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		<title>Sam Shrank Installs a Solar System in Lay Tong Ku</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 20 Nov 2009 00:35:52 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>saramorrissey</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Sam Shrank is a 3-month MAP Fellow from Stanford University who has been serving with Green Empowerment and the Border Green Energy Team in Thailand since September 2009.
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Monday was a day of driving. We drove from Mae Sot to the last village accessible by car on the way to our final destination, Lay Tong Ku. [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=greenempowerment.wordpress.com&blog=3076399&post=703&subd=greenempowerment&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Electricity in Nicaragua &#8211; The Power of the Sun</title>
		<link>http://greenempowerment.wordpress.com/2009/11/09/electricity-in-nicaragua-the-power-of-the-sun/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 09 Nov 2009 05:26:11 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>saramorrissey</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The article below was featured in the May/June 2009 edition of Common Place Magazine and highlights some of the work done by Asofenix in Nicaragua. The article was written by Emily Will  and photographed by Melissa Engle.
For her 17 years of married life, Marbellyz Ortíz Espinoza has dreaded one part of each day — rising [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=greenempowerment.wordpress.com&blog=3076399&post=656&subd=greenempowerment&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Watch the 2009 Energy Globe World Award Ceremony Below</title>
		<link>http://greenempowerment.wordpress.com/2009/07/03/watch-the-2009-energy-globe-world-award-ceremony-below/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 03 Jul 2009 16:17:52 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>saramorrissey</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The 2009 Energy Globe Awards, which recognizes renewable energy projects worldwide, were held this past spring in Prague.  Green Empowerment&#8217;s Solar Mobile Clinic project in Burma was selected as the winner in the &#8220;Fire&#8221; category.  The project, implemented by Thai partner Border Green Energy Team (BGET), was also voted overall Grand Prize Winner by the [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=greenempowerment.wordpress.com&blog=3076399&post=433&subd=greenempowerment&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Installing Solar Panels in the Developing World</title>
		<link>http://greenempowerment.wordpress.com/2009/06/25/installing-solar-panels-in-the-developing-world/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 25 Jun 2009 17:02:01 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>saramorrissey</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[In April 2009 Kristen Underwood traveled to Nicaragua with Power to the People and Green Empowerment to install solar panels on a school in rural Nicaragua. Kristen, a solar installer in the United States, found it exciting and interesting to see how solar was (and was not) installed in a developing country as well as [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=greenempowerment.wordpress.com&blog=3076399&post=411&subd=greenempowerment&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>And the Winner Is . . .</title>
		<link>http://greenempowerment.wordpress.com/2009/04/17/and-the-winner-is/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 17 Apr 2009 23:36:02 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>stephrouthge</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Green Empowerment's “Solar Mobile Clinic and Hospital” project in Burma was selected as the winner of the international Energy Globe Award in the “Fire” category on Tuesday. The project, implemented by Thai partner Border Green Energy Team (BGET), was also voted overall Grand Prize Winner by the audience at a televised gala during a meeting of the European Union environment ministers in Prague.<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=greenempowerment.wordpress.com&blog=3076399&post=378&subd=greenempowerment&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>All Your Technical Questions Answered</title>
		<link>http://greenempowerment.wordpress.com/2009/03/11/all-your-technical-questions-answered/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 11 Mar 2009 18:35:07 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>stephrouthge</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[ram pumping]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Thanks to our Peruvian partner, Practical Action, there is an online and free service to answer your technical questions about renewable energy and water in the developing world.<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=greenempowerment.wordpress.com&blog=3076399&post=326&subd=greenempowerment&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>A Word from Jake in Nicaragua&#8230;</title>
		<link>http://greenempowerment.wordpress.com/2009/02/08/a-word-from-jake-in-nicaragua/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 08 Feb 2009 03:09:43 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>saramorrissey</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Greetings! My name is Jake Clemens, and I was part of the fall internship program at Green Empowerment and am currently interning with their partner organization AsoFenix (office located in Managua, Nicaragua).
My experience has been in the reforestation sector and I have completed the NGO skills training and renewable energy technical training at Green Empowerment.
At [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=greenempowerment.wordpress.com&blog=3076399&post=260&subd=greenempowerment&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Joseph Marino and Philip Beard visit Hogar Amiguitos</title>
		<link>http://greenempowerment.wordpress.com/2008/06/19/joseph-marino-and-philip-beard-visit-hogar-amiguitos/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 19 Jun 2008 17:26:31 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>gordymolitor</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Written by Philip Beard, 17 June 2008
Joseph Marino, President/CEO of DC Power Systems in Healdsburg, CA, and his longtime friend and facilitator Philip Beard arrived in Nicaragua on May 22, 2008 for a 2-week stay.
The main purpose of their visit was to investigate potential sites for solar energy installations, to be undertaken in tandem with [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=greenempowerment.wordpress.com&blog=3076399&post=36&subd=greenempowerment&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Sonia, the Solar Administrator</title>
		<link>http://greenempowerment.wordpress.com/2008/03/13/sonia-the-solar-administrator/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 13 Mar 2008 20:25:53 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>annagarwood</dc:creator>
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Sonia Piaguaje, whose native language is Secoya, has been managing the solar systems in her village of San Pablo for almost 3 years. She collects the monthly financial contributions from 67 households, deposits them in the bank, and teaches all the users how to manage the use of the battery. Her subtle yet powerful presence [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=greenempowerment.wordpress.com&blog=3076399&post=14&subd=greenempowerment&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Democracy through Soccer and Solar Power</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 08 Mar 2008 23:53:41 +0000</pubDate>
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Engineers went head to head with village solar techs, or as they called themselves UOPGES, (Units of Operation and Management of Sustainable Energy). After a long day of technical class work and discussions about how to maintain of the nearly 600 solar home systems installed in the jungle, it was time to play soccer. [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=greenempowerment.wordpress.com&blog=3076399&post=9&subd=greenempowerment&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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