SOLAR COOKERS SYSTEMS IN SOCIAL INTEREST HOUSES BUILD BY THE STATE IN CHUBUT, ARGENTINA

MELE, E.; DE BENITO, L.; GARZÓN, BEATRIZ

Granada, España

Conferencia; SOLAR COOKERS AND FOOD PROCESSING INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE.; 2006

Fundació Tierra - Solar Cookers Internacional

Objectives: To encourage the spread use of solar cookers in a management and production model of houses built by the State for the improvement of the rural dwellers? quality of life and the protection of the environment in three districts in Chubut, a province in the south of Argentina. Methodology: The Participative Action Research (Investigación Acción Participativa, IAP) has been used, in order to be aware of this place?s reality and to transform it. The aim of this transformation is to value participation and popular knowledge as tools for a wholesome change. Results: We have sought to reinforce the commitment and the capacity of the community to use the power resources available in an independent, rational and reflexive way. The proposal is supported by a strong involvement in the qualifications of the users for the spread and adoption of alternative technology systems that respond to the environmental, socio-economic and functional needs and/or requirements of the families and communities in question, in order to favour a sustained settling process and re-evaluation of its natural and cultural context.