Joe Stirt, of Book of Joe fame, sent one of his enigmatic emails last night with the subject line “world-changing”; intrigued, I had to take a look.

What I found may not be world changing in the traditional spirit of the phrase, but it would definitely be quite nice to win one of the 500 SL-2 lights that SunNight Solar is giving away…

Being a different kind of company – focusing on people, the planet and then profits – we are set to launch our new SL2 (SunLight2) or SuperBoGo, solar powered flashlight in a different way as well – we are going to give them away.

There are no charges, nothing to buy and we will send them to you at our cost, from our warehouse in Houston, when they arrive in mid-August. Each is individually numbered – 1/500 and they are in blue ABS plastic and on the side, laser etched – it says “Changing the World – Limited Edition” May 2008.

According to the SunLight Solar Blog give-away post:

We welcome requests from people who want a free light, and please send us an e-mail at info@sunnightsolar.com with the reason why we should send you a light. We will decide who gets a light – and obviously, people who are in a position to either blog to a large audience, put out a media article, buy lots of lights in the future, are heavily involved in environmental or humanitarian work, work for FEMA, the upper management of Red Cross or Greenpeace, in charge of the US Senate’s oversight committee on incredibly large sums of money for foreign aid and really huge contracts for small businesses, the Governors of any the Gulf Coast states, the Pope, Al Gore or Angelina Jolie – all of these people are probably going to get a light and Bill Gates can have two; if they send us a request. If you just want a free light, just because you like to get free things, or you like to camp or don’t like spending money on single use battery flashlights - I can certainly sympathize, but you are probably not going to make the cut.

But, we will also just send some to people with really good stories. Peace Corps volunteers getting ready to go abroad are high on this list, people set to trek alone across large parts of the globe, people working in remote places, American men and women heading to war, or people with just really good stories – I am interested in getting feedback from and supporting the rebels among us, so send us your story.

Rules – we make up all of them and no one is promised nor guaranteed a light and we reserve the right to change or withdraw this offer at any time. We will probably not send lights internationally – it is just too costly, and with two billion people in the developing world needing light, 500 will not make a splash. And we reserve the right to post where we send the lights and post any of your follow-up responses to our web site. One light per person/family/organization please.

As always, we would love to know if you are one of the lucky winners, so do keep us posted. :-)

Via: Free solar-powered flashlights — Mark Bent is giving away 500 of them

Link: SunNight Solar

Link: 500 Solar Flashlight Give Away