
Climate Heroes - Building Reservoirs in Peru
Duolingo Spanish Podcast
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Solucion Basadin La, Misma Naturalisa Sostenible
The sisters had learned the most modern techniques around water preservation. But they worried that wouldn't be enough and decided to talk to local elders. They consulted their great uncle, nemesio, who gave them their first clue. When he was a child, his grandparents used to build structures in the mountains to capture water mostly to feed cattle. This sparked the sister's curiosity. One of them was able to recall the name of this structure, gochas. It was an ancient pre incan word that meant lagoon. The idea was to make artificial lagoons using small dams that would capture rain water on the mountain tops.
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