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LUTW: Pioneering in affordable LED lighting and social energy projects

LUTW: Pioneering in affordable LED lighting and social energy projects In 1997, Dr. Dave Irvine-Halliday, a Professor of Electrical Engineering at the University of Calgary, had the vision to use LED lighting to bring practical, economical, and environmentally safe lighting to the developing world. While on sabbatical in Nepal, Dave visited local villages and was struck […]

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Life is a Journey by Bill Meeker

General / Aaron Cohen

Life is a Journey by Bill Meeker Originally posted on greenmoxie.com https://www.greenmoxie.com/life-is-a-journey/ OK, resist the temptation for an eyeroll! To be fair, this is a somewhat overused phrase. However, after reading Michele Obama’s recent book entitled “Becoming” I have been thinking more about life’s journeys and realized our lives are filled with many journeys. I

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Pitumarca our biggest project… Yet! by Alex Jahp

General, Projects / Aaron Cohen

Working together to make sure humanity has a better future We just finished our last project of 2019 with one of our main corporate partners, Wooree, at a junior high school in Hanchipacha, Pitumarca (Cusco). This past year in this region of Ausangate Valley we have completed eight projects on all eight buildings that the

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Rundle College Experience with LUTW in Peru

General, Projects / Aaron Cohen

Rundle College Experience with LUTW in Peru The following video was created by Rundle College student Amanda Lang. Last year when Amanda was in grade eleven, she travelled to Peru with Rundle and Light Up the World. Amanda describes the experience she had as life changing. Amanda was so inspired by her work with Light

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How to accomplish the #SDG7 by Andres Clavier

Development Technologies, General / Aaron Cohen

How to accomplish the #SDG7 by Andres Clavier In 2015, The UN reached a major milestone by releasing the 17 Sustainable Development Goals SDGs for 2030 which Ban Ki Moon (the General Secretary at the time) called “humanities’ Plan A” as there was no Plan B “because there is no planet B” . To honor the SDGs, Peru celebrated for

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The impact of our work is real and has a face and a name

General, General, Projects / Aaron Cohen

The impact of our work is real and has a face and a name Sol is 7 years old. Her name means “Sun”. And it felt like some kind of poetic justice that my first solar project as a volunteer started in a school in rural Peru with Sol, or the “Sun”, following me everywhere.

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SAIT students install PV systems in remote Peru

General, Projects / Aaron Cohen

SAIT students install PV systems in remote Peru SAIT Electrical Engineering Students getting ready to embark on a volunteer based project in Peru with a goal of installing a PV systems in one of the remote off-grid communities. Last year our group has made a successful trip to a remote village of Romatambo located about

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Empowering communities in Peru with the sun

General, Projects / Aaron Cohen

Empowering communities in Peru with the sun Mery and Gamaniel live in a rural community high up in the Peruvian Andes. Although the grid has been next to their home for twenty years, they have never had electricity. When the sun was down they cooked and worked under the dim light of a candle or flashlight.

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Making a Difference in Peru: SEDV Students experience with Light Up the World

General, Projects / Aaron Cohen

SEDV Students experience with Light Up the World Eager to get involved in the Calgary community and build on education gained in the classroom, the SEDV Society reached out to various local organizations, including Calgary-based non-profit, Light Up the World (LUTW), to determine what opportunities were available. Upon discovering Light Up the World’s International Solar

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A video of a lifetime experience!

General, Projects / Aaron Cohen

LUTW and NAIT bring energy to Aquia “A picture is worth a thousand words”… Imagine a video! Please enjoy this video that one of the students of NAIT Alternative Energy Program put together after they travelled to Peru with LUTW. What an inspiring experience! Thank you all for your enthusiasm, support and for making the world

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LUTW: Pioneering in affordable LED lighting and social energy projects

Life is a Journey by Bill Meeker

Pitumarca our biggest project… Yet! by Alex Jahp

Rundle College Experience with LUTW in Peru

How to accomplish the #SDG7 by Andres Clavier

The impact of our work is real and has a face and a name

SAIT students install PV systems in remote Peru

Empowering communities in Peru with the sun

Making a Difference in Peru: SEDV Students experience with Light Up the World

A video of a lifetime experience!

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