The Swarovski brand is stepping away from its typical glitzy collections and collaborations with a new documentary. As part of the BBC’s The Climate and Us series, the documentary showcases the work of Joshua Ichor, a hydrologist who developed a hand pump monitoring system and clean water kiosks for communities in Africa. Ichor, who graduated from the Swarovski Foundation’s Creatives for Our Future program, is being promoted alongside the United Nations.

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