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Sustained by the Sun

In Costa Rica, Peace Corps Volunteer Katie DeWitt worked with her community to use one of their most abundant resources—the sun—to power their local biological reserve. Find out how the newly installed solar panels generated not only power, but also community-wide enthusiasm for renewable energy.

Photographed and narrated by Peace Corps Volunteer Katie DeWitt, Costa Rica, 2009-2011.

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