Light Up Your Life

New solar-powered flashlights that charge during the day and light up rural villages in Africa are making a huge breakthrough. These simple lights allow children to study at night without exposure to toxic kerosene fumes. They also allow doctors emergency light, by providing 7 hours of light with every charge and lasting over 3 years.

Want to help light up the world? For every purchase of these solar-powered flashlights ($25), the company will donate one to the nonprofits that distribute the lights in Africa.

You can find them online at: SunNight Solar.

Change for Climate 2008

For those of you in the New York Area, Columbia University students are holding a fundraising event for climate change. What, you may ask, is that? Well, the students are involved in a 12-month intensive masters program focusing specfically on climate change and how to prepare the developing and the developed world for possible impacts.

The fundraising event will be held April 12 on campus and will feature a carnival like atmosphere where contestants can play games, learn about climate change, and all proceeds go to the Millennium Villages project.

For more information, check them out online at: Change for Climate 2008