Fundación EcoAndina

This Scheffler Community Kitchen focuses sunlight on an indoor cooking pot through a hole in the wall.

For many years, Fundacion EcoAndina has promoted the concept of solar villages in Jujuy province of Argentina. Among its accomplishments is the distribution of over 250 solar cookers for family use, 23 solar kitchens for community use, and a number of solar water heating and irrigation devices. Fundacion EcoAndina recently partnered with WISIONS, an initiative of the Wuppertal Institute for Climate, Environment and Energy, to “develop a strategy for the optimal use of carbon credits to make solar equipment affordable for the users.” The initial step is to use new technology to monitor 50 solar cookers in a field test and assess their CO2 reductions. According to its Web site, Fundacion EcoAndina hopes to “develop local human capacity to handle the carbon market,” and to “build an effective incentive structure for the correct and constant use of solar applications.”

News and recent developments

• August 2008: For many years, Fundacion EcoAndina has promoted the concept of solar villages in Jujuy province. Among its accomplishments is the distribution of over 250 solar cookers for family use, 23 solar kitchens for community use, and a number of solar water heating and irrigation devices. Fundacion EcoAndina recently partnered with WISIONS, an initiative of the Wuppertal Institute for Climate, Environment and Energy, to “develop a strategy for the optimal use of carbon credits to make solar equipment affordable for the users.” The initial step is to use new technology to monitor 50 solar cookers in a field test and assess their CO2 reductions. According to its Web site, Fundacion EcoAndina hopes to “develop local human capacity to handle the carbon market,” and to “build an effective incentive structure for the correct and constant use of solar applications.”

See also

• Scheffler Community Kitchen

External links

• http://www.ecoandina.org
• EcoAndina photo gallery

Contact

EcoAndina Argentina
Enrique Romero N°43
Villa Jardín de Reyes
San Salvador de Jujuy
Casilla de Correo: 10
Argentina

Tel: 0388-4922275
Fax: 0388-4261229

ecoandinapuna@yahoo.com.ar