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Solar Household Energy (SHE), a 501(c)(3) not-for profit corporation, seeks to harness free enterprise to introduce solar cooking where it can improve quality of life and relieve stress on the environment. Working with private entities, governments, and NGOs, SHE designs and oversees training and distribution projects in Mexico, Central America and Africa.
Currently, more than half of the world’s population relies on biomass (wood, animal dung and crop residue) for cooking, according to the U.N.’s World Health Organization (WHO). LINK This practice causes disease, economic hardship, and environmental degradation. Modern solar cooking ovens like SHE’s “HotPot” offer practical, affordable, long-term relief.
Recent Developments:
- Solar cooking in extreme environments: SHE board member Pat McArdle’s enthusiasm for solar cooking was undaunted by the recent record-breaking snowfall in the Washington, D.C. metro area. Pat has posted an excellent YouTube video about cooking “snow bank chicken soup,” to underscore the larger message of solar cooking’s potential to help people in the context of natural disaster. View the video here.
- HotPot featured in local El Salvador newspaper: The El Diario de Hoy, a newspaper in El Salvador, recently published an article, Families Cook with Solar Energy, that features the HotPot. The article reported that over 100 families use the HotPot solar oven to cook their meals in communities around San Francisco de Matapan, El Salvador.
- Listen to an interview about solar cooking with SHE's Louise Meyer: Solar Power Beginner is a website that gives you straightforward information on solar energy and what it can do for you. Listen to Louise's interview by clicking here.
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| El Salvador: New map of our solar cooking locations. (To read more click here) |
Nepal: World Wildlife Fund conducts trainings with the HotPot. (To read more click here) |
Parade Magazine: Solar cookers are being used in refugee camps. (To read more click here) |
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"Solar Cooking Demonstration" Bamako, Mali, 2005 (top)
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