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Shine On, Sister: Solar Entrepreneurs Make a Big Impact

Nicole Skibola | Posted 10.15.2011 | Impact
Read More: Energy Poverty, Katherine Lucey, Solar-Sister, Solar, Social Entrepreneurship, Life Without Lights Exhibit, Solar Sister Entrepreneurs, Impact News
Nicole Skibola

The problem of energy poverty does not equate to the absence of a solution, but rather has begun to showcase the ingenuity and creativity of a network of women equipped with solar lanterns.

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Kia Makarechi

A Former Investment Banker Brings Light To East Africa

HuffingtonPost.com | Kia Makarechi | Posted 10.10.2011 | Impact
Read More: Katherine Lucey, Solar Light for Africa, Energy Poverty, Solar Energy, Microfinance, Huffpost Greatest Person of the Day, East Africa, Greatest Person of the Day, Clean Energy, Uganda, Rural Africa, Development, Solar Power, Solar Sister, Impact News

Katherine Lucey spent 20 years as an investment banker focused in the energy sector. Now, she endeavors to bring clean energy to rural east Africa and...

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Green Jobs: More Than Just Green and More Than Just Jobs

Alison Craiglow Hockenberry | Posted 08.10.2011 | Impact
Read More: Job Development, Solar, Unemployment, Employment, Economic Recovery, Microfranchise, Green Economy eBay, Job Training, Changemakers, Solar Sister, Impact News
Alison Craiglow Hockenberry

There's plenty of demand for solutions to our major global challenges and potential for great benefit from solutions rooted in environmentalism.

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