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SCInet Solar Cooking Convention 2014 (EVENT) The SCInet Solar Cooking Convention 2014, sponsored by Solar Cookers International with support from Agua Fund, Inc., will take place in Sacramento, California, USA July 17-19, 2014. Solar cooking project directors, promoters, designers, researchers, and manufacturers with experience in the transfer of solar cooking technologies are encouraged to gather for this exchange-of-information convention. The format will include presentations, panel discussions, working groups, and public demonstration of solar cookers. The last day of the event will be the Sacramento Solar Cooking Festival, open to the public at no charge and local solar cooks are encouraged to participate in the Festival on that day (Saturday, July 19.) Event registrations and other details at: Event registration information... Payment reminder - Spots are filling up quickly and it is on a first-come, first-serve basis. Registration is not complete until your payment has been made. Make sure you don’t miss out on this terrific gathering for solar cooking experts to share knowledge and best practices! Registration checkout. May 2014 Reciprocal light testing, (Earthbound Technology photo) Photo of reciprocal light creates new approach to solar cooker testing - William Bradley, founder of Earthbound Technology, has been developing a new way to be able to analyze potential performance of solar cookers Engineers Without Borders - Iran solar cooking workshop Solar cooking advocate in Iran trains high school students - Soheil Salimi, a twenty-two year old civil engineering student, has started a chapter of Engineers Without Borders - Iran, and has begun organizing solar cooking workshops in his free time. His latest class was at the Hafez high school for girls. Read more about his projects on his personal page. April 2014 Three cheers for the Girl Scouts - Girl Scouts in Texas can now earn a solar energy patch studying solar cooking and photovoltaic electrical generation German solar cooker manufacturer reaches impressive milestone - Stephan Zech, with Sun and Ice, reports that they have distributed 50,000 parabolic solar cookers in the last ten years. March 2014 Former SCI board member Paul Funk to participate in establishing cookstove and clean cooking solutions standards Nicaraguan group Solar Women of Totogalpa prepares baked goods for sale How solar energy empowers women, youth in rural Nicaragua - Forty years ago Sabana Grande was ravaged by war. Now you will find people sitting under solar-powered lights, eating solar-cooked chicken, and drinking smoothies made by a bicycle-powered blender. Sabana Grande has embraced a solar culture that has transformed the community. Read more... (See also other solar restaurants and bakeries.) NGO initiates second phase of solar bakery project in Burundi - Regions 20 continues its efforts to help local bakers organize their solar bakery. More information... Update: The deadline to submit proposals to supply the solar ovens has been extended.. Interested parties will find more information here: Invitation to Tender For Solar Bakery Project, Burundi. The scale of the project may be rather small, but the funding and implementation is coming from world leaders in the field of economic and environmental relief. Renewable Energy Cooking Resource Center under construction in Biharwe, Uganda February 2014 School in Ladakh, India saves $23,000 USD in annual fuel costs with solar cookers Darwin Curtis receives SCI Order of Excellence 2013 Friends of the Old in Kenya continues to distribute 100 safe water packages each month See Sun and Ice. French solar cuisine done with style - Sun and Ice shares photos of one of their reflectors incorporated into a portable solar kitchen, created by one of their customers in France. The small, trailered construction is a rolling work of art. See more photos on the facebook page. Solar Cookers International (SCI) is proud to receive funding from The Agua Fund, Inc. for the SCInet Wiki. Read SCI’s current Annual Report. For older news, please see Solar cooking news archive. Contact For questions and comments about the Solar Cookers International Network (SCInet) or its website (this wiki), contact webmaster@solarcooking.org.