Light up Mexico. GREAT. 'Adequate lighting' is a term that's about as subjective as you can get... Now the brilliant star sprayed skies of Mexico can be just as shitty with sky glow as they are here... I don't have anything against necessity - but when do they decide everything just has to be illuminated? And for what? crumungeonly -WaV
On Wed, May 21, 2008 at 2:51 PM, Louise Power <power_lou...@hotmail.com> wrote: > In an e-mail to Jim Conrad the other day, I was telling him about an > organization I have just discovered that is providing LED light to rural > areas in third world nations through small solar collectors for just a small > amount of investment on their part. I saw something about it on "Good > Morning America" recently and the investment is about $50/installation. I > know that is a lot to these folks, but this organization is helping people > get this without the personal investment. I said to Jim: > > "I was thinking of the electrical situation in 28 de Junio* when I ran > across a site on the internet for "Light Up the World Foundation." *Their > purpose:* *Light Up The World Foundation* (LUTW) is the first humanitarian > organization to utilize renewable energy and solid-state lighting > technologies to bring affordable, safe, healthy, efficient, and > environmentally responsible illumination to people who do not have access to > power for adequate lighting. LUTW remains the world's leader in this > endeavour: globally active and setting standards in the field. > > > >
