Saturday, March 27, 8:30PM

Tonight at 8:30, people worldwide are supposed to turn off their lights as a sign of respect for our planet.

But here in Nicaragua, there are still whole communities that haven't got electricity yet.
Most of the Caribbean coast is in this situation.

Luckily, there is an organization that, little by little, is bringing light in these parts of the country.
And... it even isn't a danger for the environment!

In 1989, two brothers came to Nicaragua for the first time.
They were 11 and 13.
They came on a vacation at the Caribbean coast where their mother, Colette Grinevald, was trying to do some research on the Rama dialect.

When they returned home, they told their experiences to a friend, Lal Mandarin, whom, on his next vacation joined the two brothers to live the experience.

When the boy's studies had finished in 2003, they made a thesis about renewable energy in these remote parts of Nicaragua.
Now, in 2010, almost 3000 people in 12 different communities are enjoying the luxury of these wind mills that provide them with the energy to light their houses at night.
They called their project BLUEENERGY, and it has changed the lives of thousands of people.

Now that energy has finally come to some distant communities, people are considering opening up these paradise like places to tourists. This can bring even more progress to these isolated places.


I thought I would share this beautiful story with you on this special day that is called into life to make people think about energy.

Everybody can make a difference...