SCI News and Events

June 2013

• SCI Board Member Monica Woods featured on American Airlines inflight radio

  During the months of June and July, passengers on American Airlines will learn about the importance of solar cooking from SCI Board Member and Sacramento News10 Chief Meteorologist Monica Woods. The interview will be played on American Airlines Talk Business 360 inflight radio channel. Listen to the interview.

• Solar Cookers International to dedicate more resources to the renamed Solar Cookers International Network

  Since its founding in 2006, the Solar Cookers World Network has continued to expand. Network members now include nearly 500 NGOs, individuals, and manufacturers working in the field to advance the cause of solar cooking. At the same time, the Network’s wiki resource has grown to become an unparalleled resource for solar cooking knowledge worldwide. With contributions of articles and photos from Network members and monetary and administrative support from Solar Cookers International (SCI), this wiki now contains nearly 2000 articles, covering all aspects of solar cooking design and promotion.
  
  Today SCI renews its commitment to the Solar Cookers World Network and its corresponding Wiki. SCI will direct more resources toward both. In the near future, SCI will ask all Network members to give us their feedback to help us prioritize our efforts to assist in areas of greatest need. Read the “Letter from the Executive Director” in the June 2013 issue of Solar Cooker Review for more information about SCI’s Strategic Plan for 2013-2018.
  
  To communicate SCI’s renewed and expanded commitment to the Network, starting today, June 1, 2013 the name of the Network and Wiki will change, but not their substance. The Solar Cookers World Network will become the Solar Cookers International Network (SCInet); the Solar Cookers World Network Wiki will become the Solar Cookers International Network Wiki. SCI welcomes your input. Please contact SCI at info@solarcookers.org if you have questions or comments.

• The June 2013 issue of Solar Cooker Review is now available online.

  Read this issue...

April 2013

• Learn about SCI’s current partner projects in Western Kenya.

  Watch this short video...

March 2013

• Members of the Solar Cookers World Network attend GACC Forum in Cambodia.

  The Network gathers informally at Global Alliance for Clean Cookstoves Forum in Phnom Penh.

  

February 2013

• The March 2013 issue of Solar Cooker Review is now available online.

  Read this issue...

January 2013

• SCI attends ETHOS Conference in Kirkland, Washington.

  Solar Cookers International and the Solar Cookers World Network advocate for Integrated Cooking.

December 2012

• TEDx talk: “Harnessing the Sun to Improve Health and Environments”

  SCI’s executive director, Julie Greene delivers talk at TEDx conference. Watch the talk online...
  

November 2012

• The November 2012 issue of Solar Cooker Review is now available online.

  Read this issue.

• Pat McArdle interviewed on Emerald Planet

  During the interview Pat McArdle discusses the history and mission of Solar Cookers International, the importance of increasing access to solar cooking technology, Bob Metcalf's Portable Microbiology Laboratory for testing water in remote locations, the work of Jewish World Watch in Chad, and more.
  Watch the interview.

October 2012

• SCI's East Africa offices close

  In April of 2012, financial reverses necessitated the closure of all of the Solar Cookers International East Africa offices. We love Kenya and many wonderful Kenyans who have been our friends and colleagues over many years, but it is no longer feasible for us to maintain offices there. Instead, we will maintain our connections with friends and former employees whenever possible and continue our interest in Kenya by working in partnership with other organizations that work for the spread of solar cooking and water pasteurization in Kenya. Any organization using the name of our former Kenyan offices is not a part of our organization, Solar Cookers International.
  Some CooKits and our former office truck have been donated to Natural Resources and Waste Management Alliance (NAREWAMA), and SCI will be working with Dinah Chienjo and John Amayo of Friends of the Old (FOTO), a local organization that works to provide solar cookers and safe water packages to elders and grandparents, many of whom are raising grandchildren. This collaboration will dramatically expand their reach. SCI is also exploring other possibilities for partnerships and collaborations, in Kenya and elsewhere.

July 2012

• Invitation to Shine On 2012

  Here is the official invitation to this year's Shine On. Please join us if you can, and please share if you have friends in the Sacramento area.

June 2012

• Sun cooking enthusiast in the headlines

  Paul Barth, an avid solar cook and long time volunteer at Solar Cookers International, was recently featured with our Cookit in a news spot by station KCRA in Sacramento. Afterwards the clip was picked up by CNN, and from CNN the story spread to the Star-Tides blog, under the headline "Solar Cooking hits the Mainstream". Sounds like a technology whose time has come! For those of you who have not yet discovered the pleasure and economy of modern solar thermal cooking, why wait any longer? Build a solar cooker, or visit our online store to purchase one, to give solar cooking a try.

May 2012

• Shine On 2012 coming July 10th. Save the date!

  The volunteer team at SCI is planning Shine On 2012 on the 25th anniversary of SCI. We ask you to save the date of July 10th. The event will be at Sierra 2 in Sacramento, from 5:30 to 8:00 pm. More details to follow.

• In celebration of mothers and of the CooKit

  Each supporter donating one hundred dollars or more during the month of May will receive as a thank you gift a shiny new CooKit, "The Simple Tool That Saves Women's Lives." Thank you for your support as we work for better access to and increased recognition of solar cooking's potential at the United Nations and around the world. Enjoy these bonus solar brunch recipes, and Happy Mother's Day to you and yours!
  
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