Winds of Change

Cristobal is a cotton farmer in the northern coastal desert of Peru. He lives in a small village that has no continuous supply of water or electricity. The water that he does have is being threatened at its source in the Andean mountains by climate change. And Cristobal does not believe the electricity grid will reach his village, so he is investing his savings in a wind turbine, which will allow his family to have light at home to see at night. For another village in the Andes, having access to electricity through renewable energy has enabled its school to rival that of any urban environment; unlike most rural communities in the world, this one is growing.