A major everything. An unbridled quest for profit and untainted consumerism characterized much of the worlds economy. That is until the coronavirus hit. Theaters cinemas and bonds was shouted cities resembled ghost Towns National borders were closed fleets of planes grounded travel is good to see east millions around the world may see their livelihoods destroyed as usual people in poverty benefited the least from globalization of the hardest hit will the shock of the pandemic realign priorities or where we pick up where we left off. These Old Fashioned globes in a brylin bookstore evoke a time before our planet was plunged into its Current Crisis a crisis that could well change our world in many ways. What might this mean for globalisation in cross continental cooperation. Weve asked for people for whom globalization and its discontents are major themes of their work globalization is not to blame for the virus yours theres nothing like a good crisis to create opportunity for political change can all see now that an economy that aims above all to maximize profit is not sustainable. Nor 20. 3 main scenarios have been sketched out for what might now emerge the 1st is the undoing of globalization in its present form the. French president. Says the cataclysm will change the nature of globalization it increased inequalities in developed countries and it was clear that this kind of globalization was reaching the end of its cycle it was undermining democracy so will this prove to be a major historical turning point similar to the fall of the berlin wall and the end of the cold war one possible response though is not with wants to see. Its for countries to seek safety and solitude and selfreliance in the process undoing international ties and trade boosting Domestic Industries to reduce reliance on Global Supply chains and just in Time Logistics and instituting large stores of key goods in preparation for the next crisis attack it is an International Network of activists who are critical of what they termed new liberal globalization they call for social ecological and democratic alternatives including fair trade rules and limits to free trade. Now that the disaster weve seen in the provision of protective facemasks goes to show that we need more local manufacturing and local Storage Facilities so that things are really available when we need them without that not even basic emergency Protection Measures are possible. Globalization is a political agenda that seeks to reduce international interdependencies its not anti capitalist but its anti free trade it resonates with the nationalism of say u. S. President donald trump and germanys far right if tea party. The future does not belong to us the future belongs to patriots the future belongs to sovereign and independent nations d. P. Said you get global you globalization as we know it has failed a new world wide Economic System is emerging based on Sovereign National economic areas the state some observers say that is rubbish and that we will eventually get back to business as usual global trade will resume and thrive vast amounts of goods will once again be zipping around the world globalization they say has increased standards of living bringing hundreds of millions out of poverty it has also proved vastly profitable for some flying around the world will again become normal every day activity Global Communication is of great benefit to humanity so why undo any or all of that. Were going to see a surge in digitalization but were not going to see a surge in de globalization because we arent going to forego the cost advantages of globally distributed manufacturing and a Global Market there is no alternative means in this. So in this scenario trade and travel will recover and thrive in compazine the globe and in any case decoupling simply cant were. In our day and age people talk a lot about decoupling but they talk about the end of globalization and its really a buzzword that has very little practical meaning the internet financial flows the way supply chains are constructed its very difficult to think of. A future where all of that is eliminated the horse to use the old american metaphor the horse is out of the bar. The market is out of National Control the National Economy is substantially. Control. Of expertise of labor something. The German Government for its part certainly does not think globalization is in its death throes. As cancer leukemia is no going back from the globalization of the past 20 or 30 years its become part of our open economic and social order. Given the economic and financial cost of the crisis with debt level soaring with Environmental Protection be sacrificed in the struggle to revive economies in sociological terms the pressure to create prosperity will not diminish even though there are good ecological reasons to want to see it diminish. As for the 3rd scenario there was a lot of discussion right now about a new green deal. This does not represent a turn away from globalization. It is more a vision of how the world should choose to reorient itself particularly in the wake of the penn demick. d and create a Global Economy to benefit ordinary people. While protecting the environment and mitigating the climate crisis. Where things are in flux theres a lot of uncertainty anything could happen. That window will close you know in the next. 60 seconds to a year and then well be just back to wherever we went and after that period. Is the pandemic making people stop and think about what is truly important in life. If so perhaps the world will prefer global and local solidarity to consumerism competition and career is im. Discovering that Society Social relations the social contract trust among people are the biggest assets in the fight against over it the question when the dust settles is what people forget. Well some people may see the pandemic as a crisis to be resolved as quickly as possible so we can continue on our merry way as before others see it as an opportunity to rethink basic questions about the way we live and perhaps come up with something better. Cannabis is the worlds 2nd most popular drug after alcohol used by an estimated 200000000. 00 people a recent study estimated the Global Market could be worth 350000000000. 00 a year that would include both illegal and illegal trade many countries have legalized Recreational Cannabis and its cultivation and substances from the plants are also being used in medicine to treat chronic pain in asd and in Cancer Therapies some research is a hopeful it could help treat 19. Many Cannabis Farmers are hoping this trend will continue including in the South African nation of. Pharma struggle to make a living here in the highlands of listen to where the soil is largely infertile. But its here that industrial scale farms have set up a flourishing business in cannabis. The plant thrives here thanks to the pill mountain air and clean water. All staff at the medic row company have to wear rubber gloves and protective clothing. This c. E. O. Under a bottom says that is crucial if they are to produce medicinally pure product. You dont really have spin from the 4000000. 00 us dollars on the facility. We will be doing for the business when we expand our area. Its very this is a very capital intensive industry and to do it right. You need a lot of capital. Cannabis has been grown here for centuries until now on small fields like this one. This smallholder farmers says we should call him clement he doesnt want to reveal his real name. Like his great grandfather before him he cultivates the conventional variety of the plant that makes you hein and that remains illegal in the city. When i heard of plans to make cannabis growing illegal i thought great something everyone will profit from but no it looks like it will only benefit politicians and their friends and not the whole of society in listen to. Clement is disappointed he would also like to grow Medicinal Cannabis on his field but to do that he would need a license from the government which costs almost 11000. 00 a huge amount that he could never raise. So Big Companies with capital thrive legally well smallholders continue to supply the black market. They both grow cannabis but the plants raised for medicinal purposes are of a different variety and contain only a minimal amount of the psycho active ingredient sought by drug users t. H. C. The licensed producers have to demonstrate that that is the case in lab tests. What they do want to see a lot of in their plants is kind of a dial all c b d its anti inflammatory and cramp relieving properties are what qualify the substance as a medicine. We talked with the countrys Health Minister he conceded that since cannabis farming was legalised 3 years ago local small holders have not been among those to profit. They were number. 2 Small Business you are from the bag yet you will be you will feel. Sorry its not a very its not a very Small Business its not its these 3 so of course most of. I would not have died to myself to take it out. Clemons says the government has failed people like him. That you know at this secret location he and 2 helpers pack up his marijuana in small bags for sale theyve been raided repeatedly but avoid arrest by bribing the police clement is tired of living this way and says he too could grow Medicinal Cannabis. But theres another problem the seeds. I would say. The seeds come from overseas and theyre denying us access to them. Its a form of oppression. Under a bottom appreciates the frustration of small scale local farmers but says they dont have the means to become literate amid produces he says how his factory makes medical Grade Cannabis Oil the equipment alone cost 4000000 dollars he says. At the same time but most keen to stress how industrial farms like his benefit listen to local investors hold more than 30 percent of medic wrote in accordance with government stipulations whats more the company is in the process of creating a total of 3 and a half 1000 jobs jobs for people like harvest hand mamma to lease or. You need to see me. I used to be unemployed i was stuck at home. But since i got the job here ive been able to send my kids to school and i know i ask loads and so. Thats its a well its. Chisel lives in a Hilltop Village her life is typical for a woman in rural a suit 2 jobs are few and far between here but and she is as own situation has changed significantly since she began to work on the cannabis farm. Shes now learning english and math at a school set up by the company for its workers. That also makes it easier for her to check her childrens homework their school is also funded by medic rose the covert 19 pandemic had not yet reached africa when we were in the city. But the government did then introduce a lockdown before using restrictions on may the 5th. As many factor of medicinal product the cannabis farm is one of the few companies that were exempted from the lockdown but staff do now have to wear protective masks. As the border was closed we were able to return to the city so andre but sent us this video he took on his smartphone. In a skype interview he said people were becoming more Health Conscious in the face of covert 19 and demand for his cannabis oil was continuing to grow. He also told us he had offered the government his help in the fight against the virus weve made out. Progress. But they have chosen to use it at their own testing facility the thing is i dont think they want the government to control that in themselves. Clement continues to work during the lockdown delivering sacks of his crop to a drug dealer. To fulfill his dream of one day growing the dissonant cannabis and selling it to a Processing Plant he would need Financial Assistance from the government both seeds and for a greenhouse for now its a dream that seems unlikely to come true. Were always on the lookout for delicious snacks on latest discovery comes from the south pacific. In the Solomon Islands most food comes straight from the sea or the land the main way of getting to and from the smaller islands is by boat so even locally is essential that means lots of fresh fish coconuts and salva. And here are a litany it also means mind growth beans. They grow everywhere and they form the basis of a popular snack on the island. Thats what for all the colts yahoo is cooking up for her sisters home state business. Is down and i can. Feel. How it. Began is that weve had on the board and then go to the my group and. My. And i will be the big and the coupon. Kid cut it like the ish and to have. Them in question again. This is the. Place that we want to go she squeezes the pulp by hand changing the water 3 times until it loses its color squeezing the. Flesh about this and i will dance right through another dish ready for our call. She boys have for 10 minutes before its time to add the other ingredients they include coconut onions and chopped fish. After its cooked a bit longer on the stove the result is a rich soupy dish. One interesting thing about mongrel is that it gives they a long time if you give this month you can leave an argument. That makes it a reliable source of food when other ingredients arent available. Hope this unique dish will attract travellers who are willing to leave the beaten truck to sample an authentic taste of the Solomon Islands. This week in global ideas we look at one of the many horrible mess is we humans have created piles of plastic trash this time in southern argentina is one of several problems penguins that face as biologists. 500 years ago food in magellan was the 1st european to sail around the southern tip of south america. Its an icy climate here and also home to the magellanic penguins named after the spanish explorer. And Dreyer Roy Ray has ventured down here to go to do some exploring herself shes a biologist from argentina Southern Center for scientific research. She and her team make regular trips to the remote colonies of penguins here 7 in total. Out and were on our way to islam our c. E. O. Hammer island a colony there has around 5000. 00 pairs of magellanic penguins and 50 pairs of gentoo penguins we know bob or the colony has been around since the 1970 s. But we only started observing it in the mind is you know no and since then its been growing there continuously and if. This seas are calm today enabling the researchers to bring their equipment on land without any further problems. The penguins dont seem bothered by the visit is there are several species living here together on the island. And drea ray has won an award for his insights into the impact of humans on the birds magellanic penguins dig then this burrows in the ground. This is where they lay their eggs and raise their young. But the birds very survival is influenced by human activity rising sea temperatures have changed marine food chains for the penguins it means hunting longer for food which in turn means leaving their young alone for longer and increasing their vulnerability to siegels and other predators. Southern iraq her penguins are among the species hardest hit by Climate Change but its a very small types of prey such as larvae which are themselves most susceptible to changes in the temperature of the water. So the penguins derive less energy from their food. And that has a long term impact on the population. A lot of all blossom. And really ray and her team are installing an automatic monitor. System for the penguins they fitted some of the birds with the special chip a sensor records they movement in order to track general activity across the colony penguins do look rather helpless on land at least but theyre excellent divers and swimming some magellanic penguins make it all the way to europe why and brazil covering a distance of 4000 kilometer. Winds are guardians of the ocean theyre also a gauge of how healthy the ecosystems are. Examining their food intake how far they swim to find that food and their reproductive rate and they build those to see how these species which are dependent on the ocean are fair and. Penguins go on shore to mates and raise their young and extremely sensitive phase of their lives which is under threat from growing pollution the nesting holes are increasingly filled with Plastic Waste which mainly comes from the nearby city of. 90 percent of the nests contain Plastic Waste. As do the animals stomachs and fences. Currents and winds carry the plastic to places you might think were untouched by human activity. 4 years ago residents of teamed up to tackle the trash situation a blot on the entire city coastline. The initiative was launched by maya mariel who was a pulled by the pollution brought to this remote city by the wind and by sea currents. You see stray dogs tearing apart the garbage looking for food. Belongs in a landfill but a lot of it ends up on streets across the city and the birds come and pick away at the rest. The ticket im in. Florida you know the most of what weve gotten used to burying the garbage. Sometimes when the snow arrives in winter the trash is just left on the beach. And when its no melts the trash ends up in the sea that i mean nothing not if. Bush ally is called the gate to the and take the half a 1000000 tourists who descend on terror del fuego every year pose a further threat to the largely untouched ecosystem. In 2005 and rio re founded a Group Bringing together citizens initiatives and local to opera