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| − | '''Lorena Harp''' is a solar cooking educator and [[HotPot]] distributor in Oaxaca, [[Mexico]]. |
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| + | [[File:Lorena_Harp_2019.jpg|thumb|350px|[[Lorena Harp]] demonstrates solar cooker to project participant in September 2019]] |
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| ⚫ | *'''November 2012: GloboSol annual report: Switzerland/Germany - Partner-meeting “Skillshare”''' - As a “première”, some of our closest friends and solar colleagues from various foreign countries were invited to visit [[Globosol]] with [[Michael Götz]]. In the course of a manifold study and sight-seeing program, they also became acquainted with parts of [[Switzerland]] and southern [[Germany]]. Unfortunately only two guests were able to participate: [[Lorena Harp]] from Oaxaca, [[Mexico]], the co-organizer of the project “Food-stalls in Mexico”, and |
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| + | [[File:Cocineros_Solares_January_2020_San_Miguel_Del_Valle,_Mexico.jpg|thumb|350px|{{NewFeb20}}[[Haines 1]] cookers displayed after a workshop near Oaxaca, [[Mexico]] in 2020]] |
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| + | '''Lorena Harp''' was born in Oaxaca City, where she completed his basic studies. She attended the Bachelor of Education and Language in Mexico City, working later in Special Education Institutions in the Edo. From Oaxaca. |
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| + | Later, she graduated in Ecotourism at CIIDIR, and did professional activities at WWF and Geoconservation, registering several rural communities. Later, she joined the Olla Solar project, invited by the Mexican Fund for the Conservation of Nature, AC and Solar Household Energy, Inc., collaborating as coordinator of the Southeast region for 6 years, during which she trained a large number of women in the solar kitchen. |
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| + | After, she traveled to India to participate in the International Solar Food Processing Conference 2009 (ISES), and returning to the Ecology Department of the Alfredo Harp Helú Foundation for 8 years, with Organic Gardening and Environmental Education activities in rural schools and indigenous communities. |
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| + | During that time, she collaborated with Cocina Solar México in a project for the installation of solar systems to street vendors, from which the famous Solar Taquero was derived; visiting Switzerland and Germany to present the project to the sponsors of those two countries. |
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| + | She has been working on solar cooking projects for 15 years and is an independent consultant for Solar Household Energy, in a pilot project to introduce Haines Solar Ovens in communities in the Oaxaca Valley, which are distributed through leading local promoters of clean energy, who They keep track of the users in each population, to achieve an important adoption and impact of this technology in the State of Oaxaca. |
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| + | After the earthquake of September of this year, she has delivered donations of solar ovens from various organizations and taught 4 cooking workshops on the Isthmus of Tehuantepec, the most affected by the earthquake, as an option for people to prepare their food, as well as an opportunity for people to adopt new technologies, using totally clean and free energy, such as sunlight. |
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| + | One of the important goals is the operation of a social enterprise that includes the local manufacture of Haines solar furnaces to facilitate distribution and lower costs in the state of Oaxaca and Mexico. |
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| + | [[File:SHE,_Loretta_Harp_Haines_cooker_intiative,_1-13-20.png|thumb|300px|Rural customers from {{State|Oaxaca}}, [[Mexico]], have adopted the [[Haines Solar Cooker]]. ''Photo credit: Lorena Harp'']] |
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| + | *{{NewJan20}}'''January 2020: Scaling up Lorena Harp's Haines Solar Cooker Enterprise in Mexico''' - [[Solar Household Energy]] is currently supporting [[Mexico|Mexican]] solar cooking expert [[Lorena Harp]] in her dream to bring solar cooking to the rural women of Oaxaca State through a sustainable social enterprise. Prior to launch of the initiative, Lorena conducted local market research and optimized the HSC for local consumer preferences. She then trained three rural women to become “solar cooking ambassadors” to sell HSCs for 500 pesos (about $25 USD) on a commission basis (earning 200 pesos, about $10 USD) to members of their communities and provide follow-up support to maximize adoption of this alternative cooking model. [http://www.she-inc.org/?p=2983 More information...] |
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| + | *{{NewSep19}}'''September 2019:''' [http://www.ipsnews.net/2019/08/mexican-women-use-sunlight-instead-firewood-gas-cook-meals/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=mexican-women-use-sunlight-instead-firewood-gas-cook-meals Mexican Women Use Sunlight Instead of Firewood or Gas to Cook Meals] - ''Inter Press Service'' |
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| + | *{{NewSep17}}'''September 2017:''' [[Solar Household Energy]] has partnered with Lorena Harp to provide solar cookers to earthquake victims in Mexico, as well as launch a new solar cooker social enterprise in the country. The partnership will work to "carry out market research, optimize the [[Haines Solar Cooker]] and its pot for adoption by rural women, train solar cooking ambassadors, and establish [Lorena Harp's] business, with the end goal of becoming financially sustainable." [https://www.facebook.com/SolarHousholdEnergy/posts/1481260701920990 More information...] |
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| ⚫ | *'''November 2012: GloboSol annual report: Switzerland/Germany - Partner-meeting “Skillshare”''' - As a “première”, some of our closest friends and solar colleagues from various foreign countries were invited to visit [[Globosol]] with [[Michael Götz]]. In the course of a manifold study and sight-seeing program, they also became acquainted with parts of [[Switzerland]] and southern [[Germany]]. Unfortunately only two guests were able to participate: [[Lorena Harp]] from Oaxaca, [[Mexico]], the co-organizer of the project “Food-stalls in Mexico”, and Sourakatou Ouro-Bangna, head of the solar center “Solasol” in Sokode, [[Togo]]. It was a stimulating event that nevertheless raised questions and unfortunately required significant administrative expense. |
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==See also== |
==See also== |
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| + | * [[Cocina Solar Mexico]] |
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==Contact== |
==Contact== |
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Lorena Harp demonstrates solar cooker to project participant in September 2019
Haines 1 cookers displayed after a workshop near Oaxaca, Mexico in 2020
Lorena Harp was born in Oaxaca City, where she completed his basic studies. She attended the Bachelor of Education and Language in Mexico City, working later in Special Education Institutions in the Edo. From Oaxaca.
Later, she graduated in Ecotourism at CIIDIR, and did professional activities at WWF and Geoconservation, registering several rural communities. Later, she joined the Olla Solar project, invited by the Mexican Fund for the Conservation of Nature, AC and Solar Household Energy, Inc., collaborating as coordinator of the Southeast region for 6 years, during which she trained a large number of women in the solar kitchen.
After, she traveled to India to participate in the International Solar Food Processing Conference 2009 (ISES), and returning to the Ecology Department of the Alfredo Harp Helú Foundation for 8 years, with Organic Gardening and Environmental Education activities in rural schools and indigenous communities. During that time, she collaborated with Cocina Solar México in a project for the installation of solar systems to street vendors, from which the famous Solar Taquero was derived; visiting Switzerland and Germany to present the project to the sponsors of those two countries. She has been working on solar cooking projects for 15 years and is an independent consultant for Solar Household Energy, in a pilot project to introduce Haines Solar Ovens in communities in the Oaxaca Valley, which are distributed through leading local promoters of clean energy, who They keep track of the users in each population, to achieve an important adoption and impact of this technology in the State of Oaxaca.
After the earthquake of September of this year, she has delivered donations of solar ovens from various organizations and taught 4 cooking workshops on the Isthmus of Tehuantepec, the most affected by the earthquake, as an option for people to prepare their food, as well as an opportunity for people to adopt new technologies, using totally clean and free energy, such as sunlight.
One of the important goals is the operation of a social enterprise that includes the local manufacture of Haines solar furnaces to facilitate distribution and lower costs in the state of Oaxaca and Mexico.
News
Rural customers from Oaxaca, Mexico, have adopted the Haines Solar Cooker. Photo credit: Lorena Harp
- January 2020: Scaling up Lorena Harp's Haines Solar Cooker Enterprise in Mexico - Solar Household Energy is currently supporting Mexican solar cooking expert Lorena Harp in her dream to bring solar cooking to the rural women of Oaxaca State through a sustainable social enterprise. Prior to launch of the initiative, Lorena conducted local market research and optimized the HSC for local consumer preferences. She then trained three rural women to become “solar cooking ambassadors” to sell HSCs for 500 pesos (about $25 USD) on a commission basis (earning 200 pesos, about $10 USD) to members of their communities and provide follow-up support to maximize adoption of this alternative cooking model. More information...
- September 2019: Mexican Women Use Sunlight Instead of Firewood or Gas to Cook Meals - Inter Press Service
- September 2017: Solar Household Energy has partnered with Lorena Harp to provide solar cookers to earthquake victims in Mexico, as well as launch a new solar cooker social enterprise in the country. The partnership will work to "carry out market research, optimize the Haines Solar Cooker and its pot for adoption by rural women, train solar cooking ambassadors, and establish [Lorena Harp's] business, with the end goal of becoming financially sustainable." More information...
- November 2012: GloboSol annual report: Switzerland/Germany - Partner-meeting “Skillshare” - As a “première”, some of our closest friends and solar colleagues from various foreign countries were invited to visit Globosol with Michael Götz. In the course of a manifold study and sight-seeing program, they also became acquainted with parts of Switzerland and southern Germany. Unfortunately only two guests were able to participate: Lorena Harp from Oaxaca, Mexico, the co-organizer of the project “Food-stalls in Mexico”, and Sourakatou Ouro-Bangna, head of the solar center “Solasol” in Sokode, Togo. It was a stimulating event that nevertheless raised questions and unfortunately required significant administrative expense.
Audio and video
See also
Contact
- See Cocina Solar Mexico.Cocina Solar Mexico