Sustainability

Post by Kristin Lau, Toronto-based documentary photographer @kristinannelau Light For Life: Solar Energy in Nepal Energy is at the forefront of most economic, environmental and developmental issues the...

A better, brighter solar light and USB phone charger - the Shine Solar is our newest addition to the Voltaic line. Available now on Kickstarter, the Shine is a powerful, reliable solar light that's super...

Photography by Kristin Lau www.kristinlau.com Lead by American documentary photographer Kristin Lau, Voltaic will be sponsoring an upcoming trip to Nepal. Together with Sunfarmer and Photographers Without...

Living off-the-grid in our modern-day society has never been easier. Our friend Tafline Layine from Inhabitat , recently used two of our 17 Watt Kits to make her car an off-grid space for living and...

New York-based climber Gaz Leah is heading down to Parque La Huasteca near Monterrey, Mexico to develop and document new routes as well as introduce at-risk youth to climbing. We're working with Gaz to power...

How Our Take Back Program Works: Each of our solar backpacks and solar chargers contain valuable components that can be useful for a long period of time. If the components for some reason do fail, they...

Earlier this year, our customers helped send solar lighting kits (Roof-mountable 3.4 Watt Solar Panel, V15 USB Battery, USB Touchlight) to the village of Zatuba in Malawi. The lights were purchased by members...

We're running a Buy One Give One program to send solar charger and light kits to the Philippines on December 4th. Normally $85, we're providing this kit for a limited time for $59. In addition, for each order...

We are getting a large number of requests for our solar chargers for individuals going to the Phillipines to help in response to Typhoon Haiyan and are providing a 30% discount (and more in some cases) to all...

What do you do when a large number of backpacks from your supplier arrive in the US with slight cosmetic defects? Thanks to the effort of a master assembler in our warehouse team, they ended up in good...

Almost everyone in New York City has weighed in on the new bike sharing program. Two of us here are members and, overall, we are big fans. There are a lot of discussions about the stations, the bikes, and the...

We’re partnering with Empower (a recent Rockefeller Foundation Innovator finalist) for an exciting new Buy One Give One program. For every solar power and light kit featuring our new USB Touchlight...

Joseph DeLappe is starting a 460 mile bicycle ride through Nevada today. He'll be dragging home-made chalk behind him to draw a line around Nellis Air Force Base. This will create a 100 mile x 100 mile "area...

Mount over 60 Watts of solar panels on the back of a circa-1987 Dave Scott Centurion bicycle and you get a pretty powerful phone, tablet and even laptop charging system. We built this in celebration of NYC's...

We left the house a bit earlier than usual today to support NYC's Bike to Work Day in our own solar-powered way. We decked out our usual commuter bicycle with 60+ Watts of portable solar panels, 180 Watt hours...

We really enjoyed working with LifeEdited to provide backup solar power for their compact New York apartment. So when Graham Hill (the Founder) asked us to help with a more ambitious project, to provide off...

We have been working for some time on our latest product, the USB Touchlight. This is a super bright, USB-powered LED light, designed to run from our solar batteries. When our good friends at Life...

Our partner Empower Projects is working to build self-reliant communities in Malawi. As part of this effort, they are installing solar lighting systems in homes: 3.4 Watt Solar Panel, V11 USB Battery, and...