VENTURE: Integrated Solar Cooking
Posted on 13. Apr, 2009 by Charles Tsai in E-Ventures, Environment
Max Ozimek, 14, USA - I am starting an integrated solar cooking project in Obia-Zeu, Uganda. Integrated solar cooking uses solar cookers, rocket stoves, and haybaskets to reduce the use of firewood as a fuel source.
Solar cookers are used to cook cleanly and inexpensively when the sun is shining. Fuel efficient stoves (“rocket stoves”) are made out of organic materials and use only a few pieces of wood to cook when the sun isn’t shining. Haybaskets are insulated woven baskets used to retain heat and finish cooking a meal when the sun goes away or to conserve firewood.
I did a school science project on solar cooking last year and learned how it can help women in developing countries who have to spend long hours collecting firewood and don’t have time to work or get an education.
After I finished my project I met a priest from Uganda who lives here in Ohio; he told me about life in his village and I told him how solar cookers could help. I started this project to help the people in Obia-Zeu have an alternative to walking long distances, to cutting down all their trees and to cooking over smoky fires.
Me, on day 4 of the solar cooking workshop in Uganda. For more photos see: www.imageevent.com/uganda. You can lalso ink to my wiki site.
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Charles Tsai
30. Dec, 2008
Hi Max, awesome project you’re working on. I’m curious… is this solar cooker something you invented or adapted?
Or was it designed entirely by someone else? I’m wondering whether we should enter you into the invention campaign as well.
To qualify, the technology should be invented or adapted.
Max Ozimek
30. Dec, 2008
I didn’t invent it – I just learned about integrated solar cooking and decided it made sense for this project. Solar Cookers International is giving me a lot of guidance and they recommend integrated solar cooking. Also there is a man in California, Wilfred Pimentel, who gave me information on it too. It would be good if more solar cooks used fuel efficient stoves and haybaskets because it does save firewood when the sun isn’t shining.
Charles Tsai
02. Jan, 2009
Great. Thanks for the reply!!
Total Solar Energy
04. Jan, 2009
solar cookers are literally life-savers in remote regions of the world where people don’t have access to electricity.
Cooking Cherry
13. Jul, 2009
Great that you are helping others. We in AZ have been having solar tea for years with ice. It is a refreshing drink and with three tea bags, a gallon jar, plastic or glass with water and a cover you can have solar tea within a couple of hours – According to how hot it is and where you place the container.
Thanks for helping others!