Handmade Green Living - Zero Waste Life

[Music] since ancient times the japanese have believed that a life force resides in all creations valuing and caring for the things we use a zero waste life pointing the way to better living for a new era [Music] m [Music] a house on a verdant mountainside in kochi prefecture western japan it's the place hayakawa yumi calls home [Music] she's a textile artist a maker of clothing and other goods rooted in daily living [Music] today she's making traditional japanese work trousers small scraps of cloth are inevitably generated in the process her workshop is full of them no matter how small the scrap she refuses to throw it away [Music] she sews the tiny pieces together [Music] using them as collars for clothing or dish rags [Music] both her cutting and sewing styles are quite bold as are the finished products me [Music] there the resulting trousers are loose fitting and comfortable [Music] scraps once destined for the literal scrappy are gradually transformed into unique creations with every stitch [Music] her work with textiles began with a tour of the asian continent [Music] in countries like thailand india and nepal she became fascinated with the local fabrics she encountered collecting them as she went [Music] indonesian this [Music] i know [Music] [Music] my fabrics filled with memories of her travels making those scraps all the more appealing [Music] [Music] yes avoid waste and use things to the very end an attitude also expressed in her daily life she raises her own fruits and vegetables in fields around her home leading an almost completely self-sufficient existence with her mornings sewing done she begins preparing for lunch with a group of fellow artists from the area [Music] [Music] she uses one of her own cloths to dry the freshly picked arugula [Music] for today's menu deep fried cauliflower and mustard green curry all harvested from her own gardens oh [Music] times like these when everyone gathers for a meal are what she cherishes most foreign after the meal all the food scraps go into the compost once fermented it enriches the soil in her fields [Music] her home and the water for her bath are heated with a wood fire [Music] the remaining ash also doesn't go to waste [Music] scattered in the garden it helps control the ph level of the soil [Music] [Music] eating vegetables from her garden returning the scraps and ashes to the soil [Music] hayakawa values the cycle of life in everything she does [Music] um [Music] today she plants the golden mandarin oranges her favorite in just a few years time they'll bear fruit [Music] [Music] [Music] foreign [Music] you

Channel: NHK WORLD-JAPAN

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Id: W_ZJXp5IAfg

Length: 15min 5sec (905 seconds)

Published: Mon Aug 08 2022