http://viewchange.org Videos from ViewChange.org (Filtered by topics: Recycling) en-us Wed, 25 May 2011 10:44:00 +0000 Copyright 2011 Link Media, Inc. http://www.viewchange.org/videos/renewable-home With walls made of bottles and a roof of bamboo, Luiz and Edna's house cost a fraction of a normal building. And now an ecologically sustainable village is on the drawing board. Could this be an alternative to Brazil's dilapidated favelas? Wed, 25 May 2011 10:44:00 +0000 http://www.viewchange.org/videos/renewable-home Brazil, Sustainability, Environment, Recycling, Building material, Journeyman Pictures, Plastic Recycling, Sustainable living, LinkTV Picks >> TITLE: Renewable Home>> VOICEOVER: This morning, Edna Toledo is busy making a cake out of banana skins. >> EDNA TOLEDO: It's luxury made from rubbish. >> VOICEOVER: If Edna's recipe seems unusual, it's nothing compared to the amazing house she lives in. >> EDNA TOLEDO: I like my house. It's airy. Even when it's very hot we don?t feel it here. >> VOICEOVER: Edna and her husband, Luiz, have built their home entirely from rubbish. >> LUIZ TOLEDO: It is not just about cheap materials. It?s art! It?s beautiful. And when you are in a place where you feel good, it's good for your whole body. All the walls are made of newspapers and magazines. They're decorated with broken bottles. The floor is marble waste. We cut it to size and laid it. The roof is made from bamboo found at the side of the road. The house is very good. Besides the view, because we are up high the temperature is also constant. The ventilation is also good. >> VOICEOVER: Luiz is justifiably proud of this house. He only built it recently after the couple got bored with their first recycled house. That one is at the bottom of the hill and it, too, was made entirely from rubbish, except for a few vital points. >> LUIZ TOLEDO: You seal it like this. It is cement for laying bricks, but inside it's rubbish, rubble from building sites. Then you lay them like this to make the walls. Look. This is what I was talking about. You can play with the colors, align them and make patterns. It's just the bottom of the bottle. It has quality, and beauty too. >> VOICEOVER: The beauty might be in the eye of the beholder, but there's no doubting Luiz's originality. >> LUIZ TOLEDO: The door is different. I like to be different. The ceiling was made out of carbon paper, which has no market value. We made a roof everyone likes. That section of roof is made of milk cartons. I mixed in leaves, randomly, and that's the result. You can add any color you like and you end up with a beautiful result. >> WILLIAM MONACHESI [Architect]: From an ecological point of view it's fantastic. These materials would end up in rubbish dumps or just as litter, dumped anywhere. So it's economically viable. And structurally, the material is very strong. >> VOICEOVER: William Monachesi is a local architect who has been watching Luiz Toledo's work closely. >> GIOVANA VITOLA [Reporter]: Out of 10, what would you give him for beauty and design? >> WILLIAM MONACHESI: I wouldn?t give him 10. That would be going too far. But I think 9 or 9.5 would be fair, because he and his wife created it from nothing, a labor of love. >> VOICEOVER: It's not just Luiz's building materials that are environmentally friendly. In front of his house, he has his own sewage treatment plant -- a system of ponds filled with aquatic plants that filter the waste. >> LUIZ TOLEDO: This is our water treatment system. This is treated sewage and grey water. No smell, nothing. Excellent.>> WOMAN: Luiz? >> LUIZ TOLEDO: Yes? >> WOMAN: Mom is asking if you want to buy copper from her.>> LUIZ TOLEDO: Yes, let me have a look. I've got time. >> VOICEOVER: The Toledos' passion for recycling is well known throughout the neighborhood. Everything Luiz buys from his neighbors or saves from his own rubbish ends up here, in this storage area. >> LUIZ TOLEDO: Here we sort out the materials. These are glass. No market value. Brazil doesn't recycle glass. These ones here, I use a lot in construction. Small ones like these I mix in to make concrete. These newspapers here -- I can almost build a house from this quantity. Once it's wet and mashed it increases in volume. I can almost make a house just from this. >> VOICEOVER: Luiz's scavenging only provides a small amount of his building material. Most of it is collected by the catadores, the people who walk Brazil's streets collecting rubbish and delivering it to recycling co-ops, like this one. This catadores' co-op was actually founded by Luiz himself ten years ago. It provides an income for many of the poorest people in the area.>> MAN: He takes a lot of glass. >> LUIZ TOLEDO: Thirty-one reals worth of glass. I could make another three houses like mine from this pile. >> VOICEOVER: On the drive back to the Toledos' home, I get a good look at the local housing. Much of it is very primitive and drab, without much natural light or ventilation. >> LUIZ TOLEDO: The way houses are built nowadays is so unhealthy. Closed, no ventilation. So then you put in fans and air-conditioners, which affect your breathing. It's a vicious cycle going nowhere. >> VOICEOVER: Luiz has decided to tackle this problem with his recycled housing. He is planning a condominium development, and on the homemade elevator back to his house, Luiz points out where he intends to start building. >> LUIZ TOLEDO: The houses will be built across this hill. There will only be ten houses well spaced out. They'll be arranged so as not to be on top of each other. >> VOICEOVER: The ecologically sustainable village is still on the drawing board, but it already looks like being a success. However, Luiz says they're not interested in making a profit from it. >> LUIZ TOLEDO: As it is our own system our idea is not to worry about who will pay more. We only have 20 homes and 65 expressions of interest. So the selection won't be based on money. It will be based on who really wants a different lifestyle. Not a mainstream one. >> VOICEOVER: That night, a local government architect who is overseeing Luiz's development drops by. Laura Jane Barbosa is excited by the potential of Luiz's ideas. >> LAURA JANE BARBOSA [Local Government Architect]: So it's definitely ecologically and economically sound. I think it's fantastic. It's unbelievably creative. This house is life. It represents a love of life. >> LUIZ TOLEDO: You have no excuse for not living well. In this house there is almost nothing bought new. Humanity needs to give up certain things and go back to simpler ways because the way we are going, we won?t survive. http://www.viewchange.org/videos/peru-from-garbage-to-gold Trash can be recycled and turned into many things&mdash;the Ciudad Saludable organization in Peru is using it create employment opportunities for local people in the city's poorest neighborhoods. Wed, 17 Nov 2010 09:49:00 +0000 http://www.viewchange.org/videos/peru-from-garbage-to-gold Ciudad Saludable, Albina Ruiz, Peru, Lima, Recycling, Ashoka, South America, Latin America, Social entrepreneurship, Waste management >> TITLE: Everyone a Changemaker>> TITLE: The Inventor-Entrepreneur as Pioneer, System Changer, and Role Model for Future Generations. >> TITLE: India>> TITLE: There are 8 million rickshaw pullers in India. Most spend years paying high rental fees but never succeed in owning their own rickshaws.>> TITLE: This is the story of the creation of a new, ergonomic, and inexpensive rickshaw in Guwahati, India>> PRADIP SARMAH [Ashoka-Lemelson Fellow]: In the year 2002, once I traveled with a cycle rickshaw in Guwahati. He never owned it [the rickshaw] and yet he rides this rickshaw for 16 years. If I could come out with a new design of rickshaw, with a bigger space on the back side, and I could sell that space to a corporation, he could have been the owner of that rickshaw by the end of the year. >> TITLE: As a result of his innovation, nearly 4,000 rickshaw pullers are now riding lighter, safer, and more affordable vehicles, all featuring income-generating advertisements (so drivers can afford to finance and own their rickshaw), meanwhile receiving social benefits, such as accident insurance and health care.>> PRADIP SARMAH: So, with that idea, I approached Indian Institute of Technology to develop a new rickshaw design, and very interestingly the corporations then came forward to sponsor 100 rickshaw advertisements. The new designed rickshaw has three dimensions: the technical dimension, the financial dimension, and the social dimension. The new designed rickshaw, which is running in Guwahati or even in other parts of the country, it's 40 percent lighter than the traditional rickshaw. The base is lower, the gravity is well centered. It's well covered for the both rickshaw pullers, as well as the passengers. The back space we are using as an advertisement cost, helps us a lot, giving support to the rickshaw driver. Traditional rickshaws can move in a very high speed. But here, purposefully, we have controlled the speed, and that's why, as of today, our rickshaw has never tilted over. >> TITLE: Pradip Sarmah continues to advance the social, financial, and the technological systems for rickshaw pullers. He is currently working on implementing the Soleckshaw, a motorized rickshaw driven by solar battery power, which will ease the physical burden placed on rickshaw drivers. >> TITLE: Everyone a Changemaker>> TITLE: The Inventor-Entrepreneur as Pioneer, System Changer, and Role Model for Future Generations. >> TITLE: Peru>> TITLE: In many cities in developing countries, some of the lowest income individuals survive by collecting trash. Ashoka-Lemelson Fellow Albina Ruiz, through her organization Ciudad Saludable (Healthy City), organizes informal trash recyclers, so that they can earn a decent living. Her micro-enterprise model provides self-employment opportunities to local residents in poor neighborhoods who go door-to-door collecting garbage and fees, and educating people about respecting and protecting their environment.>> ALBINA RUIZ [Ashoka-Lemelson Fellow and Founder, Ciudad Saludable]: This story of working in the field of waste management really began when I came from the jungle to Lima. I discovered there was plastic, that there was paper, there was cardboard, there were cans, and, more than anything, that there was a big problem with garbage. I also started to learn that the garbage was not just in the city, but it was also in the dumps, in the pig farms, in the outskirts of the towns, and people lived there, people who reclaimed paper, cardboard, and plastic to sell. And I discovered that this was a world of entrepreneurs. We need to think of a different system. Garbage is a medium. >> TITLE: Organized by Ciudad Saludable, the recyclers and the unemployed (mostly women who are heads of households) offer waste management services including transportation, treatment, and final disposal of waste.>> TITLE: Plastic bottles are placed inside the empty compartment and, through the manual compression system, the mass is reduced to 75 percent of the original volume, saving significant storage space. Inspired by a technology to crush aluminum cans, Ciudad Saludable developed a manual crushing machine with the help of Californian engineer Nisar Shaikh. >> ALBINA RUIZ: Where many see a problem in garbage, we see an opportunity. An opportunity to give jobs to improve the issue of the environment, to improve public health, an opportunity to create more social entrepreneurs. When we start to clean a city or a neighborhood the people organize themselves. People don't want to go backwards. People know they can be clean and demand to be clean. >> TITLE: Rippling created by Ashoka and the Magnum Foundation, with support from The Lemelson and Woodcock Foundations>> TITLE: [end credits]>> TITLE: [end credits] http://www.viewchange.org/videos/kenya-flip-flotsam <p>People from wealthy industrialized nations see flip-flops as cheap and disposable. But in Kenya, much-loved "pata-patas" are repaired, reused, and recycled&mdash;but never wasted. The film follows the long life cycle of this colorful footwear, a story full of resourcefulness, enterprise, and creativity.</p> Sat, 25 Sep 2010 00:29:00 +0000 http://www.viewchange.org/videos/kenya-flip-flotsam Kenya, Flip-flops, Recycling, Africa, Kiwayu Island, Bajuni, Lamu, Swahili people, Environment, Journeyman Pictures >> TITLE: Filmed along the coast of Kenya, East Africa >> TITLE: In association with Kenya Wildlife Service and WWF, Kiunga Marine Reserve >> VOICEOVER: This is the beach where the flip-flops come at the end of their flip-flop trip. But where does a flip-flop trip begin? The floor of a flip-flop factory? On the shelf of a flip-flop shop? Or the foot of a flip-flop fan? And what snaps the strap of each flip-flop that finds its flip-flop fate? A flip too far, a flop too fast, or a slip that flapped it back? And what does the sea say when she sees another flip-flop fall? "Oh flip-flop and flotsam, fair and foul, I'll freely float you all?" But is a flip-flop trip really finished once the waves wash them up on the shore? Or could the beachcombers bring them back to life, turning flotsam into something worth much more? >> TITLE: Flip-Flotsam >> VOICEOVER: Flip-flop trips are beginning the world over, in huge numbers every day. And nowhere are they more prolific than here in East Africa, where the coastal city of Mombasa alone is the origin of 20 million pairs a year. The production process is simple, but requires many hands. Originally, the ancient footwear was made of wood, but now strong, synthetic rubber meets the need. In various sizes, one by one, the soles are stamped out, each with three holes for the straps. >> VOICEOVER: Bagging up, sacking up, and stacking up. Ready for action, they take to the streets where the demand is high, but the supply is always a step ahead. The market is flooded with choice and the styles change endlessly as the brands compete for a foothold in the industry. >> SIGN: Umoja: Quality Rubber Products. Kiboko Yao >> SIGN: A Treat to Your Feet >> SIGN: Bata. Beware of Imitations: Look for the Bata label >> VOICEOVER: Some even design their own home-brands; using old car tires, they create the ultimate road-worthy footwear. But, whatever the style, the business is big, and Mombasa is just the beginning. Eighty thousand pairs leave the town each day, heading all over the African continent. But there's one particular place where flip-flops really make their mark. >> TITLE: Kenya, Lamu >> VOICEOVER: Lamu. A small island of Swahili people whose vibrant culture grew from the African and Arabian trading legacy a thousand years ago. The traditional sailing dhows are still central to their way of life, and much time is spent at the water's edge. Nothing could suit the seafarers better than this cheap, cheerful, and amphibious footwear. Known here as pata-patas, they are a basic necessity for all and have become an integral part of Swahili dress. Without any cars on the island, the Lamu feet are hard working, and, at market time, the pata-patas are out in full swing. Worn by all ages, slipping into all sizes, they resound throughout the town. >> VOICEOVER: The meandering route to Madrasa, the Islamic school, is a well-trodden one, but, in keeping with Swahili culture, the footwear seldom gets beyond the doorstep. Whilst the children learn the Koran, their flip-flops, cast aside, lie in wait. Five times a day from mosques all over town, the call to prayer rings out bringing all Muslim men together. Well-accustomed to the routine, the flip-flops know their place. Being left somewhere particular avoids getting lost in the crowd. Older ones are molded to the shape of the feet they wear, the colors and patterns a measure of the weight they bear. Back on the streets, and each on a journey of their own: familiar paths, though no two souls are the same. Worn in, worn out, and in need of some attention, they go to a place where, at last, they are welcomed beyond the doorstep. >> VOICEOVER: Lamu cobblers seldom make shoes, but mend them, and flip-flop maintenance has become their specialty. Well cared for by the cobblers, these will all walk again, but others, beyond repair, lie rejected with the rest of Lamu litter. In May, a change in the monsoon winds brings stormy weather to Lamu, and all the year's rain falls in just a few weeks. The downpours flush the town clean, and the cast-offs make their break. Footloose and fancy-free, they're headed for the open sea. Much of the town's rubbish ends up in the sea, and flip-flops are no exception. Buoyant and resilient, they are swept along by the powerful ocean currents. There is no telling how long their journey will be, or where it will take them, as they join the fleet of flotsam. Flip-flotsam. And so begins their voyage in this mysterious new world. >> VOICEOVER: Skimming the surface and riding the waves, they brush shoulders with other ocean wanderers of all shapes and sizes. For the pelagic drifters the journey is effortless, but for a tiring long-distance swimmer, what better find than this? Seaborne for years, the flotsam is put to good use, and many an ocean hitchhiker gets on board. Anchored firmly to the straps and reliant on their seaworthy host, this colony of goose barnacles feeds from the nutrient-rich surface waters. Adopting marine fashions, they can put on quite a display. >> VOICEOVER: For some this may be a trip to far-off lands -- for others, eventual integration into the ocean's endlessness. But along the remote northern coast of Kenya, converging oceanic currents bring trash ashore with tidal regularity. When the wind is strong, and the tide is high, the coastal release valves kick in, and all that floats, flies. Flung back onto dry land, exposed to the scorching African sun, they begin to curl and crumble, and, sitting out the seasons, they blend into the surroundings. For these noddy terns, roosting on this craggy coral coastline, finding a comfortable perch can be difficult. Though, amidst the crowd, someone has found a solution. >> VOICEOVER: But it's in the bays and along the beaches that most of the litter comes ashore. The resident ghost crabs scavenge for nutritious arrivals, dodging the coastal clutter, which, at every tide, clearly leaves its mark. Day after day, high tide after high tide, the debris chokes the shoreline, and the supplies will just keep coming. On this long island beach, the tide has offered up something a little more interesting. The well-traveled goose barnacles have been left high and dry, and the beachcombers know a good thing when they see it. Whilst the barnacles' protective shells served them well at sea, they are no defense from the powerful claws of ghost crabs. >> VOICEOVER: But the crabs are not the only beachcombers. And, in these hands, a whole new colorful adventure lies ahead. These are the Bajuni people of Kiwayu Island. Their lives are finely tuned to the cycles of the moon and the ocean. After every high tide they search the flotsam for good firewood and other useful pickings. And, of late, this includes flip-flops too, gathered, however ragged, their full potential still untapped. >> VOICEOVER: Kiwayu Island has long been home to the descendants of seafaring Arabs and wandering Somalis, drawn here by the freshwater so scarce on this coastline. Now part of the Kiunga Marine Reserve, remote and unspoiled, this hardy community live off the land and sea. While most men fish or tend livestock, women are making-do with flip-flops. With no electricity on the island the driftwood fuels their stoves, whilst the flip-flops fuel a new cottage industry. >> VOICEOVER: In the midst of this closely-knit village of 500 people, skilled hands are bringing about change. The flotsam is free, the tools are cheap, and the women, mostly housebound with little means of earning a living, are resourceful and productive. Amidst their daily jobs, more and more of them are fashioning the rubber as part of a day's work. The pata-patas, now elevated from castoffs to a valued resource, get to show their true colors once more. Inspired by their rich marine environment, the islanders transform the flotsam into new and vibrant life forms. Initially the carvings were pieced together with Acacia thorns, but the crafting techniques have evolved, and the production line keeps churning them out. >> VOICEOVER: It was the children who originally inspired the recycled creations. Hungry for toys, beach trash can provide good substitutes, and flip-flop models have long been in production. The older boys carve intricate flip-flop replicas of the dhows all around them, and set sail with an old plastic bag. Such creative recycling is an old habit here, but, with the support of conservation organizations, this flip-flop art has made its way into distant markets. Loaded up in dhows, the flip-flops, transformed, begin yet another journey. They leave the quiet shores, to be taken back where their epic adventures began. >> TITLE: Kiwayu, Lamu, Mombasa -- Kenya >> VOICEOVER: Put on sale at craft markets across the country, the flip-flops once again display their bright colors. Brought here by one of the craftswomen, the eco-friendly creations and their unusual origins capture the imaginations of all. The business is good, so completing the cycle as trash, turned into craft, becomes cash. The market, and all it leaves in its wake, has brought to the resourceful beachcombers a valuable trade, precious assets, and their own way forward. And all this, because theirs is the beach where the flip-flops come at the end of their flip-flop trip. >> TITLE: [end credits] http://www.viewchange.org/videos/making-profit-from-waste-in-ghana Plastic waste is an enormous problem in Ghana: you can see it almost everywhere you look. But local people have found ways to use these plastics to create jobs and a make a profit, while also improving the environment. Wed, 22 Sep 2010 08:29:00 +0000 http://www.viewchange.org/videos/making-profit-from-waste-in-ghana Recycling, Ghana, Green job, Accra, Creative reuse, Environmental art, Plastic Recycling, Africa, ViewChange Online Film Contest, LinkTV Picks >> TITLE: Spark Africa: New Business Perspectives>> VOICEOVER: Spark Africa is always looking for new businesses and surprising initiatives. Today we report from Ghana. The biggest problem here is litter and waste.>> TITLE: Ghana. Population: 23.9 million. GNP per capita USD$485. Plastic waste in 2008: 22,000 tonnes.>> DIANA DINSY-SOWAH [Spark Africa Ghana]: Everywhere you go, one will see the streets littered with empty water bags and bottles. This is why the plastic bag is often referred to as the flower of Africa. Recently, however, several initiatives that are making use of the waste to produce new products have come to light in Ghana. Now we go to Amina, a coastal town two hours' drive from Accra.>> SIGN: Cyclus Elmina Plastic Recycling Ltd.>> VOICEOVER: This company is called Cyclus. They collect and process street litter. It seems even waste can be profitable. How that works: a construction company in Ghana and a waste company in Netherlands have joined forces. >> NANA PAAPA VAN DYCK [Director, Vanhold Construction Ltd]: And in the process we realized that there were too many plastics in our environment. We can do something about it.>> WIM HARDEMAN [Project manager, Cyclus Elmina]: We collect waste from households, from hotels, restaurants, bars. But as well we also recycle waste which comes from the industry.>> VOICEOVER: The sorting, assembly, and transportation of plastic waste is a business alone. More than 500 people are involved in the process. >> WIM HARDEMAN: Where it comes down is that the people who pick the plastics are being paid for the work they do. So the PET [polyethylene terephthalate] is being turned into fiber, being used to make anything, like jeans, jackets, carpets, tennis balls, etc.>> VOICEOVER: There are plenty of clients, including the local metal industry or an international fiber company.>> WIM HARDEMAN: And if you look at the whole chain, from the picking to the recycling, everything can be a very sound business.>> NANA PAAPA VAN DYCK: The environment is cleaner. All those plastics you see here, would have been in the soil of Ghana.>> VOICEOVER: Another option is to leave the bottles exactly as they are, and create something totally different. This is a new business idea invented by an artist.>> JOHANNES ARTHUR [Plastic Artist]: If you realize, it was a need for furniture in my room. And it was my desire as an artist to create something new. The double lounge chair, the three-in-one armchair, the single armchair, I have a center table ... The ultimate would be a full house built with the bottles.>> DIANA DINSY-SOWAH: So now you've seen how companies in Ghana and the people of Ghana have found ways of making money out of plastic waste. The environment is getting cleaner, and the people who collect the waste are getting an income. Above all, this chair is very comfortable. >> TITLE: [end credits] http://www.viewchange.org/videos/wealth-from-waste <p>Solid waste management is a serious problem in developing countries like Nepal, as dumping garbage in open spaces can cause disease and environmental pollution. One Nepalese woman, Tulasa Gyawali, has developed a practical and innovative way to deal with household garbage. Her kitchen compost nourishes her beautiful garden, and she earns additional income from selling reusable material like paper.</p> Fri, 17 Sep 2010 12:27:00 +0000 http://www.viewchange.org/videos/wealth-from-waste Waste management, Nepal, Municipal solid waste, Compost, Urban agriculture, Kathmandu, Environment, Paper recycling, Recycling, Sustainability >> TITLE: A film on Wealth from Waste by Bal Krishna Sharma >> VOICEOVER: These are some glimpses of Thamel and Durbar Marg, the major tourist hubs in Kathmandu and their vicinity. Rapid urbanization, growing population, and lack of appropriate technologies for solid waste management have been posing serious threats in big cities of Nepal. >> VOICEOVER: A bad culture has been taking place in Nepali urban life regarding the management of household waste. They feel their responsibility is over once they throw the household waste on the road. This sort of tradition is nothing but an invitation to various fatal diseases and plague. It has also been degrading [the] environment and income due to the lack of knowledge and ideas in transforming "waste into wealth." As lotus that blossoms in sunlight, shadows, mud, laborious hands ready to turn waste into wealth are emerging. Tulasa Gyawali, from Bharatpur Municipality-10, is one such example. She is a woman with innovative ideas and positive thinking. >> TULASA GYAWALI: I dump kitchen waste into compost bin and plastic to make flower vase. Kitchen waste changes into manure after about two months. >> VOICEOVER: Tulasa used to dump her household garbage into the garbage pickup trolley from the municipality. The trolley unloaded such garbage at the center of Bharatpur city. That made the market place smelly and dirty. On her way to the market one day, she saw this awful sight. Then she started wondering if the household garbage could be managed at its origin. >> VOICEOVER: She then started managing the solid waste from her household. She dumped degradable, reusable, and non-degradable wastes into three different buckets. She used the degradable waste for vermicomposting. The product is used as manure in her garden. Now, she has grown plenty of vegetables in her kitchen garden and roof of her house. She has also made a very beautiful garden using the same organic compost. She started creating sandals and bags out of milk, noodles, and biscuit packets. A model of Taj Mahal, by using empty bottles of polio vaccine, is one of the finest examples of her creation. Her additional income comes from selling reusable goods like iron and paper. >> VOICEOVER: Unlike common plight of Nepalese women, Tulasa no more depends on her husband for small amounts of money. This has given her dignity and pride. She is encouraged and has been developing her leadership capacity. Tulasa's work is a very good example of managing challenges of poverty, unemployment, and household waste. She turned our social threat into an opportunity. She created double opportunities of employment and income by creatively tackling the challenge. >> VOICEOVER: Tulasa now has proved herself a leader in the household solid waste management. She sticks to her slogan: "usages of household solid waste in urban agriculture system," and has now proven to be a leader in household solid waste management. According to the center for solid waste management program, 85 percent of total solid waste can be reduced if household waste can be managed at its origin. Tulasa says that management of household waste at home can be profitable, reliable, and sustainable method of solid waste management. >> TULASA GYAWALI: Kitchen waste is clean but we are not. It changes into garbage only if you throw it outside your house in the environment. >> VOICEOVER: As Tulasa did, we can also generate biogas, organic manure, and reusable items from our household solid waste. Isn't it the need of current times? >> TITLE: [end credits] http://www.viewchange.org/videos/trash-is-cash <p>Wafalme is a hip-hop group formed by Kenyan kids who grew up in the slums around Nairobi. They recorded "Trash Is Cash" in a bid to enlighten humanity about innovative ways to recycle waste. These won't just improve the environment, but also produce wealth and employment.</p> Fri, 17 Sep 2010 11:27:00 +0000 http://www.viewchange.org/videos/trash-is-cash Cultural Video Foundation, Kenya, Wafalme, Nairobi, Slum Talent Trust, Slum, ViewChange Online Film Contest, Climate change, Recycling, Pollution >> TITLE: Song: Trash is Cash. Artist: Wafalme. Producer: Homeboyz, Slum Talent Trust. Video: Cultural Video Foundation. >> INTRO: Yeah-ee-yeah, no more pollution This my solution Make it clean, make it clean >> VERSE: Millions living here The litter they call dear They weren't born here It's survival for revival Air filled with polluted bubbles Sky's the limit every day hustle Conserving the slum building up muscle Clean up the streets, recycling the trash Save the environment and make some cash People wake up and wander right about outside The narrow dirty streets shanty built muddy shacks Discarded garbage kids playing on filthy paths Within the atmosphere of alcohol, violence, and drugs Education, medication, a distant hope in them >> CHORUS: No more pollution, trash is cash This my solution, trash is cash No more pollution, trash is cash This my solution, trash is cash Make a town a green town, make a town a green town Make a town a green town, make a town a green town Climate change, environment, make a town a green town Climate change, environment, make a town a green town >> SIGN: Kibera Youth Self Help Project: Waste Management Composting Site. >> VERSE: Community groups, micro entrepreneurs Selling to farmers asset compost manure Irrigation from the river Eco sandals, handbags, jewelry made from the trashy granular Mattress, pillow baskets, roof tiles from the trash plastic Sold to local and foreign market Metals sold to scrap dealers in a rampage Cheap cookers made using dumped coffee seeds and paper as fuel Feed the poor, the price not cruel Millions of people trying to save the world While make a living with the strong unemployment And pollution solution, innovative lesson to the world my conclusion Starved women bathing in dirty rivers, planting veggies along rivers Kids forage in waste, drinking water from pipes, covered in garbage Raw sewers overflowing, open sewage, eyes can't bandage Improper sanitation, no latrine variation, garbage mountains, can't manage >> CHORUS: No more pollution, trash is cash This my solution, trash is cash No more pollution, trash is cash This my solution, trash is cash Make a town a green town, make a town a green town Make a town a green town, make a town a green town Climate change, environment, make a town a green town Climate change, environment, make a town a green town >> VERSE: So when I sit back and reminisce about the future Things the way they were, wishing they wouldn't last My thoughts about conservation run inside of me Now I can get the best life I wanted to achieve The ozone layer depletion, mankind threat I mention The planet getting warmer, resource scarcity informer Slums overpopulated, people starving, some don't make it No trees around the slum This can't be a greener ground environment surround Charcoal and biogas production Youth employed for garbage collection, an ideal correction Water purifiers, ceramic material Fine art sculptures made from trash Youth to generate some cash Fire stutter by the roadside, spreading acrid smoke near food kiosks in the air It's pollution here, pollution there, pollution everywhere, beware. >> CHORUS: No more pollution, trash is cash This my solution, trash is cash No more pollution, trash is cash This my solution, trash is cash Make a town a green town, make a town a green town Make a town a green town, make a town a green town Climate change, environment, make a town a green town Climate change, environment, make a town a green town http://www.viewchange.org/videos/garbage-dreams <p>Cairo's Zaballeen&mdash;Arabic for "garbage people"&mdash;recycle nearly all the trash they collect, maintaining what could be the world's most efficient waste disposal system. Foreign competition is threatening this community of ecologically minded trash entrepreneurs, which has a lot it could teach the rest of the world about waste management.</p> Fri, 27 Aug 2010 18:44:00 +0000 http://www.viewchange.org/videos/garbage-dreams Egypt, Waste management, Zaballeen, Garbage Dreams, Cairo, Waste, Environment, Recycling, LinkTV Picks, ViewChange Online Film Contest >> TITLE: Cairo >> ADHAM [Garbage collector]: If there weren't any garbage collectors, Cairo wouldn't be clean. I once went into Cairo to collect trash. I realized everyone was well dressed, but I wasn't. So, I was a bit upset. But I must live with this. It's my fate. >> TITLE: Garbage Dreams >> ADHAM: Everyday, we pick up trash from residents. Then, we bring it to our neighborhood. >> SINGING: We are the garbage collectors. Always blessed. We are the garbage collectors, the Zaballeen, the Zaballeen. >> LAILA [Community Social Worker]: Everyone here works in garbage. >> VOICE: We recycle everything. >> ADHAM: Here, we recycle 80 percent of what we collect. But abroad, they only recycle 30 percent and bury the rest in landfills. Companies began coming in from abroad. >> LAILA: The city contracted with foreign waste disposal companies because they perceive the Zaballeen to be old-fashioned. >> ADHAM: Of course, I'm furious. They will bury all our garbage. >> TITLE: The Recycling School >> LAILA: This school teaches new ways of thinking so our kids can fight for a better future. >> ADHAM: I think if I became educated, I could develop the whole trade. My school wants to send me abroad to see how foreign societies work. >> TITLE: Wales >> ADHAM: I finally get to see the world. >> ADHAM [to recycling plant worker]: But this can be recycled. It doesn't matter if it's big or small. This should be recycled! So, this is the end of it! >> WOMAN: This is going to go a landfill. This is going to go to a hole in the earth. >> ADHAM: It's obvious we're the leaders in our field. >> LAILA: We care about garbage more than the foreign companies. >> MALE ZABALLEEN: Residents want to recycle, but the foreign company could care less. >> LAILA: We must demand our rights! We need to speak out! http://www.viewchange.org/videos/not-just-a-piece-of-cloth <p>Anshu Gupta, the founder of Goonj, a volunteer-run recycling center in New Delhi, recycles garments to provide clothes, schoolbags, sanitary napkins, and other amenities for India's poor. Anshu offers a heartfelt appeal to be mindful of the unused clothing taking space in your closet right now, and what a treasure it could be for someone in need.&nbsp;</p> Tue, 06 Jul 2010 22:10:00 +0000 http://www.viewchange.org/videos/not-just-a-piece-of-cloth India, Recycling, Goonj, Clothing, Textile, Gender equality, Sanitary napkin, Child, Hygiene, T-shirt >> TITLE: www.globalonenessproject.org >> TITLE: Not Just a Piece of Cloth >> ANSHU GUPTA: The moment you open your almirah [closet], the first thing that you see is a T-shirt which you don't need. Am I right? First thing which you see is that one T-shirt which you don't need; you're sick and tired of it, you want to get rid of it. You don't know what to do with it. My name is Anshu Gupta, and I initiated this organization called Goonj in 1998. We work on a very basic issue of clothing. It's something like, out of three basic needs -- where you say food, clothes, and shelter -- we target the clothing part. We raise a lot of awareness, and talk to people about the concept, organize a number of collection drives, and awareness campaigns, you know? And as a result, we get a lot of material on a regular basis. Then the entire material comes to this store, and these ladies actually segregate it. Every single thing is sorted out in a different manner. Anything which is not useable, if it is repairable, we will repair it, and then it will be utilized. But even [if] there is a cloth which is, which we cannot use for anything, we can work it into different products. >> ANSHU GUPTA: What she is doing is that she is basically making this for a school bag. This becomes the cover of the bag, and this becomes the pocket, and this is basically to hold the bag, the strips. This is an absolutely perfect, ready to move school bag. This will be used as a rope, like this, you know? And once you utilize this particular material, which is the last inch of real estate actually, and you weave it in this loom, and make a product like this. >> ANSHU GUPTA: This is basically, you know, the waste sheets which we collect. This is like A4 sheets, which is a massive wastage in corporates, and photocopy shops, schools, everywhere you waste these sheets. What we say is why can't we use the other side of it? Every 25 sheets, if you waste, you waste a notebook. >> ANSHU GUPTA: Anything and everything under the sun which is an urban wastage, can be reutilized, reused. It might be computers, it might be furniture, it might be school materials, utensils, footwear, but the primary issue has been the clothing issue. When you talk about clothing, per se, either you talk about cloth bank which a few cities have, or you literally wait for a disaster to happen, then you take out clothing. So our basic issue was that half the country in any case does not need a disaster, but they need clothing. For every single person who does not have enough to cover himself or herself, winters are much bigger, regular disasters. You can survive without food maybe for a day. But what about the basics? >> ANSHU GUPTA: We travel across the country, and you'll see we raised an issue, that every woman in this world needs a piece of cloth for five days. Have you ever thought about the women who do not have enough to cover themselves? From where do they bring that piece of cloth every month? We went to a couple of villages where you find so many holes in their hut. These people actually dig a hole in the night and put their children to sleep there. But they have nothing to cover them. And then they cover them with weaved dry grass. So in that scenario, how and from where will the women bring the piece of cloth? There are cases when you have two to three women in the family. They have different cycles. And they share the same piece of cloth. You have cases where a woman used a piece of blouse which had a hook, and she died of tetanus. You go to another tribe, and you talk to women, and the women will say that they don't use anything. It is really shocking that five days with so much of, you know, thing, you have nothing to use, and you just roam around. >> ANSHU GUPTA: And what a simple solution. In the cities, where you are holding so much, why can't we look at one woman's suit, which is a very traditional and commonly used cloth in India, and if you hold it in your cupboards, you are holding about 20 sanitary napkins for people. We do nothing except cutting that in pieces, and providing it to people, after properly washing and all that. And it becomes a good sanitary napkin for them. And the solution is an old cloth, lying in your cupboard. This is what I always repeat: lying in your cupboard. You go back to your place, you open your almirah, you will at least find 20 cloths which you haven't used for the last three years, two years, one year. You don't need it, but you are holding it. >> TITLE: www.globalonenessproject.org http://www.viewchange.org/videos/the-greenhouse-project In the inner city of Johannesburg, The GreenHouse Project is turning one urban park into a seedbed for sustainable communities. The program takes a holistic approach to the city's challenges, integrating green building and design, efficient and renewable energy, recycling, organic farming, and nutrition. Tue, 06 Jul 2010 22:00:00 +0000 http://www.viewchange.org/videos/the-greenhouse-project Africa, GreenHouse Project, Alternative energy, Dorah Lebelo, Agriculture & Food, Sustainable development, Hillbrow, Green building, Organic food, Passive solar >> TITLE: Global Oneness Project >> TITLE: The GreenHouse Project >> DORAH LEBELO [Director, The GreenHouse Project]: The area here is called Joubert Park; it is very close to Hillbrow, which is the largest residential place in the city of Johannesburg. A highly transitory place, it is a place where people arrive into South Africa. Many people from outside the country, from African countries, neighboring African countries, as well as from overseas, other continents, as well as from other provinces of South Africa that are mostly remote and rural, they arrive in Johannesburg to here. >> DORAH LEBELO: And what we are doing here at the GreenHouse is actually giving the people power, it's about empowering the people so that they can realize that they've got all the knowledge. Many of them here, they all come from rural communities. They have once lived like this. They have once produced their own food. They have once built their own houses. They have once fetched their own water. They have once dealt with their own waste. >> DORAH LEBELO: The GreenHouse project has got five programs, and the first one is green building and design where we focus on buildings and how we design [inaudible] passive solar design so we minimize the amount of energy to warm them up and to cool them off, and what kind of materials. The second program is making efficient and renewable energy. What are the various options that are available for us to have energy other than the normal coal-based electricity? The recycling project was started about two-and-a-half years ago, and mainly just to showcase that waste, it is a resource that can be utilized economically. The fifth one is organic food production and nutrition, so we are looking at having food security, how people can start growing their own food in the city. >> DORAH LEBELO: We are also looking at the principle of doing more with less, also starting from a place of abundance, knowing that we've got what we need, and we almost ... we've got everything that we need, and operating from that. And saying that we really are not going to look at some other people to give us what we need, but actually we've got what we need and we only want the people to maximize our own potential. If we want to create sustainable communities, we are going to have to look at things in a holistic way. We just cannot come and say, "Oh, my responsibility is health and I'm just going to ... I'm not going to come here and only look at health, and I'm just going to give these people drugs, and help them survive AIDS." You need to look at what it is they are eating, where they are living, and what kind of houses are they living in, what kind of energy are they using, because if they are using coal and they are inhaling the smoke at night, it's not going to be helpful. It's not only about one thing, it is about a number of things and most of them have got a local effect, so once you start addressing this it's going to lead you to that, and once you own that one it's going to lead you to the other. How do we design interventions and programs that are looking at the lives of the people in a very holistic way rather than just one thing? >> TITLE: www.globalonenessproject.org http://www.viewchange.org/videos/living-service <p>It's easy to talk about Gandhian principles such as helping others and unity, but Jayesh Patel lives them every day. The founder of Indian NGO Manav Sadhna takes us on a tour through the vast slums of Ahmedabad, and explains that we already have enough good ideas; what we need is a commitment to put them into practice.&nbsp;</p> Fri, 26 Mar 2010 18:49:12 +0000 http://www.viewchange.org/videos/living-service India, Jayesh Patel, Manav Sadnha, Slum, Poverty, Water & Sanitation, Child, Social change, Sanitation, Recycling >> TITLE: Global Oneness Project >> TITLE: Living Service >> SIGN: Happiness depends on what you can give and not what you can get >> SIGN: Sabarmati Ashram: Ghandi Memorial Museum >> VOICEOVER: At the Gandhi Ashram, in the city of Ahmedabad, the work of the Mahatma continues through the efforts of Manav Sadhna, an NGO founded by Jayesh Patel, committed to working for the betterment of the poor and needy children living in the slums just outside the Ashram, where 120,000 people make their homes. At the heart of Manav Sadhna is Jayeshbhai, as he is affectionately known, a man whose dedication to the Gandhian principles of truth, non-violence, uplifting the poor and oppressed, promoting health and sanitation, and educating the poor masses of India has inspired thousands of volunteers around the world. >> SIGN: Be the change you wish to see in the world - Gandhi >> VOICEOVER: When we met him, he emphasized that it is not enough to talk about the values of oneness and unity, without living that understanding through our actions. >> SIGN: Love all, Serve all >> VOICEOVER: By providing nutritious meals, hygiene programs, and skills-based educational opportunities, Manav Sadhna works to eliminate child labor, get kids into school, and empower women to be economically independent. >> VOICEOVER: Normally, Jayeshbhai refuses to let reporters or filmmakers interview him, but he let us wire him with a mike and follow him throughout the day, as long as the camera was focused on the people he met. As he led us through the slums, we gained a new understanding of what it means to walk. >> JAYESH PATEL: We all are one, and through service we connect the people, through the various, various types of service. First focus is the needy, the poor. If you can serve the poor, then your compassion comes out. And if your compassion comes out, that compassion goes everywhere: rich, poor, everywhere. So slowly, slowly that experiment becomes an example for others. And others can get involved in that experiment. So, the main thing is to connect the people to people, connect the heart to heart. That is very important. That's Manav Sadhna philosophy. This is the project, all we are doing, that is the project, but underlying is a process. We try to create a process in every human being. This work is just like a drop of the ocean. But a teardrop of compassion changes everything. Not ambition, mission is very important. Mission: I want to do it. That is my responsibility. I'm a human being and I want to do this. Love, work, according to your strength. Don't stretch, never stretch. Simplicity means adjust everywhere. And don't think too much. I am right now here, this is the best place for me, this is the best time for me, and this is the best people for me. That's living in the present. >> JAYESH PATEL: How are you? Make sure you take a good shower. Hey you, doll, did you take a shower? See, they are making a movie out of you. Make sure you take a good shower, OK? How are you ma'am? See the house, come inside. See the house, how they put their vessels, they made themselves. Simple. Very poor people, every day earning and every day eating. They don't know tomorrow's meal. If they work today, they earn and then they eat. Of this type, there are lots of people. Everywhere in the world. Did you take a shower? >> JAYESH PATEL: Up until we die, we are always learning, learning, learning. Life is a learning process. I learn from the children. They are very pure. If they are reading and I say, "please, come here," immediately he comes. If someone, an older person hears that, they think first, "why is he calling me?" So, very pure. Children are very pure. They don't know what is true, what is untrue. They always speak the truth. >> JAYESH PATEL: What's the name of this doll? Lets show these folks. I asked -- her name is cleanliness -- who is clean? So he said, "Yes, I am," then he said, "No I am not." And everybody pointed out this. Let me see your hand. See? Whoever is clean, they get to wear the doll. Let me see your nails, let me see, let me see. Wow, everyone's nails are clean. That's great! Give me a high-five. Very good. If you use your hands to clean your hair, clean you ears, pick your nose, then where will all that dirt go? [mimes eating] And then you'll complain, "Oh, my stomach hurts." >> JAYESH PATEL: See the cross. Children don't know religion. She is a Hindu, but wearing a cross. That's real spirituality. Not religiousness. Let's go. If we can walk just like this, we'll require two days. It's a long, big slum. Religiousness is increasing, spirituality is decreasing. Spirituality means see the truth, love, compassion, goodness, kindness. That's spirituality, not Jesus, Buddha, Muhammad. Buddha means "aware." So, that is the way of life. Here, let me tie this doll to you since I have it with me. You want me to tie this? Someone asked Gandhi: What is the biggest problem after independence, the biggest dangerous thing after independence? Gandhi said: "Heartless intellectuals." So, people think with their minds, not connecting head, heart, and hand in harmony. Harmony between head, heart, and hand is very important. If you work, then you understand. You put your heart, devotion, dedication. And then you put your heart, you think properly. >> JAYESH PATEL: Come, you want to see the house of this old lady? Here, show them your house. This is the royal bathroom of this family. [laughs] See, big bathroom. Come, come inside, see the house. Clothes, utensils, bed, blankets, and kitchen. She made this house herself. >> ELDERLY WOMAN: Yeah, I made this myself. >> JAYESH PATEL: Do you like living here? >> ELDERLY WOMAN: What can I do? Where else can I go? >> JAYESH PATEL: But it's a nice place you've got here. >> ELDERLY WOMAN: Oh yeah, of course, it's great. I live here. >> JAYESH PATEL: What is this? >> ELDERLY WOMAN: This is where this kid sleeps. The old man is sick. >> JAYESH PATEL: What happened? >> ELDERLY WOMAN: He's had a head injury and is in the hospital. >> JAYESH PATEL: Which hospital? >> ELDERLY WOMAN: The nearby one, right here. >> JAYESH PATEL: Well, then, if there are any problems, let me know. My friend Sunil can come and help you. >> JAYESH PATEL: See, the lemon shop. They earn from this. In the evening, they go to this road, the main road, put up the stand, and then open this window, two sides, and sell the lemon juice. If you are thinking, then desire comes and desire brings misery. Problem, problem, problem. But go and work. Work on the problem, see the opportunity, try to involve and doors open. >> JAYESH PATEL: I always walk. When you walk, "W" means "witness the nature." You see and witness small, small things when you walk. When you go by car, you can't see the small, small things. From near, you can't observe. So, when you walk, you observe small, small things. So witness the nature. "A" means then "accept circumstances." Someone is coming and they stop you and talk with you, accept that. Accept circumstances. When you witness nature and accept circumstances, then you love your life. "L" means "love your life." And when you love your life, then "K" means "know thyself." You know what you are, why you are here. So, walk means that. >> JAYESH PATEL: If you can use your heart, then you understand, because if you get involved with some people, don't see the problems, try to see the opportunities. If you see the problem, then your mind works. If you can see the opportunity, then your heart works. So see the opportunity, and try, and then love multiplies. And see the goodness in the people, go into their hearts, and relieve the weakness, try to relieve the weakness. >> JAYESH PATEL: It's a huge slum. 120,000 to 150,000. Be like a ladder, not like a leader. If you become like a ladder, then everyone develops themselves. And try to love all, serve all. Human beings sometimes fall down; they should not feel guilty. Because, after, people's expectation is increasing. Oh, Jayeshbhai is doing good work, but sometimes Jayeshbhai is making mistakes and they see my mistakes so big. So live like the common people. Don't raise your life up: then people see small, small things, your mistakes, your anything, big. And then they value you very small. But if you live like the common people, then they understand. >> JAYESH PATEL: So they are making containers. From waste, they make a nice container for drain and then they sell it. So that is their employment, their special skill. So, we convert that into the garbage cans and we put into the house to drop their garbage. And we give employment: indirect employment, and employment created within, then it's sustained. Then it becomes a concept. And then we put into every house for the garbage. So, they get money, the waste goes for some nice use and people drop the garbage. >> JAYESH PATEL: So, this is the drinking water. See, they put that container ... this is in the line. So we try to give basic amenities: water, toilet, drainage. But it is very difficult to provide that. Slowly, slowly, slowly, slowly. Try to convince government. We have a toilet donation program, latrine donation program, just like a blood donation program. We want to develop this area slowly, slowly. But first, we educate the people. >> JAYESH PATEL: Come, come here. See the children. All the children are garbage collectors. Garbage is bread for them. This girl is sustaining her whole family. Her father and mother, both. Her mother has a severe back problem, and her father can't speak because of an infection, and can't walk properly, and paralysis, so these girls, Bharti and Jessy, sustain the whole family. They collect the garbage and then they segregate it, and here there are 21 garbage collection centers. Collection centers, huge clusters. So they sell them, and every day they earn. She earns ... How much do you make every day? You collect worth how much? Fifty rupees. We never give. This hand and this hand is not important, these two hands. This hand is very important. This is the ego, ambition. Dependency, misery. This is self-righteousness and equality. >> JAYESH PATEL: Think globally but act locally. Think globally means you can be aware of the problems of the world. Think globally but act locally: how can I help? Problem and opportunity, both. If action and work is common, then action is a common language to bring people together. Slowly, slowly. If you talk, talk, talk, people won't come together. For two days, three days. Ideas there are lots of here. If all the ideas come together, tomorrow, all the problems are solved. Lots of ideas, good ideas. If all those ideas are implemented, tomorrow everybody lives a happy life. All the ideas are there, but no one is implementing those ideas. So, act locally means implement from where you are. Start to implement without other things. Start. That's: "think globally, but act locally." >> TITLE: www.globalonenessproject.org http://www.viewchange.org/videos/brazil-cfc-elimination <p>Halting the destruction of Amazonian rainforest isn't Brazil's only battle in the fight against climate change. The country is also working hard to eliminate CFC gases that not only harm the ozone layer, but are also much more harmful to the atmosphere then CO2. UNDP is helping the Brazilian government to safely extract and dispose of this harmful chemical.</p> Fri, 26 Mar 2010 18:49:10 +0000 http://www.viewchange.org/videos/brazil-cfc-elimination Montreal Protocol, Environment, Ozone layer, Latin America, Brazil, Chlorofluorocarbon, United Nations Development Programme, Ozone layer depletion, Global warming, Global Environment Facility >> TITLE: UNDP VIDEO www.undp.org/video >> VOICEOVER: Brazil, a land of great beauty and even greater potential. It is an economic engine of Latin America and the fourth most populous democracy in the world. But with this great potential comes an even greater danger as the specter of climate change looms large on the horizon. >> YANNICK GLEMAREC [Director, UNDP Environment Finance]: When you speak about climate change, one of the key questions is how much time is left? And we do not think we have more than 100 months to take action. >> VOICEOVER: In 1993, UNDP became involved in one of the most ambitious climate change and ozone layer protection efforts in the world. After China and India, Brazil was the third largest consumer of chlorofluorocarbons, better known as CFCs. CFCs are found primarily in refrigeration and other cooling devices, and virtually all homes in Brazil have one. But CFCs are deadly to the environment. In addition to destroying the ozone, one tonne of the CFC gas used in the refrigerator has the potential to warm the atmosphere 10,000 times more than one tonne of CO2. >> YANNICK GLEMAREC: Refrigerants contained in these fridges have a huge global warming potential. And so you have a huge, huge time bomb there. >> VOICEOVER: As the world's leading development agency, UNDP works with developing countries to bring about lasting, nationwide change in the battles against poverty and climate change. For the past two decades, UNDP has been working in partnership with the government of Brazil in the realization of its national strategy to eliminate all CFCs. UNDP not only helped Brazil to mobilize resources from international finance mechanisms, like the Multilateral Fund for the Montreal Protocol and the Global Environment Facility, it also assembled a high-level team of scientists, engineers, and climate change experts, who helped Brazil with the technical know-how needed to initiate and sustain this effort. UNDP, along with the Brazilian government, realizes that it is not enough to make new, energy efficient, CFC-free products; the cycle must end with the total and safe destruction of CFCs from old appliances to prevent their emission to the atmosphere, or in the end all these efforts will be for naught and the process will do more harm than good. >> SUELY CARVALHO [Chief, UNDP Montreal Protocol and Chemicals Unit]: UNDP is helping the [Brazilian] minister of environment to find solutions to manage ozone-depleting chemicals from the beginning, when they are produced, to the end of their life cycle, when they are disposed of. So we helped the manufacturers to change the technology to make CFC-free fridges. Then we helped the servicing technicians to collect those CFCs from the fridges. And now we are helping in finding solutions to finance the destruction of those harmful chemicals to avoid that they are emitted to the atmosphere. >> VOICEOVER: Brazil, along with 195 other countries, signed the Montreal Protocol, which calls for the total elimination of all ozone-depleting substances, including CFCs. To comply with the protocol, new laws in Brazil prohibited the manufacturing and import of CFCs, and only allowed for industries to use existing CFCs. Whirlpool, like other appliance companies, had to adapt to the new reality. UNDP worked with Whirlpool, Brazil's largest appliance maker, in developing and manufacturing new, energy efficient, CFC-free refrigerators. UNDP also guided Whirlpool through the complicated process of applying for international funds to make this happen. >> PAULO VODIANITSKAIA [Sustainability Manager, Whirlpool]: We learned a lot from UNDP because we had access to a high-level team who helped us choose the best equipment and procedures for this transition, which was successful. >> VOICEOVER: But this was only the beginning of the solution. Brazil's millions of poor cannot afford a new refrigerator. And yet it is the poor who benefit the most from energy efficient, CFC-free refrigeration. On average, a new refrigerator will cut their energy bills by as much as 20 percent. When, in 2000, Brazil passed a law requiring power distributors to invest resources to improve energy efficiency in poor households, power companies, such as Ampla, quickly realized these new refrigerators were not only good for the environment but would ensure that low-income customers would be able to pay their bills on time. Indiai lives in a small house with her family of five in a poor neighborhood in the city of Sao Goncalo. She is one of thousands of low-income recipients of new refrigerators distributed by Ampla through their fridge early retirement program. >> SUELY CARVALHO: This refrigerator is quite ... >> INDIAI: It is over 10 years old. >> CARVALHO: Very problematic. >> INDIAI: It was the first one I could buy. Since then, I've been unable to replace it. I'm happy. It's almost my birthday and there's a new refrigerator. Thank you Lord! >> ANTONIO AFONSO GOMES [Electrical Engineer Department, Ampla]: We'd rather not send our team every month to cut off a family's energy. We prefer they consume less, but pay on time. >>VOICEOVER: Indiai's old refrigerator is just beginning its long journey. Its disposal is no simple matter since the trapped CFCs will eventually leak into the atmosphere if they are simply discarded in a landfill. Next, Indiai's old refrigerator will be stripped of the dangerous gases in its compressor in dismantling shops like this one. UNDP, working with the ministry of environment, supplies the equipment needed to safely handle and extract the CFC from the refrigerator's compressor. Stripped from the dangerous gases, the refrigerator carcass is sent to storage places in waste management companies such as Essencis or other recycling facilities where the refrigerator's insulating foam, which also contains CFCs, will be extracted. UNDP is helping different private sector partners to find sources of finance to properly manage the final disposal of CFCs and operate in an economically sustainable manner. As a result of UNDP's efforts, a new, greener economy is being developed in Brazil that takes advantage of opportunities like carbon financing and a brand-new market for reclaimed CFCs. >> DANILO FURTADO [Special Advisor to the Minister of Mines and Energy]: The Brazilian refrigerator replacement program, on a grand scale focused on replacing 10 million refrigerators in 10 years, has surpassed its original intention. Programs of this nature, as much as our country has developed technologies and has extraordinary human resources, they can't be developed without partnership with the large agencies. I believe that this collaboration with UNDP is fundamental. >> VOICEOVER: With this project, which can be replicated in other countries, UNDP is helping Brazil connect to international financing needed to get this effort going. It is bringing in the technical know-how and training to make these projects sustainable. And, perhaps most importantly, UNDP is using its vast network of public, private, international, and local partners to construct a chain that begins with a new, energy efficient, CFC-free refrigerator for people like Indiai and her family, and ends with the total elimination of CFC emissions in Brazil, thus contributing significantly to the world's battle to preserve the ozone layer and reduce the risk of climate change.