GOING SOLAR | They can keep your iPod or cell running :: CHICAGO SUN-TIMES :: Lifestyles
GOING SOLAR They can keep your iPod or cell running :: CHICAGO SUN-TIMES :: Lifestyles:
Jane Palmer and Marianne “Fairbanks believe people have power. Power to effect change. Power to speak their minds. Power to use technology in concert with the environment.
Born out of discussions about power are their stylish Noon Solar men’s and women’s handbags, each outfitted with solar panels and equipment to keep an iPod or cell phone charged.
The women, who live in Humboldt Park, met as grad students in the Art Institute of Chicago’s fibers program. Outside of class, they participated together in protests against the Iraq war.”
