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More than half of the worlds population lives to be and this number is one expected to grow in the coming years with modern society geared towards becoming more and more organized how we really around the world and what does this mean for and why but thats what we talk about today how long welcome to equal india some direct call coming to you from my makeshift homes to do your chores in mumbai the city of google was created in 1979 only 40 years ago from what was primarily a rule that its proximity to delhi short huge potential for its development to me its one of the biggest corporate hubs in the country but surrounded by the glitz of modernization is a biodiversity hot spot sandwiched by the expanding city fighting to be saved and kept alive. Its hard to believe that little flash fielden is called a miner by a hill finest lies within an hours drive of the worlds most polluted capital it. One of the forest tribal residents spikes hard each day to protect this clean jewelry. Once a month. I have been attached to this forest ever since i was a little boy could be because i am from the monger community because i was a little different from other games due to my physical disability because of my peers you can at the age when all the other children were running around and playing i would spend all my time to the community elders. Or whatever the reason it is my believe that this should be nurtured and. Joy was saying. The 4000 acre mongol forest is an oasis which lies in the National Capital region flanked by new delhi on one side and its affluent suburbs off google and for on the other so need her so now believes he is one of the weisss of this highly bio diverse batch of cream. It lies in the valley of the obviously mountains and is a tropical dry forest it is home to more than 30 meter of tree species and is buzzing with wildlife part of this rich land is a valley a sacred grove with generations of horse and Ask Community has been trying to protect. The centuries old treasure reflects the communitys reverence for the ancient forest and the spirit which is said to watch over it. d as different people worship different gods. He is the protector of monger granted. For all of us who follow him damaging the monger bonnie is like going against him and his route. With. But unlike just a generation ago mongo bonnie is shrinking. Being slowly sold mind or dug up and the water table has become almost entirely exposed. The biggest threat today isnt growth because when that happened when it was illegal to be. Encroachers occupied for. Going by staying and doing something which as a result they do not allow forests to grow or to decide to build something on their clan then there is no hope. Of ability for a start again. With. You they have installed. On one side and build this gate here. In the 1980 s. Mongers prime location near daily guard the eyes of Real Estate Developers their keen interest led to dampen privatisation of much of the forest the land was once considered religious commons of foreigners to lakehurst and as ancestors it was bought from them for as low as 500. 00 rupees or 65. 00 euros per acre higher than as activism led him to meet land rights experts like jay than a garage who has studied the forest for years their relationship yielded a small victory in 2014 when the State Government identified almost 700 acres of the sacred grove and over 1000 acres of surrounding forest at the north Construction Zone but the future of mongers conservation depends on a simple question does the government even consider mongered afford its. They know that according to. The 1st over there can be used for agriculture and. The exercise to identify. The meaning so therefore they said yes to waiting for more identification. When speaking. Of their door. Then you could make that list. And make a list of. Projects to me. In search of better livelihoods most of the monger community has taken up jobs in the new sprawl is entering the forest useless to them they move to cities to do mostly menial jobs and almost never get on to their forest winning ways. It is almost impossible to engage with the communities. But instead i shifted my focus to the next generation these are children who would be Decision Makers in the next 10 to 15 i want to reconnect them to the forest connect. Them as mission manifested itself into an informal equal and 2151. 00 that has brought together more than 20 children from among the religious person our mentors towards developing a Scientific Understanding of monger money. Can you tell us the names of some of those good. Indian. By the people in the. As the children learn to build small check dams to prevent soil erosion or laundered records the changing personnel hopes they develop a will to protect mongar bonnie. Bell im fighting for the forest because this work is my passion im not doing it to appease People Living in delhi or god it is the duty of every person to protect and i am simply fulfilling my responsibility a person as personal fight has turned political which might be the only way to save one of the last remaining green lungs around one of indias most polluted regions. Now lets look at one of the most decisive factor of the day to be life for people in. Traffic can leave people frustrated and in trouble and not to mention how bad the butte contribution and bad mental function in bangkok the gap. The situation is different but according to finding solutions to tackle this problem head on. Welcome to bangkok and to endless clogged streets the traffic crawls along if it moves at all. Most of the drivers here are commuters who live in the thai capitals quiet suburbs. Its very jittery party mine as one of the millions of such commuters she lives in the locks the district of northern bangkok at 7 am she begins her journey and eats her breakfast at the wheel. Its a pattern repeated by commuters all over the city most choose to leave early as they dont know how long theyll need to get to work. At. The traffic various from one day to the next some days the congestion begins right outside my door other days it starts somewhere on the journey but more or less the entire route from my place to work is congested its around 20 kilometers. The journey takes an hour and a half she once worked out that she wastes 32. 00 days of her life every year stuck in traffic not to mention the impact on the environment const by all the exhaust fumes. Monitoring stations across the city measure the air quality and deliver the results to the city authorities officials here say particulate matter is a real problem in bangkok as they know from personal experience. Or body. Personally id like to go for walks in the city where i would go. Sometimes i notice that its difficult to bring me there but there are times when i get home and my ice of water in the. Corner. And sometimes when i walk into the house my family starts new using as if i had brought the particulate matter with me. And this is one of the worst culprits the all these all powered buses that crisscross the city most are around 25 years old theyre popular because theyre cheap to ride they account for around one 3rd of all journeys made in the city but they to get stuck in traffic around 60 percent of journeys are made by private car that will have to change if thailand is to meet its pledge of reducing Greenhouse Gas emissions by 20 percent by 2030. The Government Transport Department says its on the case. When the. The 1st thing we have to do is build up a better public transport network. Only then once there are enough public transport options for people to use we start tackling the issue of private cars. Where the people in still insist on using their own car they will have to pay to charge the. Charge. One of the main plans is to expand the elevated Rapid Transit system for sky train as its known by 2029 the network is sent to cover 500 kilometers right now the Train Service the relatively small number of people only 3 percent of all over journeys are made on the sky train or underground metro system. Most of the passengers are young and middle class. I find this the most reliable way to travel i need. It means i can plan and i know how long i need for the journey not like that which sometimes doesnt turn up all the driver refuses to let you on board. Im about to take the sky train station. Take me 15 minutes. The same journey by taxi would take 40 minutes. Thats why i use the skytrain. For those who dont live near the train line theres a relatively new Service Available and app that allows them to book a took took which will then take them to the nearest train station the auto rickshaw. Providing a relatively quiet emission free journey to the sky train. The Company Behind it move me has only been going 3 years. Were doing quite well weve got. Many area. Like elsewhere many people in bangkok have seen their income take a hit and the current pandemic so the idea of introducing a tool for cars in the city is a sensitive issue. The benefits would surely make it worthwhile but better air quality and quieter and less congested roads and the income from the toll could be invested in further improving the public transport system. But in european cities too the debate over congestion charges continued for many years before action was taken and many western countries still dont have congestion tolls but things in bangkok clearly cant continue as they are the city currently has over 10000000 motorized vehicles 1000000 of them were added last year on my own. Modern city to be a bank or delhi comes with a lot of basics we take for granted the access to toilets a working street lights good schools and even new age books like seamless why fight what rural areas opened remain behind because even though like in india the greater part of the population lives a winter in the desert state of practice time is leaving the week of the bush strand reiko is up early this morning her neighbors will be over soon to help construct a thought outside the harms way she and her brother lived. They lost their parents a few years ago and now the religion is raising the. Or you. Might call the villagers. In every part of the water since both of their parents passed away on the have a range for different. Neighbors also building the toilet behind. Why it is not uncommon for Village Communities to adopt children without catalyst the community is a special they come together to help each other which has resulted in becoming the 1st to smart bridge in the state of roger stone. Building is one aspect this is now one of the few will edges in the country in which every household has a functioning toy they also claim to have it had to get it open definition. Which is still a big problem in india but it wasnt easy winning over the community it took a long time for local engineer named needs to convince each Community Member of the philosophy behind this project. The smart village is a village which provide the basic. Required. And dignified life the smart religious stems from a Government Initiative that aims to develop Village Centers creates jobs and make Rural Communities more selfreliant its also a step to world and slowing down increasing urbanization. Equinix has helped ensure that basic resources are preserved and managed in 2016 together theyve built a 3 kilometer long artificial canard that has since helped recharge the groundwater with 97000000 liters of water per year. This is going to the system on the water im going to be going through this what im going to says to him well water is italian to the ground as it is yours are for agricultural but it was an. Animal but. While the village develops on multiple fronts the next generation including ereka and her brother are being cream unemployable skills. Involved in the computer program. While rekha learns to make snacks which the community sells as a core. Since the project has the full support of the residents stands as an example of a Real Community whose members take pride in the real life while moving further along the path of selfreliance. Now if youre like me you want to escape the fast. And head to the quiet side but in europe the trend of. Religion is harming the environment the band and we can provide some relief from the hordes of rushing in one such hot spot in austria using this time to find solutions. In house not austria many locals were worried that tourists wouldnt come this year to admire the mountains the lake and the quaint village all due to the coronavirus a place where no tourism means no income but theyre not worried any more visitors are here in abundance the hotels still dont have as many customers as theyd like but kaleena hemp spankers boat rental business is doing just fine. Just in we dont have the whole world here because of the flight problems but weve got austrians germans basically europeans before the pandemic the village through Many International tourists and day trippers the alpine setting is popular on instagram last year over 21000 tour buses brought around 1000000 visitors to the village of just 760 inhabitants. Housed doubts mayor doesnt miss the era of over tourism. You have these a coupe. Groups with a guide carrying a flag in front and people wearing headsets so its very loud. It was too much for some locals saying it would stand behind like these will. Then suddenly in spring of 2020 austria had to go into lockdown due to the covert 19 pandemic grew quiet its restaurants were empty and there wasnt any revenue coming in but the local population then rediscovered the original house shot but what about the future actually returning to preterism days isnt an option the municipality depends on income from tourism to subsidise services such as school meals and care for the elderly locals value to reserve but there is a question about what kind of scale because there must be i think that we should cut mass tourism down by half and double quality tourism where visitors stay for longer that would be a good mix. If he could be full. Coupling to hemet spag or has a different view. Than that any day trippers going to want Higher Quality tourists to stay here for longer but i dont think that kind of long term tourism is rational at the moment that was true even before the pandemic. How its done just currently developing a new system to deal with the tour buses. The number of which is expected to increase again in the future. They will have to register in advance and stay for longer its not clear whether this will impact of the amount or form of tourism. The village would rather not become an open air exhibit for massive amounts of day trippers again but avoiding that in the future will require a balancing act by hot shots mayor and its tourism dependent residents. Cities that are. Made of concrete glass and steel often because the rest went for a building is far higher than that for a green space like a park or a garden but when present being green have a positive impact on Peoples Mental Health a german architect had a special idea to strike a balance between the 2. It doesnt get any greener than this this stunning building complex in the western german city of dissolute off will soon be home to shops and offices some 30000 hedgerow plants adorn the outside if. Youre trying to bring some green into the city through a quite radical approach onto the rooftops and facades and such an example to make people stop and take. Of the. Coast of england hovan is a star architect from decide off his cueball going to has the largest green facade anywhere in europe the hedges have a total length of about 8 kilometers they serve a primarily ecological purpose. Their homes have to be experiencing very hot cities it is and theyre getting even hotter much more so than the surrounding areas because of the many heat reflecting off the top of of course a roof like this is an enormous help because it not only covers the interior but does so in a very comfortable way. And hovan is widely regarded as one of the worlds most innovative architects his designs can now be found from europe to australia. In 2018 the merino one opened in singapore some 350 species of tropical plants are integrated into this residential and office building. Ask yourselves what would be growing here if we didnt build it and how can we go. You might say a clean piece of ground back to the people thats known as replacement we set up our own nursery to do it released a piece of ground and grew the plants almost it was almost a kind of business in itself. Is an. Indian who havent started his firm in hovan architects in 1905 his team has since one several International Competitions keeping in tune with nature and customizing to local conditions have become the hallmarks of his architecture he created an Expensive Health resort on the north sea island of stuart with such grief houses its environmentalists of criticize the project which is close to a Conservation Area in 2006 they look to answer Aviation Center the airlines new head Office Opened at Frankfurt Airport all the work spaces have a view of the integrated garden that also works to absorb some of the airplane noise the offices are also designed to be open and flexible. 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