Workshop for Fresh Solar Cooking Technology

by Sean Blaschke, The Independent (Banjul), April 18, 2005 On April 6th 2005, Christine Danton, Program Director for Solar Household Energy (SHE), visited The Gambia for a one-week fact-finding and sensitisation mission. SHE is a US-based non-profit making… Read More

Solar Cooking Spreads to Central America

by Camille McCarthy, Solar Household Energy, Inc., May 2005 Undulating mountain ranges dotted with extinct volcanoes, lush, fertile, flat lowlands, and brilliant, blue Pacific waters that lap sparkling, white beaches all epitomize the beauty of Central America. However,… Read More

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

Solar Cooking Training in Mali

by Christine Danton, Solar Household Energy, Inc. In November 2004, I traveled to Mali for three weeks to hold a solar cooking training and to continue negotiations with our business partner in Mali for their first shipment of… Read More

Evaluation Report: Solar Oven Exposition, Kaedi, Mauritania

by Rachel Bingham, August 2004 EVALUATION REPORT SOLAR OVEN EXPOSITION, KAEDI, MAURITANIA AUGUST 10, 2004 I BACKGROUND This project was a coordination of efforts between RPCV Shelagh Bocoum, Solar Household Energy, Inc (SHE), Mr. Abdoulaye Touré and Peace… Read More

Opportunity Ripe for Solar Cooking in Mali

by Christine Danton, Solar Household Energy, Inc., August 2004 During my recent trip to Mali, I awoke at 4:30 AM one morning. The roosters were crowing, the sun was announcing its arrival and the call to prayer cut… Read More

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

Solar cooking catches fire in Mexican nature reserve

by Louise Meyer Cooking by direct energy from the sun now has a secure foothold in Mexico. This is the result of a successful three-week training program by Solar Household Energy (SHE) Inc. in the Sierra Gorda Biosphere… Read More