Solar lighting creates accessible shared public areas, an invitation to explore
Solar lighting to open public areas creates a feeling of safety and security, providing an invitation to explore and interact with local ecosystems. Parks, reserves, and open areas facilitate community connectedness and incidental interactions with nature.
The importance of incidental interactions with nature for human health is becoming commonplace on the agenda of local councils. This means an investment in solar lighting to dog parks, pedestrian access ways, open spaces, parks, and reserves, is acknowledged as an investment in human health for individuals and communities. And of course, the well-recognised benefit of solar: solar plugs in to the sun – a natural resource that offers off-grid options and no power bills, cabling or trenching through open areas, parks and reserves.