were honored to have with us 89 year old Sherry Cole, who together with Barbara Kerr designed the box cooker in the 1970’s. Their groundbreaking work led to the creation of Solar Cookers International, a nonprofit organization that works with people worldwide to promote solar cooking and improve quality of life. While solar cookers are a fun alternative here in the Sonoran Desert, they are life saving devices in other parts of the world, where they are used to purify drinking water and sterilize medical instruments, not to mention save women from having to walk miles to find firewood and inhale smoke while cooking. They have been successfully introduced in refugee camps, and it is our hope that word about the benefits of solar cooking will continue to spread through the Roots & Shoots global network. Solar Cooking for Kids! was funded by a grant from the Captain Planet Foundation through Earth Day Arizona, Inc. Photo by Amy Kennedy Photography.
Friday, April 21, 2006
SOLAR COOKING FOR KIDS!
On March 25 and again on April 21, we had perfect cloudless days for this popular event, where children and their parents learned about the principles of solar cooking from Leslie Cole and Lora Boge, built their own “Cookit” model solar ovens, and sampled their own solar cooked foods – delicious nachos, biscuits, and cookies. Some food was shared with homeless individuals in the park, inspiring one 10 year old member to consider the issue of homelessness as a future service learning venue for our group. We 
were honored to have with us 89 year old Sherry Cole, who together with Barbara Kerr designed the box cooker in the 1970’s. Their groundbreaking work led to the creation of Solar Cookers International, a nonprofit organization that works with people worldwide to promote solar cooking and improve quality of life. While solar cookers are a fun alternative here in the Sonoran Desert, they are life saving devices in other parts of the world, where they are used to purify drinking water and sterilize medical instruments, not to mention save women from having to walk miles to find firewood and inhale smoke while cooking. They have been successfully introduced in refugee camps, and it is our hope that word about the benefits of solar cooking will continue to spread through the Roots & Shoots global network. Solar Cooking for Kids! was funded by a grant from the Captain Planet Foundation through Earth Day Arizona, Inc. Photo by Amy Kennedy Photography.
were honored to have with us 89 year old Sherry Cole, who together with Barbara Kerr designed the box cooker in the 1970’s. Their groundbreaking work led to the creation of Solar Cookers International, a nonprofit organization that works with people worldwide to promote solar cooking and improve quality of life. While solar cookers are a fun alternative here in the Sonoran Desert, they are life saving devices in other parts of the world, where they are used to purify drinking water and sterilize medical instruments, not to mention save women from having to walk miles to find firewood and inhale smoke while cooking. They have been successfully introduced in refugee camps, and it is our hope that word about the benefits of solar cooking will continue to spread through the Roots & Shoots global network. Solar Cooking for Kids! was funded by a grant from the Captain Planet Foundation through Earth Day Arizona, Inc. Photo by Amy Kennedy Photography.
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