How far would YOU go to provide electricity for your family??

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Comment by Harley Orion on August 29, 2008 at 11:15pm

Hi Nan. I'm the social media director for We Can Power the World. We're not affiliated with Pickens, though of course we support wind power generally, and anything that is spreading the word about alternative energy is a great contribution! Our focus is quite different - we are here to talk about renewable energy as a global solution to many basic human problems; from disease to water shortage and poverty. Most people don't realize that renewable energy isn't just about saving the Earth by stopping global warming. That's a good thing, of course. But renewable energy is also about saving individual human lives, and elevating communities around the world above a subsistence level.

Our first projects will start next week - we're traveling to Tijuana, Baja California to meet with community leaders there and assess a solar installation for a school in one of their most impoverished communities. The next project will most likely be in Nicaragua, in a community that has grown up in the municipal garbage dump. They're in desperate need of clean water and have no electrical infrastructure of any kind, so solar power is by far the best solution.
We are currently ramping up our fundraising for these two projects. We have significant interest from corporate and private philanthropists who can help us get the ball rolling. But of course we need everyone on board. Anything you can do to donate and, even more importantly, share and forward our message to your friends, would be greatly appreciated.
Talk to you soon!
-Harley

Comment by Harley Orion on August 22, 2008 at 2:14pm

Dear Futuremedia,
Great question - we'll need volunteers for sure. I see you're in Santa Cruz (cool – I graduated from UCSC!). Of course you're welcome to come down for the Tijuana project, though I know it would be a haul from Santa Cruz. We'll be getting started on the project mid-September – we're meeting with the community leaders for a planning session on the 3rd of September, and then we'll know more. Please stay in touch!
-Harley

Comment by FutureMedia on August 22, 2008 at 1:44pm

How can we volunteer labor instead of money?

Comment by Harley Orion on July 31, 2008 at 10:24am

Shows you how good we have it here in America (although believe it or not it does happen in the US, just not so broadly). We're gathering donations to provide these free alt-power installations - we will also need volunteer support to implement them so please stay in touch!!

Comment by Joey on July 31, 2008 at 10:01am

WOW.

I had no idea. We need to do something about this!