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[[Image:Barbara_Kerr_and_Sherry_Cole.jpg|left|thumb|300px|Barbara Kerr (left) with Sherry Cole]]'''Barbara Kerr''' is one of the primary founders of the solar cooking movement. In the early 1970s she and her friend [[Sherry Cole]] designed a cardboard solar box cooker and an early solar wall oven. She later helped develop a panel-type solar cooker known as the [[CooKit]] and is the guiding light behind the [[solar wall oven]]. Barbara is a founding board member of [[Solar Cookers International]]. She co-founded the [http://solarcooking.org/bkerr Kerr-Cole Sustainable Living Center] in Taylor, Arizona (USA), where numerous solar applications and sustainable practices can be learned. Barbara received the [http://www.ases.org/about/awards/wise.htm "Women in Solar Energy" award] from the American Solar Energy Society (ASES) in July of 2006. The award "recognizes a woman who has contributed significantly to the acceptance and advancement of women in solar by any of the following means: advocacy, education, technical efforts, contracting or implementing social change."
 
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[[Image:Barbara_Kerr_and_Sherry_Cole.jpg|right|thumb|300px|Barbara Kerr (left) with [[Sherry Cole]]]]
 
'''Barbara Kerr''' was one of the primary founders of the current solar cooking movement. In the early 1970s she and her friend [[Sherry Cole]] designed a cardboard [[solar box cooker ]]and an early [[solar wall oven]]. She later helped develop a panel-type solar cooker known as the [[CooKit]]. Barbara was a founding board member of [[Solar Cookers International]]. She co-founded the [http://www.solarcooking.org/bkerr/ Kerr-Cole Sustainable Living Center] in Taylor, {{State|Arizona}} (USA), where numerous solar applications and sustainable practices can still be learned. Barbara received the [http://www.ases.org/about/awards/wise.htm "Women in Solar Energy" award] from the American Solar Energy Society (ASES) in July of 2006. The award "recognizes a woman who has contributed significantly to the acceptance and advancement of women in solar by any of the following means: advocacy, education, technical efforts, contracting or implementing social change." Barbara Prosser Kerr, 86, passed away peacefully at home on April 2, 2012.
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==Recipient of Women in Solar Energy Award==
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The Women in Solar Energy Award was designed to recognize
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a woman who has contributed significantly to the acceptance
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and advancement of women in solar by any of the
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following means: advocacy, education, technical
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efforts, contracting or implementing social change.
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Barbara Prosser Kerr is recognized as one of the primary
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founders of the solar cooking movement. In the
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early 1970s she designed an early cardboard box
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cooker, an early solar wall oven and a solar panel
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cooker known as the Cookit. Solar cookers are in
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widespread use in Africa and elsewhere, especially in
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refugee camps, both to cook food and to pasteurize
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unsanitary water. These designs are currently used
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and promoted by Solar Cookers International, of
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which Kerr was a founding board member. She cofounded
 
the Kerr-Cole Sustainable Living Center in
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Taylor, Ariz., at which numerous solar applications and sustainable
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practices can still be learned.
   
 
==Audio and video==
 
==Audio and video==
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[[File:A Day In The Sun Part I|thumb|400px|left|A Day In The Sun Part II chronicles the events of the 1990 Tucson Solar Potluck. Segements include interviews with [[Barbara Kerr]] and [[Sherry Cole]], inventors of the Kerr-Cole Solar Box Cooker, which begins at 5:00.]]
'''July 2002:''' [http://solarcooking.org/media/broadcast/default.htm?kerr Audio interview with Barbara Kerr]
 
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*'''July 2002:''' [http://solarcooking.org/media/broadcast/default.htm?kerr Audio interview with Barbara Kerr]
   
'''March 2002:''' [http://solarcooking.org/media/broadcast/default.htm?kerr Audio interview with Barbara Kerr and Jim Scott]
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*'''March 2002:''' [http://solarcooking.org/media/broadcast/default.htm?kerr Audio interview with Barbara Kerr and Jim Scott]
   
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===History of the 7-Panel Backpacker solar cooker===
==See also==
 
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[[Barbara Kerr]] designed the 7-Panel Backpacker solar cooker, which is based on the [[ROB]] (Reflective Open Box Cooker), in response to a request from a hiker needing a readily transportable solar cooker. This cooker is the direct ancestor of the [[CooKit]], which was engineered by [[Solar Cookers International]] for mass production. To convince the SCI Board that perhaps this was a better third-world choice than her cardboard box cooker that SCI was promoting at the time, Barbara simply sent a Backpacker to each SCI Board member as a Christmas present (without comment). Initially the SCI folk thought it would be ineffective, until some of them actually tried it. The rest is history.
   
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Below are the original construction plans for the 7-Panel Backpacker solar cooker.
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==See also==
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*[[Kerr-Cole Sustainable Living Center]]
 
* [[Solar wall oven]]
 
* [[Solar wall oven]]
 
* [[Solar autoclave]]
 
* [[Solar autoclave]]
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* [[CooKit]]
 
* [[Media:Granada06_barbara_kerr.pdf|Use of the Solar Panel Cooker for Medical Pressure Steam Sterilization]] - ''Barbara Kerr''
 
* [[Media:Granada06_barbara_kerr.pdf|Use of the Solar Panel Cooker for Medical Pressure Steam Sterilization]] - ''Barbara Kerr''
   
 
==External links==
 
==External links==
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*'''April 2012:''' [http://www.azcentral.com/story/news/arizona/2014/06/02/barbara-kerr-arizona-icon/9187597/ Solar-cooking pioneer prized sustainability] - ''AZCentral''
 
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*http://www.solarcooking.org/bkerr/
 
*[http://www.solarcooking.org/bkerr/ Ordering website for Barbara Kerr's books]
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*'''August 2010:''' [http://planetthrive.com/2010/08/barbara-kerr/ Visiting Barbara Kerr, solar cooking pioneer] - ''Julie Genser''
 
*The full text of Barbara's book [http://solarcooking.org/kerr.htm The Expanding World of Solar Box Cooking]
 
*The full text of Barbara's book [http://solarcooking.org/kerr.htm The Expanding World of Solar Box Cooking]
 
*'''November 2006:''' [http://solarcooking.org/newsletters/scrnov06.htm#Kerr SCI founder Barbara Kerr receives ASES award] - ''[[Solar Cooker Review]]''
 
*'''November 2006:''' [http://solarcooking.org/newsletters/scrnov06.htm#Kerr SCI founder Barbara Kerr receives ASES award] - ''[[Solar Cooker Review]]''
 
*'''July 2003:''' [http://solarcooking.org/newsletters/scrjul03.htm#Pioneers Barbara Kerr and Sherry Cole honored by the Gladys Taylor McGarey Medical Foundation for their pioneering solar cooking work] - ''[[Solar Cooker Review]]''
 
*'''July 2003:''' [http://solarcooking.org/newsletters/scrjul03.htm#Pioneers Barbara Kerr and Sherry Cole honored by the Gladys Taylor McGarey Medical Foundation for their pioneering solar cooking work] - ''[[Solar Cooker Review]]''
 
*'''July 2002:''' [http://solarcooking.org/media/broadcast/default.htm?kerr An audio interview with Barbara Kerr]
 
*'''July 2002:''' [http://solarcooking.org/media/broadcast/default.htm?kerr An audio interview with Barbara Kerr]
*'''Barbara Kerr's Patents:''' [http://www.google.com/patents?id=LO42AAAAEBAJ&dq=barbara+kerr Solar cooker and method of assembly] '' and ''[http://www.google.com/patents?id=F3UvAAAAEBAJ&printsec=abstract&zoom=4&dq=solar+oven Through The Wall Solar Cooker]
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*'''Barbara Kerr's Patents:''' [http://www.google.com/patents?id=LO42AAAAEBAJ&dq=barbara+kerr Solar cooker and method of assembly] ''and ''[http://www.google.com/patents?id=F3UvAAAAEBAJ&printsec=abstract&zoom=4&dq=solar+oven Through The Wall Solar Cooker]
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*[http://solarcooking.org/hybrid-propane.htm The Kerr-Cole Large Solar Panel/Propane Hybrid Stoves]
   
 
==Books by Barbara Kerr==
 
==Books by Barbara Kerr==
 
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|Order this book [http://barbaraprosserkerr.org here]
 
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*Barbara also wrote the book: [http://solarcooking.org/kerr.htm The Expanding World of Solar Box Cooking]
   
 
==Contact==
 
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{{See|Kerr-Cole Sustainable Living Center}}
[mailto:kerrcole@frontier.net kerrcole@frontier.net]
 
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[[Category:USA|Kerr]]
 
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[[Category:Arizona|Kerr]]
[http://solarcooking.org/bkerr The website of the Kerr-Cole Sustainable Living Center]
 
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[[Category:Deceased solar cooking promoters|Kerr]]
 
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[[Category:Archived page]]
[http://barbaraprosserkerr.org/ Ordering website for Barbara Kerr's books]
 
 
[[Category:Who's who in the solar cooking movement|Kerr]][[Category:USA|Kerr]][[Category:Arizona|Kerr]]
 
[[Category:Solar Cookers International Association members|Kerr]]
 

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Barbara Kerr and Sherry Cole

Barbara Kerr (left) with Sherry Cole

Barbara Kerr was one of the primary founders of the current solar cooking movement. In the early 1970s she and her friend Sherry Cole designed a cardboard solar box cooker and an early solar wall oven. She later helped develop a panel-type solar cooker known as the CooKit. Barbara was a founding board member of Solar Cookers International. She co-founded the Kerr-Cole Sustainable Living Center in Taylor, Arizona (USA), where numerous solar applications and sustainable practices can still be learned. Barbara received the "Women in Solar Energy" award from the American Solar Energy Society (ASES) in July of 2006. The award "recognizes a woman who has contributed significantly to the acceptance and advancement of women in solar by any of the following means: advocacy, education, technical efforts, contracting or implementing social change." Barbara Prosser Kerr, 86, passed away peacefully at home on April 2, 2012.


Recipient of Women in Solar Energy Award

The Women in Solar Energy Award was designed to recognize a woman who has contributed significantly to the acceptance and advancement of women in solar by any of the following means: advocacy, education, technical efforts, contracting or implementing social change. Barbara Prosser Kerr is recognized as one of the primary founders of the solar cooking movement. In the early 1970s she designed an early cardboard box cooker, an early solar wall oven and a solar panel cooker known as the Cookit. Solar cookers are in widespread use in Africa and elsewhere, especially in refugee camps, both to cook food and to pasteurize unsanitary water. These designs are currently used and promoted by Solar Cookers International, of which Kerr was a founding board member. She cofounded the Kerr-Cole Sustainable Living Center in Taylor, Ariz., at which numerous solar applications and sustainable practices can still be learned.

Audio and video

A_Day_In_The_Sun_Part_I

A Day In The Sun Part I

A Day In The Sun Part II chronicles the events of the 1990 Tucson Solar Potluck. Segements include interviews with Barbara Kerr and Sherry Cole, inventors of the Kerr-Cole Solar Box Cooker, which begins at 5:00.


History of the 7-Panel Backpacker solar cooker

Barbara Kerr designed the 7-Panel Backpacker solar cooker, which is based on the ROB (Reflective Open Box Cooker), in response to a request from a hiker needing a readily transportable solar cooker. This cooker is the direct ancestor of the CooKit, which was engineered by Solar Cookers International for mass production. To convince the SCI Board that perhaps this was a better third-world choice than her cardboard box cooker that SCI was promoting at the time, Barbara simply sent a Backpacker to each SCI Board member as a Christmas present (without comment). Initially the SCI folk thought it would be ineffective, until some of them actually tried it. The rest is history.

Below are the original construction plans for the 7-Panel Backpacker solar cooker.

See also

External links

Books by Barbara Kerr

God as a Shifting Concept Order this book here

Contact

See Kerr-Cole Sustainable Living Center.