Sustaining the Village of Bomba, Belize with Safe Solar Powered LED Lighting

Recently, the village of Bomba, Belize took a huge step forward in technology with help from the Austin, TX-based U.S. organization Grid Earth (http://www.gridearth.org), also known as GEAR. GEAR’s mission is to bring in solar powered LED lighting that will eliminate the use of harmful kerosene in homes and help sustain these lights by aiding in the economic growth of their village partners by selling their handcrafted wares on their website.

Austin, TX (Vocus/PRWEB) March 24, 2011

Grid Earth (GEAR) is sustaining their promise to bring safe solar-powered LED Lighting to underdeveloped villages in hopes they never return to using harmful kerosene again. How? They provide a valuable worldwide outlet for the distant villages they visit to sell their handcrafted wares on their website as well as high quality "off the grid" type solar products.

Grid Earth's recent trip in November 2010 to Bomba, Belize was a complete success, and they are proud to announce that the village is doing very well without using kerosene lamps. All the Solar Powered LED Lamps Grid Earth donated to the village are working without failure. The people of Bomba were additionally excited when Grid Earth purchased their fine wood bowls to sell on their website. Not only is the rare fallen hardwood for these beautiful bowls found in the jungle (with jaguars), but each artisan in the village hand carves the fallen wood to the shape the wood was meant to hold. A true work of polished art is left behind for clients to purchase and cherish for years to come. The sale of these handcrafted bowls helps to fund more trips as well as stimulates and sustains the economy of Bomba, Belize. Grid Earth will continue to buy and sell bowls from the distant village so the village has the money to grow and sustain their new lights.

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Sustaining the Village of Bomba, Belize with Safe Solar Powered LED Lighting

Exciting New Sustainable Tourism Project

(Vocus/PRWEB) March 15, 2011

Will international tourism protect or degrade the natural assets of developing countries? In its continual development of responsible travel strategies, The Lodge at Chaa Creek welcomes an exciting new sustainable tourism project now underway in Belize.
The project, a collaborative effort between Cornell University in the USA and Planeterra, a non-profit organization founded by Gap Adventure, is part of an ongoing program of "supporting communities through travellers' desire to give back."
The goal of the project is to help develop better sustainability management tools for the hospitality and tourism industry in Belize. As international tourism is now worth some US$900 billion dollars ($4 billion in Central America alone) and having a major impact on developing nations, the need to ensure that tourism provides long term benefits for host countries and not just short term gain for the industry is crucial.


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