Solar Cooking News

by Pat McArdle, Spring 2009 Two conferences held this winter in India highlighted the importance of solar cooking in reducing indoor air pollution, deforestation, black carbon and the danger faced by women who must forage for wood. “Beyond… Read More

Published in Parade Magazine, March 1, 2009 The Simple Tool That Saves Women’s Lives Before they got the solar cookers, female refugees often were attacked. A cardboard box is saving the lives of thousands of people in Africa…. Read More

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.” Click below to… Read More

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…. Read More

by Melanie Szulczewski 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… Read More