Green Living
Alternative Cooking - Solar Household Energy
By Kat Vaughan
I just came across a very cool product used for cooking, a HotPot, or solar cooker. It is manufactured in Mexico and distributed by Solar Household Energy in the US. The HotPot is a very innovative solution for the millions of people who cook using biomass material (wood, animal, dung, crop residue). Biomass material for fuel is extremely toxic when used over a long period of time and results in serious health consequences, including lung cancer, respiratory problems, asthma, pneumonia, bronchitis, low birth rate, cataracts, TB, and higher infant mortality.
The HotPot can bake, stew, boil, braise and fry food. Solar cookers address seven of the eight United Nations’ Millennium Development Goals:
1. Eradicate extreme poverty and hunger
2. Achieve universal primary education
3. Promote gender equality and empower women
4. Reduce child mortality
5. Improve maternal health
6. Ensure environmental sustainability
7. Develop a global partnership for development
The cost for each one is about $100.
I just came across a very cool product used for cooking, a HotPot, or solar cooker. It is manufactured in Mexico and distributed by Solar Household Energy in the US. The HotPot is a very innovative solution for the millions of people who cook using biomass material (wood, animal, dung, crop residue). Biomass material for fuel is extremely toxic when used over a long period of time and results in serious health consequences, including lung cancer, respiratory problems, asthma, pneumonia, bronchitis, low birth rate, cataracts, TB, and higher infant mortality.
The HotPot can bake, stew, boil, braise and fry food. Solar cookers address seven of the eight United Nations’ Millennium Development Goals:
1. Eradicate extreme poverty and hunger
2. Achieve universal primary education
3. Promote gender equality and empower women
4. Reduce child mortality
5. Improve maternal health
6. Ensure environmental sustainability
7. Develop a global partnership for development
The cost for each one is about $100.
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XO - The Most Innovative and Green Computer!
By Kat Vaughan
One Laptop per Child has created the most innovative and green educational tool for children in the developing world: the XO computer. This computer is environmentally friendly - it uses the least amount of power, minimizes toxic waste, has a long life, is very durable and completely recyclable! This nifty computer can run on hand-cranked energy or solar - yes, powered by the sun - so any student, anywhere can use this computer and "learn learning" as the innovators envisioned. Imagine, a child in the remotest part of the earth could have access to technology; this will alter the course of education globally. These green-and-white, light weight, laptops are only $200 but the catch is that you must buy two - one for you and one to donate. Cool! If any of you readers buy an XO, consider donating to Globally Minded Works!
One Laptop per Child has created the most innovative and green educational tool for children in the developing world: the XO computer. This computer is environmentally friendly - it uses the least amount of power, minimizes toxic waste, has a long life, is very durable and completely recyclable! This nifty computer can run on hand-cranked energy or solar - yes, powered by the sun - so any student, anywhere can use this computer and "learn learning" as the innovators envisioned. Imagine, a child in the remotest part of the earth could have access to technology; this will alter the course of education globally. These green-and-white, light weight, laptops are only $200 but the catch is that you must buy two - one for you and one to donate. Cool! If any of you readers buy an XO, consider donating to Globally Minded Works!