Posts Tagged ‘climate solutions’
New Solar Mamas energize Puerto Rico water system
A partnership formed in the rural rain forest of Puerto Rico made history this week with the first conversion of a deep well community water source to a direct solar pump in Puerto Rico.
Read MorePuerto Rico energy recovery initiative begins this spring
Barefoot College will launch a groundbreaking solar training project in Puerto Rico this spring. The project, with critical first-level funding from the Center of Disaster Philanthropy, will create a system of reliable, climate-friendly energy that can be protected from hurricanes and re-activated within hours. Residents of the inland regions of Puerto Rico waited for up…
Read MoreWomen at the center of climate solutions
Friends of Barefoot College-USA has crafted a strategic plan for 2019 that elevates our funding priorities focused on gender equality and climate solutions in new and exciting ways. In diverse places like hurricane-stricken Puerto Rico and deep in the Amazon Rain Forest of Brazil, women are being trained as solar engineers and leaders who will…
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