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Fresh water scarcity: A guide to the crisis - Christiana Z. Peppard

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View full lesson: http://ed.ted.com/lessons/fresh-water-scarcity-an-introduction-to-the-problem-christiana-z-peppardFresh water is essential for life -- and there's not nearly enough of it for the world right now. Why is that, and what could we do? Christiana Z. Peppard lays out the big questions of our global water problem. And no, shorter showers are not the answer.Lesson by Christiana Z. Peppard, animation by Jeremy Collins. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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