Video: Kenya. Carbon for Water

Carbon for Water  

Exhibition Related Video  

 

December 6,2012   7pm to 9:00 pm

Mike Bolinder, Anacostia Riverkeeper, leads a discussion on Carbon for Water, a video by Evan Abramson and Carmen Elsa Lopez about the hardships of the people of Kenya's Western Province, where safe drinking water is scarce and the wood fuel used to boil water for purification is expensive. These two factors conspire to make waterborne illness a daily-and life-threatening-reality among the already poor population.

The video also tells how an innovative company found a way to reduce the demand for wood fuel and provide safe drinking water. 

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