Dear Friends,

Our efforts to raise awareness of solar cooking among key U.S. government decision-makers and the general public are increasing. In the past month, Washington D.C.'s Channel 9 News televised a report on Solar Household Energy, we demonstrated the HotPotTM at the U.S. State Department of Refugee Services, and we presented at the Washington D.C. Green Festival.

The response has been enthusiastic and signals an increasing interest in solar cooking. To accommodate the growing demand for purchase of HotPots, we now sell them directly from our website (www.she-inc.org). Proceeds from sales fund our philanthropic projects in Latin America and Africa.

Our 2007 Annual Report is now posted on our website (www.she-inc.org/ar2007.pdf) and provides detail on our efforts to bring the benefits of solar cooking to communities around the world. We hope you can help us in our advocacy efforts and share your interest with neighbors and friends. Direct them to our website. Make a donation. Purchase a HotPot, and save the planet one meal at a time.

Thank you,
Marie-Ange Binagwaho
Executive Director

The HotPot Featured on Local TV Station

Channel 9 News in Washington, D.C. featured the HotPot on their "Living Green Now" program. To view the broadcast go to http://www.wusa9.com/news/news_article.aspx?storyid=62324

Green Festival

Louise Meyer of Solar Household Energy spoke at the Living Green Pavilion at the Washington, DC Green Festival October 6th. In addition the HotPot was displayed at the festival where hundreds of visitors learned about the HotPot, our activities abroad, and how people are using the HotPot in their backyards in Washington DC. To read more go to http://www.she-inc.org/art.php?id=97.

Solar Cooking In Darfur

Solar cooking advocates have been working to introduce this technology in the refugee camps of Darfur in a valiant effort to spare women and girls from being raped or killed while foraging for firewood. Follow this link to videos on U-Tube to learn more: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Yz_a6sCP0Ww

Program Updates

West Africa

In our continuing efforts to disseminate solar cooking technology effectively and within the economic reach of communities, Solar Household Energy is experimenting with local production of the HotPot reflector in Senegal. To read more go to http://www.she-inc.org/art.php?id=91

Central America

Women participating in the El Salvador HotPot pilot project took it upon themselves to create a recipe book. To read more go to http://www.she-inc.org/art.php?id=94

Sizzling HotPot Recipe

From late spring to early fall, climate zones beyond the tropics can be ideal for solar cooking, saving time and money, in addition to maximizing the hot, direct sunlight. One of our favorite recipes follows.

Eggplant Euphoria

1 Large eggplant peeled & diced
1 Onion minced
1 cup Saltine crackers crushed (but not finely)
2 tsp Baking powder
2 tbsp Butter melted
2 Eggs
2 fl. oz. Evaporated milk to moisten
½ cup Parmesan of cheddar cheese grated

Blanch eggplant for 4 minutes and drain (optional). Mix all ingredients except cheese in greased covered pot and solar cook for 4 hours or so. Lightly sprinkle cheese on top and cook for an additional 1/2 hour. Do not add salt, there is enough in the saltine crackers.

More recipes are available at http://www.solarcooking.org/recipes/

Thanks for your interest in our mission.

Your friends at Solar Household Energy, Inc.

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