{"id":14350,"date":"2012-04-18T12:50:26","date_gmt":"2012-04-18T18:50:26","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/wordpress-367309-1145705.cloudwaysapps.com\/?p=14350"},"modified":"2012-04-18T12:50:26","modified_gmt":"2012-04-18T18:50:26","slug":"fog-collection","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sustainablog.org\/articles\/fog-collection\/","title":{"rendered":"Fog Collection: Pulling Water From Thin Air"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"From Thin Air\" width=\"1170\" height=\"878\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/WMxe_rwCxc4?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>Traveling long distances for fresh water is common in the developing world; now imagine throwing some mountains into the scenario. In places like Nepal, that&#8217;s the reality. 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