that it would keep crime actions their area. Sebastien says the bad boosting security not promoting discrimination. And over the years they were always rumors that mountain thieves were entering the neighborhood. But they werent residents of the poor neighborhood. As well for your mom or any who live there work here with us and we get along fine and i got in custody but there was some people who tried to come over to us through the slum in order to steal and its been sewing. They were the catalyst for the construction of the wall. It was built for more security for cities jocosely and would of course it would be. But for sarah the wall symbolizes in justice. A barrier separating peruvians from each other. Its a form of confinement shell never accept. Mr he said but its sad if you can see two different kinds of lives that have been deliberately separated you know that that will come up here you can see two different worlds. That he lives of the rich and the lives of the poor young. Its very sad that theres a wall like this. Made of cement built to separate people mortal a main. Growing to divide between rich and poor coupled with increasing fears over security. The old separation to neighborhoods in lima is a concrete example of both. To own a home is the desire of nearly everyone in the world but perhaps nowhere more so than in the United States having a solid job a calm and your own home thats the hamas of the American Dream around sixty four percent of americans own property a house or a flat and the Real Estate Market has been booming in the Sunshine State of florida in particular having a home close to the coast is still the ultimate goal for countless would be residents even if it means living in a town built on not so solid a foundation. Gloria russ or tate is something of a cape coral institution. She came to the Sunshine State with her family when she was only nine years old great home on the waterfront their own both are outside the front door living like millionaires though it affordable prices. The American Dream. Were selling the same dream my father was selling quality of life weve been doing it for forty three years and our Office Almost forty five mill in our office there are the Third Generation of real estate in our family and we continue to look forward to the growth in our community were only half what not even halfway done. Sun city and send a carefree life to speculators from around the world to the swamp land here. To tell. To believe but take carl is americas Fastest Growing city. A community built on shaky ground threatened by rising sea levels. No one here seems to give a hoot about the effects of Climate Change though. I dont believe that Climate Change i think its nonsense theyve been having hurricanes for years. I dont think thats really a Climate Change issue. Thats probably a good option but you know if they were. And they had to deal with the consequences. American bravado coral is a plant city that went straight from the drawing board to the waterfront its attraction Affordable Housing and low taxes housing a state for one hundred eighty seven thousand sun worshippers. The regular hurricanes the terror across the region dont put prospective buyers off despite all the warning signs construction here continues apace. Former county commissioner ray judicial is this what car looked like before the bulldozers and backhoes arrived. There limited or lack of planning where they really recognize that there is going to be some four hundred thousand residents and sunday when they need to start planning for more open space and actually provide for development and growth away from the waterways so that it doesnt put people in harm ways harms way. It all began in the fiftys when two speculators snapped up some swamp land. Uninhabitable mangrove swamps became construction sites with very little infrastructure. The advertising promised paradise on earth. Marshes and those mangroves protected the pine flatwoods and the Higher Ground behind that now. Oceans been invited all the way into the center of the city and so the sea levels going to rise throughout the city not just on the edges of it as it would be if you didnt have the canal system. But there are sustainable options like that cop ranch forty kilometers northeast of take coral in the florida hinterland its a new project following for buyers protected from floods with a more european touch including a carefully planned Downtown District everything easily accessible close to nature twenty First Century florida. And no cost spared when it comes to marketing the impressive package. In the a book it looks great you wont have to drive everywhere you can do most things on foot go to the water go shopping get an ice cream take the kids to school amazing. Places like cape coral Babcock Ranch is declared ninety percent of its land and nature reserve. It hasnt forced any of the original inhabitants out but also hasnt altered the environment leaving naturally evolve stone protections in place its the first completely solar powered us city thats an attractive selling point. Found a low still under construction house a survived the massive storm hurrican. September tenth two thousand and seven thank you to the people who are building our home we hope you and your families were out of harms way. And we will do. Thirteen twenty seventeen. Now the a vix is settling in its the first house to be finished and the future community. An architectural pearl it feels good to be in the oven god rather. Be with open minded people who are thinking forward and dont run from change but it embrace it we think thats a very very important. Factor karl gloria take insists that the construction boom is far from over. Regardless of the hurricanes that pummeled floridas coast ever more frequently and fiercely. Just living in the moment. Forgetting the future. Though some of those with a little more cash are starting to build with bricks instead of wood now. Hard limits are endless and really the opportunities here for businesses for growth for manufacturing there is plenty of land here for everyone to come and fulfill their dream a place in the sun cape coral really couldnt care less about rising sea levels and storm damage a game with high stakes. When it comes to finding a place to live theres nothing like a good dose of creative thinking something the dutch a pretty good at what about providing Affordable Housing that also benefits the Greater Community multigenerational houses have been gaining in popularity in recent years young adults living together under one roof fosters a sense of community and belonging in the netherlands theyve taken this basic concepts to the next level. The dutch town of devon on the river eisel has a population of one hundred thousand about a quarter of which are students. Is one of them Affordable Housing is rare here. Has finally found something and is moving in today shes excited to. Part of this experimental project. Hello everyone this is your new student president yeah it really. Is. These are some of her new house mates who are all between seventy and one hundred four years old. One hundred sixteen is live in this retirement home together with six students one on each floor. Because at first i thought it was a crazy idea all of my neighbors would be elderly but actually it could be really sociable im certainly in no hurry to move into Student Accommodation im sure it will be lovely living here and theyll think its actually excello. Ok. In your state this is your lekas room. So instead of paying rent she will spend thirty dollars a month caring for her old only housemates. Theres not much time to settle in though her first task starts right away helping to set the dinner table. Then your only kid gets a little lesson in tucked. Shall i open these for you so. They say they can do it themselves and of course theyre right i dont have to do it. Then as their last. Putting the right note can be tricky that might took a while to get used to things here. People live right next door to your leaker. Of a Morning Coffee people read to his wife from the newspaper. The couple met when they were teenagers. Weve been together for sixty two years. Two zero. Zero zero how many children do you have three daughters and how many grandchildren i dont know i have to count. You know how very no i dont six. Yards memory is failing she has sinus and needs more and more health. Thats why people decided they should give up their home and move in here. Just. To start. Young spends a few hours every day in a special Therapy Group for those with dementia and what we found to be just my. Ear now takes the pressure off people for a while and it lets them relax and do the crossword. He wants to chat with one of the other student residents during men think hes lived for four years now. What ive learned is that each of the one hundred sixty residents has a unique story to tell you to do they have different interests different skills and knowledge and thats what its all about what can the people here still do what they want for life so. That they have to get away from the silly idea that old people are just a burden and that looking after them costs a fortune. That will hold the secret from. Your league your soon became friends with a smile dimentia. If you want to talk about the olden days until late husband. Yeah. It gives you a totally different view of old people a way of learning from them i think thats great especially when you are still young it can affect your whole life and how you think about older people. Young and old living in harmony its easier than you might think. And now we go to thailand for our global ideas series animal feed cultivation is a populist source of income for many farmers here its about as far from organic or Sustainable Farming as he can get and in places like chiang mai province its having a devastating effect on the local environment reporter for the i know she went there to meet a man doing all he can to convince local farmers of alternatives. The major meat market is no place for the faint hearted but demand for its end product cheap meat is growing around the world. Here in thailand the surging appetite for meat has been accompanied by an increase in demand for low cost animal feed. Thats a source of concern for retta pet search and plant he leads in the negative that promotes Sustainable Agriculture in chiang mai. Im sorry im torn on this one of the biggest meat exporters in the world that course not believe that the government. Supports the cultivation of corn. But it would be better to produce food for humans. So from most cultivating this kind of corn can seem like an attractive option high demand for meat keeps feed prices stable as a result many farmers have come to rely on it for their income but growing the same crop in the same place each year sucks nutrients out of the soil fama some green has been growing corn for thought of over a decade hed actually professionally grow other crops in recent times his healed has fallen the plants rely on chemical first drives but thats pricey so much so hes run into debts. Growing corn is becoming more problematic up to now i havent had an alternative i havent been trained up to do anything else and i need to take care of my family if someone comes along and helps me to change course. And thats why rush a path through plant comes in he wants to persuade farmers to try out alternatives he travels widely to deliver his message today hes on his way to give a workshop on a Hillside Village jenny takes impossible landscapes a sign of the damaging impact corn crops can have on the soil. As demand grows more and more corn is being planted logging is against the law. Many farmers flout the regulations. When. The rainy season begins feed korma be planted here again what i want for the grass. Here what i need everything here will be open flame and. All the resulting ash functions as a fertilizer but the fires have a disastrous impact on the environment. That way you know here in the fires happening once a year have smaller plants and animals dont survive thats obvious imo it was a devastating effect on biodiversity but the worst thing is the smog that hangs in the air for days that. No matter where he goes to pat searching plans workshops so well attended. Farmers can take part for free. Imagine what this would look like if there were green forests around us. Germanys Environment Ministry provides half a Million Euros in funding to the workshops Environmental Group w w f is the projects local partner. Industrialized capitalist state that are not sustain and in our solution is involving a lot of farts a lot of where mirrors a lot of actions to be done so that if the biggest challenge to make this happen. This w w f project will run for another three years organizers are hoping to reach some two hundred households the workshops provide farmers with practical help like tips on improving area geisha and many types of current require more water than those destined for animal feed rats a path through a chain plant explains how to use natural methods to retain more moisture. This method allows us to slow down the movement of the stream. Allows the surrounding land to absorb more water. You need to inspect impacts the dams regularly headed up couldnt so this man has managed to make the transition terrorists who i know used to go feed corn but like others he ended up in debt these days he grows organic bananas. The transition was difficult especially because we had no money coming in sure in that period. But thanks to the support we got we management. It was more time to pay back our debt so im feeling competent you know. The w w f instigated project hasnt been as much of a success for everyone as its been for terrorists but still half of the workshop participants say they want to make the leap to more sustainable crops. The w w f has teamed. Some local businesses to promote the project among them they still got a restaurant in chiang mai by cutting out expensive middlemen the farms products can be delivered directly to restaurants schools and hospitals. Its a project run on ideals and its by no means certain the market for sustainable goods will emerge but change could be in the air. Look at the scar that. Everyones affected by the environmental problems we cant wait for the government we need to become more sustainable in terms of production and consumption by. Making sustainable produce irresistible to consumers recipe searching platen his team are hoping theres an appetite for it. As about the flour industrys destructive impact. Who cares about l. G. Bt writes in australia. Who cares about homeless People Living on the streets of los angeles i do you can as the super berries are destroying the rain forest are you you care about female empowerment in senegal i do or not its was followed really over society. And thats old from three thousand. But dont forget to draw a line to level three thousand you dont come over on facebook see you next week bye for now. Lol. The but. The but. Probably. Is because of my head. In the south american al qa qaa i think soft on the phone. I think thats what it takes to become an internet talent in the twenty. First. Climate change. The beast. The socalled isnt it time for good news eco and africa people and projects that are changing our lives are meant for the best its up to us to make a difference lets. Keep going. The fireman magazine. Long d. W. The dangerous battle for images. Five women. Five exceptional stories. A satire i want to look at it from until morrow blaming nothing more easy one calling more photography dramatic pictures from the frontlines capturing sleep for moments in time and even risking death. She gives her life to hear other stories of people who ended up. With war photographers starting may third on t w. All we can be the generation that ends it for good men area must start so millions can live. The fine british Prime Minister to reason may has defended her decision to launch strikes in syria so she faced questions and paula meant off to britain and joined the u. S. And france and bombing three alleged chemical weapons sites and people position m. P. s at the strikes may have been illegal the us. E. U. Foreign ministers met to thrash out their response to events in syria but the blocs Foreign Policy chief federica mo greeny said a solution seems
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