Students use lamps to send climate message on Earth Day in Dubai - in pictures

  • On Earth Day, the Liter of Light team and student volunteers and faculty members from Middlesex University are creating a ground-breaking solar art message from 500 lamps urging world leaders to "invest in our planet" at Media City, Dubai. All photos: Chris Whiteoak / The National
    On Earth Day, the Liter of Light team and student volunteers and faculty members from Middlesex University are creating a ground-breaking solar art message from 500 lamps urging world leaders to "invest in our planet" at Media City, Dubai. All photos: Chris Whiteoak / The National
  • Liter of Light is a low-cost tube that refracts solar light to provide daytime interior lighting.
    Liter of Light is a low-cost tube that refracts solar light to provide daytime interior lighting.
  • The lights are set up.
    The lights are set up.
  • Students with the lamps.
    Students with the lamps.
  • Oliver Nakakande, Miss Uganda 2019, turns on the lights.
    Oliver Nakakande, Miss Uganda 2019, turns on the lights.
  • The ground-breaking solar art project is set up.
    The ground-breaking solar art project is set up.
  • Students raise their lamps in the air.
    Students raise their lamps in the air.
  • Illac Diaz, founder of Liter of Light (R).
    Illac Diaz, founder of Liter of Light (R).
  • Audrey aged 7 turns on the lights.
    Audrey aged 7 turns on the lights.
  • Audrey unplugs the solar panel.
    Audrey unplugs the solar panel.