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Welcome to the Solar Cookers International Network (SCInet). Learn to solar cook, build your own solar cooker, or research where to buy a cooker. The hundreds of different solar cooker designs all concentrate or accumulate solar energy to cook food and make water safe to drink. SCInet partners worldwide collaborate to improve and spread this technology for the positive impact it can have on human health and environmental degradation.

The California-based nonprofit, Solar Cookers International, sponsors this global network and manages this site, which is the premier destination for solar cooking information. The 1,700+ articles on the site are accessed approximately 250,000 times each month from almost every country of the world.

NGOs and individuals actively promoting solar cooking, as well as designers, researchers, manufacturers, and vendors, are invited to join SCInet. Work with us to increase solar cooking around the world. Thank you to the Agua Fund for providing vital financial support. For more information, contact info@solarcookers.org.

April 2024

Podcaster Nate Hagens is joined by solar oven collector and educator, Luther Krueger, to discuss the ins and outs of solar cooking

Cultivating a Revolutionary Spirit cover, 4-9-24

Cultivating a Revolutionary Spirit is a new book about US tenured physics professor, Bill Lankford, who visited Nicaragua for two weeks in 1984 and stayed, in one form or another, for decades promoting solar cooking to empower local women

March 2024

Kithuia Integrated Solar Cookers demonstrate cooking techniques at the primary school games, attended by over 1,000 people in Kithuia Village, Kenya

Watch on-demand, Solar Cookers International's CSW68 Virtual Parallel Event - Empowering women and girls through solar cooking

Solar Cookers International recognized in Solar Today for article on the value of solar cooking

Afghan woman w parabolic cooker, 3-15-24

After the October 2023 earthquake, they are rebuilding in Herat, Afghanistan with transitional housing, community-cooked meals, and solar cookers from the UNDP

The opening date for the Le Présage solar restaurant in Marseilles, France is 11 June 2024

Little Stars e.V. teams with Foundation for Sustainable Technologies to provide parabolic solar cookers, briquette presses, and heat-retention baskets to ten families in Nepal

International Women's Day appreciation from a founder of Lytefire

African Solar Caravan solar stove, 3-8-24

The African Solar Caravan introduces a hybrid solar oven with charcoal back-up, designed for community kitchens and small organizations serving meals

February 2024

Solar Cookers International manuscript "Testing solar cookers for cooking efficiency" published by the scientific organization ELSEVIER

The Donne Orphanage in Hinche, Haiti receives additional solar cookers donated by Tom Hallquist

13-14 April 2024: Solar cooking workshops in Sorède, France at the site of the historical solar furnace

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 Welcome to the '''Solar Cookers International Network''' (SCInet). [[Introduction to solar cooking|Learn]] to solar cook, [[:Category:Solar cooker plans|build]] your own solar cooker, or research where to [[:Category:Manufacturers and vendors|buy]] a cooker. The hundreds of different [[:Category:Solar cooker designs|solar cooker designs]] all concentrate or accumulate solar energy to [[Guidelines and cooking tips|cook food]] and make [[Water pasteurization|water]] safe to drink. [[:Category:Solar Cookers International Network members|SCInet partners]] worldwide [[SCInet Solar Cooking Convention 2014|collaborate]] to improve and [[Promoting solar cooking|spread]] this technology for the positive impact it can have on [[Household air pollution|human health]] and [[Deforestation|environmental degradation]].
-The California-based nonprofit, [[Solar Cookers International]], sponsors this global network and manages this site, which is the premier destination for solar cooking information. The 1,700+ articles on the site are accessed approximately 250,000 times each month from almost every [[:Category:Countries|country]].
+The California-based nonprofit, [[Solar Cookers International]], sponsors this global network and manages this site, which is the premier destination for solar cooking information. The 1,700+ articles on the site are accessed approximately 250,000 times each month from almost every [[:Category:Countries|country]] of the world.
 NGOs and individuals actively promoting solar cooking, as well as designers, researchers, manufacturers, and vendors, are invited to '''[http://solarcookers.org/network/about-scinet/scinet/ join SCInet]'''. Work with us to increase solar cooking around the world. Thank you to the [http://aguafund.org/ Agua Fund] for providing vital financial support. For more information, contact [mailto:info@solarcookers.org info@solarcookers.org].
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-*'''Bolivia Inti-Sud Soleil announces the sad passing of its founder, Robert Chiron''' - [http://www.boliviainti-sudsoleil.org/spip.php?article801 Read more] about professor Chrion's significant contributions to the spread of [[integrated cooking]].
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-*'''GoSol.org is currently fundraising through their #FreeTheSun crowdfunding campaign.''' The campaign can be seen at http://www.gosol.org/FreeTheSun.
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-*'''Featured presentation''' from the [[SCInet Solar Cooking Convention 2014]]:<br>
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-==March 2015==
-[[File:Chennai school 1.JPG|thumb|right|225px|Solar energy concentrator at Ramakrishna Mission’s Students’ Home]]
-*'''Investment brings large-scale solar cooking to Chennai school for orphans and underprivileged boys''' - Starting in 2013, a partnership between the UNDP, [[India]]'s Ministry of New and Renewable Energy, and the Global Environment Facility, led to a project to install an [[ARUN®100]] solar concentrator at the Ramakrishna Mission’s Students’ Home. The system provides enough energy to cook 3,000 meals per day and reduces LPG consumption by half, which leads to a savings of US$8,000 per year. [http://www.in.undp.org/content/india/en/home/ourwork/environmentandenergy/successstories/the-sun-in-the-kitchen/# Read more...]
-[[File:Solar_cooking_workshop_3,_C.V._Raman_College,_3-30-15.png|thumb|400px|"Solar Cooking for a Healthy & Better Life" at the Bhubaneswar Club in {{State|Odisha}}, [[India]] March 2015 - ''C.V. Raman College'']]
-*'''Women's Day event in India promotes solar cooking''' - Sanjib Rout, Chairman of the [[C.V. Raman College of Engineering]] organized a workshop on "Solar Cooking for a Healthy & Better Life" at the Bhubaneswar Club in {{State|Odisha}}, [[India]] to raise awareness of the potential of solar cooking for commercial applications.
-*'''Show your solar cooker design to the United Nations Development Program''' - The UN is now assessing what viable small and institutional-sized solar cookers are available in the marketplace for widespread distribution in emergency situations. Proposals must be submitted by 5 p.m. Friday, March 27, 2015. [https://www.ungm.org/Public/Notice/33124 Read more...]
-[[File:Refugee_drawing1.jpg|right|300px|thumb|[http://1-louise-meyer.artistwebsites.com/index.html Solar cooker drawings by refugees]]]
-*'''Solar cooker drawings by refugee users now available online''' - [http://1-louise-meyer.artistwebsites.com/index.html View drawings...]
-*'''Show your solar cooker to the Global Alliance''' - The [[Global Alliance for Clean Cookstoves]] maintains a catalog of approved stoves, including ten solar cookers and one [[heat-retention cooking]] device. See the [http://catalog.cleancookstoves.org/#/stoves catalog] You can apply to have your solar cooker added. [http://catalog.cleancookstoves.org/content/stoves/new Read more...]
-*'''New solar cooking organization in India''' - On January 23, 2015 [[Solar Cookers India]] was formed. [[Janak McGilligan|Dr. Janak Palta McGilligan]] has graciously offered her services as the Honorary Executive Director of this new organization, which will work in close partnership with [[Solar Cookers International]].
-[[Image:Janak_McGilligan.jpg|150px|thumb| [[Janak McGilligan|Dr. Janak Palta McGilligan]]]]
-*'''SCInet member wins national award''' - [[Janak McGilligan|Dr. Janak Palta McGilligan]] won the prestigious national Padmashri award for distinguished achievement in social service on January 26, 2015. The Padma Awards is one of the highest civilian awards given in [[India]]. As former Director and Founder of the [[Barli Development Institute for Rural Women]], she pioneered [[parabolic solar cooker|solar parabolic cooking]] for [[institutional solar cooking]].
-*'''Apply for the BBVA Foundation Frontiers of Knowledge Awards:''' [[Solar Cookers International]] has a unique opportunity to nominate projects from SCInet members for the 2015 BBVA Foundation Frontiers of Knowledge Awards. All materials must be in English. [http://www.fbbva.es/TLFU/tlfu/ing/microsites/premios/fronteras/presentacion/index.jsp Read more...]
-==February 2015==
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-*{{Event}}'''International Solar Energy Society webinar on Solar Food Processing for Income Generation''' - On March 11, the [[International Solar Energy Society]] (ISES) will be hosting a webinar on how [[solar food processing]] can be used for [[income generation]]. "Expert speakers will show examples of how solar food processing can be a profitable business venture. The panelist speakers will present case studies where individuals and companies use solar cooking techniques to earn their living and have made a successful and professional business." Presenters include:
-** [[Rolf Behringer]] of [[Solare Zukunft]]
-** [[Heike Hoedt]] of [[Solare Brücke]]
-** [[Michael Götz|Dr. Michael Götz]] of [[Cocina Solar México]]
-** [[Wolfgang Scheffler|Dr. Wolfgang Scheffler]] of [[Simply Solar]]
-::The webinar will be held from 3:00pm - 4:30pm GMT (7:00am - 8:30am PST/10:00am - 11:30pm EST). [http://www.ises.org/index.php?id=269 More info and registration...]
-*'''Apply for the SEED Award''' - The SEED Awards recognize "the most promising, innovative and locally-led start-up social and environmental enterprises in countries with developing and emerging economies. The independent SEED International Jury of experts selects enterprises which have the potential to make real improvements in poverty eradication and environmental sustainability while contributing to a greener economy." Apply by March 31, 2015. [http://www.seed.uno/awards/about.html Read more...]
-*'''SCInet welcomes new members this month:'''
-**[[Pat Browne]], a solar cooking promoter in {{state|California}}, [[USA]]
-**[[ATP GreenTech Pvt Ltd]], a leading supplier of solar cookers and sustainable living promoter in {{state|Delhi}}, [[India]] along with their CEO [[Charanjit Khurana]]
-**The [[SELCO Foundation]], a sustainable lifestyle foundation in [[India]]
-**[[Atul Sagade]] a solar cooking promoter in {{state|Maharashtra}}, [[India]]
-**[[Garden of God Naturestead]], promoting solar cooking in Lagos, [[Nigeria]]
-**[[Sun Frost]], makers of the [[Sun Frost Cooker-Sterilizer]]
-**[[Friends of Solar Cooking Arizona, USA]], organized by [[Berta Nelson]]
-'''For older news, please see [[Solar cooking news archive]].'''<br />
-'''For all news added to any page on the site see [[Admin:News log|News log]].'''
 ==Contact==
 *For questions and comments about the [[Solar Cookers International Network]] (SCInet) or its website (this wiki), contact [mailto:webmaster@solarcooking.org webmaster@solarcooking.org].