Barefoot College’s solar engineers

22 February 2007 by pcNielsen Leave a Comment

Rocketboom interviewed Bunker Roy of the Barefoot College in central India for today’s program. The program trains rural middle-aged women (who are at least partially literate) to be solar engineers — among other things. The following photograph, from Barefoot’s website:

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is of “The first fully solar electrified village in Afghanistan.” This particular project was done in partnership with Norwegian Church Aid.

Kudos to the Barefoot College, which has actually been around since 1972 according to their website. And kudos to Norwegian Church Aid for partnering with such a project.

Filed under Inspired by, Modern culture, Sustainable living

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Paul Nielsen founded The Aesthetic Elevator late in 2005, posting to it for the first time in early 2006. He owns a piece of paper, located somewhere in his house (not on the wall) stating that he earned a B.F.A. in studio art from the University of Nebraska around about 2001. While there, he studied studied architecture, graphic design and ceramics, graduating with a degree in studio art. Paul presently serves as communications manager for a small non-profit doing their print design and marketing. He spends time in his garage studio as much as possible — which is not nearly enough. His home is in Siloam Springs, Arkansas. Visit his website at http://pcNielsen.com.

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