The Community Cooker (Kiswahili translation on "Jiko ya Jamii") is a

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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

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while providing relief to the deforestation and groundwater pollution.

History and development

* 1990:

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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 Community Cooker Foundation is an initiative by Planning Systems Services Ltd. in Nairobi, Kenya, established in 2010, with the goal of using the Community Cooker, a simple stove designed to turn rubbish into safe, clean and cheap energy, to tra ...

established

News and recognition

* Winner of the British Expertise International Awards 2011-12 Environmental Impact Award * CNN covered Community Cooker turning rubbish into fuel in 2011 * 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

The Community Cooker in 2012-2014

February 2012

The Community Cooker wins th
WORLD DESIGN IMPACT PRIZE
sponsored by the International Council of Societies of Industrial Design (ICSID)

July 26, 2012

The Community Cooker is short-listed for the FT/CITI Urban Ingenuity award.

July 27, 2012

Together with the

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's Architecture Department, PLANNING represented

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in "Running Ahead: Vitalizing Urban Areas and Communities" during the

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in East Thames, 29-35 West Ham Lane, Stratford.

September 2012

Orders for two community cookers for

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Refugee Camp from the

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November 2012

Shortlist for the ICON "Most Socially Responsible Design" award.

December 2012

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.

References

External links

* {{official website, http://communitycooker.or.ke/ Stoves