Solar cooking news archive 2017

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*India news: PEC to have solar tech park on campus by February, 2018 - The Times of India
*Peru news: Engineering hope: Students, faculty developing life-saving indoor air quality solutions in Peru - Seminole State College 
*India news: Indore: Energy conservation inevitable for sustainable development - The Free Press Journal
*Reflector construction news: - Elmo Dutra 
*East Timor news: Rainbow Power Company donates solar oven to Timor-Leste - Echo NetDaily
*Disaster relief news: 'Like Going Back in Time’: Puerto Ricans Put Survival Skills to Use - The New York Times
*USA news: The Sun Shines in Denver - Green Fire Times
*Zimbabwe news: Thermos bag: A masterstroke in saving energy - NewsDay
*Australia news: Solar-powered cooking to heat up no-waste festival - SBS
*Wiki article: Asulma Centre Self Help Group
* 10 March 2018, Saturday: (Sacramento, California, USA) Solar workshop for educators - For grade levels 3-12+, participants at the SMUD workshop will learn about the history and science of solar thermal technology, which will include solar cooking, and how to bring the concepts into their classrooms.
*USA/Uganda news: Arkansas Sixth-Graders Design Ovens for Uganda Community - USNews
* 16-18 April 2018: (Tiemcen, Algeria):- The Research-2-Practice Forum 2018: Energy, Water Security and Climate Change in Africa will be meeting at the Pan African University Institute for Water and Energy Sciences. 
*Afghanistan news: Trust in Education leads the way in distributing inexpensive solar cookers
*Nicaragua news: Solar energy ‘like light from heaven’ for rural Nicaragua - The Irish Times
*WAPI news: Akihiko Kumagai and Marshall Ndlovu from California State University, Sacramento, California, USA, offer a series of short videos explaining WAPI production 
*Improved combustion stove news: Can these 'stoves' finally crack the clean cooking problem? - Devex
*Kenya news: Bernhard Müller of Lernen - Helfen - Leben e.V. held a 2-day solar cooking workshop at the Korando Education Centre in Kisumu County, Kenya.
*Madagascar news: Regula Ochsner, of Association pour le Développement de l'Energie Solaire, reports on their recent solar cooking activity in Madagascar
*Nepal news: FoST demonstration of sustainable technologies at the Kathmandu International Study Center, Dhobighat, Kathmandu, Nepal
*Individual news: Louise Meyer to be the recipient of the Leaders in Energy award 
*Food processing news: An updated program for CONSOLFOOD 2018, which takes place in Faro, Portugal in January, is now available.
*Manufacturer news: The popular All Season Solar Cooker has been updated for 2017
*Heat storage publication: - G. Coccia, G Di Nicola, S Tomassetti, G. Gabrielli, M. Chieruzzi, M. Pierantozzi - Journal of Physics
*Somalia news: The Somalia government has announced that it will include solar cooking in their Nationally Determined Contributions, the national statement that defines a country's approach to achieving the goals outlined in the Paris Agreement (reported at COP23).
*Photovoltaic cooker design: 
*Chad news: Jesuit inventor frees women from the bondage of firewood and smoke
*: 29 November, 2017, Wednesday (Online webinar): Winrock & U.S. EPA Cook Stoves & Indoor Air presents a webinar to hear Jim Jetter and his U.S. EPA colleagues discuss results from recent EPA cookstove research, including the latest round of cookstove/fuel test reports. 
*: 30 November-1 December, 2017 (Pittsburg, Pennsylvania, USA): The Student Energy Summit will take place at the Carnegie Science Center, with this year's theme of Innovations in Energy.
*Nicaragua news: Solar energy ‘like light from heaven’ for rural Nicaragua - Irish Times
*United Kingdom news: Great British Solar Bake Off 2017, held in Chepstow, United Kingdom
*Haiti video: How a Haitian village cooks with sunlight
*Puerto Rico news: The World Central Kitchen responds to the food crisis 
*Solar advocate: Dedicated solar cooking proponent, Roger Haines, visits India, Kenya, and Uganda in 2017
*Business development: The Avon Ladies Of Renewable Energy – Solar Sister Bringing Light & Jobs To African Women - GirlTalkHQ
*Canada news: Oven cooks using the power of the sun, offered by marine supplier in New Foundland - The News
*Bangladesh news: Green initiative goes slow, lacks support - The Daily Star 
*Kenya news: Kakuma Refugee Camp setting the pace in use of renewable energy
*Morocco news: Greenpeace Launches Solar Energy Education Project in Morocco - Morocco World News; - Huffpost Maroc
* South Africa report: - Elizabeth Cecelski
*Manufacturer news: GoSun announces the GoSun Go, a smaller version of the company's original solar cooker
*Kenya news: Kenya brings in world's toughest plastic bag ban: four years jail or $40,000 fine - The Guardian
*Wiki article: Sun Scoop Lite
*Article in the media: How stoves can help solve a global pollution crisis - CBS News MoneyWatch
*Document: - Dar Curtis
*USA news: Hubbard ‘Solar Sisters’ share love of cooking with sun - WKBN 27
*Wiki article: Greenpeace
*Earthquake response: Julie Greene from SCI, and Ole Kaven, geophysicist, discuss earthquakes and solar cooking options when power is out. Julie's discussion begins at 14:30 in this recording from 2015. - 3BL Media
*Mexico news: Solar Household Energy has partnered with Lorena Harp to provide solar cookers to earthquake victims in Mexico, as well as launch a new solar cooker social enterprise in the country
*Kenya refugee news: Webinar: Solar Cooking Sector Updates Refugee Working Group Call - Kenya
*Untied Kingdom news: Solar Cooking in the UK 
*Disaster preparedness: Solar Cookers International’s Work for Disaster Preparedness.
*Bolivia news: - Página Siete
*Cooking pot source: In the USA, it is very easy to find used crockpots in thrift stores that contain an inner ceramic pot with a glass lid that is perfect for solar cooking
*Document: for the Ben 2 and Ben 3 Firewood Stoves
*Zambia news: Clement Musonda has been building and using the Heliac fresnel cooker in Lusaka
*Environmental conference in China: Shyam Nandwani, Ph.D., represented the solar cooking sector at the 2nd International Conference on Advances in Energy and Environmental Research (ICAREE 2017) held in Guangzhou, China 
*Wiki article: Solar Sisters
*Design development: Researchers in Mexico have created a solar box cooker requiring fewer reorientations to the sun
*Bolivia video: Inti Illimani aparece en la television boliviana
*Page about an individual: David Stein
*: 9 September 2017 (Seattle, Washington, USA): The Sustainable Ballard Festival will be taking over the Ballard Commons Park from 11am to 4pm. Festivities will include solar cooking demonstrations. 
*United Arab Emirates news: Women Play Key Role in Solar Energy Projects - Inter Press Service
*Article in the media: A Maker’s Journey to Help Refugees Cook Food with the Sun
*Video: REDMEREE Webinar: Grupo Fénix y las Mujeres Solares de Totogalpa
*Document: - Dieter Seifert
*Employment opportunities: Solar Cookers International has available positions at its Sacramento, California, USA office
*Call for Posters: 3-6 December 2017: (Kathmandu, Nepal): The International Conference titled “Resilient Hindu Kush Himalaya: Developing Solutions towards a Sustainable Future for Asia” will feature a special poster session. Submit by 8 September 2017. 
*Wiki article: Solar Oven K6
*Testing news: SCI posts initial results of power output wattage for various solar cooker styles
*EVENT: 25 August 2017 (1:30 - 6:00 EDT, 17:30 - 22:00 GMT): More than 550 people are expected to hear Alan Bigelow, PhD, Solar Cookers International's science director and main United Nations representative, and others in a High-Level Global Meeting at the United Nations. His presentation on solar cooking is expected to be broadcast to an estimated 20 million people in over 100 cities in the world. See UN broadcasts.
*Video: Merry Bevill demonstrates solar cookers on Good Morning Arizona
*Video: Webinar - Solar cooker performance evaluation - International Solar Energy Society and Solar Cookers International
*Nicaragua video: REDMEREE Webinar “Grupo Fénix y las Mujeres Solares de Totogalpa”
*EVENT: Refugee Working Group (Conference Call): 21 September 2017, Thursday (9-10am PDT, 16:00-17:00 GMT) - A Refugee Working Group formed as a result of the refugee discussion at the 6th SCI World Conference. This will be the first meeting of this new Working Group. Registration required by Monday, 18 September.
*SCI news: Solar Cookers International has published its Annual Report for Fiscal Year 2017
*EVENT: 14 August 2017 from 9:00 a.m. until 4:30 p.m. (Custer, Wisconsin, USA): Renewable Energy Education in the Classroom - Location: Midwest Energy Association's ReNew the Earth Institute in Custer, Wisconsin.
*Video: The right way to soak beans before cooking - Dr. Alan Christianson
*EVENT: 21 August 2017, (Lexington, Kentucky, USA): Solar activities, including solar oven demonstrations, on the day of the eclipse at The Living Arts & Science Center (LASC).
*Media article: - Energy World
*Water pasteurization news: Robert Nepper announced that North Star Devices has created a floating water pasteurization device known as the SPORTSWAPI 2, and have refined their solar water pasteurizer. 
*EVENT: Health studies and cook stoves webinar: 22 August 2017, Tuesday (10-11:30am PDT, 14:00-15:30 GMT): EPA/Winrock International - What are we learning from health studies of clean cooking interventions? 
*Award news: Dubai International Award for Best Practices to Improve the Living Environment remains open for proposals until 31 August 2017
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*EVENT: 16 August, 2017: (Banner Elk, North Carolina, USA) Public solar cooking workshop in Valle Crucis Community Park
*USA news: Summer-long solar cooking study - Arizona State University
*Video: Dr. (Mrs.) Janak Palta McGilligan speaking at the RIS-UNF Panel Discussion "Implementation Agenda 2030: Role of Global Partnership"
*Video: Dr. Mrs. Janak Palta McGilligan speaks about the 17 SDGs and solar cooking to world leaders.
*Solar Cookers International Associate: Sperancea Gabone
*Heat storage news: Sun Buckets readied for shipment to Haiti.
*Video: Janak Palta McGilligan speaks at the United Nations in July 2017
*EVENT: Solar Cooking Sector Updates webinar: 21 September 2017, Thursday (8-9am PDT, 15:00-16:00 GMT) - SCI and its partners have an opportunity to promote sector knowledge sharing, coordination, and collaboration. 
*EVENT: Best practices webinar: 30 August 2017, Wednesday (12:00-13:00 PDT, 19:00-20:00 GMT) - Solar Cookers International and Solar Cooking KoZon will be sharing best practices and lessons learned from decades of experience.
*Gaza news: In Gaza, 160 families are using sunlight for cooking, reducing their dependency on fuel and electricity
*EVENT: Performance testing webinar: 3 August 2017, 7pm EDT, 23 GMT: The International Solar Energy Society, ISES, joins with Solar Cookers International to provide the latest developments fwith the performance evaluation process (PEP) for solar cookers.
*SCI UN update: SCI Executive Director, Julie Greene, discusses the recent activity at the United Nations High Level Political Forum 2017.
*Funding news: The Global Alliance for Clean Cookstoves invites qualified organizations to submit project concepts for funding consideration by July 21st, 2017
*Pakistan news: A brief video showing parabolic solar cookers preparing a meal in Punjab.
*Wiki article: International shipping
*Vietnam news: 
*EVENT: 4-6 August 2017: (Chepstow, United Kingdom) The annual Green Gathering will include solar cooking from SLiCK.
*Conference news: The deadline for submissions for presentation consideration at CONSOLFOOD 2018 is now 30 September 2017. 
*Solar drying news: Hawaiian school uses old school buses as solar food dryers
*Design proposal: 
*Burundi news: Solar bakery employs eight people and produces 500 loaves a day.
*EVENT (Webinar): 19 July 2017, 11am-12:30pm EDT, 15:00-16:30 GMT: Winrock/US EPA Stove Use Monitoring Studies in Guatemala, Vietnam, and Malawi
*Mexico NGO: Red Mujeres en Energía Renovable y Eficiencia Energética
*EVENT: July, August, and October Webinars 
*Tanzania news: Solar Energy Powers Clean Water, Business Opportunities For Refugees In Tanzania - NDTV
*Video: Horno Solar Suntaste Funcionamiento y Características (with English subtitles)
*Refugee camp news: Solar energy powers clean water, business opportunities for refugees - CNBC Africa
*Uganda news: Edward Sembajjwe of Disabled Technicians Uganda Limited built and demonstrated the Heliac Solar Cooker at the World Environment Day celebration in Ibanda.
*India news: Dr. Janak McGilligan helps arrange the distribution of solar cookers to disadvantaged women with subsidy from Solar Cookers International donors.
*Project evaluation: 
*EVENT: 11 September 2017: (São Paulo, Brazil) The 1st Ibero-American Meeting of Solar Energy Applied to Food Processing (EnSolAPA)
*EVENT: 12-15 September 2017: (São Paulo, Brazil) The CONGRESS CIAR-CONBRAVA 2017 convenes.
*South Africa news: Calitzdorp Solar Cookers: Fabricators and vendors of the LAZOLA 2 box cooker in Calitzdorp, South Africa.
*India news: Inside Barefoot College where women from across the world become ‘solar engineers’ - The Economic Times
*Video: SCI Associate Bruce Knotts describes the impact solar cookers had in East African refugee camps in the 1990’s
*Video: SOL5 Solar Oven at UNHCR Offices in Kakuma, Kenya
*Video: DYI Fresnel mirror solar concentrator
*Construction manual: 100 Suns
*Brazil news: Elmo Dutra leads a cooker construction workshop in Morro da Cruz
*Design video: Cuiseur Solaire Pliable
*Bolivia news: 
*EVENT: 30 October - 3 November, 2017 (Kathmandu, Nepal): Plenary group meetings for ISO TC 285 standards
*SCI Associate: International Solar Energy Society
*SCI Associate: American Solar Energy Society
*Design video: Haines/Copenhagen Solar Cooker
*Kenya news: Moving Energy Initiative request for proposals in creating a viable market opportunity for deployment at scale of non-wood based cooking solutions in Kenyan refugee camps
*Testing news: Earthbound Technology conducts reciprocal optics testing.
*Kenya promoter: Godfrey Mawira
*Book: Solar Oven Cooking - Merry Bevill
*EVENT: 27 August 2017: (Sorède, France) A solar cooking demonstration, sponsored by FourSolaire, at the foot of the Himalayan Solar Furnace.
*Uganda news: Sustainable solar cooker business in Mbarara, Uganda
*Mali news: Togo Tilé establishing self-supporting solar cooker business
*USA news: Georgia middle school students win science fair with comparative solar cooker experiment.
*EVENT: 6-17 November 2017: (Bonn, Germany) The 23rd session of the Conference of the Parties (COP 23) to the UN Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) will take place in Bonn.
*Windshield solar cooker: Your camping chair can become a solar cooker
*Kenya news: Faustine Odaba demonstrates how a parabolic cooker works well with a fireless basket.
*Presentation: - Dieter Seifert
*Haiti news: Evidence: Solar cooking initiatives in Haiti
*EVENT: 2 June - 4 July 2017: (San Diego, California, USA) There will be a solar cooking exhibit in the Farm Area of the San Diego County Fair.
*EVENT: 29 October - 2 November 2017: (Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates) The ISES Solar World Congress 2017 will convene at the Jumeirah Hotel Etihad Towers.
*Classroom resource: Middle school solar cooker challenge meets STEAM requirements
*Design: SolSource Sport, a compact solar cooker from One Earth Designs.
*SCI Associate: Paul Funk
*Mali news: Solar Cooking KoZon (SCK) stimulates ISC private enterprises
*Appeal: Contribute your data: Drive solar cooking results
*India news: Janak Palta McGilligan is honored as a Green Hero by TERI for her inspiring work in the field of solar cooking and sustainable lifestyles in Indore, India. TERI video on Janak's work...
*USA news: Solar Cookers: Who Needs Them? - Valley Center Happenings
*Wiki article: Photography
*USA news: Solar Cooking: From the past and into the future - Paul Funk
*Uganda news: Disabled Technicians Uganda Limited and Heliac, Denmark began a technology-sharing partnership at the 6th SCI World Conference 2017 in India. Edward Sembajjwe is constructing Heliac’s Fresnel lens solar cooker in Uganda.
*Report: - Godfrey Mawira Kaburu
*Video: TEDx Talk by Dr. Ajay Chandak
*Kenya NGO: Farmers With A Vision
*EVENT: 9 May 2017: (Valley Center, California, USA) Patricia McArdle, former US diplomat and dedicated solar cooking advocate, will speak at the upcoming meeting of the Dos Valles Garden Club.
*Page: Data collection
*Page: CONSOLFOOD 2018
*Video: SCI Vice President, Monica Woods, discusses the SCI mission.
*EVENT: 10-13 October 2017: (San Francisco, Calfornia, USA) SOCAP17 will unite innovators in business, tech, the sharing economy, health, philanthropy, and more to advance environmental and social causes. 
*Thailand news: Vendor grills delicious chicken with solar heat from the Thai sun for over two decades - Coconuts Bangkok
*India news: Steam-based cooking system coming up at KGMU - The Times of India
*Employment opportunity: Solar Cookers International is seeking an Administration Assistant. Deadline to apply: 26 April 2017.
*Employment opportunity: Solar Cookers International is seeking a Public Relations Officer. Position Open until filled.
*Haiti news: Your urgent help needed: Contribute to advocacy for solar cooking in Haiti
*USA news: Solar Cookers International closes its online store
*India news: Haryana government exempts solar devices from Value Added Tax levy - The Economic Times 
*Solar cooking promotion: SCI has proposed data collection guidelines for successful solar cooking projects
*Kenyan NGO: Tonembee Association
*India news: Ayurvedic pain reliever made in solar cooker at Jimmy McGilligan Centre - The Free Press Journal
*EVENT: 28 October 2017: (Tucson, Arizona, USA) A free solar cooker demonstration and construction workshop will take place at the Wheeler Taft Abbett Sr. Public Library
*Employment opportunity: Solar Cookers International (SCI) is seeking a Communications Manager 
*India news: Indore : Jimmy memorial week begins with solar food festival - The Free Press Journal
*Graphic: Comparison of fuelwood consumption in a Ben 3 Firewood Stove vs. a three-stone fire
*Page: Environmental benefits of solar cooking
*Kenya news: Kenya learns to cook with solar power – even when the sun doesn’t shine - Reuters
*Video request: Help celebrate SCI's 30th anniversary and show the world how you solar cook. Send a short video.
*Employment opportunity: Solar Cookers International is looking for an experienced researcher and writer to investigate data about successful, scaled solar cooking projects that can be replicated.
*Design: Greenhouse Solar Cooker
*Vietnam news: 
*EVENT: Thursday, April 27th, 2017: (8-9am PST, 3-4pm GMT): Solar Cookers International will host the "Sector Updates: Share Your News" webinar
*Video: Gap Sap with Padma Shri Janak Palta McGilligan Social Worker S02E02 Hindi
*Page: Water&Solar100, a parabolic solar cooker with electronic tracking capabilities
*Classroom resource: - Mary Buchenic
*Video: Gap Sap With Deepak Gadhia Social and Solar Entrepreneur
*EVENT: 22-24 January 2018: (Faro, Portugal) CONSOLFOOD 2018 is scheduled to take place at the Instituto Superior de Engenharia, Universidade do Algarve, Campus da Penha. 
*Video: Homemade Solar Water Filter - MAD Science Hacks 
*USA news: The American Solar Energy Society (ASES) has become an Organization Associate of the Solar Cookers International Association
*Philippines news: MKP 2016: Supporting Sustainable Ecotourism Development Initiative - Global Indonesian Voices
*New vendor: Solar Solutions Central sells the Water Pasteurization Indicator
*Mexico event: Workshop de Cocinas Solares
*Document: - Hezi Yizhaq, Daniel Feuermann
*Ethiopia news: Ethiopia: Improving Citizens' Life Style - The Ethiopian Herald
*Lebanon news: Refugee crisis strains Lebanon’s deficient electricity network
*Video: Children's reaction after solar cooking for the first time at record-setting India festival - Vivek Kabra
*Report: - Global Alliance for Clean Cookstoves
*Refugee camp news: Several important commitments grew from the 6th SCI World Conference 2017 regarding camps for refugees
*India news: Solar Cooking Challenge at the Uttarakhand Renewable Development Agency
*India news: Budget 2017: Experts urge for greater subsidy on purchase of solar products - Daily News & Analysis
*Bolivia news: International Women's Day: Gender Justice is on the march in the Amazon - Ecologist
*India news: This IIT-Bombay graduate has helped 119,500 children cook using solar energy, and he isn’t done yet - Your Story
*EVENT: 22-23 April 2017 (New Haven, Connecticut, USA) The GHIC 2017: Global Health & Innovation Conference will take place at Yale University 
*Page: Infinity Bakery, a low cost, small commercial scale solar cooker
*Ethiopia news: Training on the production of solar cookers and PV panels closes - Addis Ababa University
*Page: Heliac Solar Cooker, a prototype fresnel lens design
*SCI World Conference 2017 news: Video presentations now available online
*USA news: Workshop on solar power at i3 Academy yields lessons about benefits of alternative energy - Palm Coast Observer
*Document: Carbon Mechanisms - German Ministry of the Environment
*Page: Congo Clean Cookers
*India news: To set a record, 7,438 Mumbai school students cook noodles in solar cookers - Hindustan Times
*Updated report: - Dieter Seifert
*DRC news: Congo Clean Cookers reports on activities at the Université Libre des Pays des Grands Lacs.
*India news: Mumbai: MBMC plans largest cooking festival, eyes Guinness record - Freepress Journal
*EVENT: January 2018: (Faro, Portugal) - Next CONSOLFOOD conference 
*Video (Spain): Taller de procesado de alimentos con energía solar
*SCI World Conference 2017 news: Presentation papers and posters online
*Solar calculator: An interactive parabolic curve calculator in now available online
*Handbook: - Fundación Celestina Pérez de Almada
*Video: Can a cleaner cookstove save lives? - PBS Newshour
*Handbook: - United Nations Human Settlements Programme
*Uganda news: Nakivale Refugee Settlement update
*Nepal news: Solar cooking programs for the Lalitpur district
*Tanzania news: Survey results of solar cooker use - Solar Cookers International
*India news: Delegation in city to promote use of solar energy - Times of India
*India news: Experts seek subsidy for solar cooking in sustainable development goals - Times of India
*India news: Update on solar cooker store in Indore, India 
*Video: Solar Basket 10 sq. mt. (TinyTech Plants)
* India, Portugal news: India, Portugal ideal for solar energy use - The Economic Times
*Page: SCI World Conference 2017
*Video: All About Access (Household air pollution: causes and solutions) - Solar Cookers International
*Paper: -Ivan Yaholnitsky
*Video: Steaming loaves of bread being removed from a solar trough cooker by Ivan Yaholnitsky
*Video: A Superhome owner in Stanford in the Vale encourages saving energy 
*Report: - Bernhard Müller
*Israel news: Israel experiments with off-grid Kibbutz - Decentralized Energy
*India news: Indore: World’s top solar cooking experts to visit city - The Free Press Journal
*Canada news: Retired doctor challenges tradition - The Free Press
*Newsletter: - Vietnam Solar Serve
*Video: Saving lives with sunlight (Kevin McGuigan) - TEDxDublin
*Page: Sun Buckets, a company developing a solar thermal storage device
*Nepal news: Solar cooking demonstrated at the the Tek Chok Ling Nunnery School in Baudha
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