permaculture

[Toby Hemenway <toby@patternliteracy.com>]

People I know took solar box cookers to Chad and taught villagers to use
them. They came back a year later to follow up, and couldn't find a single
box cooker. No one would tell them what happened to them, until they noticed
that lots of the people's clothing had shiny bits of mylar sewn into it.
Somewhat self-consciously one of the villagers explained, "We cook with
wood. But look at the nice jewelry we made from the boxes."

These tools need to be culturally appropriate.

Toby
http://patternliteracy.com



On 5/5/07 7:31 AM, "Don Titmus"  wrote:

> One item that has been sent to 3rd world countries for many years has been
> the cardboard box solar cooker from Kerr-Cole. Simple, cheap and effecient
> at water purifiying and cooking foods that remove the need for wood. This
> then saves the lives of many women.
> 
> Don
>