Trent alumna harvests atmospheric water to tackle water scarcity in parts of Africa
“Look to the immediate. Draw a circle around you and your community, and look what you can do there.”
For Trent alumna Anastasia Kaschenko ’12 the notion of community is at the heart of how she is making big impact in the world by thinking locally and acting globally. As the chief technical officer and co-founder of Majik Water, a start-up currently creating new sources of affordable, clean drinking water for communities in Kenya and South Africa, Ms. Kaschenko is herself a source of inspiration for students and recent graduates from Environmental Studies & Sciences programs, at Trent and beyond.
Recently, she sat down with The Trent Voices podcast to talk about all things water and how this innovative solution is being used at the individual, community and industrial level, and why it is so important.
“When we look at the global water scarcity issue, the UN estimates that, by 2025, almost two billion people will be living in water scarcity,” notes Ms. Kaschenko. “It’s something that we need to keep fresh in our minds. We can’t lose sight of the global reality of how we use our water, how many more people are being brought into this world, and how those resources are depleting while our populations are increasing.”
Read the full profile on Anastasia Kaschenko and Majik Water, or listen to the Trent Voices podcast.
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