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Thank you for supporting SCI at the United Nations Climate Change Conference (COP28)


Solar Cooking – A Pathway to Emissions Prevention and Climate Crisis Mitigation


Visionary Leadership for the Transition to Clean Technology


Care, Share, Inspire - Climate Wisdom from COP28' LIVE


COP28 Press Conference with SCI Executive Director Caitlyn Hughes and SCI Strategic Partnerships Manager Keith Wingeard


COP28 Press Conference with UN Climate Technology Centre & Network (CTCN)


COP28 Press Conference with Nahda Makers Organization


SCI COP28 Press Conference with CTCN Focal Point, Senegal and Jeunes Verts, Togo


Solar Cookers International's (SCI) presentation for the All India Women's Conference event is now available to watch!


Solar Cookers International endorses 'Clean Cooking Support Act' legislation introduced in the United States Congress

SCI statement on endorsing the 'Clean Cooking Support Act', August 2023.


Watch SCI's Side Event at this year's United Nations High-Level Political Forum 2023


SCI Shares Voices at the United Nations Commission on the Status of Women (CSW) Forum


Building Healthy and Resilient Communities in Africa to Combat the Climate Crisis


Thank you for supporting SCI at the United Nations Climate Change Conference (COP27)


COP27 Side Event at the Cryosphere Pavilion


COP27 press conference with the Nepal Bureau of Standards and Metrology (NBSM)


COP27 press conference with the UNFCCC Climate Technology Centre & Network (CTCN)


COP27 press conference with Dr. Hans André Lohayo Djamba of the Democratic Republic of Congo


COP27 press conference with the Global Warming Mitigation Project and USAID


Do you want to be a COP28 sponsor?


SCI hosts a Side Event at the United Nations High-Level Political (HLPF) Forum 2022


Honoring Mother Earth and mothers far and wide


SCI at the United Nations Commission on the Status of Women (CSW) Forum


SCI honored with a resolution by the California's State Legislature at COP26


World Bank/ Energy Sector Management Assistance Program (ESMAP) webinar featuring SCI


Highlights from COP26


SCI's World Health Organization (WHO) Side Event at COP26


COP26 Side Event at the Cryosphere Pavilion


COP26 U.S. Climate Action Center Side Event


SCI speaks at the Global Warming Mitigation Project's COP26 Press Conference


COP26 Press Conference with REN21


COP26 Press Conference with the NDC Partnership


COP26 Press Conference with the UNFCCC Climate Technology Centre & Network


COP26 Press Conference with the Clean Cooking Alliance


Solar Cooking: One Piece of the Climate Solution


Vegan and Grain Free Cookie Recipe


Cooking at Kakuma Refugee Camp


SCI featured on PBS's Studio Sacramento


Solar Cookers International named a winner of the Keeling Curve Prize


Clean Cookstoves Heat Up at Climate Summit

The US Administration announces strong support for clean cooking.


Watch SCI advocate at the United Nations High-Level Political Forum


Can you solar cook bread on a cold day?


SCI at the Commission on the Status of Women (CSW) Virtual Event


What is your favorite solar cooked dish to have in the spring?


A Sweet Treat with SCI Board Member Dr. Peg Barratt


How and why I give to Solar Cookers International


Can you solar cook in the Arctic?


Kenya Order of Excellence


Thank you for making a difference with SCI in 2020


Solar cooking's positive impacts for women and the environment


SCI share successes at the ReEnergy Africa E-Summit


DARE to Solar Cook - The Physics of Cooking with Sunshine


SCI shares solar cooking techniques for the American Solar Energy Society's Solar Tour


Converging Approaches to Sustainable Resilience


What does solar cooking mean to you? SCI supporter Maria shares her story


SCI Board Member Monica Woods discusses the importance of solar cooking solutions in addressing global climate and health challenges


John Collentine Toolkit Naming Ceremony


Solar Cooking with SCI Board Member Dr. Peg Barratt


Ways to Improve Your Meaningful Charitable Gifts


SCI Tribute to Dr. Sonia Heptonstall


10 Reasons Solar Cooking is Essential During a Global Health Crisis (and Beyond)


What is your favorite thing to solar cook?


Adopting Solar Cooking on a Grander Scale


Solar Cooking in Kenya: It's a Blessing


Making a Difference, Today and Tomorrow


From the Journal of Pat McArdle


SCI Board Member Monica Woods shares her legacy


Myth busting solar cooking


"Our Planet Our Future" with SCI and You


Introducing Dr. Shishpal Rawat


Celebrating 2019 Successes and Looking Ahead to 2020


A special message from Kakuma Refugee Camp, Kenya…


SCI supporter Darwin Curtis makes solar cooking research possible


Rob's Journal from the UN Climate Change Conference


COP25 Press Conferences


United Nations Climate Change Conference COP25


Sharing the solution of solar cooking at the UC Solar Thermal Technologies Symposium


Meet Mindy Fox - SCI Special Projects Manager


SCI presentation at the Nyack Library

Written by SCI Science Director and Main Representative of SCI to the United Nations Alan Bigelow, Ph.D.


Solar Cookers International featured in The New Yorker magazine


Solar Cookers International is Highlighted in The Environmental Poll as a Solution to Environmental Challenges


What it’s like representing SCI at the United Nations High Level Political Forum


Solar Cookers International chapter published in United Nations book “A Better World: Actions and commitments to the Sustainable Development Goals”


3.3+ Million Solar Cookers and Counting

See the impact of 3.3+ million solar cookers!


Alan's Journal on Kakuma Refugee Camp, Kenya


SCI’s PEP test allows manufacturers and consumers to understand the cooking power of solar cookers


Doing the most good


The gift of cooking with the safe, clean energy of the sun


School of Engineering and Sciences developing solar cooking technology into their curriculum


Offsetting Carbon: SCI and the American Academy of Arts and Letters Set a Stunning Lead to Follow


SCI Welcomes the Sacramento School of Science and Engineering


Brave, strong, and selfless. Tributes to women and mothers


SCI Awards the Order of Excellence to the Republic of the Marshall Islands


Mr. Doran Smout, leaving a legacy of dedication and generosity


SCI Welcomes Dr. Peg Barratt

SCI is thrilled to announce Dr. Peg Barratt as SCI's newest board member


The CooKit: An Effective and Economical Choice for Solar Cooks Around the World


Can open-source solar cooker designs deliver performance?


Beverly Blum has been an ardent advocate of solar cooking


The Case for Using Partners


From the Journal of Barbara Jodry


United Nations Climate Change Conference | COP24


Why I joined SCI’s legacy circle

Written by SCI Executive Director Caitlyn Hughes.


SCI Advocating at the United Nations High-Level Political Forum (HLPF) 2018

The annual High-Level Political Forum (HLPF) held at the United Nations in New York City each July is one of SCI’s top advocacy opportunities to promote solar cooking.


SCI opening new doors in France and Switzerland with WHO


New Executive Director Hired for International Organization Leading Critical Environment and Global Health Effort


Strengthening the capacity for solar cooking in Haiti

Written by SCI Science Director and Main Representative of SCI to the UN Alan Bigelow, Ph.D.


Solar: Cooking Power of the Future

Solar cooker technologies have improved in quality and performance over the past 30 years.


Exploring an Exciting New Partnership-Cardinal Peter K.A. Turkson and the  Dicastery for the Promotion of Integral Human Development


Improving lives through solar cooking in Kakuma Refugee Camp, Kenya


Great.com Interviews SCI About Drastically Cutting Our Carbon Footprint And Improving Our Health


How will you make a lasting impact?


Rebecca enjoys a solar cooked meal at Kakuma Refugee Camp, Kenya


Constructing open-source solar cookers for SCI


Help shape the future of Solar Cookers International!


SCI at the United Nations Commission on the Status of Women (CSW68) Forum