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Mexico: Scaling up Lorena Harp’s Haines solar cooker enterprise
SHE first became engaged in promoting solar cooking in Mexico in 2003 after winning a “Development Marketplace” grant from the World Bank. Fifteen years later, 40,000 HotPotTM solar cookers have been disseminated worldwide, thanks to partnerships instigated by… Read More
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Solar cookers are great for desert locations
Please see video below ↓ Refugee women in the Gaga refugee camp in Chad need your help to make cooking a joy, not a burden! Please support Solar Household Energy’s fundraising campaign to offer solar cookers to these… Read More
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500 Kenyan refugee children learn to solar cook!
Click here to learn more and see video that aired on Nairobi television shortly after the Festival.
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Solar cookers use free energy to save money for the poor
Improving Lives. Preserving Precious Resources.
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Introducing high-power solar cookers in Haiti
Since 2010, Solar Household Energy has collaborated with The Nature Conservancy (TNC) to introduce integrated cooking technologies with solar ovens, parabolic solar stoves and fuel-efficient stoves as part of a larger regional reforestation program. The project is in… Read More
Stories
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About Solar Household Energy
Solar Household Energy (SHE) leverages the power of solar cooking to improve social, economic and environmental conditions in sun-rich areas around the world.
Over half the world’s population relies on wood, charcoal or other biomass for daily cooking, leading to respiratory diseases, economic hardship, environmental degradation, and carbon emissions. Solar cooking offers a practical, affordable, and sustainable alternative.
Since 1998, Solar Household Energy has worked with non-governmental organizations, entrepreneurs and public sector entities to promote solar cooking with modern solar ovens, including the “HotPot” developed by SHE. We help to introduce the technology in developing countries through making suitable devices available within the context of comprehensive training initiatives, including progress monitoring and project evaluation.
Solar Household Energy is a 501(c)(3) non-profit corporation and public charity. We are committed to accountability and transparency, and are Candid/Guidestar Platinum certified.
Social
For families reliant on wood or biomass fuels for cooking there are a host of health problems tied to their use of cooking fires, from Smoke Inhalation to Fire Maintenance and Upkeep.
Economic
For families already struggling with economic challenges, the need to devote precious time and resources to gathering biomass for fires can be crippling. Families that buy their cooking fuel can spend up to one-quarter of their income on… Read More
Environmental
Often overlooked in global emissions agreements, the CO2 released by cooking fires is a major contributor to the world’s emissions problems. A solution which can diminish the third world’s reliance on biomass exists, solar cooking. Emissions: More than… Read More
