VOLUME 1, #2 JANUARY 2008

SOLAR COOKERS
INTERNATIONAL ASSOCIATION
OF INDEPENDENT SOLAR COOKERS EXPERTS
“SHOOTING STARS CREATING A GALAXY OF
INTERNATIONAL ADVOCACY AND NETWORKING”
Solar Cookers International
1919 21st St., #101, Sacramento, CA 95811 USA

ORGANIZATION IN THIS ISSUE: DUES, TASKS FOR 2008

MEMBERS

2008 DUES BUSY ADVOCATES

AkayConsult, MALAYSIA
All India Women's Conference,
INDIA Fees for joining and renewing mem- Leading solar cookers Advocates met in New
Assoc. pour Dev. de L'energie bership in SCIA during 2008 are vol- York in December and volunteered for 32 tasks
Solaire, SWITZERLAND
Association for Renewable Energy untary, removing a barrier for some in 2008, involving the following agencies:
Cooking Appliances (AFRECA),
SOUTH AFRICA
solar cooker experts. Instead, mem- U.N. World Health Organization,
Avinashilingam Deemed University, berships will require confirming/ U. N. ECOSOC ’08,
INDIA
Barli Development Institute for updating your contact information U.N. Commission on Sustainable Dev.
Rural Women, Indore, INDIA
Bezalel Self Help Group, KENYA
and give a brief summary of your (CSD16),
Center for Development with Solar solar cooker-related activities, if any, U. N. High Comm. for Refugees,
Energy (CEDESOL), BOLIVIA
Center for Development with Solar at least every two years. Watch for an Practical Action,
Energy (CEDESOL), PARAGUAY
Centre for Rural Technology,
email soon asking for this info. THIS World Bank,
(CRT/N), NEPAL IS A GOOD TIME TO ENCOURAGE Sustainable Energy Conf. in Abu Dhabi in
Chincani Tarapur Education Soci-
ety, INDIA SOLAR COOKERS ORGANIZATIONS IN March,
Clarte-Dieu, Abbaye de la, FRANCE YOUR PART OF THE WORLD TO JOIN. U. N. Comm. on Trade Agreements,
Componente Acceso a Servicios
Energiticos (COPASA-GTZ) In place of fixed dues we seek and U. S. Peace Corps,
BOLIVIA
encourage voluntary donations from Cooper-Hewitt Museum (Smithsonian), Green
Dev. Assoc. for Renewable Ener-
gies, INDIA all members as they are able. Sug-
Energy exhibit in DC, and
Energia Solar Andina S.R.L., Partnerships for Clean Indoor Air.
BOLIVIA gested range for individuals - $15 –
Escola Superior de Tecnologia da
$50 US/ 10€ - 35€, and for organiza-
Universidade do Algarve,
PORTUGAL
For more details or if you have contacts with any
tions - $50 – $300 US/ 35€ – 200€ .
Falk Solar, BOLIVIA of the above please contact Patrick Widner at
Foerderverein fur Solarkocher Donations are payable by credit card
(FSK) SWITZERLAND patrick@solarcookers.org.
Foundation for Sustainable Tech- at www.solarcookers.org.
nologies (FoST) NEPAL
Freeborn International Self-Help
(FISH), NIGERIA
Friendly Appropriate Solar Tech-
ADVOCACY TASKS FOR ALL OF US
nologies (FAST) USA
Fundación Inti Uma, ECUADOR Several of the 32 ADVO- publicity materials you have SCIA to associa-
Gadhia Solar Energy Systems, Pvt. CACY tasks involve all of us: developed at http:// tion@solarcookers.org or
Ltd., INDIA
Girl Guides Assoc. of Zimbabwe, solarcooking.wikia.com/ blumbev@aol.com
1. Fill gaps in the solar
ZIMBABWE
cooking archive website on wiki/ 5. Help educate your na-
GloboSol, SWITZERLAND
Hag Global Limited your promotion work and 3. Join Partnerships for tion’s government on the
Indian Institute of Management
Calcutta, INDIA field projects by sending Clean Indoor Air (free) and economics of imports and
Instituto Ecuatoriano de Investiga- summaries of your work to get on their website’s World subsidies of fossil fuels.
ciones y Capitación de la Mujer http://solarcooking.wikia.
(IECAIM), ECUADOR
Map at www.PCIAonline.org 6. See also David Whit-
International Center for Network- com/wiki or, if you prefer, to
ing, Ecology Education & 4. Send suggestions for field’s request for long
webmaster@solarcooking.org
Reintegration (ICNEER), INDIA data research or writing range planning volunteers,
International Solar Energy Society 2. Share project evalua- projects suitable for student p. 2
(cont. next page) tions, advocacy data and interns to work on for SCI/
 SCI ASSOCIATION
ORGANIZATION
MEMBERS
(CONT.)
Japan Solar Cooking Association,
JAPAN
Joka Organisation for Protection
of Environment and Develop-
ment (JOKA OPED), INDIA
Keen Youth Malawi, MALAWI
Kerr-Cole Sustainable Living
Center, USA
Kyoto Twist Solar Cooking Soci-
ety, CANADA
Luwero Kids League, UGANDA
M/S. Padmaja Food Products,
INDIA
Micro Enterprise Solar Harvest,
USA
Mueller Solartechnik, GERMANY
New Energy Works
Niño a Niño, MEXICO
Parroquia Santa Rosa de Lima,
EL SALVADOR
Partnership Intergrated Sustain-
able Energy, ETHIOPIA
Prince Jankibai Trust, INDIA
Project HOPE, USA
Proyectos Solares Inteligentes,
COLUMBIA
Promoters & Researchers in Non
Conventional Energy (PRINCE),
INDIA
Rapts Development Project,
UGANDA
Red Cosina Solar (RECOSOL),
CHILE
Renewable and Appropriate En-
ergy Laboratory, U. of Califor-
nia, USA
Rotary Club of Fresno, USA
Rotary Club of Kusinta-Lusaka,
ZAMBIA
Rotary Club of Seyhan, TURKEY
Sobre la Roca Energias Alternati-
vas, BOLIVIA
Sol Sustenance, Inc., AUSTRALIA
Solar Connect Association,
UGANDA
Solar Cookers International, USA
Solar Cookers Int’l, Eastern Africa,
KENYA
Solar Energy for West Africa,
(SEWA) GERMANY
Solar Cooking Foundation-the
Netherlands, NETHERLANDS
Solar Health & Education Project
(SHEP) SWITZ.
Solar Household Energy (SHE-Inc),
USA
Solea Consult, SPAIN
Stichting KoZon, NETHERLANDS
Sun Baked, CANADA
Sun Fire, SOUTH AFRICA
Sustainable Living Center, USA
Terre de la Paix, D. R. CONGO
Tle Nafa, BURKINA FASO
ULOG Freiburg, GERMANY
Vestergaard Frandsen A/S,
DENMARK
Welfare Society for Disabled
People, UGANDA
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INDIVIDUAL MEMBERS NETWORKING FOR
PROGRAM SKILLS
ANONYMOUS (5), Yahaya Ahmed NIGERIA, Frank Albrecht PORTUGAL, Richard Andel-
man, John B. Anderson CANADA, Lawrence Arnstein USA, Marlett Balmer SOUTH AF-
Here’s just one example of
shared info we hope to post on
RICA, Roland Baumann SWITZERLAND, Luis Gabriel Becerra COLUMBIA, Rolf Behringer
GERMANY, Clement Bitayi UGANDA, Jack Blanks USA, Ana Blatnik COSTA RICA, Bev a new archive web page,
Blum USA, William Bradley USA, Kurt Buxmann SWITZ., Rodrigo Carpio ECUADOR,
“Program evaluations.”
Maricarmen Carranza PERU, Jennifer Catriana USA, Ajay G. Chandak INDIA, Punya
Chaudhuri SWEDEN, Patrick Chiwawa MALAWI, Janeth R. Cossio BOLIVIA, Alison Curtis MONITORING TOOLS: Project
SWITZ., Fabiola Cuvi-Ortiz ECUADOR, Katharine Dahl-Bredine MEXICO, Tarit Kumar Datta
INDIA, Mamata Dutta INDIA, Reinhard Mayer Falk BOLIVIA, Rigel Ferrin USA, Marco monitoring tools were taught in
Flores BOLIVIA, Torben Vestergaard Frandsen DENMARK, Maroshi Fujii JAPAN, Shirin workshops in Guatemala,
Gadhia INDIA, Deepak Gadhia INDIA, Rowena Gerber USA, Victor Gimenez Garcia Uganda, Sri Lanka, Vietnam
SPAIN, Meredith Gossland USA, Elena Guerrero Guerra SPAIN, Shahjahan S/o A Hamed
PAKISTAN, Karen Hartman, Sonia Heptonstall SWITZ., Monika Hermann-Sanou GER-
and South Africa, to generate
MANY, Naim Janmohamed SWITZERLAND, Joyce Jett SWITZERLAND, Vernon Johnston credible evidence of impact.
USA, Wietske Jongbloed NETHERLANDS, Ingelore Kahrens GERMANY, Sylvan Kimour These were organized by Part-
Kalubi REP. CONGO, Dan Kammen USA, Alex Kee MALAYSIA, Barbara Kerr USA,
nerships for Clean Indoor Air,
Stephen Kerr CANADA, Agnes Klingshirn GERMANY, Arline J. Lederman USA, Allart &
Ineke Ligtenberg USA, Carolyn Luce SPAIN, Gordon Magney AFGHANISTAN, Patricia the U. S. Environmental Protec-
McArdle USA, Janak & Jimmy McGilligan INDIA, Crosby Menzies SOUTH AFRICA, Robert tion Agency, World Health Or-
& Mary Beth Metcalf USA, Jill Miller-Cranko ZIMBABWE, Nick Money ZAMBIA, Nicolas ganization, the Center for En-
Moussette ENGLAND, Bernie Mueller GERMANY, Kawesa Mukasa UGANDA, Kennedy
Mulela KENYA, Sathyavathi Muthu INDIA, Julius Mutunga Kiva KENYA, Kathrin Nabholz
trepreneurship in International
SWITZ., Yuichi Nakajo JAPAN, Valentine Ndibalema SWITZ., Barbara Nixon, Vincent Health and Development, Win-
Nnanna UGANDA, Johnson Obilanade, Joseph Odey NIGERIA, Beth Ogilvie USA, Mi- rock International and Aprove-
chael Ogonga KENYA, Jonathon Orpin, Therese Osborne EL SALVADOR, Margaret C.A.
cho. Future workshops focus-
Owino KENYA, D. M. Oza INDIA, S. Padmaja INDIA, Abdullah S. Paksoy TURKEY,
Cherry Pascual USA, Janine Pater NETHERLANDS, Pamela Pearce USA, Jaya K. Pillai ing on social marketing will be
INDIA, Wilfred & Marie Pimentel USA, Claude Pulfer PARAGUAY, Simon Rakotoniana publicized through HEDON, and
FRANCE, C.B. Jagadeeswara Reddy INDIA, Mona Rizig SUDAN, Celestino Rodrigues
www.pciaonline.org.
Ruivo PORTUGAL, Ibrahim Kizindo Salim UGANDA, Arnold Rosenthal, Ruth Graciela
Saavedra BOLIVIA, Inigo Ruiz Sanchez-Marin SPAIN, Jim Scott USA, Pedro Serrano Workshop materials are avail-
CHILE, Anne Shackman USA, Brinda Shah, Ganesh Ram Shrestha NEPAL, Sanu Kaji
Shrestha NEPAL, Rajanikant Shroff INDIA, Derek & Stephanie Smith USA, Pedro Sol-
able online at PCIA, HEDON
berg BRAZIL, Richard Stolz USA, Herliyani Suharta INDONESIA, Busobozi Tegras and WHO websites.
UGANDA, Clara Thomas NETHERLANDS, Yasuko Torii JAPAN, R.F. van de Weg NETHER-
LANDS, Michael Vehar USA, Heinz Vetter SWITZERLAND, Ellen Waks, Deling Wang
USA, Mathias Weber SO. AFRICA, Bronwyn White AUSTRALIA, David Whitfield BOLIVIA,
Solar Cookers Int’l
ASSOCIATION
is an affiliate of
Steering Committee Chair David Whitfield says: Solar Cookers International
1919 21st St., #101
Sacramento, CA 95814 USA
Dear friends, SCIA - advocacy and network-
Www.solarcookers.org
ing. SCIA’s purpose is to “improve health,
ACTIONS PLEASE:
In the meantime, we wel- economics, societies and environments
1. Participate in an online confer- come SCI’s "legal um- through collective actions to spread
ence (below) that is discussing brella" and other support solar cooking, pasteurizing and food
important issues relevant to all of including its web sites, news- processing.”
us and to funding projects . http://
letter, data banks, advocacy To learn more and support this work,
www.hedon.info/goto.php/Carbon channels, etc. We need to contact Secretariat Bev Blum at
SIGConferenceJanuary 2008 build a strong foundation for blumbev@aol.com or
2. Join Partnerships for Clean an active network. association @solarcookers.org
Indoor Air - www.pciaonline.org - A major issue is visibil-
(free). By individually joining PCIA, ity. WE DO NOT HAVE ANY!
we can help our collective voice be solar cooker experts from its
So, working with SCI, lets
heard on the benefits of solar and International Directory during
begin to create that visibility
integrated cooking systems and an upcoming update by SCI.
for each of your individual
we can all be listed on its World This will strengthen SCIA for
programs and also for collec-
Map. Please up date me on your powerful collective advocacy
tive actions both within and
and networking as the Int'l
participation in both activities. beyond SCI and its wiki and
Dir. becomes once again
archive web sites. See more
3. Volunteer to help plan SCIA’s timely and useful to us all. At
future. Would you be willing to suggestions on front page. the same time I’d like to plan
serve on a committee to draw up Greater communication and ahead. Please send com-
long range plans? I believe that interaction within the mem- ments and ideas
someday SCIA should grow to be- bership are necessary (david.cedesol@gmail.com).
to achieve a greater member-
come a separate entity. I also favor
a specific web site to focus specifi- ship base. Bev will work with Abrazos to all,
cally on the business related to SCI to recruit more of the David