Mr. W

 

Here is a video that plays with our perception.  It was created 6 years ago, but I just saw it for the first time thanks to my friend Jessica.  It is incredible that we are still working towards incorporating a significant amount of renewable energy into our electricity grid in the U.S. More videos like this one would be a great way to invite us to think about energy differently.  Putting resources to use that are not being used for their full potential at all times is a necessary step. These resources are available and accessible on the surface of our planet, without having to dig and unearth.  Bio diesel is oil that we would otherwise discard, wind is doing its thing any way, the sun is getting stronger and hotter as the layer between the earth surface and the sun gets thinner.  It's a simple matter of evolving with the reality of our present world.  Thank you to the maker's of this video for using art and creativity to shift our perception!

Solar Charging Trailor

I'm already getting Burning Man brain (even though I won't be there until the end of August).  Power is always one of the biggest challenges of our camp, Freestyle Palace.   My hope is to eventually power our lighting at night with a battery that has been solar charged during the day.  This would really save the wear and tear on our smaller generators and also save us a lot of gas.  I came across this video showing how to make a home made solar trailer. This would be perfect!!  

Inflatable Solar Powered Lights

These LuminAID lights are solar powered led lights that are inflatable and water proof.  Designed for emergency lighting, they fold up and are extremely portable.  You can hang them up like a lantern AND they float!  The luminAID lights are fully charged after 5 hours of sunlight.  They have two light settings.  The high setting light lasts for 8 hours on a full charge.  They are perfect for an emergency kit and traveling.  For disaster zones, approximately 50 LuminAID Lights can be packed and shipped for every 8 small conventional flashlights by volume.

LuminAID is donating one light for every light purchased through their Give Light, Get Light package.  Check it out!