Solar ice and clean water for coastal communities.
A solar powered system that makes ice and safe drinking water for San Evaristo, a fishing village on Mexico’s Sea of Cortez, designed so other coastal villages can copy it.
Sun in, ice and water out.
Solar power
The system runs on the sun, so the village no longer depends on ice trucked in from La Paz.
Ice for fishermen
Fresh flake ice keeps the catch fresh and lets fishing families earn more for it.
Water for children
Desalinated seawater, treated to Mexican standards, is free for local children.
A community enterprise.
Ice in a Box is run as a local enterprise, so income from ice pays for upkeep and the project keeps working long after it is built.
Owned locally
Local fishermen run the system with training and support.
Designed to copy
Every step is documented so other coastal villages can build their own.
Cross-border
Rotary clubs in the United States and Mexico work on it side by side.
San Evaristo, Sea of Cortez.
A fishing village in Baja California Sur where ice has to be trucked in from La Paz. Making it on site with the sun changes the economics of every catch.
Working together.
Bring Ice in a Box to another village.
Rotary clubs, engineers and coastal communities: tell us where this could help and we will share what we have learned.
steve@stevebender.net