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World Summit on Sustainable Devlopment (WSSD)
Can-Products participated with the Tin-Solar-Restaurant “UN:Plugged”
at the WSSD from 17th August to 7th September 2002 in Johannesburg at the UBUNTU Village.
All people were fascinated that food can be cooked on solar cookers
and that houses and furniture can be made from discarded tin/cans. The combination of several related development projects (tin/can, solar, efficient cooking) has attracted a large number of visitors,
delegates and media. The most visual part was the tin/can house, followed by the concentrator solar cookers, box solar cookers and improved stoves and the gel-fuel. The visitors and media came
mainly for one reason: solar cooking or tin/can houses but after the first week, the visitors came for a third reason: excellent food prepared on solar cooking. The restaurant was providing the best
food on site. Many delegates preferred vegetarian dish but the most common served dish was the african dish with pap or rice. The Tin-Solar Restaurant was considered as one of the
highlights of the Ubuntu Village and WSSD.
The visitors, apart from the media, to the restaurant included: Prime
Minister of Lesotho with several cabinet Ministers, several Ministers from South Afrika, Greece, Germany, Malawi, France, etc. Many more high-ranking delegates came to visit there but did not officially
introduce themselves. Local and international voice, print and TV media covered the restaurant from different angles such as environment, gender, housing etc.
www.allafrica.com For further information on the solar cooking project click here |
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