Thank you for signing up! Solar Cooking Saves Trees and Does
Global Good The next time you turn on the stove to boil water,
think about this: Between 50 and 60 percent of the world’s
population — more than 3 billion people — still build fires with
wood and other biofuels to cook meals. That’s a lot of trees
going up in smoke — and contributing to deforestation, as well
as climate change. Burning wood releases carbon dioxide into the
atmosphere. What’s more, social action groups say widespread
reliance on cooking fires is leading to health and social
problems including respiratory illness, poverty and even violent
crime in many regions. The team at nonprofit Solar Household
Energy (SHE) says there’s a solution that comes up every day:
The sun. SHE and other organizations including Solar Cookers
International, Jewish World Watch and the Solar Oven Society are
bringing solar ovens and education into remote communities in
countries around the world. How can something barely bigger than
a breadbox do that much goo