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Jul 2022
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Climate Heroes - Harvesting Rain in Mexi...

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Industrial designer Enrique Lomnitz wanted to use his creativity for good. When he learned that climate change was making water scarcity even worse for Mexico City’s low income residents, he tried to harness a natural resource: rain.

A transcript of this episode is available at https://bit.ly/3PhQzZX.

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