Welcome back, Solar Warrior.
Today's entrepreneur is no stranger to not just business in the developing world, but also bridging the gap between business development, sales, and nonprofit fundraising and growth. It's an honor to be able to introduce Allison Archambault and the work of EarthSpark International on this Giving Tuesday.
Allison developed not just her career, but the organization that she's been leading now for a decade, providing light, access to opportunities, and what she refers to as feminist electrification, to the poorest country in the Western Hemisphere.
Allison is president of EarthSpark International, a non-profit organization incubating businesses that solve energy poverty. EarthSpark has built a town-sized, solar-powered smart grid in rural Haiti and has spun off a smart meter company, SparkMeter, to unlock business models for grid operators worldwide to expand energy access to low-income customers.
Allison has consulted to clean energy companies, governments, and advocacy groups. She previously worked with 3TIER on large-scale renewable energy siting and integration and with GridPoint, an early cleantech company combining distributed energy storage, solar PV, and energy management.
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Resources
Support Earthspark on this GivingTuesday (or any other day of the year!)
Connect with Allison on LinkedIn and Twitter
Check out the work of EarthSpark International on LinkedIn, Twitter, and their website.
What is Giving Tuesday?
It’s a global generosity movement unleashing the power of people and organizations to transform their communities and the world. GivingTuesday was created in 2012 as a simple idea: a day that encourages people to do good.
Book mentioned
Natural Capitalism: Creating the Next Industrial Revolution - Paul Hawken