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Klaus Esterluß | Ideas

Sunshine in a pot – Solar cooking in India

Hundreds of children attend the schools of the Muni Seva Ashram in the Western Indian state of Gujarat everyday. Their school meals used to be prepared over wood fires. Now a new project harnesses the power of the sun for the school canteen. In our first gallery on our blog we are taking you back to one of our first reports for GLOBAL IDEAS. We hope that you enjoy these pictures.

Date

July 13, 2011

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cooking, gallery, India, panels, power, solar

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