A few weeks back I ordered the Aprovecho rocket cook stove, produced by their affiliate StoveTec. With shipping, about $65. It's a great little stove, surprisingly solid and hefty (and, one hopes, durable to boot).

We recently had the pleasure of spending a month out in Paonia, Colorado, hometown of the nonprofit Solar Energy International (SEI), and hotbed of sustainability nuts like ourselves. Rebekah was teaching a class specifically tailored to women learning how to design and install photovoltaic (solar electric) systems. She'd taken the class in 2005 after studying regular electricity at our local community college, and used her empowering SEI experience to help launch her successful solar electric career.