Jim La Joie

Since 2008, inventor Jim La Joie has built and shipped the All Season Solar Cooker to interested solar cooking agencies and individuals. Cookers have been sent to The Democratic Republic of Congo, Sudan, Japan, Niger, Mexico, Haiti, Micronesia, Madagascar and most recently, to the Indian alternative energy agency PRINCE. In several of these locations they will be used as a means to create jobs and provide a source for cooking and safe water.
Through his All Season Cooker website, Jim has reached out to 133 countries around the world. Visitors may view instructional videos, free plans and instructions for both the All Season Solar Cooker and the new All Season Solar Cooker 2017 (available on Amazon.com).
Jim La Joie participates in the San Diego Solar Cooking Club meetup group which offers demonstrations and instructional workshops several times a year.
Although the web has been an oustanding outreach tool, it remains Jim La Joie's sincere hope that nonprofit organizations will use this invention to provide safe water, clean cooking, and economic opportunity to those in need.
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*January 2020: Jim La Joie offers 100 free solar cookers to individuals traveling to Africa - The cost of shipping the All Season Solar Cooker (ASSC) to Africa is far greater than any one person company can afford. The most reliable means of getting ASSCs to their intended destination in is to have them included as baggage for air travelers. Therefore, if you regularly travel to Africa or are planning a trip to Africa, please contact Jim regarding receiving an ASSC. He will provide the ASSC, boxed and ready to go. You will pay for shipping to your location in the United States (usually less than USD 15), and will take the ASSC package as checked luggage. You will work together with Jim to find an appropriate contact person in the country to which you are traveling. Email Jim La Joie...
*February 2018: Updated website: All Season Solar Cooker
*March 2016: The  larger All Season Solar Cooker is now available through Amazon: All Season Solar Cooker 2017
*December 2015: Great news: After nearly 10 years of trying to get an international aid agency interested in the ASSC design, we have finally been approached and have sent samples to Nairobi, Kenya. Our web site continues to be popular with readers from over 140 countries visiting each month. This past year we have discovered a number of unsolicited video reviews for both the manufactured and home-built versions of the ASSC. We could not be happier that users have honored the design with their video testimonials.
*January 2013: Jim La Joie has provided an update for 2012. The San Diego Solar Cooking Club|San Diego Solar Cooking Meetup groupconducted six construction workshops and four solar cooking demonstrations during 2012. Solar cooking demonstrations are offered at community green events (SanTree fest in Santee, Sustain LaMesa, San Diego Earth Day, and local schools. The building workshops involve from 10 to 20 students each building an All Season Solar Cooker for their personal use. During 2012 other like-minded groups became interested in the All Season Solar Cooker and have established links to the website and have begun conducting workshops of their own, using plans and information from the website. Group member Jim La Joie continues his outreach efforts via website http://www.allseasonsolarcooker.com, contacting users in over 140 different countries this past year. Most recently he donated cookers to a sustainability project in the dry forests of northern Peru.
==Audio and video==
*January 2025: Solar cookers presented at the RTR Rubber Tramp Rendezvous 2025 - Jim La Joie visits with traveling nomads, and others exploring the country in various styles of recreational vehicles, and explains the benefits of having a solar cooker when establishing camp off-grid.
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*March 2024:
::400px|thumb|none|Jim La Joie discusses the features of the All Season Solar Cooker A dream fulfilled, a goal achieved
:Enthusiasm gets the prize. Late last year SolCook was contacted by a group in Port Elizabeth, South Africa. Working from plans of the original All Season Solar Cooker, they had constructed their own using local materials (cardboard and reflective scraps like chip bags) 
:They provided photos of their work, began using materials that SolCook recommended, and, most impressively, arranged for cutting dies to be built. Wow! 
:Their enthusiasm motivated SolCook to ship 750kg of raw materials and returned cookers (which Amazon will not allow to be sold again) to the group. By ship, through 3 customs stops, and a 90 day voyage, then hundreds km by truck to finally arrive.
:The All Season Africa Solar Cooker FB page was built. Please go there to check the latest progress of this dedicated group. 
:I am delighted to see the SolCook being built in country.
==External links==
*http://www.allseasonsolarcooker.com
*All Season Africa - Solar Cookers
==See also==
*All Season Solar Cooker - All Season Solar Cookers are being sent to solar cooking agencies for the purpose of evaluation and possible adoption. Solar cooking agencies that are interested in receiving an All Season Solar Cooker, at no cost, should contact Jim La Joie via email.
==Contact==
Jim LaJoie
Tel: +1 (760) 695-2104
Email: jimjola@gmail.com
Web: http://www.allseasonsolarcooker.com
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