The French organization Bolivia Inti-Sud Soleil credits three “Ps” for their successes in spreading solar cookers: passion, perseverance, and positive attitude. In 2008, they trained around 1,800 new solar cooks. At beginning of 2009, Bolivia Inti has distributed 8,000 cookers in the Andean countries of Bolivia, Chile, Peru and Argentina, benefiting 50,000 people in communities. They have 30 solar cooking trainers, and have recently added a fifht training team. Bolivia Inti also has several initiatives in Africa, where an emphasis is placed on the wood saving aspect of solar cookers. These initiatives have met with considerable success.
News and recent developments
- May 2008: Grenelle de la cuisson solaire et écologique - Organisé par Bolivia Inti-Sud Soleil en partenariat avec le CPIE Loire Océane du Pouliguen. Robert Chiron, le chef de cuisine, et son équipe de Bolivia Inti–Sud Soleil ont le plaisir de vous inviter à participer à ces deux journées festives et plus particulièrement à l’inauguration programmée le 8 mai à 12h00 dans le jardin jouxtant le CPIE Loire Océane au Pouliguen (France).
- April 2006: Under the auspices of the French NGO Bolivia Inti, alternative energy experts David Whitfield and Ruth Whitfield introduced solar cooking to many villages in Bolivia between 2001 and 2003. After demonstrating solar cookers in public forums, they then trained those people expressing interest in how to make and use solar cookers. Research was conducted in the central highlands of Bolivia in 2005 to assess the continuing impacts of solar cooking on participants of these solar cooking courses conducted by the Whitfields. The researcher, Chris Pell of the University College London, interviewed 170 people with and without solar cookers to determine whether their use affected household fuel consumption. The data showed that 92.7% of the solar cooking course participants continue to use their solar cooker three to five years after the course ended. In fact, 62.4% of all participants use their solar cooker at least once a day during the dry season, demonstrating a lifestyle change that incorporates solar cooking into their daily lives. The solar cooker now supplements their other energy sources: gas, wood, or a combination of gas and wood.[1]
Audio and video
| October 2007: Stage de cuisson solaire a Retamo, Inti llapu, Alto del Carmen, Chile |
See also
- Ecological cooker workshops 2009
- Actes du colloque 2005, cuisson écologique en Afrique
- Solar Cook Book: "Du Soleil dans mon assiette"
Contact
BOLIVIA INTI–SUD SOLEIL
18 rue Gaëtan Rondeau
F-44200 NANTES
Tél. : 02.51.86.04.04
soleil@boliviainti.org
http://www.boliviainti-sudsoleil.org