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Building a Brighter Future for School-Age Children

We recently installed solar and energy storage (batteries) on Chishi School, a small school in a remote region of Zambia that served 87...

Holding onto Hope - A Student's Perspective on Climate Change

Oftentimes when I imagine what earth will look like in the next 20-30 years, I envision a post-apocalyptic scene; a smoky haze sits in...

Path to Empowerment

With the generous support of the Schmidt Family Foundation, over 800 indigenous people living along the Amonia River in the Brazilian...

Climate Change and Poverty

We all know that climate change is rapidly altering the world we live in. The effects of climate change, including higher temperatures,...

What is Energy Poverty?

In 2010, the World Economic Forum defined energy poverty as the lack of access to sustainable modern energy services and products. For...

10 Ways to Reduce Your Carbon Footprint

Many of you already know the answer, but in case you’re wondering why you might want to reduce your carbon footprint, here are just a few...

Climate Change and Food Security

We all know climate change is contributing to more extreme weather and sea level rise, but it also directly impacts food security. Food...

The Story of Nizhoni

Last month, we shared news about the Navajo Nation’s Hard Rock Chapter House in northern Arizona which had just received solar and energy...

What is "climate justice"?

We hear the term more and more, but what exactly does climate justice mean? The University of California defines climate justice as...

How Solar Technology Boosts Food Security

Even though enough food is produced around the world to feed Earth’s population, more than 690 million people go hungry each year. When...

Adjuntas Puerto Rico – Power to the People

On our recent trip to Puerto Rico, the Empowered by Light team went back to Adjuntas in the south western part of the island to inspect...