A solar-powered canoe, just the second of its kind, is scheduled for launch around April 20 in the village of Sharamentsa on the Pastaza River in the Ecuadorean Amazon. The canoe is part of a project ...

TENA, Ecuador, June 27 (Thomson Reuters Foundation) - Ecuador's rainforest Achuar people say their ancestors long dreamed of a "fire canoe" or "electric fish" that would let them move swiftly along ...

The Indigenous Achuar people in Ecuador's Amazon rainforest sail in six solar-powered canoes. And it's not just to save money on fuel — the... Shortly after sunrise, the students of Barrio San Luis ...

When famed "Free Solo" climber Alex Honnold decided to donate one-third of his income to climate solutions, his top priority was funding projects that could increase access to renewable energy. What ...

Canoeists that would like a way of charging their batteries or powering outboard motors or other electronic gear whilst on the move might be interested in a new solar powered out-rigger which has been ...

How can you create public transport in the jungle without polluting it? The isolated Achuar peoples of Ecuador have created an ingenious solution. A couple of hours before dawn in Kapawi, a village in ...

Now, the arrival of solar-powered boats is turning an old myth into a modern reality. Three solar boats - an Achuar design topped with protective roofs covered in solar panels - now ply a 67-kilometre ...

Shortly after sunrise, the students of Barrio San Luis begin their school run. Around a dozen girls and boys, wearing backpacks and carrying notepads in hand, hop down the muddy river bank and into ...

TENA, Ecuador, June 27 (Thomson Reuters Foundation) – Ecuador’s rainforest Achuar people say their ancestors long dreamed of a “fire canoe” or “electric fish” that would let them move swiftly along ...

TENA, Ecuador — Ecuador’s rainforest Achuar people say their ancestors long dreamed of a “fire canoe” or “electric fish” that would let them move swiftly along the region’s winding rivers, to more ...

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