RATHER than complain about the heat this summer, how about harnessing the power of the sun to bring electricity to a poor community? Earlier this month, the Manila city government lit up 120 houses at ...

(CBS) - Imagine lighting your house with a soda bottle, water and bleach. In a small village in Manila, that's exactly what they're doing. The project is called Isang Litrong Liwanag (A Liter of Light ...

MYSHELTER Foundation is pitching calls to bring eco-friendly solar bottle bulbs to low-income communities to help illuminate households through its Liter of Light program, a sustainable lighting ...

[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JOl4vwhwkW8&feature=youtu.be[/youtube] Much of what we write about here at GeekMom is high tech gadgetry, so when I say 'solar ...

Pupils at Anajali primary school in Nairobi’s Kibera slum study with the aid of solar bottle lights in their classrooms. TRF/Pius Sawa As climate 'tipping points' near, scientists plan for the ...

MANILA, Philippines - The My Shelter Foundation, the Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP) and the Rotary Club yesterday turned over 11,000 solar bulbs to 30 Metro Manila communities that lack access ...

Despite what Back to the Future fans would have you believe, "where's my hoverboard?" isn't a shoe-in for the motto of 2015. "Let there be light" is a strong contender, thanks to this being Unesco's ...

MANILA, Philippines - Zonrox, the household name in bleach, has partnered with MyShelter Foundation in A Liter of Light Project, a nationwide initiative that aims to light up a million homes in the ...

Thousands of small houses in low-income areas of the Philippines’ capital region are receiving ultra cheap, energy-efficient light bulbs this week. The installations are part of a broader push to ...

Infinite Light is an infrastructure-free lantern that can be assembled anywhere. Even as countries like India race to stretch the power grid to rural areas, well over a billion people around the world ...

Nairobi, Kenya: For many developing countries, renewable energy is a priority. From nuclear energy to wind and geothermal development projects, billions of dollars are being directed towards ...

With the heat of the sun, a plastic soda bottle filled with water can shine 55 watts of light. The low-cost solar bottle bulbs are being proposed to share “a liter of light” in public schools of Cebu ...