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 the beach and 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 there starting at the airport close to the russian polaris the. Station. Sky at. Antarctica from the air. On board this aircraft are scientists from 10 different countries. Will be spending the polar summer doing their research here. This year the team from bellaver is especially large. Billow says would be a program for science and sibylla just cost more and. Enjoy a few zips and now real building go station. India has also sent a large team. Members will be making their way to the countrys 2 Antarctic Research stations. To study is there. Because together what we. Are studying so does not amount to so on our commission of all the depth of field beyond that plant what is the condition of the. Example and it is heating up again. Nearly all of antarctica is covered in ice. Comes from russia he worked at the nobel last i read today a station close to the airports. Veteran researcher like most of the russians here he started working in the polar regions during the soviet era. Legal. My. My daughter. Was 8 months if you staying. Having been observing the environment for many years the researchers have been able to monitor the changes taking place. From. Change. One subject of interest involves lunar observations its well known that the moons gravity effects ocean tides but its effect on weather has not yet been well explained. The russian team cooperates with the says small adjusts of the german oil in my research station. 700 kilometers away. A few visitors come here the noir maya station is after all in a very remote location. Youll safina struck a man and study the earth Magnetic Field and measure the strength of earthquakes theyre not the only ones researchers from several other nations conduct similar work still the Scientists Say theres nowhere near enough exploration under way on antarctica. Antarctica is still a fundamentally unexplored continent thats why there are actually too few stations to collect data. On. Marcos agrees he heads the noir maya stations air chemistry observatory hes worried about the rise in the percentage of c o 2 in the antarctic atmosphere. Hes also concerned that the untouched southern continents could fall victim to economic exploitation. Just as young did 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. By hearts say here 4 years ago the antarctic treaty was agreed and extended but. I see that as a good sign that it will continue to go in this direction does this insist 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. Inspect their 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. And. 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 times under truly inhospitable conditions its nice to see that in spite of all the bad news in the world it can really work. 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 lots of money but there are other important factors stable relationships good Health Educational qualifications and a joke that matches ones skills gap in a sense parents have long been interested in where the happiest people live the un swirled happiness report norway and denmark rating high finland topping the list for the 2nd year running. Meanwhile features further down but the small nation in the eastern himalayas has its own very special relationship with happiness. Good. This is a must to class. Navigation there is no autopilot no radar just pure flying skill if youve been part of its an ability to be metal when. You do not have much spoke with make up in the least bending and it is stunning and when brings its new c. E. O. Thank you flagged a little bit in the wm. The board has to hear how to really change. The pilot tells us that it takes 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. All of this exact thing and it is. There in the list that if you. Return 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 hosts a bottle of whiskey properly wrapped. Perhaps thats another path to happiness sound economics is also important. All countries. In the us what we also see is we have to ensure that. When. It does that come the course of play environment culture and tradition if the policy scores less than that. 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. Turns land must be forested return 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 a girl when you are different people are you happy. You. If you need look at. If. We have. Girls who some of you consider. Were much. Of it. Every few years the Happiness Commission osc the public how happy they are the last poll indicated around 75 percent of butan as are indeed happy. Today is one of them. Is a we could have 2 rights harvests a year but theres no need for ones enough we just dont need more were happy with that. They allowed listen to most. Capitalists would despair here maximizing profit is a foreign concept so is stress indeed the country has its own rhythm when put day 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 smartphones are everywhere what previously was far away is now locals fingertips and the outside world can be tempting with all it has to offer. Whether young people are happy and whether they will stay will decide the countrys future. Buddhism is still powerful but ists believe in the close relationship we have with the universe and astrology. Its like math we calculate and 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 rate myself an 8 and thats only because there are some things that we all have to endure like illness and. Given that you didnt. 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 boost 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 lies 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 live in intelligence because its cheaper to live there when youre ready. To move forward. So this creates an opportunity for us to actually create a world where the. Order of 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 and out building 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 rents 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. Want to cut your broom caused by up to 30 percent. Of your unsecured incentive to live out your sort of bread with this brick. Youre going to hear the quote if i. Have to put a roof. Plan lets you know who makes his bricks out of construction waste so he doesnt need to use sand that also means the bricks 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. So if youre not using the. Brakes as president elements youre only used to man 3. So having to have a pilot this is kind of like. People because. Its now more convincing than what im interested in which. 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 onic 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 in that old saying. Actually. You feel confident when. 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. Knows this all too well 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 the responsibility with the least and the we have visited roads the waste we composted we also send it distributed to organisation that make you Service Organizations flight landed to House Building company. That you startups 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 soon. Though we are working out how we can make unique. 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 they knew need people were going to make bricks and people going to separate their waste encrusted with. More than 3000000 publicly. Subsidized 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 than 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. With. Most of them oh good going to. Live here. Are all sort of so we can replace all the. Skills and also printing them to prove their own houses. Moving to another one doing that in the room of all that is the stuff of the future right now each building is a major financial risk for london and his startup 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. Youll find more Inspiring Stories on d. W. Women our Facebook Page where 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 loose mary and this is my home please come in. If they mean this is our living room and this is our motorbike. The fact standing here because we dont have a garage. I will hold them in balance in the motorbike is really important for our family because its our main mode of transport. That we also use it to transport things to other villages. And we didnt look here are a few photos and 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 we believe that she protects our home and helps to ensure that everything remains harmonious. That. That thought that not only. They dont follow me. Here is the area where we watch t. V. And relax yawn. And. Eat anymore and here is the hub of our home the kitchen. 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 i mean. Born as. We hang out the washing here because this tony. Get out there but thanks for the listen i i hope you liked our home come again at any time youre always welcome what the have yeah. But im with a bottle but i also. 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 vulnerable to the elements. Thats all from us this week do send us your comments right to global 3000 at d. F. W. Dot com check us out on facebook d w women by finale. Italy during the corona crisis. The team of reporters braved the lockdown. The journey through abandon cities. Where public life has come to a halt. And they meet people who are afraid and full of worries. About how things will be after the crisis. Close up. And 30 minutes on d w. 4. Ringback they were abducted by the nazis and taken to germany to be raised as citizens of the world. During world war 2 thousands of polish children suffered this fate. Even today many of them dont know who their real parents were. Stolen children kidnapping of nonsi german dogs april 28th. Place. Blame the body. Plane the but. This is. From Philip Donald trump phrases funding for the wall of hell hole that i say should the u. S. President take years as a tough covering up the spread of the Current Affairs and mismanaging its response to the pandemic also on the program. The International Monetary fund gives a bleak morning to the ballclub coronavirus smothering growth the i. M. F. Say is 2025 c. The worst downturn since the great depression. And countries slowly relaxed struck down restrictions will germany follow suit
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