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This renewable light source can only contribute to a better quality of life for communities in more remote areas, as it will play an integral part for "children during their school work study hours or during work hours to produce and sell their products and with this, contribute to the self-sustainability of the population," as Jessica Ruas, the UTEC Marketing Director, explains.
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Many low-income and low-skilled workers -- women as well as men -- could be put directly to work providing homes and businesses with more efficient and renewable heating, lighting, cooling, and refrigeration systems; installing solar panels and efficient photovoltaic systems; rehabilitating and renovating old properties, and improving recycling systems.
During the spring semester, fellows developed a six-week curriculum to teach high-school girls at WISER NGO to make renewable-energy lights using local materials and sell them within their community.
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This could be as lofty and ambitious as Elon Musk's quest to "promote humanity and change the world through renewable energy production, sustainable light vehicle transportation, and the colonization of Mars" and Steve Jobs' vision of a "computer for the rest of us" or as simple as a late-night cookie delivery service for college students studying late.
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