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| − | [[Image:Barbara_Kerr_and_Sherry_Cole.jpg|left|thumb|300px|Barbara Kerr (left) with [[Sherry Cole]]]]'''Barbara Kerr''' |
+ | [[Image:Barbara_Kerr_and_Sherry_Cole.jpg|left|thumb|300px|Barbara Kerr (left) with [[Sherry Cole]]]]'''Barbara Kerr''' wass one of the primary founders of the solar cooking movement. In the early 1970s she and her friend [[Sherry Cole]] designed a cardboard [[solar box cooker ]]and an early [[solar wall oven]]. She later helped develop a panel-type solar cooker known as the [[CooKit]]. Barbara was a founding board member of [[Solar Cookers International]]. She co-founded the [http://kerr-cole.org Kerr-Cole Sustainable Living Center] in Taylor, {{State|Arizona}} (USA), where numerous solar applications and sustainable practices can still be learned. Barbara received the [http://www.ases.org/about/awards/wise.htm "Women in Solar Energy" award] from the American Solar Energy Society (ASES) in July of 2006. The award "recognizes a woman who has contributed significantly to the acceptance and advancement of women in solar by any of the following means: advocacy, education, technical efforts, contracting or implementing social change." |
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*'''July 2003:''' [http://solarcooking.org/newsletters/scrjul03.htm#Pioneers Barbara Kerr and Sherry Cole honored by the Gladys Taylor McGarey Medical Foundation for their pioneering solar cooking work] - ''[[Solar Cooker Review]]'' |
*'''July 2003:''' [http://solarcooking.org/newsletters/scrjul03.htm#Pioneers Barbara Kerr and Sherry Cole honored by the Gladys Taylor McGarey Medical Foundation for their pioneering solar cooking work] - ''[[Solar Cooker Review]]'' |
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*'''July 2002:''' [http://solarcooking.org/media/broadcast/default.htm?kerr An audio interview with Barbara Kerr] |
*'''July 2002:''' [http://solarcooking.org/media/broadcast/default.htm?kerr An audio interview with Barbara Kerr] |
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| − | *'''Barbara Kerr's Patents:''' [http://www.google.com/patents?id=LO42AAAAEBAJ&dq=barbara+kerr Solar cooker and method of assembly] '' |
+ | *'''Barbara Kerr's Patents:''' [http://www.google.com/patents?id=LO42AAAAEBAJ&dq=barbara+kerr Solar cooker and method of assembly] ''and ''[http://www.google.com/patents?id=F3UvAAAAEBAJ&printsec=abstract&zoom=4&dq=solar+oven Through The Wall Solar Cooker] |
*[http://solarcooking.org/hybrid-propane.htm The Kerr-Cole Large Solar Panel/Propane Hybrid Stoves] |
*[http://solarcooking.org/hybrid-propane.htm The Kerr-Cole Large Solar Panel/Propane Hybrid Stoves] |
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Revision as of 03:51, 3 April 2012
Barbara Kerr (left) with Sherry Cole
Barbara Kerr wass one of the primary founders of the solar cooking movement. In the early 1970s she and her friend Sherry Cole designed a cardboard solar box cooker and an early solar wall oven. She later helped develop a panel-type solar cooker known as the CooKit. Barbara was a founding board member of Solar Cookers International. She co-founded the Kerr-Cole Sustainable Living Center in Taylor, Arizona (USA), where numerous solar applications and sustainable practices can still be learned. Barbara received the "Women in Solar Energy" award from the American Solar Energy Society (ASES) in July of 2006. The award "recognizes a woman who has contributed significantly to the acceptance and advancement of women in solar by any of the following means: advocacy, education, technical efforts, contracting or implementing social change."
Recipient of Women in Solar Energy Award
The Women in Solar Energy Award was designed to recognize a woman who has contributed significantly to the acceptance and advancement of women in solar by any of the following means: advocacy, education, technical efforts, contracting or implementing social change. Barbara Prosser Kerr is recognized as one of the primary founders of the solar cooking movement. In the early 1970s she designed an early cardboard box cooker, an early solar wall oven and a solar panel cooker known as the Cookit. Solar cookers are in widespread use in Africa and elsewhere, especially in refugee camps, both to cook food and to pasteurize unsanitary water. These designs are currently used and promoted by Solar Cookers International, of which Kerr was a founding board member. She cofounded the Kerr-Cole Sustainable Living Center in Taylor, Ariz., at which numerous solar applications and sustainable practices can be learned.
Audio and video
- July 2002: Audio interview with Barbara Kerr
- March 2002: Audio interview with Barbara Kerr and Jim Scott
See also
- Solar wall oven
- Solar autoclave
- Use of the Solar Panel Cooker for Medical Pressure Steam Sterilization - Barbara Kerr
External links
- August 2010: Visiting Barbara Kerr, solar cooking pioneer - Julie Genser
- The full text of Barbara's book The Expanding World of Solar Box Cooking
- November 2006: SCI founder Barbara Kerr receives ASES award - Solar Cooker Review
- July 2003: Barbara Kerr and Sherry Cole honored by the Gladys Taylor McGarey Medical Foundation for their pioneering solar cooking work - Solar Cooker Review
- July 2002: An audio interview with Barbara Kerr
- Barbara Kerr's Patents: Solar cooker and method of assembly and Through The Wall Solar Cooker
- The Kerr-Cole Large Solar Panel/Propane Hybrid Stoves
Books by Barbara Kerr
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