Lighten up

[Musky]

We take something so simple as windows and sunlight for granted, which is a luxury in a third world country. Look at what they are doing in the Philippines .

http://www.wimp.com/lightenup/

[photofan]

That's amazing!

Such a simple way of fixing a major problem for people in the third world country's.

[bohemian]

What was it that they put into the water? I couldn't quite hear what they added.

Great idea, though. Pity the guy only gets $1 for each installation!

[Musky]

What was it that they put into the water? I couldn't quite hear what they added.

Great idea, though. Pity the guy only gets $1 for each installation!

They put Chlorine in the water to prevent algae growth.

[bohemian]

Thanks, it was just the pronunciation that confused me! (Not difficult to do!)

[Greenfield]

Great idea, though. Pity the guy only gets $1 for each installation!

That's true, but I think that there $1 is worth much more than here, and may be not too bad for someone who has to live in a slum. He probably installs several a day. So it's bad, but maybe not as bad as may have been for him.

[destiny]

I wonder if my landlord would go for this-This can really decrease my electric bill.

[Musky]

I wonder if my landlord would go for this-This can really decrease my electric bill.

Unfortunately, most homes have insulation between the ceiling and the roof. So we have to pay a fortune for skylights.

[retroHelen]

This reminded me of solartubes/ skytubes/sun tunnel rooflights that people install in their homes at a vast cost in comparison to this simple idea;

http://www.jupiterblue.co.uk/tubular-skylights?gclid=CL_48fKC4K8CFaImtAodI2JZvQ

http://www.sunecotech.com/?gclid=CNCxrJSD4K8CFcQKfAodnEWzFA

[Cherie]

Wow that is really something. I saw a youtube video of those being installed in chicken coops also.

Once when I was housesitting at my sister's, I was trying to shut off her bright kitchen lights before I left. Then I looked up and remembered she had two of those solar tubes similiar to Helen's links. It just is so thrilling to think of what we will utilize in the paradise instead of the energy we do now.