Atasa Solar | Make Solar
Atasa Solar: Make Solar
Community-designed, Empowered Renewable Energy For All.
Community-designed, Empowered Renewable Energy For All.
Ester and Kilakoi of OMWA lead the way as we survey locations for the village solar lights. We installed over 30 lights in 11 locations in Olorgesailie Kenya.
A collaboration of
OMWA: Olorgesailie Maasai Women Artisans of Kenya + IdiaDega
+ LAGI: Land Art Generator Initiative
OMWA: Olorgesailie Maasai Women Artisans of Kenya + IdiaDega
+ LAGI: Land Art Generator Initiative
OMWA members install first of a series of Rungu village solar lights.
Job Solar, Tale Leah of OMWA and Cess Nkoyo celebrate Tale’s first soldering success. We are making our own solar components for our Atasa Solar wearable products.
Atasa Solar ™️ (Trademark pending) is making 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. After completing the designs in the Spring of 2022 we are planning to bring Atasa to Pittsburgh Pennsylvania.
The Atasa Solar Team:
OMWA: Olorgesailie Maasai Women Artisans of Kenya
Tereneh Idia, IdiaDega
LAGI: Land Art Generator Initiative
We also worked with several amazing folks in Kenya including:
Cecilia Nyoko
Job Mwathi
Bidii Leathers
We would like to thank these Foundations for their support:
The Opportunity Fund
Dawn and Chris Fleischner, Fleischner Family Charitable Foundation
Thank you for in-kind and equipment support:
Jon Gann and Michael Shankle
Thanks to our 91 Indiegogo campaign contributors including:
Jessica Manack
Bethan Rayner
Carl Sisco
Mista Sparklet
Ms. Peachie
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. After completing the designs in the Spring of 2022 we are planning to bring Atasa to Pittsburgh Pennsylvania.
The Atasa Solar Team:
OMWA: Olorgesailie Maasai Women Artisans of Kenya
Tereneh Idia, IdiaDega
LAGI: Land Art Generator Initiative
We also worked with several amazing folks in Kenya including:
Cecilia Nyoko
Job Mwathi
Bidii Leathers
We would like to thank these Foundations for their support:
The Opportunity Fund
Dawn and Chris Fleischner, Fleischner Family Charitable Foundation
Thank you for in-kind and equipment support:
Jon Gann and Michael Shankle
Thanks to our 91 Indiegogo campaign contributors including:
Jessica Manack
Bethan Rayner
Carl Sisco
Mista Sparklet
Ms. Peachie
Thank you. Asante sana (Kiswahili) Ashe oleng (Kimaasai).
Atasa means “Make” or “We made it” in Kimaasai the language of the Maasai.
