Days 13 & 14: May 27 & 28

This weekend we started off doing presentations on research projects we did collaborating with Brazilian students from Mackenzie University on different renewable energy topics.  The presentations were a great way to learn about sustainable energy topics with students from Brazil to give their own perspective on these topics.




Saturday and Sunday afternoon we worked with the NGO, Sociedade do Sol. We learned how to build solar water heaters and met people from a city next to Sao Paulo who will benefit from this technology. Speaking with people from the community was very interesting and we were happy to help build solar water heaters with them.












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