How one glass of water changed my life | Anil Ahuja | TEDxChicago

How much water does it take to make a hamburger? How about to manufacture a car? Having experienced growing up with limited resources living in a refugee camp in India, Anil Ahuja is leading a movement to design sustainable cities and systems that protect the earth and the people who live on it. Having experienced growing up with limited resources living in a refugee camp in India, Anil has dedicated his life’s work to sustainability, leading a movement to design sustainable cities and systems that protect the earth and the people who live on it. Over the past 14 years, Anil served as president of CCJM, a multi-disciplinary engineering firm providing infrastructure solutions to smart cities and smart building designs. Anil also recently released the book Integration of Nature and Technology for Smart Cities, which explores trends and paradigms in the smart building and smart city sectors and offers a new approach to green, innovative building and city design. This talk was given at a TEDx event using the TED conference format but independently organized by a local community. Learn more at https://www.ted.com/tedx