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Solar Cookers International

With diminishing supplies of firewood in many impoverished nations, how can rural people cook food for their families? In 1987, 17 solar cooking Californians started Solar Cookers International (SCI), and produced manuals on how to produce and use a simple solar box cooker. Since then, 30,000 families in eastern and southern Africa have learned to use solar cooking with the assistance of SCI. Visitors should definitely check out the ten-minute video on the homepage that explains the spread of the use of the solar cooker in Africa, which began in refugee camps where food had to be cooked for tens of thousands of people. Eventually, its use spread to rural villages, but the video explains it has been a slow process. Visitors interested in the Solar Review Cooker e-newsletter that is published thrice-yearly can sign up to receive it free, under the "Newsletter" tab. It is also available in dozens of languages, including French, Arabic, and Chinese.
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October 21st, 2011
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October 21st, 2011 at 10:53am
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December 8th, 2011 at 12:52pm
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