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Bluefields Nicaragua 'report' | 45 comments (45 topical, editorial)

Re: Bluefields Nicaragua 'report' (3.00 / 0) (#4)
by spinningmagnets (velmis1450bc(at)aol(dot)com) on Thu Mar 6th, 2008 at 06:28:21 PM MST
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This is very inspiring information!

How did "bluefields" and "blue energy" pick their name, what does it mean? (using the color "green" is trendy!)

You mentioned there are many tools that are worn out (drill chucks, grinder stone wheels, etc). I have heard of there being occasional "difficulties" getting parts or funding to the group someone may want to help in other places. Is there a dependable organization that can ensure that donations will get to people like this?

Re: Bluefields Nicaragua 'report' (3.00 / 0) (#37)
by blueEnergy group (contact@blueenergygroup.org) on Wed Mar 26th, 2008 at 12:06:32 AM MST
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spinningmagnets, I chose the name blueEnergy because the original vision for blueEnergy was to use Piggott turbines to purify water using UV technology. If water and wind have a color (you may feel free to argue that they don't :) ), it's blue - so I went with blueEnergy. It was either going to be blueWind or blueEnergy. And in the end "green energy" is over-used at this point, so I thought blue might be a better choice.

By the way, it's only coincidence that the word blue appears in both our name and our host city. Or at least it wasn't a conscious association.

blueEnergy is a nonprofit, very literally. We accept donations directly and in fact most of the "nice tools" DanB referred to were from a donation from a French construction company that just arrived days before the Otherpower crew arrived. If you would like to make a donation to support our efforts, either monetary or equipment, please do not hesitate to contact me at mathias.craig@blueenergygroup.org or (415) 509 - 0155. I can guarantee that we'll get your donation on-site and into use!

Cheers,
Mathias
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blueEnergy
www.blueenergygroup.org
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Bluefields Nicaragua 'report' | 45 comments (45 topical, 0 editorial)

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