Belize - Alternative Technologies


Plenty has demonstrated and implemented a variety of appropriate, alternative technologies in rural areas for generating power, irrigation, sanitation and more.

Projects
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Solar Powered Lighting for Schools

Four 75 watt photovoltaic panels now charge six Trojan six-volt golf cart batteries capable of running up to ten florescent lights, and laptop computers for the school. San Jose is not hooked up to the Belize electrical grid...more

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Solar Powered Pumps for Irrigation

Plenty has hosted numerous workshops to demonstrate practical uses for solar technology in Belize, including setting up solar powered pumps for irrigation used by the Toledo Cacao Growers Association...more

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Water Catchment and Solar Pumping for School Toilets

Plenty Belize Executive Director, Mark Miller, devised a solar-powered pumping system to pump water from a large rain catchment tank below the school roof up to a smaller tank on the roof of the school so water could be gravity fed both to irrigate the garden and flush toilets in the school...more

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Plenty Videos
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Katrina Volunteers

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2011 Fall Bulletin

Introduction
Guatemala: Project Updates
Pine Ridge: Garden Harvest
Plenty Belize: Solar Water Project
Gulf Coast: Books to Kids, Volunteers
Kids to the Country: Summer 2011
NEW!: Soy in El Salvador

 
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