Running a marathon is not everyone’s cup of tea, but last weekend three brave Renewable World runners took on the third Brighton Marathon and all finished the course in less than 5 hours, raising vital funds for Renewable World’s work on providing access to energy for some of the world’s poorest people.

Two brave fundraisers from Renewable World's charity partner Consense - Emma and Sarah took on the muddy British Military Fitness Major Event Series last week in aid of Renewable World.

This year’s World Water Day has been met with great enthusiasm following on from discussions at the World Water Forum which took place in Marseille this week, and the announcement from the UN that the millennium development goal to halve the number of people without access to safe drinking water has been met.

At Renewable World we are all too aware of the challenge of energy poverty, but if there was ever a powerful and emotive visual arena to raise its awareness to a broader audience, then Peter DiCampo’s ‘Life Without Lights’ photographic display for the Ashden Awards at The Strand Gallery was a fitting scene.

Renewable World is delighted to announce that Declan Arthur from Waterford has been awarded the inaugural Ciaran King Graduate Travel Scholarship by the DIT Foundation which will allow him to support the work of Renewable World. 

Raise money for Renewable World while you shop through Amazon US and UK and eBay

When you shop online using one of the links below, anything you purchase will generate comission for Renewable World at no extra cost to you.

 Amazon UK and US have pledged to give 6% of the total cost of your purchases as a donation to Renewable World. Last year, our supporters raised over £200 doing their Christmas shopping on Amazon using our link - can you help us beat that this year?

Did you know that Thursday 13th of October is the ‘International Day for Natural Disasters’? The day is organised every year by the UN with the aim of raising awareness about disasters and what we can do to reduce our risk.

The theme of this year’s day is about how children and young people can be partners in disaster risk reduction plans and activities. The number of people affected by weather related disasters is due to rise from 250 million a year to 375 million a year by 2015 and children are likely to be disproportionately affected.

Renewable World is very honoured to be the only non-Norwegian organisation to receive an award from the Statkraft Fund for the second year running.

Renewable World is pleased to announce that the Arid Lands Information Network (ALIN) one of our East Africa programme partners, has received the 2011 Access to Learning Award of US$1 million from the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation in recognition of their commitment to providing access to information and technology in hard to reach communities in East Africa.

In the village of Sunaula Bazaar, women used to spend hours hauling water up steep tracks from the source below, but not anymore. Thanks to the installation of a hydraulic ramp pump which uses the energy of falling water to pump it to a higher level than the source, since May this year this remote hillside community in Nepal have had access to a constant source of water for domestic use as well as irrigation for 70 households.