Adriana Restrepo has a lot of experience searching for silver linings. The Colombian fashion designer and environmentalist was a pregnant 18-year-old when drug traffickers in Medellin, her violence-stained hometown, killed her partner, leaving her to raise their son on her own. Restrepo lights up as she criss-crosses Medellin, Colombia's second city, visiting used tire depots and warehouses full of cannibalized computers.
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Colombian eco-designer finds beauty in trash