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[birds chirping] [speaking native language] for about a couple of years, we only focused on adult women and literacy for them. And i noticed many of the girls who came to the class were very, very young girls with a mangalsutra, which is a gold and black beaded necklace around their necks, which in india is a symbol of matrimony. And they had babies on their hips and i started to ask whats going on, and why are such young girls married off already. And theres a famous indian sayingwhy water a plant thats going to grow in a neighbors garden . [speaking native language] what i find so particular about it is that its so simple. Its measurable. Something that we take for granted, and in other areas of the world is something that changes lives. One bike. Its 134 per bike. And i know that that bike is going to go somewhere. Its going to makeits going to change the life of not only one person, but probably of a whole family. [speaking native language] in many villages, there were only schools till seventh grade. There were no high schools. So we worked in ten villages at that point of time, and there were only three high schools. So then i asked, you know, i asked the parents, the mothers, well, what happens to the boys . How do you send the boys to school . And they said, well, we give them bicycles. And i said, well, what about the girls . And they said, oh, no, its a waste of money to give a bicycle to a girl if shes going to turn around and get married. So i thought, my god, if its only a bicycle thats keeping girls from going to school, lets go ahead and, you know, give it to them. The first day, there was one young woman named miriam oduro that came up to me and said, david, i want to be a part of this project. And i said, ok, thats great, you want to learn how to fix bikes. And she said, yes. She said, david, im serious. I want to learn how to fix bikes. Its a Pretty Amazing thing to have this aggressive male come with his bike and say, hey, my bike needs to be repaired. My wheel is going like ts. Right. And then everyone looks at him, they say, ok, well fix it for you. And then they take the wheel off and give it to miriam. And the guys expression is like, what . This woman, this disabled woman is going to true my wheel . And what ends up happening is that she trues his wheel for him. You know, and sometimes there are men sitting there just watching as miriam is repairing their wheel, something that they cant do themself. And theres this female, physically disabled mechanic fixing their wheel for this person. I know that her life has changed by it. I know that she now sees herself in the world as an influential person. She sees herself as having skills that other people dont have that are valuable to her community and even to the world. She sees herself as now representing other physically disabled people who were in her position before without work, and in a position now to advocate for them and, you know, for recognition of the enormous amount of unemployed physically disabled people in ghana. Shes a Woman Working in a field that is generally dominated by men. And so shes even expanding the boundaries of women, and other women who are ablebodied look up to her as an example of how women can be in the world. [speaking native language] byebye. Byebye. You have recreational road riders who can generally afford bikes up to 2, 3,000 more. Right. You have recreational mouain bike. Same dl. And those folks will tend to replace bikes every few years. And you have the die hard enviro bike commuters. But that group is not just the classic image that we have of the bicycle commuter. You know, the white, welleducated cyclist whos decided to simplify their life and to live environmentally and thus theyre going to bike. Santa barbara, at least half of that five percent of people getting around by bike are working class folks who rely on that bike probably not necessarily out of choice. Because people ride whatever they can, you know . And again, thats half of our active bike commuting population. And so, our feeling at bico centro as kind of the group of founders was that that group wasnt being served. I feel a lot of sympathy for people in sharks position, because out ofout of high school, the possibilities are really bleak. What do you do . Continue kind of hanging out with the gang. He probably has some hard job prospects. This is just the same story over and over. People with enormous potential that are overlooked throughout the world. But we need our solutions that are intermediate. We have all these like overpowering solutions. We want to have electricity. Well, lets dig up that mountai an just like make eltricity. And well just run Railroad Cars and trucks. And like all we do is overpower things or neglect things. [speaking native language] the majority of trips that people need to take in their lives, if youre in guatemala or ghana or in boston, are bikeable. If we have a problem with transportation, its when we wake up in the morning, you look at the sky and we say, if its cloudy, do we go by car or we take the bike . The transportation story or transportation problem in africa is totally different. They dont have the choice. They either have to walk the kids have to walk 2 to 3 hours to school and from school, or caregivers have to walk all day long. In the best circumstances, they can see maybe two or three patients. Its a completely different view on what a bike can do. We dont see the use of a bike other than. We have the choice. Having a bicycle and being able to access education can have such a huge impact on, you know, aspirational levels, on educational levels, on quality of life. That bicycle is increasing their mobility. Its increasing their ability to go places. Its broadening their scope of their life, of whatesources ey can cess. And bikes have been part of my Life Naturally for always. And ive never thought about not having a bike. What a bike can do. To me it just makes too much sense. And i couldnt afford myself to say im not part of this. It is a comprehensive development tool. Development happens for an entire country starts with one person. And if every Single Person in that country begins to become empowered and begins to have access to resources, the entire countrys going to develop. [speaking native language] man this is the moment of reckoni, betweehuman nature and the force of nature; the Tipping Point of our collective future. Join us for a selection of the best web videos on climate and energy innovation, right here, right now, on this planet. Woman todayrivers, oceans, and rainforests. We begin by charting the impact of humans on this planets water cycle, in a big data overview from globaia. Narrator the global water cycle keeps our planet alive. The rivers are its arteries. Rivers run down mountains through forest, flow through desert and delta, course through bended bay and swerving shore, and recirculate back from our ocean. Evaporation, condensation, precipitation. Access to water has defined where human populations have flourished. Civilization emerged between the tigress and euphrates rivers on the fertile crescent of mesopotamia in modern day iraq. Now, we are changing the carbon and nitrogen cycles. We are altering the global water system, too, through damming, extraction, irrigation, and climate change. Many rivers no longer reach the sea. We move more sediment than natural erosion and rivers. Weve built 48,000 large dams. Weve drained half of global wetlands. We use an area the size of south america to grow our crops; an area the size of africa for our livestock. Agriculture counts for 70 of global freshwater use, and we need to feed a growing population. In a single lifetime, weve become a phenomenal global force. We are pushing earth into a new geological epoch the anthropocene, dominated by humanity. We have altered earths snow cover, sea ice, and ocean volume, fundamental elements of the water cycle. Climate change will bring more flooding, drought, and disease. A warmer atmosphere holds more water vapor. This is causing the water cycle to intensify. Wet regions are becoming wetter, dry areas drier. Rainfall patterns are changing. Damming, mining, and extraction are causing twothirds of major deltas to sink. Almost 800 Million People have no safe drinking water. 2. 4 billion remain without adequate sanitation. 1. 7 billion people live in places where groundwater is being extracted faster than it can be replenished. Four out of five people worldwide face risk to their water security. For water security for all, we urgently need innovative and creative approaches to policy from local to global. With nations competing for limited resources, we must find better ways to manage them, and we must adapt to a changing water cycle. This is the challenge of water in the anthropocene. Woman Conservation International asks, what would nature say . And e answers may surprise you. Here is Harrison Ford speaking as the ocean and kevin spacey as the rainforest. Harrison i am the ocean. Im water. Im most of this planet. I shaped it. Every stream, every cloud, and every raindrop. It all comes back to me. One way or another, every living thing here needs me. Im the source. Im what they crawled out of. Humans . Theyre not different. I dont owe them a thing. I give, they take. But i can always take back. Thats just the way its always been. Its not their planet, anyway. Never was, never will be. But humans, they take more than the share. Ey poiso me, then they expect me to feed them. Well, it doesnt work that way. If humans want to exi in natu with me, d off ofe, i sugst they listen close. Im only going to say this ceif nature isnkept heahy, huma wont survive. Simple as that. Me, i could give a damn, with or without humans, i am the ocean. I covered this entire planet once, and i can always cover it again. Thats all i have to say. Kevin i am the rainforest. I watched them grow up here. Theyve left, but they always come back. Yes, they always come backfor my trees, their wood, my plants, their medicines. For my beauty, their escape. [chainsaw] ive always been there for them, and i have been more than generous. Sometimes, i gave it all to them. Now, gone forever. But humans, theyre so smart. So smart. Such big brains and opposable thumbs. They know how to make things, amazing things. Now, why would they need an old forest like me anymore . Jungles, trees . Well, they do breathe air, and i make air. Have they thought about that . Humans. So smart. Theyll figure it out. Humans, making air. Thatll be fun to watch. Woman worried about the rainforest . You should be. Rainforest alliance wants you to know what not to do. Man you are a good person. You spend time with your family. You work out at the gym. Coach come on, push, push narrator you conserve water while showering. You like nice clothes. You give to charity, you recycle. You drive a prius but you use your bike when you can. You enjoy the occasional distraction at work, and you always send a card on mothers day. Always. But theres a part of you that tells yourself that youre not so good, that you could be doing more, that the world is falling apart at the seams and all youve been doing is yoga. One day, you see that the raforest is being destroyed at a staggering rate of 32 million acres a year. Ths e equivant of on footballield eve 78 secos. You feel bad, angry, guilty. Youve been apathetic for too long. You want to do something about it. You must do something about it. [monkey screeching] well, this is what youre not going to do. Man i quit narrator youre not going to quit your job, leave your family, get on the next flight to nicaragua, take a bus to the edge of the jungle, then hoof it across rivers, lakes, and streams on a quest to the very heart of the rainforest. Man take me to the heart of the rainforest. Automated voice youre getting closer. Youre almost there. Man whoo automated voice you have arrived. Narrator youre not going to ingratiate yourself with the local tribesmen, go to Great Lengths to earn their respect and trust. Man nope. No, no, no no, no, no [screaming] narrator it is around now you realize youre living out the cliche gringo fantasy of becoming an honorary native and leading the resistant forces. But screw it, if they could do it, so can you. Man im going to save you this guy comes over here, im going to do this, going to pull a zapping, thats right through, im right over here. Narrator youre not going to coordinate an occupy the rainforests movement, realize its hopeless, summon the power of the god. Lead a revolution against the deforesters and their multinational employers in an apocalyptic, once and for all battle to save humanity. Only to awaken two days later in an el salvadorian hospital with two toes missing on your left foot. Man siri, i want to go home narrator hobble out of central america, up through mexico, across the sierra madre, where you break down, have your first cigarette in four years, accidentally start a wildfire, killing off the endangered species that once served as your occupational distraction; finally make it back home only to find youve been replaced at work by a guy named tj, and that things at home are not what they used to be. [child laughs] youre not going to do any of these things. But what you can do is follow the frog. Buying Rainforest Alliance Certified Products ensures the future of our rainforests, so that you dont have to do the things you shouldnt do, anyway. [man groaning] just follow the frog. Woman learn how to follow the frog at rainforealliancorg. Nature has even more to say conservion. Org. And you can see all globais lms at gbaia. Org then tell us what you think, at thisplanet. Tv. I wonder if youd believe this, as a lution tthe aboriginal oblem . Herd the worst of theborigines into one area, nd put ahemical in their water that sent tm sterile. In time, thed be none of them left. Well, that solution has been put forward by none other than one of the premiers clost frien, west stralian mining magnate, lang hancock. Those that have been assimilated into, you know, earning a good living or earning wages amongst the civilized areas that have been accepted into society, and they have accepted society, and can handle society, id leave them well alone. The ones that are no good to themselves,