was, there are 10 million ironing carts in india. right. that s just india. i mean, there are others in other countries, but india have got 10 million, all charcoal fired. so huge polluters, massive co2 emissions all day long, and she has come up with this genius idea to turn it solar powered. |the story started when i was 12 years old and i wasjust coming back home from schooll and i noticed the ironing vendors in my street using charcoal. - i knew there was somethingj wrong about it, so i did a bit of research and i figured out that charcoal causes air - pollution, respiratory. diseases, and all of this is linked to climate change. in 2019, with a lot of homework, as well as the attention and support of india s national innovation foundation. she strikes me as somebody who does not have to be nagged to do her homework. no, i think she s quite diligent, definitely.
priority, particularly in london, because in cities you can t see this poisonous, toxic air. and so what he is trying to do is come up with bold, innovative ideas to crack it. one of the ideas is from a 14 year old who wants to replace charcoal fired ironing carts with solar powered carts. is this sort of replicable in a city like london, something along those lines? well, it has to be, because one of the challenges we have is to make sure that those of us in the global north who has of us in the global north who have benefited over the last 200 years can help those in the global south, and what the prince is trying to do is each year give those with great ideas the funding to scale them up, and it s really exciting. this is about more than just funding, though. it s also about raising
benefit future generations because of the sustainability of it. it is not robbing fishermen of their livelihoods. it is increasing their livelihoods and increasing the reliability of those future generations being able to fish in the same places for years and years. it is reallyjust trying to get across that positivity of what these solutions can bring. right now, this is the episode about air pollution and for me, i think this is the a star is born moment. yeah. this is venetia, who is 16 years old, lives in india and she has come up with a really cool invention. actually, before we watch it, because i didn t understand this until i saw this. yeah. ..what is an ironing cart? so, good question. i think, and this is the point is that many things happen around the world that we maybe don t understand. and in india, they have ironing carts. so effectively, it is like a street vendor. so you take your ironing out, your washing out, and it gets ironed while you wait. genius idea. and she s
you know, it is getting across this idea that these protected areas will benefit future generations because of the sustainability of it. it is not robbing fishermen of their livelihoods. it is increasing their livelihoods and increasing the reliability of those future generations being able to fish in the same places for years and years. it is reallyjust trying to get across that positivity of what these solutions can bring. right now, this is the episode about air pollution and for me, i think this is the a star is born moment. yeah. this is venetia, who is 16 years old, lives in india and she has come up with a really cool invention. actually, before we watch it, because i didn t understand this until i saw this. yeah. ..what is an ironing cart? so, good question. i think, and this is the point is that many things happen around the world that we maybe don t understand. and in india, they have ironing carts. so effectively, it is like a street vendor. so you take your ironing out, you
genius idea. and she s got mobile phone adapters there so people can do calls and work whilst they are having their clothes ironed. the thing i did not appreciate was, there are 10 million ironing carts in india. right. that s just india. i mean, there are others in other countries, but india have got 10 million, all charcoal fired. so huge polluters, massive co2 emissions all day long, and she has come up with this genius idea to turn it solar powered. the story started when i was 12 - years old and i wasjust coming back home from school and i noticed the ironing vendors in my- street using charcoal. i knew there was something wrong about it, so i did a bit of research. and i figured out that charcoal causes air pollution, - respiratory diseases, i and all of this is linked to climate change. in 2019, with a lot of homework, as well as the attention and support of india s national innovation foundation. she strikes me as somebody who does not have to be nagged to do her homework. no,