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Davide Milani
Davide Milani works as a carpenter in Castelfranco Veneto, Italy. He is passionate about modeling, engineering, historical reenactments, botany, design, basically anything new that catches his interest. These interests has led to volunteering in projects that address social issues.
In 2019 he met Matteo Muccioli and began a collaboration that led him to found the solar cooking center of Centro Cottura Solare CFV in June 2022. The center provides training and information about solar ovens and their use and construction. The center also offers on-going advice to all those who have participated in their courses according to their need.
He envisions future projects will include being able to network on a national level in Italy with other aspects related to solar cooking. Sharing a technology he believes can solve a number of environmental problems, and alleviate the difficulties for many affected families.
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- NEW: September 2024: The Castelfranco Veneto solar cooking center continues its activity, even if at a reduced pace, due to a lower presence of participants and a lack of volunteers. To date, 375 ovens have been built during the courses offered. Of this count, there have been no second or third ovens built by individual students.
- June 2023: Castelfranco Veneto is a solar cooking center founded by Davide Milani in northern Italy. Members shared their recipes, and created this community-based solar cookbook in a pdf format, free for all to download and use. Conveniently, the cookbook is written in Italian with companion text in English. Have a look, and maybe pick up a little Italian along the way. Download a copy
Centro Cottura Solare CFV hosts a workshop for people building their own solar cookers. Photo credit: Davide Milani
- February 2023: The Centro Cottura Solare CFV, under the direction of Davide Milani, resumes their informative construction courses on solar ovens. Since May 2022, they have helped people to build 218 ovens. Then they follow their students, after they build their oven, by means of a dedicated telegram support group. The requests to participate in the courses are becoming more numerous, with people coming from other regions of Italy.
- December 2022: The Centro Cottura Solare CFV concludes its activities for 2022 with 177 ovens built, over 200 course participants, requests for participation from other regions of Italy, and reservations for new courses that will start in January 2023 -- a success in spreading solar culture in a new area.
Busy hands at a CFV solar cooker construction workshop, Photo credit: Davide Milani
Photo credit: Davide Milani
The finished product busily baking, Photo credit: Davide Milani
- October 2022: Castelfranco Veneto, founded by Davide Milani, has built 143 solar ovens to date, of which 84 are in constant use. The courses continue to be offered, and there has been a large number of requests made to participate in the program. The students come from Veneto but also from nearby regions such as Trentino and Friuli.
The Gengha Solar Oven oven shown with three wall layers. Photo credit: Davide Milani
- August 2022: Davide designed and built the modular Gengha Solar Oven.
- September 2022: Davide founds the Centro cottura solare di Castelfranco Veneto, which offers online theoretical courses on solar cooking, support, and advice at no expense. As of September 2022, they have helped build 61 ovens, 52 are in use, and 35 are in daily use. There are five permanent collaborators, two on-call, fielding requests from new people and groups, and hoping to reach 100 solar ovens assembled by the end of the year.
- October 2022: the center founded by Davide Milani reaches 257 members, the 110 ovens built and keeps a register of the frequency of use Ovens and the type of food Which is prepared by the students
- After the construction of their oven, people are followed step by step, 24 hours a day in the introduction to use and for the resolution of any problems.
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Email: milani.davide2@alice.it