Playing with Solar 2019 Project 90 by 2030's youth development initiative - YouLead - is a structured skills development program for 40 (per year) Khayelitsha-based youngsters between the ages of 15-24, who learn about environmental stewardship through focused activities designed to make learning fun. One such component is "Playing with Solar", where the YouLead Warriors [...]
On 23 March, 2019, Community Youth Mentor, Kutlwano speaks film. The Project 90 by 2030 Youth Mentor for the YouLead Program assisted the team in equipping a group of young environmental warriors in prepping content for social media, he chats briefly to SabaZahara HoneyBush. Here's what he had to share regarding the process: SZ: How [...]
The technology that uses light energy from the sun to generate electricity - Solar Electricity - has been around for approximately 179 years and was originally discovered by a French scientist called Edmond Becquerel somewhere around 1839 or so. Although the first silicon photovoltaic (PV) cell was already invented by Bell Labs in 1954, it [...]
When Project 90 by 2030 first arrived on the scene in 2007, we set up Carbon-Cutting Clubs in high schools in the Western Cape, Gauteng and KwaZulu Natal with the aim of reducing the carbon footprints of the top South African schools and - by default - the learners' homes. This project was successful to [...]
by Gabriel Klaasen This year I have been on my gap year, and one of my goals was to get involved with an NGO (Project 90 in particular!) to gain some experience. When I was approached out of the blue in October and asked if I would like to assist with the planning of the [...]
Following on the success of Playing with Solar in 2016, we were super excited to revamp the project - Playing with Solar 2.0 - for 2017! Over the course of seven weeks, Leadership Club members from 10 different high schools in the Cape Town area were taken on an explorative journey: to understand the basics [...]
In April 2016, the Leadership Clubs in the Western Cape began preparing for their Days of Action which are set to take place in August. This year, the Leadership Clubs will be creating a campaign in the lead up to their Days of Action to stir some inspiration and rally others in their school communities [...]
The past few weeks will undoubtedly go down as some of the most incredible and memorable weeks in the history of the Project 90 Leadership Clubs. It saw eight Project 90 Leadership Clubs in the Western Cape embark on a Low-Carbon project collectively (aptly named the Playing with Solar project) to build a solar mobile [...]
