{"id":35034,"date":"2013-01-09T12:00:39","date_gmt":"2013-01-09T17:00:39","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/spacingtoronto.ca\/?p=35034"},"modified":"2013-01-21T15:27:39","modified_gmt":"2013-01-21T20:27:39","slug":"urban-planet-soda-bottle-lights","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/spacing.ca\/toronto\/2013\/01\/09\/urban-planet-soda-bottle-lights\/","title":{"rendered":"Urban Planet: Soda bottle lights"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" frameborder=\"0\" height=\"437\" src=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/87oo46KeJu4\" width=\"600\"><\/iframe><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone\" alt=\"\" src=\"http:\/\/spacing.ca\/network\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2012\/01\/feature-urban-planet.gif\" width=\"600\" height=\"63\" \/><\/p>\n<p>In low income communities across the globe, natural light is often unavailable in windowless homes crowded together under corrugated metal roofs. 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