
Solar Cooking Project in the Dominican Republic par The Nature Conservancy, 2013 SHE's joint solar cooking project with The Nature Conservancy in the Dominican Republic
Report on Large-Scale Solar Cooking Projects in Asia par Darwin Curtis, Dec 2011
Solar Cooking Resolution Adopted at IUCN World Conservation Congress par D Zbicz, Jeju, South Korea, 12 Sept 2012 The International Union for the Conservation at its quadrennial World Conservation Congress has adopted a motion on Solar Cooking and its Contribution to Healthy and Resilient Ecosystems and Communities. This is the first time that IUCN has considered this topic, which extremely relevant to the priorities of the IUCN.
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Integrated Solar Cooking - An Underutilized Solution par Paul Arveson, American Scientific Affiliation, 2012 New article by SHE Board Member, Paul Arveson on the many benefits of solar cooking
Solar cooking in Gaga refugee camp, preliminary analysis
Supplemental information on SHE's UN CDM submission par Solar Household Energy, Oct 2011 This report accompanied SHE's submission to the UN Clean Development Mechanism regarding comments on their methology for evaluating cookstove projects.
Solar Household Energy submits comments to UN on Solar Cooking par Solar Household Energy, Oct 2011 In 2011, the Clean Development Mechanism of the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change requested comments on their methodology for evaluating solar cookstoves. Solar Household Energy submitted comments in Oct and has been communicating with the CDM team on follow-up to its input. We are glad to hear that solar ovens are accepted as cookstoves and eligible for the CDM funding.
Microfinancing Intervention for Financing Solar Cooking par Gunjan Gautam, Georgia Institute of Technology Executive Summary of a Research Project on Microfinancing for Solar Cooking that Solar Household Energy contracted in 2011. The full paper is currently being reviewed for publication and will be made available when published.
Global Alliance for Clean Cookstoves 1st Year Annual Report The Global Alliance's Annual Report reflects an impressive list of achievements for its first year. Featured is a photo by Patricia McArdle of Cookit solar ovens in Darfur refugee camp, although most of the Alliance's emphasis thus far has been on biomass stoves. We continue to press for them to support more research on solar and integrated cooking as the cleanest of all cooking solutions. Solar cooking in Gaga refugee camp in eastern Chad Afterthought for Some, Daily Struggle for Others par Matt Styslinger, WorldWatch, July 2011 Solar cooking and Solar Household Energy featured in WorldWatch blog - Nourishing the Planet
Solar Cooking Event at Mosque in Northern Virginia par Pat McArdle, July 11, 2011 Pat McArdle of Solar Cookers International and Louise Meyer of Solar Household Energy participated in a Solar Cooking Expo at Dar al Noor Mosque in Manassas, Virginia.
Interview with Patricia McArdle on Solar Cooking in Afghanistan Listen to Pat McArdle's interview with NPR about her new book and solar cooking. Radio Interview with SHE's Louise Meyer par Corbbmacc O'Connor - WAMU 88.5 Louise Meyer solar cooks for WAMU 88.5 radio reporter Corbbmacc O'Connor. Solar Household Energy co-founder Darwin Curtis Named Purpose Prize Fellow Purpose Prizes Honor Americans Over Age 60 for
Making an Extraordinary Impact in their Encore Careers
Solar Cooking in El Salvador New Research Re-Confirms Acceptance and Benefits of Solar Cooking
HotPot demonstration at Google headquarters par Pat McArdle, Été 2009 Solar cooker advocates gathered at Google headquarters in Mountain View, CA. for a day-long demo organized by SHE Board Chairman Pat McArdle and Mark Aubin, the founder of Google Earth. Google's own chefs cooked several varieties of chili in three Hot Pots and two Sun Ovens.
The Sun Also Braises par Rick Weiss, The Washington Post Renewable Energy Advocates Offer Invention That Can Harness and Ease Global Warming
Baking in the Sun par Christopher Flynn, Montgomery Gazette, May 5, 1995 Solar cooking among energy alternative for developing nations
Le World Wildlife Fund Népal mène des stages avec le HotPot par Pat McArdle, printemps 2009 Le World Wildlife Fund Népal a demandé à un membre de SHE de voyager au Népal pour montrer aux villageois et au personnel du WWF Népal comment utiliser les 500 HotPots qui ont été acheté grâce à une subvention de la fondation Alcoa. Le potentiel de la cuisine solaire mis en valeur aux conférences récentes en Inde par Pat McArdle, printemps 2009 Deux conférences en Inde ont mis en valeur l’importance de la cuisine solaire pour réduire la pollution d’intérieur, le déboisement, le carbone noir, et le danger pour les femmes qui doivent récolter du bois. A Fast Insight Into: Solar Cooking in Developing Countries Blue Avocado, December 31, 2008 "A solar cooker is a heat trap - a greenhouse effect in a pot - like the way your car heats up in the summertime when the windows are closed."
Más mujeres cocinan con rayos del sol para reemplazar leña y gas Conciencia newswire service , Marzo 31, 2008 La vida le cambió a Lorena Harp desde que comenzó a cocinar con el sol. Este no sólo se ha convertido en su mejor compañero, sino que hasta está enamorada de él.
Harp aprendió que con el sol podía cocer verduras, cocinar carne y hacer pasteles sin necesidad de usar electricidad, leña, ni gas.
Update: SHE and Tostan Begin Solar Cooking Partnership In Senegal par Marie-Ange Binagwaho, March 9, 2008 Last Sunday, Solar Household Energy and Tostan had a very successful training session with the Senegal Solar Cooking Initiative, a project we are implementing in partnership with 21 Community Management Committees in villages in the Thies region.
A Solar Cooking Success Story in a Darfuri Refugee Camp par Melanie Szulczewski, Spring 2008 A recent evaluation of solar cooker use in one Darfuri refugee camp shows significant improvements in families’ lives thanks to the acceptance and use of solar cookers. The Iridimi refugee camp, a camp of over 17,000 Darfur refugees in Chad, now has 15,000 CooKits, an affordable, simple solar cooker developed by Solar Cookers International. The report, “Solar Cooker Project Evaluation: Iridimi Refugee Camp, Chad,” prepared by Brie Loskota, a program evaluator and the associate director for the Center for Religion and Civic Culture at the University of Southern California, in October 2007 describes and quantifies the benefits to the refugees.
Solar Cooker Project Evaluation, Iridimi Refugee Camp, Chad par Brie Loskota, University of Southern California, October 2007 Women and girls who live in the Iridimi refugee camp in Chad face attack and rape by the local population, bandits, and the Janjaweed militia when they leave the camp to gather firewood for their cooking needs. In 2005, "Cookit" solar cookers were introduced in the Iridimi camp as part of an effort to reduce reliance on firewood and in turn improve the safety of the refugee women by lessening the need to leave the camp to collect wood. In October 2007, a team of 15 people from eight organizations conducted an evaluation of solar cooking in the camp.
HotPots aide les victimes de l’inondation à Tabasco, Mexique par Richard Stolz, printemps 2008 Last November, one of the worst floods in Mexico’s history ravaged the southern state of Tabasco, displacing hundreds of thousands of residents for several weeks. In response, two of SHE Inc.’s partner organizations in Mexico, the Mexican Fund for the Conservation of Nature (MFCN) and International Logistics Solutions (ILS), made available 400 HotPot solar ovens to flood victims. (ILS manufactures HotPots in Mexico.) SHE prononce un discours à la conférence sur l’énergie renouvelable à Washington par Richard Stolz, printemps 2008 A large audience attended a panel presentation titled Solar cooking: Renewable energy at home for a greener, healthier and wealthier world, organized by SHE at the Washington International Renewable Energy Conference on March 3. Executive Director Marie-Ange Binagwaho spoke on SHE’s behalf. Solar Household Energy, Inc. Participates in the Green Festival 2007 par Bridget Huttenlocher, Fall 2007 Louise Meyer of Solar Household Energy spoke at the Living Green Pavilion at the Washington, DC Green Festival October 6th. In addition the HotPot was displayed at the festival where hundreds of visitors learned about the HotPot; our activities abroad, and how people are using the HotPot in their backyards in Washington, DC. HotPot Recipe Book Created in El Salvador par Bridget Huttenlocher, Summer 2007 Women participating in the El Salvador HotPot pilot project took it upon themselves to create a recipe book. International Foundation Awarded SHE a $10K Grant par Bridget Huttenlocher, Summer 2007 The International Foundation awarded SHE a $10K grant for the expansion of the Asociación Comunitaria Unida por el Agua y la Agricultura (ACUA) HotPot solar cooking program in El Salvador Experimenting With Local Production of the HotPot Reflector in Senegal par Marie-Ange Binagwaho, Summer 2007 In our continuing efforts to disseminate solar cooking technology effectively and within the economic reach of communities, Solar Household Energy is experimenting with local production of the HotPot reflector in Senegal. Solar Cooking Targets the Hill par Patricia McArdle, Summer 2007 In late July, Solar Household Energy collaborated with a number of organizations to demonstrate solar cooking on Capitol Hill with the goal of raising awareness among legislators and their staff, and government agency personnel. Partnership for Clean Indoor Air Conference par Bridget Huttenlocher, April 17, 2007 Solar Household Energy exhibited the HotPot at the Partnership for Clean Indoor Air Conference in Bangalore, India. The conference was dedicated to sharing alternative technologies to reduce indoor air pollution and clean indoor air program best practices. Engineers in Technical and Humanitarian Opportunities of Service Conference par Bridget Huttenlocher, April 17, 2007 Staff presented the HotPot at the annual Engineers in Technical and Humanitarian Opportunities of Service (ETHOS) conference in Washington state. ETHOS is an international non-profit organization coordinating research on appropriate technology for the household.
Solar Cooking and Health par Darwin O'Ryan Curtis, Boiling Point Magazine No 52, December 2006 Solar cooking technology has been around for decades, but has been poorly understood and has not been widely disseminated. Here are some ideas on what solar cooking is about, and its capabilities - as well as its limitations.
El Salvador HotPot Program par Camille McCarthy, January 2006 In November 2006, Solar Household Energy launched a two-year solar cooking project in El Salvador that will provide HotPots, solar cooking training, and support to 800 families. In El Salvador, approximately 65% of the population uses wood to cook, but the practice contributes significantly to deforestation and negative health impacts for women and children including respiratory infections and burns. Furthermore firewood collection imposes significant time burdens and cooking gas purchase places extreme financial hardships. Help us raise $50,000 to implement this program. Partners in Senegal Embrace the HotPot par Marie-Ange Binagwaho, January 2006 The coordinators in Senegal have been using their HotPot daily and they are excited about the meals they’ve cooked and their fuel savings. Their experience has increased interest throughout the village. This pilot program in Senegal began in November and includes 120 participants in 5 villages north of Dakar. Solar Energy Week Brings Message Down to Earth in Mexico par Talli Nauman, Herald/Mexico, October 9, 2006 The International Relations Center, a nonprofit organization whose mission is to provide information and analysis that increase social and economic justice throughout the world, recently cited the HotPot as an example of an effective solar cooker that is both produced and sold in Mexican communities. Mexico is working to structure a national training program to help individuals understand the utility of solar and wind power in cost effectiveness for health and the environment.
La Lena, Su combustion y sus consecuencias a nivel mundial y en Mexico (in Spanish) par Heliodoro C. Cruz and Louise Meyer, Calidad Ambiental magazine (vol. XI, Nr. 1), Feb. 2006 Published by Centro de Calidad Ambiental (Department of Environmental Quality) Monterrey Technical University, Monterrey, Mexico
Solar Cooking Art by Congolese Refugee Lunda Vincente
Lunda Vincente, a Congolese refugee in a camp in Zimbabwe has been corresponding with Louise Meyer of SHE for several years. He continues to share with us his beautiful artwork, much of which tells the story of solar cooking. Solar Household Energy has arranged for several shows of his art in the Washington DC area. Wanting others to see his work as well, we have created a blog to display it. Keep checking back, as he is constantly adding new works.
Parade Magazine: Solar cookers are being used in refugee camps
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. Cooking Beans with the HotPot in Mexico
Nice video on how the HotPot works and how to use it. Narrated in Spanish. Frijoles hirviendo con el sol en mi olla solar. Cooking Beans with the Sun in Mexico

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