The winners of the Natural Light - International Design Competition have now been chosen from the 172 impressive Natural Light Lamp designs submitted from 65 countries around the world. The winners are two very talented Argentinian Industrial Design students, Ms. Mariana Arando and Mr. Luca Fondello, both from the University of Buenos Aires, Argentina. The production phase of the winning design for the Natural Light Lamp will begin shortly, followed next year by shipment of the lamps to three African countries without access to electricity.
Last year, the VELUX Group and Little Sun joined forces to launch the Natural Light – International Design Competition, which challenged design students around the world to create a design for a solar lamp which would help to bring clean, reliable, affordable light to some of the 1.2 billion people worldwide living without electricity. Now the jury has voted and decided on the winning solar lamp design by two Industrial Design students from the University of Buenos Aires in Argentina.
To view the Multimedia News Release, go to http://www.multivu.com/players/English/7533451-velux-winner-announcement-natural-light/
The winners of the Natural Light - International Design Competition have now been chosen from the 172 impressive Natural Light Lamp designs submitted from 65 countries around the world. The winners are two very talented Argentinian Industrial Design students, Ms. Mariana Arando and Mr. Luca Fondello, both from the University of Buenos Aires, Argentina. The production phase of the winning design for the Natural Light Lamp will begin shortly, followed next year by shipment of the lamps to three African countries without access to electricity.
Last year, the VELUX Group and Little Sun joined forces to launch the Natural Light – International Design Competition, which challenged design students around the world to create a design for a solar lamp which would help to bring clean, reliable, affordable light to some of the 1.2 billion people worldwide living without electricity. Now the jury has voted and decided on the winning solar lamp design by two Industrial Design students from the University of Buenos Aires in Argentina.
To view the Multimedia News Release, go to http://www.multivu.com/players/English/7533451-velux-winner-announcement-natural-light/
Using an entrepreneurial distribution model, the Natural Light project will now donate a second instalment of 20,000 solar lamps. These will be sold by new sales agents in off-grid communities in Zambia, Zimbabwe, Sierra Leone and, for the first time, in Malawi.
The aim of this project, besides bringing a sustainable light source to off-grid communities, was to create a business model for local sales agents to make a living. This has been a great success. Today more than 50 sales agents in three African nations – Zimbabwe, Zambia and Sierra Leone – have their own businesses selling Natural Light solar lamps.
The Natural Light project, in collaboration with social business Little Sun, and NGO Plan International, was created to celebrate the VELUX Group’s 75th anniversary. Following an international design competition last year, which received 172 submissions from all over the world, the winning design was chosen and 14,500 units of the solar lamp were distributed in Africa – one for each employee of the VELUX Group and its sister companies.
To view the multimedia release go to:
http://www.multivu.com/players/uk/8006751-velux-more-natural-light-shine-in-africa/
Approximately one year after leading roof window manufacturer VELUX Group joined forces with social business Little Sun and NGO Plan International, launching a design competition to bring clean, sustainable light to Africa, the first solar lamps have now arrived on African soil.
The VELUX Natural Light International Design Competition received 172 proposals from 65 countries. A high-level jury of experts in the fields of architecture, art and design subsequently selected the winning design, by Mariana Arando and Luca Fondello of the University of Buenos Aires, Argentina. Their solar lamp design was inspired by the way light can bring people together.
The VELUX Group has so far produced and donated 14,500 of the solar-powered lamps, and 150 local sales agents are now being trained in how to sell the lamps in off-grid communities in Senegal, Zimbabwe and Zambia. The training combines workshops, roleplay, demonstrations, and group work.
To view the multimedia release go to:
http://www.multivu.com/players/uk/7724551-velux-natural-light-solar-lamps-in-africa/
Today leading window manufacturer The VELUX Group and the social business Little Sun announce a partnership with the NGO Plan International to distribute a new solar lamp – the Natural Light solar lamp – in three African countries: Zimbabwe, Zambia and Senegal. The partnership with Plan International will deliver sustainable solar-powered light to people living off-grid in areas without electricity, through a program that involves and empowers local communities.
To view the Multimedia News Release, go to http://www.multivu.com/players/English/7519251-velux-plan-partners-solar-africa/
Lamp Lights Are Seen Over The Fake Model Moon.
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Astronaut Says a Disney Dog Rock is Shedding and Calls it a Canine Animal in The Nevada Fake Moon Bay.
The Astronaut Jokes About Needing To Keep Away from Disney Studios Fake Dog Shaped Rock, Because it is "Shedding" Hair Like a Dog. Also He Says There is an Extinct Canine Animal in the Rock, Just Like Fake Dog Shaped Rocks at Disneyland. The Other Astronaut Mentions Locating a Piece of Rock-Type and Tying it to a Fake. Also He Mentions the Lamp Light Source Pretending to be the Sun.
This video as you hear & see it, is located for download at NASA site:
http://history.nasa.gov/alsj/a17/video17.html
Apollo 17 Video Library
Geology Station 2 at the base of the South Massif
Journal Text: 143:08:09
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Cast appearance:
Peddler - Jiminy Cricket (Pinocchio)
Gazeem the Thief - Mr. Snoops (The Rescuers)
Jafar - McLeach (The Rescuers Down Under)
Iago - Tigger (Winnie the Pooh)
Cave of Wonders - Monster House
Aladdin - Kermit the Frog (The Muppets)
Razoul and his Henchmen - The Gangreen Gang (The Powerpuff Girls)
Woman at the Window - Mulan
Ladies Laughing at Aladdin - Flowers (Alice in Wonderland (1951)) including Madeline Kahn
Abu - Conker the Squirrel (Conker\'s Bad Fur Day)
Three Balcony Harem Girls - Muses (Hercules)
Three Balcony Harem GIrls\' Mother - Pocahontas
Necklace Man and Woman - Philoctetes (Hercules) and Rapunzel (Tangled)
Fat Ugly Lady - Princess Morbucks (The Powerpuff Girls)
Two Hungry Children - Roo (Winnie the Pooh) and Lumpy (Pooh\'s Heffalump Movie)
Prince Achmed - Hercules
Two men watching Prince Achmed - Pain and Panic (Hercules)
Sultan - Pumbaa (The Lion King)
Rajah - Tod (The Fox and the Hound)
Jasmine - Miss Piggy (The Muppets)
Omar; Melon Seller - Tantor (Tarzan)
Pot Seller - Woody (Toy Story)
Nut Seller - Buzz Lightyear (Toy Story)
Necklace Seller - Hamm (Toy Story)
Fish Seller - Rex (Toy Story)
Fire Eater - Mr. Potato Head (Toy Story)
Boy wanting an apple - Andy (Toy Story)
Farouk; Apple Seller - Edgar (The Aristocats)
Old Jafar - Mr. Nebbercracker (Monster House)
Carpet - The Powerpuff Girls
Genie - Fozzie Bear (The Muppets)
\'Laddie\' Dog Genie - Courage (Courage the Cowardly Dog)
Rabbit Genie - Bean Bunny (The Muppets)
Dragon Genie - Dragon Madam Mim (The Sword in the Stone)
Genie\'s Three Dancing Girls - Frog Tiana (The Princess and the Frog), Miss Bianca (The Rescuers), Duchess (The Aristocats)
Sheep Genie - Ram (Charlotte\'s Web)
Camel Abu - Great Prince (Bambi)
Horse Abu - Spirit (Spirit: Stallion of the Cimarron)
Duck Abu - Duck (The Grim Adventures of Billy and Mandy)
Ostrich Abu - Coco (Foster\'s Home for Imaginary Friends)
Turtle Abu - Turtle Merlin (The Sword in the Stone)
Car Abu - K.A.R.R. (The Powerpuff Girls)
Elephant Abu - Manny (Ice Age)
Old Man Genie - Eustace (Courage the Cowardly Dog)
Little Boy Genie - Dash (The Incredibles)
Fat Man Genie - George Darling (Peter Pan)
75 Golden Camels - Camel (Dumbo)
Genie as TV Parade Host Harry - Prince Phillip (Sleeping Beauty)
53 Purple Peacocks - Crows (Dumbo)
Genie as TV Parade Host June - Aurora (Sleeping Beauty)
Exotic-Type Mammals - themselves
Leopard Genie - Bagheera (The Jungle Book)
Goat Genie - Sid (Ice Age)
Harem Genie - Nita (Brother Bear 2)
95 White Persian Monkeys - Monkeys (The Powerpuff Girls)
60 Elephants - themselves
Llamas - themselves
Bears and Lions - themselves
Brass Bands - themselves
40 Fakirs - themselves
Cooks and Bakers - themselves
Birds that \'warble on key\' - themselves
Genie as Rodney Dangerfield - Winnie the Pooh
Super-Spy Genie - Owl (Winnie the Pooh)
Teacher Genie - Rabbit (Winnie the Pooh)
Table Lamp Genie - Prince Cornelius (Thumbelina)
Bee Genie - Manny (A Bug\'s Life)
Submarine Genie - Louis (The Princess and the Frog)
One of Flamingos - Snipes (Rock-a-Doodle)
Gigantic Genie - Lotso (Toy Story 3)
Rajah as Cub - Young Tod (The Fox and the Hound)