Adventures with Solar, Haybox and Rocket Stove Cooking

As a teenager living in Nigeria in the 70’s, Seggy was always interested in cooking using the sun. Needless to say the first efforts with concave holes in the ground lined with silver foil were not very successful. Then, in 2011 he was given a chance to visit Rwanda to promote low impact cooking technologies, such as solar and retained heat (haybox) cooking and rocket stoves. This rekindled his interest and his wife, Jane (always interested in sustainable projects) was also infected with a passion for fossil fuel free cooking.

 

This book catalogues our journey over the last ten years, experimenting with solar, haybox and rocket stove cookers and spreading what we learnt as far and wide as possible. We have made several solar and haybox cookers at home and we share the designs of some of these as well as some of the interesting recipes that we tried out.

 

One of the high points in our work was the trip to Sri Lanka in 2019 where we spent weeks working with a charity in the Vanni region. These and other outreach experiences at festivals and workshops are included inside. We hope that these will inspire some of you to make and use some of the designs that are outlined here.

Jane Segaran

 

After working in Education and Road Safety for a number of years, Jane ran a hospitality business. She has worked in the voluntary sector for many years improving lives for the homeless in York. Jane is currently involved in promoting sustainable cooking techniques both in the UK and Sri Lanka and is a co-author of two books.

 

Seggy Segaran

 

I have worked in the electronic manufacturing sector for 40 years. In the first 5 years I worked as a design engineer, using the then newly available 4-bit microcontrollers. I was also one of the first proud owners of an Acorn home computer.

 

The following 4 years were spent gaining experience of managing teams as well as engaging with other departments like sales and marketing and getting a wider understanding of how an organisation really ticks.The next 31 years have been spent starting and growing my own business. This has given me a wide range of experiences.

 

Over the last ten years, I have written many books on subjects varying from Portable Appliance Testing, through Designing Electronic Products to books about the Raspberry Pi. More recently along with my wife Jane we have spent much time promoting energy saving and written books on Haybox Thermal Cooking and about our various projects.

• Publisher: Ohm Books Publishing
• Published: 26th March 2021
• Language: English
• Paperback: 105 pages
• ISBN:‎ 9798716753259
• Dimensions: 15.24 x 0.64 x 22.86 cm