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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:
- 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. (To read more click here)
- 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 made available 400 HotPot solar ovens to flood victims. (To read more click here)
- The Senegal Solar Cooking Initiative, a project implemented in partnership with Tostan, has begun training solar cooking trainers in 21 villages. This program will introduce solar cooking and the HotPot to 2,000 families in communities in the region of Thies, Senegal over a two year period. (To read more click here)
- Solar cooking has spread throughout the pueblo of Huizucar and its surrounding hamlets in El Salvador. Thanks to the hard work of ACUA staff and community promoters (Estela, Gloria, and Carolina), we have trained close to 350 new families in the proper use of the HotPot. (To read more click here)
- SHE’s co-founder Louise Meyer and SHE’s board member Pat McArdle presented the “HotPot Solar Oven Revolution” as well as other short solar cooking films at the popular annual Environmental Film Festival in Washington. (To read more click here)
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| Washington International Renewable Energy Conference: HotPot presented at conference. (To read more click here) |
Senegal: 2,000 families to be introduced to solar cooking and the HotPot. (To read more click here) |
El Salvador: HotPot trainees are now teaching others about the HotPot. (To read more click here) |
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“Solar Cooking Demonstration” Bamako, Mali, 2005 (top)
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