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Dhai Dubai Light Art Festival: These hand-made lights brighten millions of homes and communities
At the festival, a Philippines-based organisation is demonstrating how discarded plastic bottles can be turned into low-cost light tubes
Illac Diaz showcases the solar lights made of discarded plastic bottles at Dhai Dubai Light Art Festival.
Residents and tourists who have not yet seen the inaugural Dhai Dubai Light Art Festival are encouraged to visit Expo City Dubai this weekend.
Not only will they be amazed at the breathtaking light art installations but they can also learn and take part in a simple environment-friendly solution that could literally light up a whole community.
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Philippines-based civic organisation Liter of Light is demonstrating how discarded one-litre plastic bottles can be turned into low-cost tubes that can light up the floating villages of the Manobo tribe in Agusan Marsh in the Philippines.
Several families and individuals have already lent their hands creating hand-built lights that could last for five years. Liter of Light was founded in 2014 and has, for a decade, provided lighting for around one million homes in several marginalised c