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There is a gap between rural and urban development in India, and it's widening. Case studies show the impact of this gap and point out that there will be food supply problems in near future. This medium presents several strategies of NGO and special micro-credit schemes that are used to address the problems.
Bangalore is a fast growing city - too fast, as this medium shows: Many people coming from the countryside into the city need places to live; slums are developing. They all need water and health services, and the movement has an impact on the environment as well. The medium reports on improvement schemes.
What caused the formation of Bangladesh's cyclone Aila? This medium explains it step by step and shows the impacts of the tropical storm. Other topics are the methods used to reduce these impacts and strategies like monitoring, prediction and GIS which allow people in the regions concerned to take precautions.
Globalisation has a strong impact on the fashion industry as this medium shows by telling the stories of young textile workers in Bangladesh. It lists the pros and cons and asks who benefits. Work and life conditions of employees in a small fair trade company and in a large scale factory are compared.
The medium gives insights into the environmental impact of the textile industry in two different countries, in the UK and in Bangladesh. While the corporation in the UK recycles energy and waste to reduce pollution, the one in Bangladesh is destroying the health of the people living nearby and the environment.
The fact that population of the UK is ageing poses a challenge to governments and NGOs as well as individuals. The medium allows a look at the positive and negative consequences of the changing dependency ration and shows the impact on the crisis of care, on transport, pensions, housing and health services.
Jerzy Grotowski was one of the most famous theatre practitioners of the last century. The medium traces both his life and his enormous influence on contemporary theatre. It shows how Grotowski's visionary ideas have been and can be used to create successful and powerful performances.