SCI News and Events

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!
  
  Make your donation here.

See also: News Archive