Mexican Straw Weavers in Mixteca Region of Oaxaca Learn to Solar Cook
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Mexican Straw Weavers in Mixteca Region of Oaxaca Learn to Solar Cook

by Louise Meyer, Solar Household Energy, Inc., Weave A Real Peace Newsletter, Summer 2005 “Pulvo de Agua’, an association of Mixteca artisans began in 1999 initiated by Jose Luis Garcia, a Mixteca Indian himself and a well-known muralist…. Read More

Solar Cooking: Rays of Transformation

by Darwin O’Ryan Curtis and Louise Meyer, Solar Household Energy, Americas, April 2005 Ruth Saavedra de Whitfield is a Bolivian social entrepreneur in Cochabamba with deep concern for the hard lives of her compatriots. In the spirit of… 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

Solar Energy: Powering Craft and Communities

by Louise Meyer, Crafts News, Fall 2002 Finding adequate fuel sources is becoming more and more of a challenge for artisans around the world. The ever-increasing amount of time they need to spend providing for their families —… Read More

Cooking with Sunlight

by Jennifer Andes, Natural Home Magazine, May/June 2003 When Louise Meyer and Dar Curtis invite guests over for dinner on a late summer afternoon, all the cooking is done outdoors. There are no charcoal grills or other fossil… Read More

Rescuing the Sierra Gorda While Promoting Community and Human Development

Ashoka (changemakers.net) Pati Ruiz and a citizen effort spearheaded by the Sierra Gorda Ecology Group (Grupo Ecológico Sierra Gorda) have, through a long process of negotiation, created the one-million acre (383,567-hectare) Sierra Gorda Biosphere Reserve to protect Mexico’s… Read More

Reflections Of a Solar Cook

by Nicole M. Miller, Washington Post Staff Writer, Washington Post ‘FOOD’ Section, Page F01, August 29, 2001 Back from an early morning walk with her dog, Cokey, Louise Meyer starts to make dinner. It’s 7:30 a.m., the sky… Read More

The First Solar Community Kitchen

by Louise Meyer, Swiss Review, No.2, 2001 — Louise Meyer reports from a trip to Egypt. Alex Gagneux, the Swiss mechanical engineer responsible for building this kitchen was first brought into a project by Anna Marie Wenger-Marti, an… Read More

University Graduates Discover Solar Cooking Benefits

by Louise Meyer, Solar Cooker Review, December 2000 Every time I am in Switzerland I contact Group ULOG, a solar energy organization founded in 1980 by Ulrich and Lisel Oehler. I am indebted to Ulrich, who introduced me… Read More