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Climate Solutions Tour in the Philippines Sets Off in Solar Car!
We've just found out that the Solar Car Tour in the Philippines has launched! Follow them online on facebook or check back here as we share some of the media they've created! We got the following incredible email from Vince Perez, the former Minister of Energy in the Philippines, head of WWF Philippines, and an Alternative Energy global guru. He wrote:
We finally did a similar project to Caroline's and Alexis' Climate Solutions Tour in India.
We have formed a corporate consortium and built a 100% solar power car dubbed “Sikat” (rays of the sun) in partnership with a local De La Salle University. Sikat is currently on a one month national road show from south to north of the entire Philippine archipelago, visiting a total of 14 engineering schools in 14 different cities around the country.
The reception throughout its road show has been overwhelming, especially among the college engineering students. We hope to inspire college graduates to lean towards green engineering jobs, while at the same time, we are promoting the benefits of renewable energy. At each university stop, a team from WWF gives a lecture on climate change and the benefits of renewable energy.
It is so exciting to see the Climate Solutions journey continuing. We were recently contacted by a team in Kenya organizing a similar journey and a team in the US considering a Climate Solutions Rail Tour! Contact us if you'd like to connect, or leave your comments here!
Here's some more of the media coverage of the tour in the Philippines:
Lighter, sleeker, faster Sikat tours RP
New Philippine solar car Sikat on nationwide tour
New Solar Car 'Sikat' on a Nationwide Tour
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