Allart Ligtenberg

From Solar Cooking

Allart's objective in 1992 was to start a sustainable solar cooking and water pasteurization program solving Nepal’s severe health, environmental and energy problems. Solar cooking was not practiced at the time. His successful strategy is: find “champion” organization(s), create Awareness with public/private demonstrations, Build the infrastructure and do Continuous follow-up on programs each year (ABC). He also trains how to use, design and fabricate solar cookers, water pasteurizers, Solar food dryers, heat-retaining boxes; advise organizations to become successful in solar energy projects, help start new NGO’s and businesses; identify reliable workshops producing quality solar devices on-time; and teach responsible eco-tourism with trekking organizations and lodgekeepers. He designed a 400 gram solar backpack cooker for effective dissemination and a 3 kg collapsible parabolic (1 m) cooker for remote and rural households and trekking/expedition groups. New initiatives: - An integrated cooking method adds fuelwood-efficient, smokeless “Rocket stoves” to solar cookers. A further integrated approach offers complete health, energy, environment-friendly solutions with solar space heating, photo-voltaics, efficient WLED lighting, composting, toilets, and biomass briquettes. - He initiated a School of Renewable Energy teaching all RE technologies, plus carpentry, metalworking and small-business. Skilled workforces of RE entrepreneurs will disseminate RE technologies and create jobs. - He initiated 17 Rotary Matching Grant programs in 7 years (13 for Nepal, the others for Indonesia and Afghanistan), resulting in training, distribution of solar/sustainable devices, empowering women, poverty alleviation, improving quality of life for 3000 families (22000 people).

Ligtenberg doesn't let any grass grow under his feet. He travels every year to two or three countries to initiate or follow up on numerous solar cooking and other sustainable technology projects, including projects of his Los Altos Rotary Club and partner Rotary Clubs in the world.

Contents 1 Recent news and developments 2 Audio and video 3 See also 4 External links 5 Contact 6 See this article in our foreign language wikis

[edit] Recent news and developments

• November 2007: Conference paper: Integrated Strategies to Solar Cooking/Water Pasteurization, that Include Other Sustainable Technologies that Advance MDG's in Nepal

• February 2007: An audio interview with Allart Ligtenberg discussing his recent project in Mexico and his work with his Los Altos Rotary Club projects in Nepal, Indonesia, and Afghanistan

• August 2006: Los Altan witnesses Nepalese unrest, innovations - Los Altos Town Crier

• July 2006: Solutions in Nepal: Solar Cookers, Water Pasteurizers, Sustainable Devices, and Integrated Approaches with Efficient Fuelwood Stoves

• Solar Cooking Dissemination Approaches and Experiences in Nepal, Mongolia, and Peru

• December 2005: After the tsunami: Los Altos Rotary Club performs disaster relief the right way - Los Altos Town Crier

• July 2005: LA Rotary's 'World' projects go a long way - Los Altos Town Crier

• June 2005: Los Altos resident shines light on solutions for the poverty-stricken people of Nepal - Los Altos Town Crier

[edit] Audio and video

• February 2007: Audio interview with Allart Ligtenberg discussing a recent project in Mexico and his work with the Rotary Club on projects in Nepal, Indonesia, and Afghanistan

[edit] See also

• Friendly Appropriate Solar Technologies

• Integrated Strategies to Solar Cooking/Water Pasteurization, that Include Other Sustainable Technologies that Advance MDG's in Nepal - Allart Ligtenberg

[edit] External links

• Rotary District 5170 - Water, Health, Hunger & Solar

[edit] Contact

800 Loyola Dr
Los Altos, CA
USA 94024

Tel: 650-948-8294
Fax: 650-948-8294

Aligtenber@aol.com
http://fast-solar.com

[edit] See this article in our foreign language wikis

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