May 24 2021 49 mins
Enrique Lomnitz merged the technical skills and soft skills to provide a practical solution to solve water scarcity in Mexico City. Enrique comes from a family of migrants and refugees. His childhood was surrounded by art, and his parents cultivated his social awareness. He migrated to the United States with his family when he was 5 years old. During the time he lived in the United States, he graduated from Industrial Design, and after the completion of his studies, he returned to Mexico with the desire of addressing a solution to the water scarcity in the marginalized communities of Mexico City.
Adopting the role of “social scientist,” Enrique went to the marginalized communities of Mexico City to understand the problem of scarcity of water. By combining industrial design, art, and emotional intelligence, Enrique designed a system for harvesting rainwater. This is the origin of Islaurbana. Enrique and his team are part of several programs for sustainable entrepreneurs, and Islaurbana is escalating its technology to many places in México. The next step is to escalate the system to more countries in Latinamerica. If you want to explore more on Islaurbana, you can join them at www.islaurbana.org.
Did you know?
Globally, more than 1.42 billion people, including 450 million children, live in areas of high, or extremely high, water vulnerability, according to a new analysis released by UNICEF. This means that 1 in 5 children worldwide does not have enough water to meet their everyday needs.
https://www.unicef.org/press-releases/one-five-children-globally-does-not-have-enough-water-meet-their-everyday-needs