Atasa Solar | Make Solar
Atasa Solar: Make Solar
Community-designed, Empowered Renewable Energy For All.
A collaboration of
OMWA: Olorgesailie Maasai Women Artisans of Kenya + IdiaDega
+ LAGI: Land Art Generator Initiative
We are putting down our sewing needles for solar panels.
Community-designed, Empowered Renewable Energy For All.
A collaboration of
OMWA: Olorgesailie Maasai Women Artisans of Kenya + IdiaDega
+ LAGI: Land Art Generator Initiative
We are putting down our sewing needles for solar panels.
Tale and Jemimah of OMWA walk through Olorgesailie with Mt Olorgesailie in the background.
Atasa Solar will create renewable energy public structures and wearable solar garments in collaboration with Indigenous communities to overcome environmental, economic, design racism and misogyny beginning in Olorgesailie Kenya.
Energy access is an…
Environmental
Race
Gender
Economic
Ecological
Agricultural
Education
Design
Social
Cultural
Political
Justice Issue
In the spirit of Kenyan “Jua Kali - get it done” tradition, this “fierce sun” energizes our global project launching in the Maasai community of Olorgesailie, Kenya. Our community led design process marries traditional Indigenous architecture and design skills with contemporary renewable energy materials. This is a new design language process for clean energy systems designed by and for Indigenous people and the world. The new sustainable model for the production of culturally-apt renewable energy products can then be implemented in other communities all over the world.
In addition to capacity building and cultural exchange, the project will result in functional solar energy structures, personal wearable charging garments, and sustainable energy from communities.
We will begin the process of prototype development in 2022 in Kenya and we plan to bring this project to Pittsburgh with the help and design knowledge of some of the OMWA artisans.
Atasa Solar: Olorgesailie
Atasa Solar: Pittsburgh
Thank you for your financial support:
Opportunity Fund
Dawn and Chris Fleischner, Fleischner Family Charitable Foundation
Thank you for in-kind and equipment support:
Jon Gann and Michael Shankle
We are actively seeking other contributors to bring this project into life.
Please contact Tereneh Idia at Tereneh (at) IdiaDega.com for more information.
Thank you. Asante sana (Kiswahili) Ashe oleng (Kimaasai).
Energy access is an…
Environmental
Race
Gender
Economic
Ecological
Agricultural
Education
Design
Social
Cultural
Political
Justice Issue
In the spirit of Kenyan “Jua Kali - get it done” tradition, this “fierce sun” energizes our global project launching in the Maasai community of Olorgesailie, Kenya. Our community led design process marries traditional Indigenous architecture and design skills with contemporary renewable energy materials. This is a new design language process for clean energy systems designed by and for Indigenous people and the world. The new sustainable model for the production of culturally-apt renewable energy products can then be implemented in other communities all over the world.
In addition to capacity building and cultural exchange, the project will result in functional solar energy structures, personal wearable charging garments, and sustainable energy from communities.
We will begin the process of prototype development in 2022 in Kenya and we plan to bring this project to Pittsburgh with the help and design knowledge of some of the OMWA artisans.
Atasa Solar: Olorgesailie
Atasa Solar: Pittsburgh
Thank you for your financial support:
Opportunity Fund
Dawn and Chris Fleischner, Fleischner Family Charitable Foundation
Thank you for in-kind and equipment support:
Jon Gann and Michael Shankle
We are actively seeking other contributors to bring this project into life.
Please contact Tereneh Idia at Tereneh (at) IdiaDega.com for more information.
Thank you. Asante sana (Kiswahili) Ashe oleng (Kimaasai).
LAGI and IdiaDega meeting in Olorgesailie Kenya 2017
Images from Olorgesailie, Kenya
In 2017, the team: OMWA + IdiaDega + LAGI: Land Art Generator Initiative presented the Atasa Solar project idea at the African Energy Forum in Copenhagen.
In 2017, the team: OMWA + IdiaDega + LAGI: Land Art Generator Initiative presented the Atasa Solar project idea at the African Energy Forum in Copenhagen.
Nepetia Jemimah and Kinta Regina of OMWA: Olorgesailie Maasai Women Artisans of Kenya, beadwork for prototypes.