The Road to Renewable Energy in Sabah, Malaysia

October 25, 2021

“Efforts to accelerate the growth of the country’s green economy, enhancement of energy sustainability and transformation of the water sector should remain at the core of the country’s socio-economic development.” – Datuk Seri Ismail Sabri Yaakob, Malaysia Prime Minister We are thrilled to launch the Sabah Renewable Energy Rural Electrification Roadmap (Sabah RE2 Roadmap) with…

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Building Technical Capacity for Micro-Hydro Development in Indonesia

September 23, 2021

Part of what partnership means to Green Empowerment is being able to share sustainable technology solutions across geographic regions. After seeing our successful collaboration with TONIBUNG in Malaysia, we were honored to have Aliansi Masyarakat Adat Nusantara (AMAN), the Indigenous Peoples Network of Indonesia, invite us to help build and strengthen their renewable energy program…

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Solar Powered Health Clinics in Peru Strengthen Community Resilience

September 30, 2020

Prior to having electricity at their rural health clinics in the Andean mountains, health care workers in Contumazá, Cajamarca, Peru had to travel three hours one way to obtain and deliver vaccinations, among many other critical setbacks. Peru also now has the fifth highest coronavirus caseload in the world at around 740,000 infected patients, and…

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The Silver Lining of the Pandemic: Virtual Capacity Building

September 8, 2020

When COVID-19 shut down Green Empowerment projects across Latin America, our staff and local partners were initially devastated. The renewable energy and clean water projects we were looking forward to supporting were put on an indefinite hold at a time when communities most needed those resources. However, we quickly pivoted by brainstorming and then executing…

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Best wishes! Saludos! Meilleurs voeux!

February 23, 2017

  Please join the Green Empowerment family in thanking Aaron Liss for his contributions to our organization over the years! It is with warmest regards that we wish Aaron success in his next chapter beginning after March.   Aaron started his adventure with Green Empowerment more than five years ago as an intern in Nicaragua working with…

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Life in Nampasan

December 2, 2016

This guest post was written by Koto Kishida, a Green Empowerment volunteer and Natural Resource Specialist with the State of Oregon. Green Empowerment’s last blog post (“Tagal Hutan Monitoring Program in Borneo”) was about Koto’s project for GE and Tonibung in Malaysian Borneo. This post will focus on her personal experience of living in Borneo…

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Nos Vemos, Nicaragua!

September 1, 2016

[By: Claudia Aber, Stanford University student and GE/AsoFénix summer intern in Nicaragua]10 weeks after arriving in Nicaragua, August 25th was my last day working with Green Empowerment and AsoFénix. I spent this day reflecting on the work done, friends made, and opportunities had during my time here. This summer flew by, and I will cherish…

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Green Empowerment Project Wins 2016 National Energy Globe Award for Ecuador!

June 6, 2016

The Growing Esmeraldas with Renewable Energy project (known as Creciendo Esmeraldas con Energía Renovable, or “CRECER”) has won the 2016 National Energy Globe Award for Ecuador! The CRECER project was created to improve the lives and livelihoods of rural cacao-farming families in Ecuador’s Esmeraldas Province through the holistic implementation of renewable energy technologies, eco-agricultural training…

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Nicaragua Takeover: Meet Our Partners

December 15, 2015

Green Empowerment partners with Managua-based AsoFenix for our projects in the Boaco region of Nicaragua.As part of our program, Green Empowerment and AsoFenix train local technicians to maintain and repair the systems to increase self-reliance among the communities.This photo shows me with our local install crew, including (from left to right) community member Enrique, AsoFenix technician…

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