Solar Cooking News

Sixty women in the Gaga refugee camp in eastern Chad received solar cooking instruction in April through a Solar Household Energy project funded by the United Nations High Commission on Refugees (UNHCR). The camp’s 20,000 residents are primarily… Read More

by Matt Styslinger, WorldWatch, July 2011 Our busy modern lives—reliant on easily available meals and a steady flow of electricity and gas for light and comfortable temperatures—allow us little chance to ponder the origins of the resources we… Read More

by Pat McArdle 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. “Solar cooking in Islamic countries is on the… Read More

Interview with solar cooking expert, Patricia McArdle on NPR’s Kojo Namdi Show on July 6, 2011 about her new novel, Farishta, and solar cooking in Afghanistan.

by Corbbmacc O’Connor – WAMU 88.5 D.I.Y. Food & Water If you lost power, how would you cook? If you were in a refugee camp, how would you filter water? Corbbmacc O’Connor tests two products — made by… Read More