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CHAGRIN FALLS -- The 46th annual pumpkin roll down Grove Hill is history.
It was one of the shortest rolls in recent history, as police shut it down after about 45 minutes due to the slipperiness of the hill, multiple arrests and a few injuries, they said.
Tuesday afternoon, police gave an updated account of the arrests.
Police say that 10 teens between the ages of 16-17 were arrested for underage consumption of alcohol. One of those 10 -- a girl, 16 -- was also charged with escape.
One male student, 18, was charged with underage consumption of alcohol and possession of marijuana.
One teen was given a citation for underage consumption and one male student, 18, was cited for dumping debris in the roadway when he brought the truck filled with pumpkins to the top of Grove Hill.
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One adult fell on the slippery hill and was taken by the village fire department's rescue squad for treatment. A girl also sustained an abrasion to her head as well.
The roll started just before midnight Monday as Chagrin Falls High Schooljuniors and seniors dumped the pumpkins they had collected from yards the past several weeks.
It ended just after 12:40 a.m. Tuesday.
The last person on the hill was a young man with a flashlight. He had lost his keys on one of his trips down the hill. He and a few police officers scoured the hill, looking for keys "with a Michigan lanyard," he told them.
Miraculously, after about 15 minutes, he found them.
Other than the smashed pumpkins, one homeowner whose house is halfway up the hill had some damage done to his newly poured concrete driveway.
Although surrounded by a wooden snow fence, those sliding down the hill quickly veered off, striking the fence and toppling the fence onto the driveway's apron.
As roller after roller slide into that area, the homeowner pulled the fence down.
Police here also had mutual aid assistance from officers from Bentleyville, Moreland Hills and South Russell.
The point of the annual tradition is to gather pumpkins and then roll and smash them on the hill, that steep hill on Main Street at the north end of downtown Chagrin Falls.
It began as just rolling them and running away. It morphed over the years into smashing and rolling those pumpkins and then sliding down the hill in the pumpkin guts/slime left behind.
It all began in the fall of 1967 when members of the class of 1969 decided to gather 69 pumpkins and roll them down Grove Hill. Several members of the classes of 1970 and 1971 also helped gather pumpkins. One night around Halloween they drove to the top of Grove Hill, quickly dumped all the pumpkins, and drove off.
The number of pumpkins stacked atop the summit at the start of the roll has ranged from about 100 to an all-time high of 400 or so. The Class of 1979, however,says they collected 900 pumpkins.
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Police cite the drivers who deliver the pumpkins to the top of the hill for "dumping debris on the roadway." Once the roll ends, the village's service department is called and bring out a front-end loader to scrape the debris from the roadway.
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The local history room has been bringing Kalamazoo's past to life for more than a decade through All About Kalamazoo essays on the KPL website. Back in 1998, the website launched with twelve essays written by local history staff, divided into four categories: Houses, Businesses, Biography, and General Topics. Over the years, this feature of our website has grown dramatically through the interests and efforts of dozens of people. Today we offer nearly 150 essays in 17 different categories.
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Recorded: Saturday, November 28, 2015
Senior Fellow Ivan Eland is interviewed on CCTV America about security measures taken by the French Government during the COP21 Climate Change Summit in Paris. After terrorist attacks, France has reinforced borders, mobilized 120,000 police officers, and banned large marches that had been planned to coincide with the climate summit.
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CCTV Americas Mike Walter spoke with Ivan Eland, senior fellow and director of the Center on Peace and Liberty at the Independent Institute, about American and Russian roles in the Syrian Crisis and about what can be done to resolve the situation.
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Are immigrants taking our jobs and living off the taxes we pay? Are they criminals? Television personality John Stossel (Host of Stossel on Fox Business Network) interviewed Benjamin Powell, Senior Fellow at the Independent Institute, Director of the Free Market Institute at Texas Tech University, and Editor of the book, The Economics of Immigration.
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US President Barack Obama meets with Afghanistan President Hamid Karzai in the Oval Office in 2010. (AP)
President Barack Obama says the U.S. role in Afghanistan will shift to a support role later this spring and he will soon get recommendations from his top military advisers on U.S. troop drawdowns.
Obama says in a joint news conference with Afghan President Hamid Karzai that any agreement on troop drawdowns must include an immunity agreement in which US troops are not subjected to Afghan law.
Obama says the path of the U.S. military remains clear and the war is moving toward a "responsible end" in 2014.
The two leaders met at the White House on the future of the U.S. role in Afghanistan and the 66,000 American troops serving there.
The U.S. military mission will shift from combat to support in the spring, a few months ahead of schedule.
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It's unbelievable that some wicked news almost got by me.
I've been up to my bald spot in minicipal election coverage and haven't had a chance consume much news or do some regular googling.
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Anyone who read this knows why I think this is a big deal.
KISS deserves the nomination and an induction.
Their influence on rock is gigantic their over-the-top concerts set the benchmark for entertainment.
That said, a promoter should try to get the band to play an outdoor concert here next summer.
It shouldn't be that hard Gene Simmons knows all about Newfoundland because of his missus.
But then, aside from the Salmon Festival organizers, no one seems to have the guts to try outdoor shows in this neck of the woods anymore.
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At Utah State, there are a variety of ways to get involved in clubs, organizations, student activities, and honor societies. Membership in a sorority will provide you with the foundation necessary to become a leader and a driving force for positive change on campus and in the community. Each sorority strives to create well-rounded women through leadership training, innovative programming and life-skill development.
Becoming a member of a Greek organization can provide its members various opportunities for academic excellence. From academic workshops to scholarship programs, each chapter expects members to be students first and provides recognition to top scholars and those who improve their academic standing.
Becoming a member of a sorority is much more than making friends. From the very inception of sororities, service and philanthropy have become the center of membership and providing leadership experience. While each sorority sponsors its own philanthropy events, the Greek community is quick to support them all because community service contributes to the greater good.
Is Sorority Life For You?
- Do you like to be involved in a wide variety of activities?
- Is high academic achievement important to you?
- Do you enjoy meeting new people?
- Do you enjoy volunteering?
- Do you enjoy mentoring others?
- Do you like to organize and direct events?
- Do you enjoy participating in athletics?
- Do you enjoy performing on stage in dance or theater?
- Do you want to learn in the classroom AND grow as a person with new life skills that will help you beyond your years in school?
- Do you like the idea of a life-long friends and a nation-wide network of alumnae?
If you can answer yes to any of these questions, then you can find a home in a sorority. Every campus and every chapter is different, but sororities participate in all kinds of things from intramural activities, to short theater productions, to musical performances, and much more! On top of that, they host events to raise money for local and national charities and volunteer time with a wide variety of local agencies. And if you are elected to a leadership role, you'll basically be an officer on the board of a small corporation.
We're not saying that sorority life is right for everyone, everywhere. To see if it's a fit for you, try going through recruitment. You will meet a lot of new people and new friends -- and potential sorority sisters.
Formal Recruitment
The information below pertains only to Sororities on campus belonging to the National Panhellenic Conference of which Alpha Chi Omega and Kappa Delta are members. For recruitment information regarding Theta Nu Xi, USU's multicultural sorority, please visit http://www.thetanuxi.org
Sorority recruitment is a great experience. During recruitment you will meet new people on your campus and be exposed to a new opportunity for involvement. Here is some advice to help you through the recruitment process:
- Be yourself.
- Have genuine and honest conversations.
- Spend time really getting to know the members.
- Expose yourself to the chapter experience.
- Get insight into the value of membership.
- Seek accurate information from the college or university.
- Look for the group where you feel most comfortable.
- Keep an open mind.
- Trust the process.
- Have fun.
To guide you through your recruitment process, there will be a team of individuals that will help you find your way and answer any questions you may have
The Panhellenic Recruitment Team
This group of individuals consists of current sorority and staff members of the Student Involvement and Leadership Center. Recruitment Guides (AKA "Rho Gammas"), will help you during your recruitment experience. Even though these women are current members or alumnae of a particular organization, they have chosen not to be in their current chapter house during recruitment. They are available to help you find your place in the Utah State University Greek Community. Each of the participants will be assigned to a Rho Chi at the beginning of Formal Recruitment.
What to Wear
- Open Houses (Evening One and Two): Both of these evenings are casual events. All types of clothing are acceptable.
- Preference Party: During the last evening of recruitment, you will visit a maximum of two chapters. This party will last about one hour and will allow you to really get to know the chapter and to make your final choice. Attire is semi-formal. Skirts and dresses are appropriate.
- Bid Day: During this day, you will discover which chapter you will join. Casual attire is appropriate.
How Much Does It Cost?
(Figures below reflect the 2011-2012 academic year)
Alpha Chi Omega
|New Member Dues
|Active Member Dues
|Room & Board
|Facility User Fee*
|$125 upfront or $75 for 3 semesters
* Required of members who do not live in the house.
Kappa Delta
|New Member and Initiation Fees
|$345.00 (first semester of membership)
|Average fees for initiated members
|$375.00 per semester
|Facility Fee*
|$25.00 per semester
|Room & Board (Includes dinner Mon-Thu + all breakfasts)
|$1,650.00 per semester
* Required of members who do not live in the house.
Theta Nu Xi
|New Member Fees
|Active Member Fees
Amounts are subject to change. Figures are estimates.
Common Questions
Who is eligible for recruitment?
In order to be eligible to participate in sorority recruitment and join (affiliate with) a particular sorority, a woman must be a full-time student, enrolled at Utah State University. In addition, interested women must have a minimum 3.0 high school GPA or a 2.5 cumulative college GPA.
How do I register for recruitment?
Every women who wishes to affiliate, is REQUIRED to formally register for recruitment. You must complete this process and pay a $20.00 registration fee. Registration closes at 8:00pm on September 10, 2014 However, for planning purposes, please register earlier than that. One can register online at www.usu.edu/asusu/greeks.
Do I have to go to all of the recruitment events?
In order to be considered for membership, you must visit both houses before the conclusion of the second night.
What if I only want to be in a certain sorority?
Sorority membership is more than wearing certain letters. Don't make decisions based on stereotypes and the opinion of others. Keep an open mind and make the decision that is right for you.


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In the News
Dealing with the Tragedy in Haiti
Citizens the world over have been impacted by the tragedy in Haiti " including those thousands of miles away from the loss and destruction. Whether it's a child or an adult who's having trouble coping with the disaster, Dr. Phil has advice for getting through tough times.
Be abstract in helping kids understand the disaster.
However, if your young child does ask about something they've seen on TV, respond using age-appropriate references and don't focus too much on the details of the tragedy. Deal with what to do now that it's over. Children feel so much safer, so much more in control and less anxious when they feel like there is something they can do to contribute. Help your children feel a sense of empowerment by emptying their piggy banks, starting a school fundraiser, and getting them involved in moving forward. Explain, for example, "Something terrible has happened, but let's think about how we can help other people who are having a hard time." If your child fears for his own safety, comfort and assure him that you are doing everything you can to protect him, but be careful not to overreact because the feelings may be transient.
Help teens find meaning in tragedy.
Teens may be bombarded by graphic images on TV and the Internet. While it's good for them to have constructive awareness of what's going on in the world, they can benefit most by feeling that they can make a difference. Answer your teens' questions, and encourage them to donate or raise money to contribute to Haitian relief efforts. They may want to initiate a bake sale or a car wash at their school " something that gives them a sense of empowerment that comes with feeling that they are making a difference.
Adults can make a difference by getting involved.
Don't ignore your feelings. This tragic loss of life has hit everyone hard. Get involved and make a difference. You will find a sense of peace and power by not taking life for granted and doing what you can to make certain that you are giving to those in need. You may think that giving even just a dollar doesn't make a difference but it does. It adds up and the difference is huge. The needs won't go away when the headlines do. Mark you calendars and check with your favorite charity once a month. Stay involved.
To donate to the American Red Cross' International Response Fund, click here.
Partners in Health has set up a fund for Dr. Phil viewers to donate money specifically for the purchase of tents and bedding for the people who have been made homeless by the earthquake. To donate to Partners in Health, click here.
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The Sefton Atrium is a stunning and versatile space with a four-story translucent ceiling and granite floor. The Atrium provides access to the Charmaine and Maurice Kaplan Theater, and the Alex and Elizabeth Wise Museum Store.
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Chihuahuan Desert
Chihuahuan Desert (outlined in yellow) from satellite. Source: NASA
The Chihuahuan Desert encompasses one of the most biologically diverse arid regions on Earth. This ecoregion extends from within the United States south into Mexico. This desert is unique, as it has been sheltered from the influence of other arid regions such as the Sonoran Desert by the large mountain ranges of the Sierra Madres. This isolation has allowed the evolution of many endemic species; most notable is the high number of endemic plants; in fact, there are a total of 653 vertebrate taxa recorded in the Chihuahuan Desert. Moreover, this ecoregion also sustains some of the last extant populations of Mexican Prairie Dog, wild American Bison and Pronghorn Antelope.
Severe conservation pressures are on the Chihuahuan Desert. On the Mexico side, there are destructive activities from illegal poaching, habitat destruction from illegal drug trafficking and large scale movements of illegal immigration. On the USA side of the border there is widespread habitat destruction from encampments of illegal immigrants, as well as wildlife poaching and accumulation of large amounts of uncollected refuse. Until the late twentieth century much of this damage on the USA side was mitigated by the presence of hikers, campers and ranchers conducting routine recreational and commercial activities in southern Texas, New Mexico and southeast Arizona. However, presently park rangers in the USA discourage recreational use of considerable expanses of federal and state lands, due to the dangers posed from drug trafficking from Mexican sources as well as extensive use of the borderlands for unauthorized encampments and trail use associated with illegal immigration.
Location and general depiction
The Chihuahuan Desert stretches from the southeastern corner of Arizona across southern New Mexico and west Texas to the Edwards Plateau in the USA. It runs deep into central Mexico, including parts of the states of Chihuahua, northwest Coahuila, northeast Durango and several others. This desert is bounded by the Sierra Madre Occidental to the west and the Sierra Madre Oriental to the east, extending as far south as San Luis Potosi and to disjunct islands of the Chihuahuan vegetation in the states of Queretaro and Hidalgo. Some of the northern parts of the Chihuahuan Desert are drained by the Gila River.
The region contains a series of basins and ranges with a central highland extending from Socorro, New Mexico south into Zacatecas, Mexico. Most sites are located at elevations from 1100 to 1500 meters (m). Due to its generally higher elevation, the Chihuahuan Desert is cooler; the mean annual temperature is 18.6 Co. The hottest temperatures occur in areas of low elevations and in the inter-montane depressions in the region. The climate includes a dry summer and occasional winter rains; mild frosts occur during autumn and winter. This Desert has more rainfall than other warm desert ecoregions, with precipitation ranging from 150 to 400 millimeters (mm).
The majority of the region is composed of sedimentary rocks of marine origin, although some portions of the mountains are of igneous origin. The region is influenced hydrologically by four river basin systems: the Rio Bravo (Río Grande) that establishes the political boundary between Mexico and the USA; the Río Casas Grandes, the Mapimí Bolsón and the Mayrán. Many small and medium-sized rivers serve as tribitaries within these catchment basins, but only a few transport significant volumes of water.
The dominant plant species throughout the Chihuahuan Desert is Creosote Bush (Larrea tridentata). Depending on diverse factors such as type of soil, altitude, and degree of slope, L. tridentata can occur in association with other species. More generally, an association between L. tridentata, American Tarbush (Flourensia cernua) and Viscid Acacia (Acacia neovernicosa) dominates the northernmost portion of the Chihuahuan Desert. The meridional portion is abundant in Yucca and Opuntia, and the southernmost portion is inhabited by Mexican Fire-barrel Cactus (Ferocactus pilosus) and Mojave Mound Cactus (Echinocereus polyacanthus). Herbaceous elements such as Gypsum Grama (Chondrosum ramosa), Blue Grama (Bouteloua gracilis) and Hairy Grama (Chondrosum hirsuta), among others, become dominant near the Sierra Madre Occidental. In western Coahuila State, Lecheguilla Agave (Agave lechuguilla), Honey Mesquite (Prosopis glandulosa), Purple Prickly-pear (Opuntia macrocentra) and Rainbow Cactus (Echinocereus pectinatus) are the dominant vascular plants.
The southeastern portion of the desert scrub is gradually transformed from a strict Larrea-Flourensia scrub to one in which Ocotillo (Fouquieria splendens), St. Peter's Palm (Yucca filifera), Lecheguilla Agave (Agave lechuguilla) and Cordia boissieri are the most prevalent species. In areas with shallow soils of good drainage, a scrub dominated by Candelilla Wax (Euphorbia antisyphilitica), Vachellia glandulifera and Mimosa zygophylla develops. Near the Sierra Madre Oriental, the scrub becomes a strict combination of Agave victoria-reginae with Lechuguilla Agave, Guapilla (Hechtia glomerata), Barreta (Helietta parvifolia), Sotol (Dasylirion spp.) and a well-developed herbaceous stratum composed of gramineae, leguminosae and cacti. The grasslands, about twenty percent of the desert cover, are often mosaics of grass and scrub. They include Side-oats Grama (Bouteloua curtipendula), Black Grama (Chondrosum eriopodum), and Purple Three-awn Grass (Aristida purpurea). Bottomlands of Tobosa (Hilaria mutica) and Big Alkalai Sacaton (Sporobolus wrightii) were probably the grasses early Spanish explorers encountered when they reported clump-grasses that were "belly high to a horse".
Biodiversity characteristics
The Chihuahuan Desert is one of the three most biologically rich and diverse desert ecoregions in the world, rivaled only by the Great Sandy Tanmi Desert of Australia and the Namib-Karoo of southern Africa. Approximately 3500 plant species live in the Chihuahuan Desert, and estimates of endemism state that there could be up to 1000 endemic species (29 percent), and at least sixteen endemic plant genera. The high degree of local endemism is the result of the isolating effects of complex basin and range physiography, and dynamic changes in climate over the last 10,000 years. Another contributing factor to endemism is the colonization of these inhospitable habitats by specialists species with restricted ranges. Taxa with a high level of local endemism include cacti, butterflies, spiders, scorpions, ants, lizards and snakes.
In central Coahuila, near the town of Cuatro Ciénegas, five of the nineteen species of the family Heliantheae can be found. This small area contains a high number of endemic plant species found in desert scrub and gypsum dune lowlands, and is also considered one of the world's richest foci for locally endemic cacti. The easternmost region of the desert (Coahuila, Nuevo León and San Luis Potosí states in Mexico) once constituted a refuge from severe climatic changes that occurred in the past, thus facilitating speciation processes in many groups of animals and plants. The desert is considered a center for the radiation and speciation of the members of the family Lamiaceae.
The ecoregion is widely recognized for its diversity and high levels of endemism in Cactaceae. Moreover, it also contains the largest assemblage of endangered cacti in America. Perhaps one-fifth of all the world's cacti - as many as 350 of the 1500 known species - occur in the Chihuahuan Desert. Two cacti genera, Coryphanta and Opuntia, are among the five most speciose in the entire flora. There are numerous special status taxa that are found in the Chihuahuan Desert, denoted as Near Threatened (NT), Vulnerable (VU), Endangered (EN), or Critically Endangered (CR).
Because of its recent origin, few warm-blooded vertebrates are restricted to the Chihuahuan Desert scrub. However, the Chihuahuan Desert supports a large number of wide-ranging mammals, such as the Pronghorn Antelope (Antilocapra americana), Robust Cottontail (Sylvilagus robustus EN); Mule Deer (Odocoileus hemionus), Grey Fox (Unocyon cineroargentinus), Jaguar (Panthera onca), Collared Peccary or Javelina (Pecari tajacu), Desert Cottontail (Sylvilagus auduboni), Black-tailed Jackrabbit (Lepus californicus), Kangaroo Rats (Dipodomys sp.), pocket mice (Perognathus spp.), Woodrats (Neotoma spp.) and Deer Mice (Peromyscus spp). With only 24 individuals recorded in the state of Chihuahua Antilocapra americana is one of the most highly endangered taxa that inhabits this desert. The ecoregion also contains a small wild population of the highly endangered American Bison (Bison bison) and scattered populations of the highly endangered Mexican Prairie Dog (Cynomys mexicanus), as well as the Black-tailed Prairie Dog (Cynomys ludovicianus).
Common bird species include the Greater Roadrunner (Geococcyx californianus), Burrowing Owl (Athene cunicularia), Merlin (Falco columbarius), Red-tailed Hawk (Buteo jamaicensis), and the rare Zone-tailed Hawk (Buteo albonotatus). Geococcyx californianus), Curve-billed Thrasher (Toxostoma curvirostra), Scaled Quail (Callipepla squamata), Scott's Oriole (Icterus parisorum), Black-throated Sparrow (Amphispiza bilineata), Phainopepla (Phainopepla nitens), Worthen's Sparrow (Spizella wortheni), and Cactus Wren (Campylorhynchus brunneicapillus). In addition, numerous raptors inhabit the Chihuahuan Desert and include the Great Horned Owl (Bubo virginianus) and the Elf Owl (Micrathene whitneyi).
The Chihuahuan Desert herpetofauna typifies this ecoregion.Several lizard species are centered in the Chihuahuan Desert, and include the Texas Horned Lizard (Phrynosoma cornutum); Texas Banded Gecko (Coleonyx brevis), often found under rocks in limestone foothills; Reticulate Gecko (C. reticulatus); Greater Earless Lizard (Cophosaurus texanus); several species of spiny lizards (Scelopoprus spp.); and the Western Marbled Whiptail (Cnemidophorus tigris marmoratus). Two other whiptails, the New Mexico Whiptail (C. neomexicanus) and the Common Checkered Whiptail (C. tesselatus) occur as all-female parthenogenic clone populations in select disturbed habitats.
Representative snakes include the Trans-Pecos Rat Snake (Bogertophis subocularis), Texas Blackhead Snake (Tantilla atriceps), and Sr (Masticophis taeniatus) and Neotropical Whipsnake (M. flagellum lineatus). Endemic turtles include the Bolsón Tortoise (Gopherus flavomarginatus), Coahuilan Box Turtle (Terrapene coahuila) and several species of softshell turtles. Some reptiles and amphibians restricted to the Madrean sky island habitats include the Ridgenose Rattlesnake (Crotalus willardi), Twin-spotted Rattlesnake (C. pricei), Northern Cat-eyed Snake (Leptodeira septentrionalis), Yarrow's Spiny Lizard (Sceloporus jarrovii), and Canyon Spotted Whiptail (Cnemidophorus burti).
Mexican Treefrog. Source: Todd Pierson/ CalPhotos/ EoL Amphibians
There are thirty anuran species occurring in the Chihuahuan Desert: Chiricahua Leopard Frog (Rana chircahuaensis); Red Spotted Toad (Anaxyrus punctatus); American Bullfrog (Lithobates catesbeianus); Canyon Treefrog (Hyla arenicolor); Northern Cricket Frog (Acris crepitans); Rio Grande Chirping Frog (Eleutherodactylus cystignathoides); Cliff Chirping Frog (Eleutherodactylus marnockii); Spotted Chirping Frog (Eleutherodactylus guttilatus); Tarahumara Barking Frog (Craugastor tarahumaraensis); Mexican Treefrog (Smilisca baudinii); Madrean Treefrog (Hyla eximia); Montezuma Leopard Frog (Lithobates montezumae); Brown's Leopard Frog (Lithobates brownorum); Yavapai Leopard Frog (Lithobates yavapaiensis); Western Barking Frog (Craugastor augusti); Mexican Cascade Frog (Lithobates pustulosus); Lowland Burrowing Frog (Smilisca fodiens); New Mexico Spadefoot (Spea multiplicata); Plains Spadefoot (Spea bombifrons); Pine Toad (Incilius occidentalis); Woodhouse's Toad (Anaxyrus woodhousii); Couch's Spadefoot Toad (Scaphiopus couchii); Plateau Toad (Anaxyrus compactilis); Texas Toad (Anaxyrus speciosus); Dwarf Toad (Incilius canaliferus); Great Plains Narrowmouth Toad (Gastrophryne olivacea); Great Plains Toad (Anaxyrus cognatus); Eastern Green Toad (Anaxyrus debilis); Gulf Coast Toad (Incilius valliceps); and Longfoot Chirping Toad (Eleutherodactylus longipes VU). The sole salamander occurring in the Chihuahuan Desert is the Tiger Salamander (Ambystoma tigrinum).
The ecoregion is also an important center of insect endemism, constituting one of the top three such locales in Mexico, and it contains the highest diversity of bees in Mexico.
Ecological status
The Chihuahuan Desert has been altered by human activities over the last centuries. Vast portions of the Chihuahuan desert have been transformed into secondary and successional vegetation. Agricultural activities constitute the strongest pressure on the native plant communities. The preferred soils are those occupied by Yucca filifera and Algaroba mesquite (Prosopis juliflora), because these plants have the desired cultivable characteristics (e.g. deep soils that retain water). Changes in grazing and fire regimes, and depletion and diversion of water sources have also affected the natural vegetation. The heavily grazed areas in all the ecoregion are characterized by increasing dominance of creosote bush, mesquite, tarbush, acacia, and dramatic alteration of native grasses.
Due to habitat loss, large vertebrates, particularly in lowland habitats, are now rare and isolated. Brown bears, wolves, bison, pronghorn, and large cats have almost been eliminated from the region. The loss of riparian habitats and water sources has also affected terrestrial vertebrates and invertebrates dependent on water.
The Chihuahua ecoregion as a whole suffers from lack of protection. Some protected areas include Big Bend National Park (286,572 ha), Guadalupe Mountains National Park (30,867 ha), Rio Grande Wild and Scenic River Complex (3,885 ha), Bosque del Apache Wildlife Refuge (24,144 ha), White Sands National Monument (58,614 ha), and Carlsbad Caverns (18,921 ha). Relatively intact habitats are rare and are mainly found in montane areas, inaccessible slopes, gypsum dunes and saline playas. CONABIO has identified the following terrestrial priority sites within this ecoregion: El Berrendo, Laguna Jaco, Mapimí, Cuchillas de la Zarca, Sierra La Fragua, Cuatrociénegas, Sierra de La Madera, Sierra del Nido-Pastizal de Flores Magón, Médanos de Samalayuca, Cañón de Santa Elena, Bavispe-El Tigre, Sierra de San Luis-Janos, and Cananea-San Pedro. A number of important areas for bird conservation has been identified in this ecoregion including the Sistema de Islas Sierra Madre Occidental, Janos-Nuevo Casas Grandes, Mesa de Guacamayas, Baserac-Sierra Tabaco-Rio Bavispe, Sierra del Nido, Babícora, Laguna de Mexicanos, Laguna de Bustillos, Laguna de Jaco, and Mapimí, to name a few. However, these sites do not receive formal protection unless their boundaries fall within a designated protected area such as a reserve or park.
Threat profile
The major conversion threats are urbanization, agricultural expansion, illegal immigration impacts and Mexican narcotics trafficking. Urban and suburban expansion around Cruces, New Mexico; El Paso, Texas; and other cities is threatening surrounding areas. Degradation and desertification threats include increasing off-road vehicle use in some areas, rubbish accumulation from illegal immigration encampments, invasions of alien species, and increasing dominance of native shrub species in areas historically characterized by open grasslands. Cattle farming threatens the fragile and diverse scrub associations that are still present in the desert; USA federal policies of offering below market grazing leases exacerbates the overgrazing threats. This is most extensive in the Chihuahuan Desert, but also occurs in the central plateau and in the Tamaulipan matorral. Candelilla (Euphorbia antisyphilitica), Nopal (Opuntia spp.), Lechuguilla (Agave lechuguilla) and palma (Yucca spp.) are the most exploited species.
Wildlife and exotic plant extraction, and many human activities in general have reduced the populations of some vertebrates. The American black bear (Ursus americanus) is widely hunted for its fur and body parts; however, there is still a chance for these populations to recover. Illegal trade of cacti and other ornamental species of desert plants are a threat for the region; accelerated loss of habitat through intensive human trampling is also reducing cacti populations and fragile cryptic surface cover.
Threats to this ecoregion are also related to water resources. Wetland and riparian areas suffer from water loss and water reduction from irrigation and livestock. Water pollution in the Rio Grande has increased due to the growth of El Paso-Ciudad Juarez metropolitan area. Over-pumping of groundwater for agriculture and use by growing urban areas is affecting the flow of Chihuahuan rivers, including the San Pedro, Pecos, Río Grande, Río Conchos, Río Extorax, and Río Aguanaval.
Further Reading
- R. Ayala-Barajas y T. L. Griswold. 1988. Las abejas silvestres de México (Hymenoptera, Apoidea) Estado actual de su conocimiento. Simposio sobre Diversidad Biológica de México. Oaxtepec, Morelos del 3 al 7 de octubre de 1988. Instituto de Biología, UNAM, Mexico.
- D.E. Brown, editor. 1994. Biotic communities: Southwestern United States and northwestern Mexico. University of Utah Press, Salt Lake City. ISBN: 9780874804591
- J.H. Brown. 1995. Macroecology.
- A. Challenger. 1998. Utilización y conservación de los ecosistemas terrestres de México. Pasado, presente y futuro. Conabio, IBUNAM y Agrupación Sierra Madre, México.
- S.D. Davis, V.H. Heywood, O. Herrera MacBryde, J. Villa-Lobos and A.C. Hamilton, editors. 1997. Centres of Plant Diversity. A Guide and Strategy for their Conservation. Volume 3. The Americas. IUCN Publications Unit, Cambridge, U.K. 562 pp.
- E. Dinerstein, Olson, D., Atchley, J., Loucks, C., Contreras-Balderas, S., Abell, R., Iñigo, E., Enkerlin E., Williams, C. and G. Castilleja. 2000. (In preparation). Ecoregion-Based Conservation in the Chihuahuan Desert: A Biological Assessment.
- I. Ferrusquía-Villafranca, I. 1993.Geología de México: Una Sinopsis. Pages 3-108 in T.P. Ramamoorthy, R. Bye, A.Lot, y J. Fa (editors). Diversidad Biológica de México. Orígenes y Distribución. Instituto de Biología, UNAM, Mexico.
- R.T.T. Forman, D. Sperling, J.A. Bissonette et al. 2003. Road ecology: science and solutions. Washington DC. Island Press
- González-Romero, A., y A. Lafón-Terrazas. 1993. Distribución y estado actual del berrendo (Antilocapra americana). R. A. Medellín, y G. Ceballos (editors). Avances en el estudio de los mamíferos de México. Publicaciones Especiales Vol. 1. Asociación Mexicana de Mastozoología, A.C. México, D. F.
- Marroquín, J. S., G. Borja, R. Velázquez, y J. A. de la Cruz. 1981. Estudio ecológico y dasonómico de las zonas áridas del norte de México.
- S. Oldfield. (Comp). 1997. Cactus and succulent plants: Status survey and conservation action plan. IUCN, Cambridge, U.K. ISBN: 2831703905
- Olson, D. M. and E. Dinerstein. 1998. The Global 200: A representation approach to conserving the earth's most biologically valuable ecoregions.
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text: Home Revision as of 19:44, July 21, 2013 by Tom Sponheim (Talk | contribs) (diff) ← Older revision | view current revision (diff) | Newer revision → (diff) 1,798pages on this wiki View source History Talk70 Welcome to the Solar Cookers International Network (SCInet)Sponsored by Solar Cookers International114 Countries · 510 NGOs · 538 Individuals · 175 Manufacturers · 354 Designs · 68 Plans Deutsch, Español, Français, Hausa, Igbo, Indonesian, Italiano, Kiswahili, Kreyòl, Malagasy, Melayu, Português, Русский, Soomaaliga, Tagalog, Việt, Türkçe, Yorùbá, Ελληνικά, தமிழ், नेपाली, 中文, اردو, 한국어, 日本語, العربية, فارسی, עִברִית, हिन्दी, ไทย, বাংলা, తెలుగు, ગુજરાતી, ລາວ, ਪੰਜਾਬੀ, සිංහල, پښتو The Solar Cookers International Network is an alliance of NGOs, manufacturers, and individuals actively promoting solar cooking in more than 100 countries. This wiki-based site allows Network participants to share information and collaborate on projects and research. Solar cooking is an important part of Integrated Cooking, which also includes the use of fuel-efficient woodstoves and heat-retention cookers. If you are a solar cooking promoter, designer, or manufacturer, and you would like to be included in the Network, fill out this online form. See the Most significant solar cooking projects worldwide Solar cooking news from around the world June 2013 The SolSource solar cooker Young entrepreneurs align with Kickstarter to promote their parabolic solar cooker - One Earth Designs began in 2008 to develop their SolSource parabolic cooker. In September 2010, the cooker won the Dutch Postcode Lottery Green Challenge. The design team continues their research on the cooker, with the goal it will be the world's first temperature-adjustable solar cooker with six discrete settings up to 1,000°C (1,832°F). It will provide users with the capacity to generate electricity, heat their homes, purify their water and cook with stored solar energy at night or on cloudy days. An article in gizmag explains that those wishing to help this fledgling company are offered the opportunity to purchase today's basic cooker for $249 USD, with free shipping in the continental USA. The projected retail price will be $399 USD, so this is a great way to help them out, and get a great deal. Delivery of the cookers will happen in October 2013. More information..., Kickstarter page A woman adjusts the solar panel cooker she received through Solar Household Energy. World Refugee Day focusses on the needs of displaced populations - World Refugee Day was established by the United Nations to honor the courage, strength and determination of women, men and children who are forced to flee their homes under threat of persecution, conflict and violence. Even though the day has passed, June 20th, awareness and action are continuing. Universal Giving has organized a group of relief projects to help raise donations. 100% of the donation reaches the intended foundation and project. This year Solar Household Energy (SHE) is featured among the projects for their work promoting solar cooking worldwide. SHE is a global leader in this effort. Consider helping them. Donation information... Solar Cookers International to dedicate more resources to the renamed Solar Cookers International NetworkSince its founding in 2006, the Solar Cookers World Network has continued to expand. Network members now include over 500 NGOs, individuals, and manufacturers working in the field to advance the cause of solar cooking. At the same time, the Network's wiki resource has grown to become an unparalleled resource for solar cooking knowledge worldwide. With contributions of articles and photos from Network members and monetary and administrative support from Solar Cookers International (SCI), this wiki now contains nearly 2000 articles, covering all aspects of solar cooking design and promotion. Today SCI renews its commitment to the Solar Cookers World Network and its corresponding Wiki. SCI will direct more resources toward both. In the near future, SCI will ask all Network members to give us their feedback to help us prioritize our efforts to assist in areas of greatest need. Read the "Letter from the Executive Director" in the June 2013 issue of Solar Cooker Review for more information about SCI's Strategic Plan for 2013-2018. To communicate SCI's renewed and expanded commitment to the Network, starting today, June 1, 2013 the name of the Network and Wiki will change, but not their substance. The Solar Cookers World Network will become the Solar Cookers International Network (SCInet); the Solar Cookers World Network Wiki will become the Solar Cookers International Network Wiki. SCI welcomes your input. Please contact SCI at email@example.com if you have questions or comments. The June 2013 issue of Solar Cooker Review is now available online - Read the issue here... May 2013 10:55 SOLAR ENERGY Faustine Odaba, an environmentalist popularly known as "Mama Solar", uses solar energy to make most of her meals. Published Sept. 2012 An inspired environmentalist shares her tips and techniques for solar cooking - Faustine Odaba lives in Kenya, and has been promoting solar cooking since the early nineties. Her reputation with solar cooking efforts is well known and she is lovingly referred to as "Mama Solar". In the accompanying video she offers practical solar cooking tips and techniques, and describes the features of different types of cookers. She also explains the advantage of using heat-retention cooking to compliment solar cooking. It is inspiring to see how she careful crafts every scrap of recycled material into useful household products. She gently reminds everyone "The sun can bring a meal to your table." A mother with her child watch over the solar panel cookers at the Touloum Refugee Camp. Solar cookers preparing food for 130,000 people daily at the refugee camps in Chad - Derk Rijks, a volunteer with the KoZon Foundation, recently responded to Jewish World Watch with this note of appreciation. "Last week I was at the Touloum Refugee Camp. The chief of the workshop, Fatimé, told me there were new arrivals. We walked over to the last of the dunes and there was one woman who had just walked in with four kids, sitting in the sand. Her village was bombed one week ago, and she had fled to escape the Janjaweed, walking for seven nights. Fatimé looked at me, I nodded, 'yes', and in the next few hours she had her cooker and started her solar cooker training, even before she had a shelter. No words needed, no paper needed. That is the way your contribution works." He also explains that in the six camps where they work in Chad, and in the villages of the population around the camps about 29,000 families now do solar cooking, and about 130,000 people are eating solar cooked meals. In this part of the world solar cooking works about 300 days a year. From the empty bags of the food shipped in by the World Food Programme, and the snippets of aluminum foil and cardboard left over from the manufacture of the cookers, the refugees make "thermos baskets" to keep the food, cooked between 1 p.m. and 4 p.m., warm until the evening meal at 5 p.m. or 8 p.m. They do not have to search for wood so much any more and there are far fewer conflicts for that reason. As one of the elected representatives of the women refugees said: "Solar cooking brings us justice and peace". April 2013 The Sun Oven solar box cooker Interesting facts about the Sun Oven - The Sun Oven is manufactured by Sun Ovens International primarily in Elburn, Illinois, USA. Recently Paul Munsen, the company president, was questioned about where their ovens were being sold. They have been sold in over 130 countries. The Sun Oven is usually considered to be the standard which other solar box cookers are judged by. They are well made of quality components, and quite durable. The company has a revised version of the Sun Oven called the All American Sun Oven that has a 20% larger cooking area and new wind resistance features. Interestingly, 42% of the Sun Ovens sold worldwide are sold in the state of Utah, USA. Munsen believes 70% of the ovens are being kept on shelves with emergency food supplies, the rest are used on a regular basis. The owners appreciate the versatility of the cooker, with the added benefit of helping to lower household kitchen temperatures during hot summer months. When Munsen was recently demonstrating in the Sun Oven in Afghanistan to a group of local women, he was told the cooker could not provide the smoky favor desired in their flatbread, known as naan. Paul's wife suggested adding a few drops of liquid smoke to the batter. A recent delivery of ovens was accompanied by a 55-gallon drum of liquid smoke. The liquid smoke offers some advantages over smoky fires. Munsen says women cooking over fires can inhale as much smoke as they'd get from smoking three packs of cigarettes a day, and children are more likely to contract acute lower respiratory and eye infections. Read more... The Trust in Education variation of the CooKit, which uses recycled Peet's Coffee bags for the reflective material. Solar panel cookers headed to Afghanistan use recycled coffee bags for reflective material - The solar cookers are distributed by Trust in Education located in Kabul, Afghanistan. They are a CooKit variation, and are being produced at a box manufacturing company in San Leandro, California, USA. The reflective material used for the solar panel cookers comes from Mylar coffee bean bags, recycled from Peet's Coffee & Tea headquartered in Berkeley, California. They are cut open and cleaned by adults with developmental disabilities from Futures Explored in Lafayette, California. With the reflective interior surface facing out, the bags are then stapled to the cooker panels by Afghan workers. So far, 2,000 cookers have been delivered to Afghanistan, and over 20,000 bags have been collected from Peet's (keeping many Mylar bags out of the landfill). The new cookers are working very well, and are appreciated. March 2013 Solar cooking innovators at the Clean Cooking Forum 2013 in Phnom Penh, Cambodia Solar cooking promotors at the GACC conference - The Global Alliance for Clean Cookstoves sponsored the Clean Cooking Forum 2013 in Phnom Penh, Cambodia from March 18-22, 2013. The global solar cooking community and the Solar Cookers World Network is being represented by Crosby Menzies (South Africa), Gabrielle Simbriger-Williams (US), Sanu Kaji Shrestha (Nepal), Scot Frank (US/China), Nguyen Tan Bich (Vietnam), Yasaya (Nigeria), Alex Kee (Malasia), Catlin Powers (US/China), and Julie Greene (USA), who took the adjacent photo. The group held a solar cooking demonstration for attendees. The participation by these advocates of solar cooking helps to build the alliance with fuelwood cookstove advocates, and helps spread the message of the integrated cooking method. The Kiosco SOLAR ready for business The solar powered food cart has been a success at the Carnival of Puna in Argentina. The solar powered food cart business is flourishing in northern Argentina - With help from Fundación EcoAndina and WISIONS Initiative, there has been a successful launch of solar powered food carts in northern Argentina. During the celebrations of Carnival of Puna, which spans almost all of February, the intrepid promoters of the sun's energy walked a few new solar kiosks through the streets in Tilcara, Humahuaca, La Quiaca, Purmamarca and Uquía, tourist sites the northern province of Jujuy. Each Kiosco SOLAR consists of a wheeled trolley, waterproof roof, and a parabolic solar cooker. "People are incredulous and astonished when the cart is in operation," says Marta Rojas, responsible for opening a kiosk this month in Tilcara. As a safety concern, there has been a need to begin to replace traditional food carts, where typically food is cooked directly over gas canisters or open fires. Survey participants are being recruited to document solar cooking use in the USA - Natalia Blackburn of Blackburn Engineering is conducting a survey to begin to determine how solar cooking usage may be able to reduce traditional consumer energy demand in the USA. While individual savings may be small, when the big picture is considered, Natalia believes that wide use of solar cookers can add up to substantial savings for utilities. The objective of this study is to develop a set of protocols to measure energy savings and dollar savings attributable to the use of solar cookers in U.S. residential households. The survey will be conducted with a fifteen-minute phone interview, or the group of twenty-five questions can be answered by email. Respondents will be contacted via email to set up an interview. If you are a resident of the USA and have been solar cooking for at least eighteen months, consider participating in this pioneering effort by emailing email@example.com. Natalia hopes to complete data collection by the end of March, 2013. More information... The March 2013 issue of Solar Cooker Review is now available online Read the March 2013 issue...or see back issues. February 2013 SCI seeks an experienced solar cook to help with Hurricane Sandy relief - Solar Cookers International is looking for a teacher in New York or New Jersey, USA, whose students and families were affected by Hurricane Sandy to lead a solar cooking workshop. SCI will provide basic resources and materials for a classroom of students to learn how to solar cook to help their families' recovery efforts this spring and summer. For more information, please contact Julie Greene, Executive Director, at firstname.lastname@example.com or (916) 455-4499. EVENT: March 18-22, 2013: (Phnom Penh, Cambodia) The Global Alliance for Clean Cookstoves is sponsoring the Clean Cooking Forum 2013, to be held in Cambodia. As with the five Biennial Partnership for Clean Indoor Air Forums, this will be an excellent opportunity for the household energy community to come together and share what is working around the world, what is causing it to work, and what we can do more of, better, or differently. This will an important event for solar cooking promoters to attend, share information, and show unity in a common mission. Julie Greene, the Executive Director of Solar Cookers International, will be attending and acting as representative for the Solar Cookers World Network. She has offered to any Network member wishing to address a particular concern, but unable to attend, to please contact her to pass along a discussion topic. Registration information... See other events. Attendees at the 2013 Solar Food Processing Network conference. The Solar Food Processing Network meets to discuss international standards - The Solar Food Processing Network (SFPN) held a regional workshop in January 2013 at the Muni Seva Ashram in Goraj, Vadodara, Gujarat, India. This gathering was a follow-up to the 2009 AFPN conference held in Indore, India in 2010. Workshop participants heard from food marketing and technology experts. Conference organizers, Deepak Gadhia and Rolf Behringer held discussions on local and international marketing, village industries, packaging, policy interventions, R&D, and effective monitoring and evaluation of projects. Attendees discussed the formation of an international solar food standard and shared their own practical experiences using solar technology for food processing. Visit the Solar Food Processing Network to see a muscial video of the event and videos of solar food processing projects in Burkina Faso. Workshop participants receive their HotPot solar cooker from Sustainable Rural Life in Mexico. The durable HotPot solar panel cooker has worked well in Mexico Sustainable Rural Life is the new face of the HotPot Initiative that was launched by the Mexican Fund for the Conservation of Nature in 2003. Delivering HotPot solar cookers and training communities how to use them has served as an effective introduction to clean cooking, and has provided an alternative to burning fuelwood in indigenous communities around the country. Approximately 20,000 HotPots have been distributed throughout sixteen states in Mexico. Last year, 464 were purchased by MFCN and delivered by local partners, and 445 fuel-efficient woodstoves of various types were also delivered between March and September. At SRL they believe that using the HotPot, together with fuel-efficient cookstoves, is the best option to improve cooking habits in Mexico. Read more at Sustainable Rural Life: Update 2012. 02:00 Momentum for Change Women for Results Trailer United Nations partners with the Rockefeller Foundation to showcase women's role in solving climate change - In September 2012, the UN announced that the Rockefeller Foundation had awarded a grant to the United Nations Climate Change Secretariat to launch, Momentum for Change: Women for Results, an initiative to inform governments, the media and the public about "the role of women in solving climate change". According to the announcement: "The use of efficient energy systems at the household level (e.g. solar cooking stoves and ovens) can reduce emissions and harness the potential of women as actors in the overall solution to climate change." The mention of solar cookers in the Rockefeller Initiative may help to raise the profile of and attract additional funding for existing and future solar cooking projects. Applications will be accepted beginning March 8, 2013, International Women's Day. Read more about the program and how to qualify... January 2013 08:33 Worlds Largest Solar Cooking Class 2,044 middle school students learn to prepare lunch with solar cooking. World's largest solar cooking class takes place in India - On January 19, 2013, middle school students gathered on the grounds of JES College in Jalna, India to be trained in the use of a simple solar panel cooker. After a quick breakfast, and guidance from 205 trainers, a record-breaking 2,044 students each assembled his or her own solar cooker and placed prepared ingredients inside to cook. After speaker presentations, the students were able to enjoy the lunch they had cooked themselves. This event, sponsored by Simplified Technology for Life, demonstrates that India is quite serious about introducing solar cooking to young students. 03:58 Cooking Traditional African Cornmeal in a Solar Cooker (Filmed in Chad in 2009)-0 Traditional African Cornmeal in a Solar Cooker, filmed at the Touloum refugee camp in Chad. This simple solar cooker cooks well left unattended, providing time for other activities - The accompanying video was made in 2009 by Pat McArdle and Karyn Ellis at the Touloum Refugee Camp in eastern Chad, and features the CooKit solar cooker. It shows how the traditional cornmeal porridge is well-suited to the slow even baking provided by the solar panel cooker. The cooking food does not require the constant stirring of cooking over an open fire, allowing the women to spend time in the shade pursuing business opportunities, talking with friends, or completing other tasks. Solar Circle public service exchange program in Tanzania . Solar Circle uses barter system to distribute 3000 solar cookers in Tanzania - The NGO Solar Circle has learned many things from their solar cooking program in Masasi, southern Tanzania. People will use solar cookers if they are efficient and affordable, which is often a problem for subsistence farmers who are most in need of the cookers even when the cookers are heavily subsidized. However, they have also learned that people will work hard to earn a solar cooker. The group has created a bartering system with community leaders. The community chooses a service project and the beneficiaries organize and oversee the effort. Participants earn an solar oven for their involvement. So far, the program has distributed more than 3000 solar ovens, and built 40 houses for people who are sick, elderly, widowed, or disabled. Because the community chooses the project and beneficiary, there's an eagerness to work together. Surrounding villages have heard of the cookers and the program, so spreading the word has been easy. They cannot keep up with demand. The barter program relies on external help with finances, but community service represents the same effort that of money earned in outside employment. Solar Circle values that effort, and raises what money it can from friends to expand the program. This project is included among Most significant solar cooking projects. Residents in northwestern China using their parabolic solar cooker Large-scale use of solar cookers in northwestern China shows promise - Solar Household Energy has tracked the Chinese government's efforts to reduce carbon emissions in the region, because in rural China the predominant fuel for cooking and heating is usually coal. The government has utilized the carbon credit trading program of the Clean Development Mechanism to encourage investors to become involved, and results have proven to support a profitable business model. At this point, it is estimated over two million people are benefiting from receiving and using 500,000 parabolic solar cookers. The thermal efficiency of the solar cookers averages 65% compared with 12.3% for traditional unimproved coal fires. It is estimated the solar cooker use has reduced emissions equivalent to taking 200,000 automobiles off the road. Manufactured at a unit cost of $44USD, the cookers are locally manufactured, require no externally sourced parts, and components are recyclable. For those who perceive solar cooking as happening only at a village level, this report confirms that solar cooking continues to grow as a valuable resource to significantly help reduce global carbon emissions. Read more details of the report at Solar Cooking in China: A CDM Project. This project is included among Most significant solar cooking projects. Electro Solar Cooker with built-in photovoltaic panels. Solar cooking promoter adds photovoltaic cells to a solar box cooker - The Electro Solar Cooker is being produced by the Association pour le Développement de l'Energie Solaire (ADES), a Swiss nonprofit that promotes solar cooking in Madagascar. ADES recognized another solar energy opportunity that would work well with their solar cooking promotion. As long as the solar cooker is used for a few hours each day for cooking, why not build in strips of photovoltaic cells to create some electricity? The power is stored in batteries attached under the cooker. Fully charged, the unit can power 12 volt lights or a radio for a few days and recharge cellphones. The multiple functions may compliment and encourage the use of this solar appliance. For older news, please see Solar cooking news archive. Contact For questions and comments about the Solar Cookers World Network or its website (this wiki), contact firstname.lastname@example.com. 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