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Human Elements
Elevating Indigenous Science
Season 1
Episode 7
Ernesto Alvarado’s childhood was filled with fire. Growing up in Mexico’s Chihuahuan Desert he learned of its danger and its promise — how it could destroy, but also how it could grow the land.
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