RATHER than complain about the heat this summer, how about harnessing the power of the sun to bring electricity to a poor community? Earlier this month, the Manila city government lit up 120 houses at ...

(CBS) - Imagine lighting your house with a soda bottle, water and bleach. In a small village in Manila, that's exactly what they're doing. The project is called Isang Litrong Liwanag (A Liter of Light ...

Residents in the Philippines are tackling electricity shortages with a clever lighting solution by filling water bottles with bleach and wrapping them in sheet metal. The method harnesses sunlight and ...

MYSHELTER Foundation is pitching calls to bring eco-friendly solar bottle bulbs to low-income communities to help illuminate households through its Liter of Light program, a sustainable lighting ...

Even as countries like India race to stretch the power grid to rural areas, well over a billion people around the world still don’t have access to electricity. If someone wants to have light at night ...

MANILA, Philippines - The My Shelter Foundation, the Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP) and the Rotary Club yesterday turned over 11,000 solar bulbs to 30 Metro Manila communities that lack access ...

Breakthroughs, discoveries, and DIY tips sent six days a week. Terms of Service and Privacy Policy. In 1880, Thomas Edison patented a lightbulb made from a glass tube ...

Pupils at Anajali primary school in Nairobi’s Kibera slum study with the aid of solar bottle lights in their classrooms. TRF/Pius Sawa As climate 'tipping points' near, scientists plan for the ...

MANILA, Philippines - Zonrox, the household name in bleach, has partnered with MyShelter Foundation in A Liter of Light Project, a nationwide initiative that aims to light up a million homes in the ...

Despite what Back to the Future fans would have you believe, "where's my hoverboard?" isn't a shoe-in for the motto of 2015. "Let there be light" is a strong contender, thanks to this being Unesco's ...

Thousands of small houses in low-income areas of the Philippines’ capital region are receiving ultra cheap, energy-efficient light bulbs this week. The installations are part of a broader push to ...