Exhibit will Feature Solar Thermal Cookers from Around the World

Solar Cookers International will exhibit solar thermal cookers from around the world that are being used to prepare food and safe drinking water. Almost three billion people still cook their daily meals over open fires using various forms of biomass — wood, dung, charcoal and agricultural waste — depleting the earth’s rapidly vanishing forests and groundcover.

Solar thermal cooking is clean technology. It is a technology that will save the environment, preserve trees, soil, and clean air. Solar cooking significantly reduces the need to forage for biomass fuel and frees children to attend school and women to engage in income generating activities. It reduces black carbon and saves lives by eliminating contaminated indoor air. At minimal cost, solar cooking improves the lives of families, increasing their income, empowering women and keeping families together.