7 Nov 2009, 09:00 - 18:00
Sabana Grande, Nicaragua
Sabana Grande
Nicaragua
Learn about renewable energy technologies for the developing world in the developing world! This workshop will include classroom sessions, and a lot of hands-on field work including installing a PV system on a rural health center and community center, building solar cookers, and building your own solar battery charger.
Participate in hands-on learning in a small Nicaraguan village, Sabana Grande, Madriz, which has taken up the challenge of becoming a solar culture community with the help of Grupo Fenix. Grupo Fenix recently won the UN based SEED Award for Entrepreneurship in Sustainable Development. The SEED Award is an annual international competition, designed to support locally-led, innovative, entrepreneurial partnerships in developing countries, which have the potential to make real improvements in poverty eradication and environmental sustainability.
Come join us in installing a 1 kW solar electric system on the community’s health center and community center. Build your own solar battery charger or LED headlamp. Live with families in Sabana Grande who can show you the benefits of and obstacles to using solar energy in their community. Start your day (or afternoon) with solar-roasted coffee from the community’s many solar cookers. The Solar Women of Totogalpa will show you their Solar Center which they built themselves out of adobe and will eventually house their solar restaurant.
The systems you build will strengthen the community’s ability to develop sustainable businesses within the community. Solar technicians from Sabana Grande are instructors in the course, and community members will give optional classes on medicinal herbs and cooking with soy. Part of the tuition goes towards solar ovens and solar PV systems for the community. The workshop price includes food, lodging, and in-country transportation.
Participants must arrive at the Managua Airport on Friday, November 6, 2009, and plan to fly out Sunday, November 15, 2009.
Topics Include
* The Design & Installation of a solar-electric system
* Building solar ovens with a women’s cooperative
* Tour of a methane biodigestor
* Constructing solar battery chargers
* Medicinal Plants
* Social & Cultural Issues of Working in the Developing World
More details at Sustainable Community Development – Renewable Energy for Rural Villages -8 Days
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