Liter of LightDenise Zivkovic, Sydney Stirling, and Kiara Saavedra

Liter of Light● Liter of Light is a nonprofit organization

that caters towards low-income and mainly third world communities.

● The founder Illiac Diaz created liter of light in hopes to create a eco-friendly and economical source of light.

Liter of Light

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Origin

● Amy Smith an engineer from MIT began experimenting with the ‘Solar Bottle Bulb’ technology after viewing volunteer work in Haiti.

● Through the development of this technology Illiac Diaz was able to begin the construction of ‘Solar Bottle Bulbs’ around the world.

Distribution: ‘Liter of Light’ mapped around the world

Distribution Continued:

● ‘Liter of Light’ is mapped unevenly across the world

● There are clusters around the Middle east and Southeast Asia

● The headquarters are located in Manila, Philippines

Philippines

● Liter of Light was launched in the Philippines in April of 2011.

● The two photos are of Filipino soldiers helping a Liter of Light team install some ‘Solar Bottle Bulbs’.

Uganda

● Liter of Light helped Uganda in June of 2012● These are participants in the World-Environment-Day learning the benefits of Solar energy

Peru

● Liter of Light got to Peru in October of 2011.● These are photos of a family who built their own

Liter of Light in Peru.

Diffusion

● Liter of Light has been able to install over 12,000 ‘Solar Bottle Bulbs’ in 10,000 homes across, mainly, Southeast Asia.

● With the help of his eight ‘teams’ and shared set of tools Illiac Diaz has been able to light up some of the darkest places around.

Additional Diffusion Assistance:

Jerome Jarre; international Youtuber helped in a major way to get ‘Liter of “Lights’ message out to the world. With his popularity among Snapchat and Vine he was able to involve his many fans in the phenomena.

Thesis:

Even though there is an abundance of underdeveloped and underprivileged places and people in the world there are still not any solutions to help these people live in habitable areas. ‘Liter of Light’ is a program that helps to make these areas better for these people. Through this program we can also help to severely lower the amount of waste that has been piling up in these areas.

How to make your own ‘Liter of Light’:

Impact of ‘Liter of Light’

With: There is a huge decrease in the amount of waste per area especially in third-world countries. As well as the utilization of possible dangerous products. It also creates

Without: There is an exponentially growing amount of garbage in third-world countries.

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Bibliography

Secondary Sources:

Andrews, Matthew.N/A 2013. Photograph.Durham, North Carolina.

Leon, Jun de.Liter of Light.2012.Photograph.Manila, Philippines.

Liwanag, Isang Litrong.N/A.2011.Photograph.Manila, Philippines.

Liwanag, Isang Litrong.N/A. 2012.Photograph.Manila, Philippines.

Oshima, Kotoe. “Plastic Bottles Light up Lives”. Cnn.com. 30 August 2011.Web. 1 April 2015 This article was really helpful in finding information about the origin of ‘Liter of Light’. We were able to find out who began the making of solar bottle bulb technology. We found it really interesting that another person began the creation of this technology and another started the program.

Reynolds, Catherine B. N/A. 2011. Photograph. Manila, Philippines.N/A. Liters of Light Turn Bottles Into Bulbs. Coca-Colacompany.com. The Coca-Cola Company. 5 November 2012. Web. 1 April 2015 This article was really helpful in finding information about how the bottles actually worked. It was also really interesting that it talked a lot about how the bottles benefited school children in India.