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Last edited: 21 December 2017
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The purpose of this page is to consolidate notes useful to or related to the use of the integrated cooking method as disaster response. See also Solar Cookers International’s Work for Disaster Preparedness.
News
- October 2017: Julie Greene from SCI, and Ole Kaven, geophysicist, discuss earthquakes and solar cooking options when power is out. Julie's discussion begins at 14:30. From a 2015 recording. - 3BL Media
- April 2016: Energy in Emergency Situations - Boiling Point
- April 2015: In response to Nepal earthquake: Solar Cookers International’s statement on disaster relief.
Resources
- Solar Cookers International’s Work for Disaster Preparedness.
- April 2016: Energy in Emergency Situations - Boiling Point
- Plans for a rocket stove made of four cinderblocks (imagery only)
- Fun-Panel solar oven plans (English)
Articles in the media
- December 2017: 'Like Going Back in Time’: Puerto Ricans Put Survival Skills to Use - The New York Times
Thoughts
It would be handy to have a booklet that contains extremely basic information that might be distributed to victims of a disaster (in which local infrastructure is destroyed). It would concentrate on using found items to build things like solar ovens, rocket stoves, and heat-retention cookers.
Possible topics:
- Water pasteurization & methods (Water Pasteurization Indicator or the Boil 3, Add 1 Method, etc.)
- Brick / Cinderblock rocket stove
 The "4 Block" Rocket Stove! - DIY Rocket Stove - (Concrete Cinder Block Rocket Stove) - Simple DIY |
 How to Make a 16 Brick Rocket Stove |
- Recipe and instructions for making adobe bricks
- Simple solar cookers: Windshield Shade Solar Cooker
- Basic instructions for Heat-retention cooking
- Food prep, handling & storage
It would probably be best to stick with heat-retention designs from scavenged materials; it might be difficult to come by all of the correct materials to construct even a cardboard solar oven (plastic/glass/aluminum foil or reflective sheets & glue).
