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 <title>Rising Ventures: EcoCreto Could Save Mexico City&#039;s Aquifers</title>
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 <description>&lt;p style=&quot;padding: 5px; float: left;&quot;&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;http://www.nextbillion.net/files/images/ecocreto1.img_assist_custom.JPG&quot; alt=&quot;&quot; title=&quot;&quot;  class=&quot;image img_assist_custom&quot; width=&quot;207&quot; height=&quot;141&quot; /&gt;&lt;/p&gt;Hard to believe that someone in the concrete industry of all places would have a social conscience in addition to well-honed business acumen, but that is indeed the spirit in which the &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.ecocreto.com&quot;&gt;EcoCreto&lt;/a&gt; company’s founders operate.  New Ventures’ Sara Standish &lt;a href=&quot;/files/rv18-ecocreto.pdf&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;interviewed &lt;/a&gt;Nestor de Buen about his company recently and he had this to say about his motivations: &lt;br /&gt; &lt;br /&gt; &lt;em&gt;“When someone invites me to talk about EcoCreto, I spend most of my time talking about the water problem, because it’s what really scares me. I think of my sons and daughters and the kind of country they are going to have if we don’t take action.” &lt;/em&gt;&lt;br class=&quot;clear&quot; /&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.nextbillion.net/blogs/2006/10/06/rising-ventures-ecocreto-could-save-mexico-citys-aquifers&quot;&gt;read more&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;</description>
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 <pubDate>Fri, 06 Oct 2006 12:01:05 -0400</pubDate>
 <dc:creator>Derek Newberry</dc:creator>
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