Solar Cooking News

Solar Cooking News

How Are Solar Ovens Improving the Lives of Women and the Environment?

by Janice Duddy, Association for Women’s Rights in Development, April 2004 An interview with Louise Meyer and Barbara Knudson from Solar Household Energy Inc. on a new initiative to introduce 2,000 HotPots to people living in protected areas… Read More

Wood Fuel Scarcity in the Sahel and the Potential of Solar Cookers

by Dr. Paul Krämer, MD tropical medicine, Solar Energy for Afrika conference, Düsseldorf, 2003 Let me fist propose the core of my argument in thesis form. Thesis 1: A part of the consumption of wood energy in the… Read More

Humphrey Program: Researching Alternative Energy Sources

MACECE Newsletter, Summer-Fall 2003 2001-02 Humphrey Fellow Touria Dafrallah took graduate courses for two semesters at Cornell University along with nine other international professionals in Environmental and Natural Resource Management. She attended several workshops and visited many energy… Read More

Sunshine Cooking

by S. Narayanaswamy, Solar Power Newsletter I love my solar cooker. It is like a pet dog to me. First thing in the morning, I wheel it out to face the sun. I have been practising this cute… Read More

Report on Peace Corps Initiated Solar Oven Project in Lesotho, Southern Africa

by Mary Simonson, Nov. 2003 Nancy Bailey and myself were U.S. Peace Corps Volunteers in Lesotho, Southern Africa from May 2001 — July 2003. Lesotho is a high-altitude country where winters can be bitterly cold and deforestation and… Read More