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Crowdfunder: Chronicling the amazing journey of 15 Latin American indigenous women who became solar engineers

Nov 24, 2015, 2:28 PM 0

LatinaLista — Campaign: DOÑA LUZ : Solar Mama Stories, Latin America 1.2 billion people on this planet live without electricity. In Latin America alone, the number reaches 24 million people. What is it like to live without electricity or light in…

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Let there be light! Peru’s University of Engineering and Technology (UTEC) “plant lamps” shine in the Amazon

Nov 12, 2015, 4:15 PM 0

By Hillary Ojedga Peru This Week Remember that cool innovation that UTEC did involving a billboard that produces pollution-free lettuce? Well, the university’s researchers are at it again with another sustainable project. This time in the Amazon. Lima’s…

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Brazilian invention uses plastic bottles and water to generate light — without electricity

Oct 28, 2013, 12:27 PM 0

By Nelza Oliveira Infosurhoy.com UBERABA, Brazil – Mechanic Alfredo Moser said that once he met famous Spiritist leader Chico Xavier on the street in the city of Uberaba in the Brazilian state of Minas Gerais. They talked a little…