Community Cooker
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The Community Cooker (Kiswahili translation on "Jiko ya Jamii") is a stove designed to produce safe, clean, and cheap energy for cooking from rubbish. Jim Archer invented the Community Cooker, the Chairman of Planning Systems Services Ltd. , to address the accumulation of rubbish throughout Kibera while providing relief to the deforestation and groundwater pollution.
History and development
[edit]- 1990: Jim Archer recognized the increasing environmental problem around Kenya
- 2008: First Community Cooker prototype completed
- 2010: Community Cooker passed emission test and reached EPA standard
- November 2010: Community Cooker Foundation established
News and recognition
[edit]- Winner of the British Expertise International Awards 2011-12 Environmental Impact Award[1]
- CNN covered Community Cooker turning rubbish into fuel in 2011[2]
- Community Cooker was exhibited at the Smithsonian Cooper‐Hewitt National Design Museum "Design with the Other 90%: Cities" exhibition
- Gemini News Service conducted an in-depth report on Community Cooker in 2011[3][4]
The Community Cooker in 2012-2014
[edit]February 2012
[edit]The Community Cooker wins the WORLD DESIGN IMPACT PRIZE, sponsored by the International Council of Societies of Industrial Design (ICSID)
July 26, 2012
[edit]The Community Cooker is short-listed for the FT/CITI Urban Ingenuity award.
July 27, 2012
[edit]Together with the University of Nairobi's Architecture Department, PLANNING represented Kenya in "Running Ahead: Vitalizing Urban Areas and Communities" during the London 2012 Olympics in East Thames, 29-35 West Ham Lane, Stratford.
September 2012
[edit]Orders for two community cookers for Dadaab Refugee Camp from the United Nations
November 2012
[edit]Shortlist for the ICON "Most Socially Responsible Design" award.
December 2012
[edit]On December 5, in New York, the Community Cooker is adjudicated as the winner of the FT/Citi Urban Ingenuity: Ideas in Action Energy Award (with the Metropolitan Government of Tokyo in second place) and also, by a unanimous vote of the jury, the Community Cooker is given the Overall Global INGENUITY LEADER Award. On December 19, the Community Cooker is short-listed for the 2013 FT ArcelorMittal "Boldness in Business" Award in their Corporate Responsibility/Environment category. To be adjudicated in March 2013.
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ "British Expertise International Awards". Archived from the original on 2012-07-23. Retrieved 2012-07-17.
- ^ CNN Urban Planet Report
- ^ "Gemini News Report". Archived from the original on 2015-02-15. Retrieved 2012-07-17.
- ^ "Community Cooker". Archived from the original on 2011-08-30. Retrieved 2012-07-17.