Over the past two weeks, I have uttered to myself, “That’s a good story or blog post.” Yet, I didn’t write it down or jot the thought into my Notes on my iPhone to explore further. I really need to start doing that, along with keywords or passages to help the memory along.
I do have one idea I can’t get out of my head right now: saltwater lamps, which the Daily Carbon Almanac Network (TDD - The Daily Difference) highlighted yesterday. I think the idea is fascinating. I’m not sure that many folks sitting in homes across the USA with full electricity and other means for a comfortable lifestyle may not know that approximately 800 million people do not have electricity to light their way (in more ways than one!).
I added the link above, but this “shorty” post struck me like a lightning bolt:
Did you know that 97% of the water on our planet is saltwater? That's why our Great Lakes are so precious—even folks in Ethiopia knew about them when I visited there in 2018!
A Columbian company, E-Dina, is working on a solution that uses salt water to create sustainable lighting for off-grid communities. I highly recommend checking out the link above—it's an amazing innovation to #helpothers!
The product, WaterLight, won innovation awards from TIME and FastCompany in 2022. Two cups of salt water can produce light for 45 days. Its life span is approximately 2-3 years or 5,600 hours of light, and it can be recycled afterward.
This innovation works 24 hours a day and is not dependent on weather conditions, unlike solar and wind. Originally designed for the Wayúu people, an indigenous community in Colombia, WaterLight has the opportunity to help the over 840 million people in the world who don’t have access to electricity.
The future seems bright for this idea.
Photo credit from Dezeen.com
Cheers to those whose lives will benefit greatly from seeing the light!
Now that is how we can Manufacture Sunshine!
bSoleille!
Terri
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