Welcome to Meeting No. 143 of the Rotary eClub of Latitude 38
Presidents Message
This week I followed up on a lead given to me by the District Governor. I also wrote to the representative of a club that has just closed down suggesting that some of members of this club might become members of Latitude 38 or alternatively form a satellite club associated with us. We will see what comes of this.
I wish you a good week.
Brian Norris President.
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This week's meeting material
The Power Of Light
An interesting article that I spotted on the Rotary website. Its a simple idea and the lights are easily installed. Rotary members from Durango, Colorado, USA, team with the Navajo Nation to bring solar lights to remote, off-the-grid homes on the country’s largest Native American reservation.
One in seven households in Australia has solar panels on their roof – more than anywhere else in the world. But what’s actually going on in the shiny structures and how could Buddhist singing bowls and South American butterflies make them more efficient? Niraj Lal examines the science of solar and the future of sunshine. Nij is a Research Fellow at Monash University and the CSIRO working on using nanophotonics for high-efficiency solar cells.
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