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Brightening our Board of Directors: Welcome Heather & Maggi

5/15/2023

As a nonprofit organization, the success of Unite to Light’s mission relies heavily on the dedicated and passionate individuals who serve on our board of directors. We are thrilled to welcome two phenomenal women who bring a wealth of experience, expertise, and perspective to our board: Heather Bennett and Maggi Alexander.

Members of the board play a critical role in shaping the direction of Unite to Light and ensuring that we continue to make a meaningful impact in the communities we serve. We hope you'll join us in extending a warm welcome to Heather and Maggi and in celebrating the important work our board does on behalf of Unite to Light.

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Welcoming our 2023 Gift of Light Partner Program Recipients

5/11/2023

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We are excited to announce the EIGHT partner organizations receiving Luke Lights and Chandler Chargers this year thanks to our Gift of Light Partner Program! These organizations share our commitment to making a positive impact in their communities utilizing solar light and power, and we look forward to collaborating with them for years to come. With these new partnerships, we are expanding our reach and deepening our impact, working together to create a brighter world for all. We are grateful to work with a diverse group of organizations this year. Recipient organizations' impacts range from helping students study at night, to equipping our neighbors experiencing homelessness with critical light and power, to providing a reliable source of power for women gathering data to fight food insecurity. In this blog post, we will introduce the 2023 Gift of Light Partner Program recipients and highlight some of the exciting initiatives we have planned together.

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Power for Health in Ukraine

5/5/2023

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Over the last year, we have watched Russia attack Ukraine's sovereignty, plunging the country into the dark. Even without power, heat or water, Ukrainians are holding strong. Throughout this crisis, countless Americans have expressed a desire to assist, and many have generously donated to Unite to Light and other organizations, helping to provide essential aid to those in need. Thanks to your unwavering support, thousands of Ukrainians now have access to critical resources such as light and power.

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Calling All Artists to Submit Light-Themed Works for Our Second Annual Fundraiser and Exhibition

4/3/2023

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We are excited to announce the call for light-themed art. Applications for art to be displayed at our second annual fundraiser + light art exhibition, Unite to Light the Night, are being accepted now! This year's event will take place on October 20 and 21, 2023, and we’ll be returning to the The Community Arts Workshop (CAW). We are thrilled to invite all artists, creatives, and innovators to submit light-themed art for the exhibition, which will be a central part of our fundraising event.

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Solar Lights Fight Climate Change and Air Pollution

2/7/2023

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The mission of Unite to Light is to provide light and power to people living without electricity. We focus on helping people in rural communities in low-income countries, as these are the people who can least often afford even a low cost solar light. People in these communities typically rely on kerosene lamps as a source of lighting after the sun goes down. Kerosene is a dangerous and expensive fossil fuel that emits both carbon dioxide and black carbon (more commonly referred to as soot), when burned.

With nearly one billion (and counting) people still lacking access to electricity across the globe, we are striving to replace kerosene lamps with solar lights. When we increase access to solar lamps, we increase access to educational opportunities, healthcare, and productivity. We also decrease greenhouse gas emissions and air pollution.

Solar Sister, Vimilia, with a customer.

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2022 Year in Review

1/10/2023

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We’ve accomplished SO much in 2022 with you by our side. Thank you for getting low-cost, eco-friendly solar light and power to the farthest reaches of the world. One light, one charger, and one person at a time — you are changing lives.

By all measures this was our biggest year yet. We distributed 32,350 Lights & Chargers to people in 30 countries. This represented an almost 50% increase in the number of people we were able to help from last year.

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Unite to Light the Night Changes 10,000 Lives

12/8/2022

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At Unite to Light, we believe access to clean, affordable light and energy is critical to improving health, education, and prosperity. To help bring light to the over one billion living without access to electricity, we hosted a 3-day art exhibition and fundraiser. The event, aptly named “Unite to Light the Night” (UTLTN), took place at the Community Arts Workshop in downtown Santa Barbara. Our efforts were successful! We raised over $100,000 — enough money to send 10,000 solar lights to students, midwives, victims of natural disasters and our neighbors experiencing homelessness.

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E-Waste How-To: Circular Lifecycles for Solar Technology

11/23/2022

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Luke Light

The solar-operated Luke Lights and Chandler Chargers we produce are sustainable alternatives to fossil fuel based lamps and energy sources, as well as single use batteries. However, they still have a limited useful life (2-5 years). At Unite to Light we believe in supporting circular product life cycles, and that means responsible disposal of our products and other e-waste at the end of their lives. While we do operate on a global scale and work internationally with on the ground partners to properly recycle our products, this article is intended for our U.S. consumers - we hope it helps!

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Unite To Light Nonprofit Launches Glow Tribe NFT Collection

11/3/2022

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Introducing the Glow Tribe

Unite to Light, a nonprofit organization dedicated to providing clean, renewable light and energy to people living without electricity, is partnering with Intuizi and artist Daniel Sulzberg to create a community building initiative around an NFT art collection.

Intuizi, a location data-based business intelligence company and artist Daniel Sulzberg, who goes by the artist name Danvillage, have partnered with Unite to Light to launch the Glow Tribe. “The Glow Tribe is a universal community of bright light messengers here to share bright ideas, guide humans out of the darkness and help spread the light” explained Megan Birney Rudert, CEO of Unite to Light, about the idea behind this initiative.

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Unite To Light The Night

9/21/2022

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Three-evenings of art and entertainment to fight inequity, one light at a time.

We are breaking the mold for fundraising events with our inaugural event, Unite to Light the Night, October 6-8. The event merges art, culture, and social impact into immersive experiences over the course of three evenings. The basis of the fundraiser is an art exhibition around the theme of light. People of all ages and socioeconomic backgrounds will have the ability to participate in at least one of the evenings.

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Unite to Light Blog

Brightening our Board of Directors: Welcome Heather & Maggi

Welcoming our 2023 Gift of Light Partner Program Recipients

Power for Health in Ukraine

Calling All Artists to Submit Light-Themed Works for Our Second Annual Fundraiser and Exhibition

Solar Lights Fight Climate Change and Air Pollution

2022 Year in Review

Unite to Light the Night Changes 10,000 Lives

E-Waste How-To: Circular Lifecycles for Solar Technology

Unite To Light Nonprofit Launches Glow Tribe NFT Collection

Introducing the Glow Tribe

Unite To Light The Night

Three-evenings of art and entertainment to fight inequity, one light at a time.

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