Renewable energy videos

Renewable energy videos

World's first algae-powered building - Hamburg, Germany - Euronews Knowledgehttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JLEWZkKn1GE

Geothermal energy: What Alaska can learn from Iceland - KTVA Alaska
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jnk0S8wlquo

China's solar ambitions - Euronews
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zb_bWvsY6mw

Future of wind energy - Discovery Channelhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NiSWe3_GEUA

Rural-urban migration videos from China

Videos by Jonah Kessel from the NY Times

A series called “Leaving the Land”

Part One: China’s Consuming Billion — http://nyti.ms/12JJJOH

Part Two: Urban, But Left Behind — http://nyti.ms/1aWZLx1

Part Three: Relocating Tradition — http://nyti.ms/1ktGbKI


And one on problems which may arise following the destruction of these neighborhoods and advanced urbanization:

China Molds a Supercity Around Beijing— http://nyti.ms/1HD9CWX

Hip operation in India?

Hip operation in India? This is a great study of medical tourism around the world. You can get an operation overseas for a fraction of the cost--sometimes by doctors with US degrees.

Medical tourism: global competition in health care - by Devon M. Herrick
http://www.ncpa.org/pdfs/st304.pdf

"An estimated 500,000 Americans traveled abroad for treatment in 2005."
"Approximately 250,000 foreign patients sought care in Singapore, and 500,000 traveled to India for medical care"
"Thailand treated as many as 1 million foreign patients..."

"Most American medical tourists seek treatment in Mexico and other Latin American countries."

"Costa Rica is known for high quality dental work"

Who knew?

I used to live in Costa Rica and remember seeing in the yellow pages doctors with degrees from Louisiana State and Texas A&M.

Medical boats of Assam, India

Boats of Assam - Patrick Shepherd
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rOhnkLHUUmo

Providing floating clinics on the Brahmaputra river

Growing crops in the Thar Desert

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You might think nothing could grow in a place like the vast Thar Desert which separates India and Pakistan. But this project managed to do it.

Thar water and farms - SCOPE Pakistan
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TjxO-Iz6tSw

Cool interactive map on sinking cities of the future

Cool interactive map on sinking cities of the future

http://sealevel.climatecentral.org/

The Ganges River Is Dying Under the Weight of Modern India

The Ganges River Is Dying Under the Weight of Modern India - Newsweek
http://www.newsweek.com/2015/10/02/ganges-river-dying-under-weight-modern-india-375347.html