The NUCLEAR-FREE FUTURE AWARDS
Barefoot College of Tilonia, India
Category Solution – 2000
The founders of Barefoot College in the remote desert village of Tilonia (Rajasthan) had one of these rare ideas in 1971, which proved to be sustainable – even under extreme stress. The pioneers said to themselves in the style of Mahatma Gandhi: “Simple people can do it! And they set out to assemble and repair over 1000 solar modules themselves in the dusty outskirts of the Thar Desert.
