Solar Cooking News

Solar Cooking News

5-year evaluation of the Oaxaca ambassador program, CONSOLFOOD2023

In December 2022, 43 people in 18 poor rural communities of Oaxaca, Mexico, who had participated in SHE’s “solar cooking ambassador” program launched in January 2018 were interviewed about their cooking habits and related factors. For the 38… Read More

SHE Research on the greenhouse effect published by the Washington Academy of Sciences

The research paper “Is a Greenhouse Heated by Radiation Trapping or Convection Blocking?” by Paul Arveson was published in the Spring 2023 issue of the Washington Academy of Sciences. It refutes the conclusion of an often-cited 1909 experiment… Read More

SHE’s 11-person focus group in Kakuma refugee camp, Kenya

SHE collaborated with Solar Education Project (SEP) and other partners to carry out an 11-person focus group solar cooker project in Kakuma refugee camp in Kenya in May 2022 and a follow-up evaluation in April 2023, 11 months later…. Read More

Spanish Haines Pop Open instructions now available

The Haines Pop Open instructions were translated into Spanish for the solar cooking project in Tlapazola, Oaxaca, in partnership with the Guelaguetza, Oaxaca Women’s Rotary Club and the Cashmere, Washington Rotary Club. Find out more about this project… Read More

Haines 2.0 solar cooker now features heat retention capabilities

The Haines 2.0 solar cooker, a top-selling and award-winning solar cooker in the US, is used in several SHE projects. SHE works closely with their maker, Roger Haines, to suggest design improvements, and test these out in the… Read More