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Asbestos in earthquake debris endangering lives in Turkey
Global Us: What connects us all - September 27, 2023 11:49 - 8 minutes - Video ★★★★ - 7 ratingsRubble left from the recent earthquakes in southeast Turkey still litters the area. Despite official denials, DW investigators found many of the destroyed homes contained asbestos. Millions are at risk.
Seestadt Aspern, Vienna's city of the future
Global Us: What connects us all - September 18, 2023 14:42 - 11 minutes - Video ★★★★ - 7 ratingsVienna is creating a sustainable district for 30,000 people. Seestadt Aspern is a laboratory for energy-saving housing and urban mobility. Short distances, few cars, and adapting to climate change are key elements of the lakeside district.
Argentines eat transgenic bread
Global Us: What connects us all - July 24, 2023 00:30 - 5 minutes - Video ★★★★ - 7 ratingsArgentina has developed drought-resistant genetically-modified wheat. GM wheat products are on sale with no special labelling. Producers and large-scale farmers praise the new wheat but many others worry about the effect on their health.
Indigenous women fighting fires in the Amazon
Global Us: What connects us all - July 20, 2023 08:09 - 5 minutes - Video ★★★★ - 7 ratingsThe Apinajé people boast the Amazon's first volunteer fire brigade made up exclusively of women. With the support of the Brazilian environmental authorities, they're fighting to save the rainforest.
Venezuela: Back from exile
Global Us: What connects us all - July 06, 2023 06:56 - 6 minutes - Video ★★★★ - 7 ratingsMillions of Venezuelans have left their homeland in recent years, mostly due to economic hardship. But conditions in Venezuela have improved slightly, and some are now returning.
Niger: New home in a transit country
Global Us: What connects us all - July 05, 2023 07:18 - 5 minutes - Video ★★★★ - 7 ratingsAdam and Sefedine are friends from Sudan. They wanted to flee to Europe, but after a long odyssey, they opted to stay in Niger. There they have started a successful taxi business and settled into their new home.
Lesotho: The deal with water
Global Us: What connects us all - January 05, 2023 08:26 - 8 minutes - Video ★★★★ - 7 ratingsLesotho is water-rich. But the southern African kingdom is one of the world's poorest countries. To fill the state coffers, the government exports water to its parched neighbor, South Africa. Not only do Lesotho's villagers suffer, so does its eco-system.
An Indonesian living room
Global Us: What connects us all - December 16, 2022 16:19 - 2 minutes - Video ★★★★ - 7 ratingsCasma is a farmer and lives with his wife and two children in a house on the Indonesian island of Java. He belongs to the Baduy people and shows you his traditional living room.
Biodiversity: A green town of the future
Global Us: What connects us all - December 15, 2022 16:50 - 8 minutes - Video ★★★★ - 7 ratingsThe Oosterwold project in the Netherlands is a neighborhood where you can build a home for yourself and for your family, sustainably and completely green. The residents decide together what their town should look like.
Tunisia: rising food prices increase hunger
Global Us: What connects us all - December 09, 2022 15:11 - 5 minutes - Video ★★★★ - 7 ratingsThe consequences of the war in Ukraine are even being felt in Tunisia. In Kairouan, rising food and energy prices mean Najwa Selmi is faced with a tough decision: to buy food or send her children to school.
Ukraine: the impact of war on Ukrainian farmers
Global Us: What connects us all - December 09, 2022 15:10 - 6 minutes - Video ★★★★ - 7 ratingsWar confronts people with tough choices, including Ukrainian farmer Yevhen Nagirnyi. Many people depend on him for their livelihoods. How is he coping?
Italy: Meet Patrizia Casale Brunet in her living room
Global Us: What connects us all - December 02, 2022 17:21 - 2 minutes - Video ★★★★ - 7 ratingsPatrizia Casale Brunet lives in Courmayeuer in the Italian Alps. She and her husband have been running a 3-star hotel there for 40 years. They have a son and a grandson, and they're passionate about reading.
A Mexican snack with pork and orange juice
Global Us: What connects us all - November 11, 2022 17:44 - 2 minutes - Video ★★★★ - 7 ratingsJose Fernando Eq Reyes prepares cochinita, a traditional pork dish with a marinade made with orange juice.
Global Teen: Lebanon
Global Us: What connects us all - November 04, 2022 18:14 - 2 minutes - Video ★★★★ - 7 ratingsNemeh Mohsin is 15-years-old, and lives in Tripoli, Lebanon. He does karate, likes school, and wants to be a lawyer one day.
Planthoppers versus water hyacinths in South Africa
Global Us: What connects us all - November 03, 2022 18:08 - 5 minutes - Video ★★★★ - 7 ratingsFor some, the Amazonian water hyacinth is an ornamental plant, for others an invasive green plague. For the planthopper, it's lunch.
Global Teen from Mozambique
Global Us: What connects us all - October 28, 2022 10:40 - 2 minutes - Video ★★★★ - 7 ratingsSiara Anacilia from Mozambique is 15 years old and loves music. She wants to be an engineer and earn enough money to support her parents.
Crowdfunding for a greener Ghana
Global Us: What connects us all - October 28, 2022 10:38 - 6 minutes - Video ★★★★ - 7 ratingsFrom toilet paper made from bamboo to solar leasing, entrepreneurs in Ghana are brimming with ideas for green businesses. But they often lack capital. Crowdfunding gives them the boost they need.
Germany’s energy independent village
Global Us: What connects us all - October 22, 2022 03:38 - 8 minutes - Video ★★★★ - 7 ratingsThe German village of Feldheim produces its own green energy. Solar, wind and biogas have replaced fossil fuels for electricity and heating. And rising energy prices aren't a problem. How did they do it?
Global Teen from Ghana
Global Us: What connects us all - October 22, 2022 03:29 - 2 minutes - Video ★★★★ - 7 ratingsThis week's global teen is Gerald Kwame Adomako Amankwah from Ghana. He lives in Accra, has two sisters, likes playing soccer and is a big fan of gospel music.
Biodiversity: Can we save species from extinction?
Global Us: What connects us all - October 20, 2022 16:29 - 4 minutes - Video ★★★★ - 7 ratingsAnimal and plant species are dying out in increasing numbers. Pollution and dwindling habitats are two big reasons why. Can animal parks, rescue stations, catch quotas and protected areas help us better save species from extinction?
From the street to the stage in South Africa
Global Us: What connects us all - October 14, 2022 14:56 - 5 minutes - Video ★★★★ - 7 ratingsHe used to be homeless, but now Jacobus Claassen stars in performances worldwide. He is part of South Africa's Zip Zap Circus, an organization that offers free training to children and young people of all backgrounds, changing lives as it goes.
Brazil: The fear of the Amazon loggers
Global Us: What connects us all - October 07, 2022 14:34 - 13 minutes - Video ★★★★ - 7 ratingsIndigenous communities are the guardians of the Amazon forest. Their lands are legally protected, but since President Jair Bolsonaro came to power, that's of little help anymore. Loggers are taking what they want. Violence is on the rise, the Karipuna people are fighting back.
Plantain — A staple food in Ghana cuisine
Global Us: What connects us all - September 16, 2022 21:28 - 2 minutes - Video ★★★★ - 7 ratingsIn Ghana, there’s hardly a dish that doesn’t include plantains. Deep fried and spicy, they’re a key component in Ghanaian cuisine. And hot off the grill, they’re also a perfect snack for that special craving.
El Salvador: Fighting climate change
Global Us: What connects us all - September 02, 2022 12:43 - 5 minutes - Video ★★★★ - 7 ratingsCentral America's smallest country, El Salvador, is being increasingly battered by the effects of climate change — drought, floods and violent storms. The small organization CESTA has long been fighting for more environmental protection in its own country.
Life in Cameroon
Global Us: What connects us all - August 26, 2022 23:14 - 2 minutes - Video ★★★★ - 7 ratingsMadame Fokou Alvine shows you her home in Cameroon, where she lives with her husband and her children.
Climate protection: Trees in India
Global Us: What connects us all - August 26, 2022 17:19 - 6 minutes - Video ★★★★ - 7 ratingsFamilial Forestry distributes fruit tree seedlings to families and schools, who are instructed to treat the saplings like family members. The project aims to increase tree cover, produce fruit and slow down the expansion of the desert in Rajasthan.
Maldives: Seagrass beds provide a vital service
Global Us: What connects us all - August 19, 2022 16:13 - 6 minutes - Video ★★★★ - 7 ratingsA valuable ecosystem lies on the seabed off the coast of the Maldives: seagrass meadows. Once under threat, these underwater meadows are now protected and the focus of research. They store carbon dioxide and protect the islands from erosion.
Backyard gardens empower women
Global Us: What connects us all - August 06, 2022 02:46 - 6 minutes - Video ★★★★ - 7 ratingsFresh fruit and veg is expensive in Ghana, with demand met mainly by imports. Alberta Akosa's NGO Agrihouse Foundation encourages women to plant their own backyard gardens, which allows them to feed their families and also secures them an income.
Backyard gardens empower women in Ghana
Global Us: What connects us all - August 05, 2022 12:46 - 5 minutes - Video ★★★★ - 7 ratingsFresh produce is expensive in Ghana, with demand met mainly by imports. The Agrihouse Foundation encourages women to plant their own backyard gardens, which allows them to feed their families and secure an income.
Preserving Tanzania's soil through reforestation
Global Us: What connects us all - July 29, 2022 08:02 - 7 minutes - Video ★★★★ - 7 ratingsSustained droughts are wiping out trees in Tanzania. The organization Justdiggit wants to remedy the situation by planting trees in small holes for moisture collection. The trees grow better and fertile soil returns in their shadows.
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