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Earth Matters
Program 85a
Juliet Fox
3CR Community Radio
03 9419 8377
ComRadSat Program 15/10/1999
CUE SHEET
INTRO : "Hello and welcome to environmental ..."=20
OUTRO : "... see you again next week."
DURATION : 25'55" (frogs til around 27'00")
Charhogla - an eco-village in Bangladesh
Situated around 40 kilometres south-east of the capital Dhaka, Charhogla is
an eco-village project that began just three years ago. Today on Earth
Matters we visit the village with executive director of the Environment and
Social Development Organisation (ESDO), Hossain Shariar.
Shariar begins by giving us some background on the Bangladeshi
non-government organisation ESDO, which has also campaigned heavily
throughout Bangladesh against the use of plastic bags. We hear how plastic
bags clog the city after floods, causing stagnant water which people
(especially children) drown in and which also spreads disease. After the
floods of 1988, Dhaka remained under water for 58 days and some 25,000
children died during and after. Shariar then outlines the details of what
ESDO is trying to do at Charhogla, including organic farming, wildlife
conservation, a plastic bag free environment and micro credit schemes for
the rural women.
IN: "I'm Hossain Shariar"
OUT: "out of 3,800."
DUR: 7'52
One woman directly involved in the eco-village project is Aklima Bagum. She
owns a small shop which has a strict rule of having no plastic bags. ESDO
has supported her in establishing the shop and helping her to have economic
autonomy. With the help of Afsana Bintay Amin, program associate with ESDO,
we speak to Aklima about her shop, family and challenges.
IN:"Before she"
OUT: "of this region."
DUR: 6'45
We then return to Hossain Shariar for some more details about the project
at Charhogla, who's supporting it and his ideas about solar power and
biogas. Shariar also stresses the need for ongoing and more extensive
support from overdeveloped nations.
IN: "About the"
OUT: "positive way and manner."
DUR: 7'50
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