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==News and Recent Developments== |
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+ | *'''August 2007:''' [http://www.newsobserver.com/2173/story/658959.html Green and hot: Solar cooking a delicious science] - ''The Fresno Bee'' |
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+ | *'''January 2007:''' [[Media:Rotary_Club_Rwanda_Fresno_Bee_January_27_2007.pdf|Rotary Club gives solar cookers to Rwandan poor]] - ''The Fresno Bee'' |
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*'''August 2006:''' Longtime solar cooking advocate and trainer Wilfred Pimentel, along with [[Ken Goyer]] and [[Cynthia Wee]], led a two-day [[Integrated cooking method|integrated cooking]] workshop in Pambak, Vanadzor, [[Turkey]]. They taught three technologies: solar cookers, [[Rocket stove|fuel-efficient stoves]] and [[Heat-retention cooking|heat-retention cookers]]. With access to these complementary technologies, food can be cooked regardless of time of day and season, and with a maximum of overall fuel savings. The group demonstrated both panel-type and parabolic-type solar cookers, though the region’s altitude and climate limit the amount of solar cooking that can be done with simple solar cookers. Seventeen people from a number of [[Armenia]]n villages attended the workshop, held at the Peace Corps training center. Each participant received a [[CooKit]] and educational literature. They plan to return to their villages and begin teaching others about integrated cooking. |
*'''August 2006:''' Longtime solar cooking advocate and trainer Wilfred Pimentel, along with [[Ken Goyer]] and [[Cynthia Wee]], led a two-day [[Integrated cooking method|integrated cooking]] workshop in Pambak, Vanadzor, [[Turkey]]. They taught three technologies: solar cookers, [[Rocket stove|fuel-efficient stoves]] and [[Heat-retention cooking|heat-retention cookers]]. With access to these complementary technologies, food can be cooked regardless of time of day and season, and with a maximum of overall fuel savings. The group demonstrated both panel-type and parabolic-type solar cookers, though the region’s altitude and climate limit the amount of solar cooking that can be done with simple solar cookers. Seventeen people from a number of [[Armenia]]n villages attended the workshop, held at the Peace Corps training center. Each participant received a [[CooKit]] and educational literature. They plan to return to their villages and begin teaching others about integrated cooking. |
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Wilfred Pimentel is involved with Rotary Club projects in Armenia, Rwanda, Turkey among other countries.
News and Recent Developments
- August 2007: Green and hot: Solar cooking a delicious science - The Fresno Bee
- January 2007: Rotary Club gives solar cookers to Rwandan poor - The Fresno Bee
- August 2006: Longtime solar cooking advocate and trainer Wilfred Pimentel, along with Ken Goyer and Cynthia Wee, led a two-day integrated cooking workshop in Pambak, Vanadzor, Turkey. They taught three technologies: solar cookers, fuel-efficient stoves and heat-retention cookers. With access to these complementary technologies, food can be cooked regardless of time of day and season, and with a maximum of overall fuel savings. The group demonstrated both panel-type and parabolic-type solar cookers, though the region’s altitude and climate limit the amount of solar cooking that can be done with simple solar cookers. Seventeen people from a number of Armenian villages attended the workshop, held at the Peace Corps training center. Each participant received a CooKit and educational literature. They plan to return to their villages and begin teaching others about integrated cooking.