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April 2021:
- Photovoltaic cooking: Craig Bergland experiments using nichrome wire as a 12v heating element to assist cooking with a solar box cooker
- Box cooker resource: Calculator for the angles of four-sided reflectors
- (EVENT) Webinar: (TBD) - CONSOLFOOD is requesting videos of solar cooks baking bread for use in a future webinar
- (EVENT) Conference: 24-26 January 2022 - The 4th CONSOLFOOD 2022 international solar thermal food processing conference will be held in Faro, Portugal, abstracts for presentation are being accepted
- Democratic Republic of the Congo NGO: Nabahya Food Institute is a community based commune promoting energy efficient cooking strategies
- (EVENT) Webinar: Thursday, 29 April 2021 (2:00pm - 3:30am CEST, 12:00 - 1:30 GMT):Understanding the multilateral climate funds - This will be the last webinar of The Women and Gender Constituency three-part series. This Zoom event is free but registration is required
- (EVENT) Webinar: Thursday, 15 April 2021 (2:00pm - 3:30am CEST, 12:00 - 1:30 GMT):Improving capacities to access funding - The Women and Gender Constituency invites you to the second of their three-part webinar series. This Zoom event is free but registration is required
- (EVENT) Webinar: Thursday, 1 April 2021 (2:00pm - 3:30am CEST, 12:00 - 1:30 GMT):, Exploring the Funding Landscape - The Women and Gender Constituency invites you to the first of their three-part webinar series. This Zoom event is free but registration is required
March 2021:
- (EVENT) Webinar: Saturday, 24 April 2021 (6am-7:30am PST, 13:00 -14:30 GMT), Adventures with Solar and Haybox Cooking - SF Innovation LTD, with Seggy Segaran, will discuss experiences with solar and haybox cooking, and also the improved combustion cook stoves they use. This Zoom event is free but registration is required
- New Zealand vendor: Taste of Sun
- NGO CSW 65 Forum video: SCI at the Commission on the Status of Women (CSW) Virtual Event, dedicated in memory of Dar Curtis, devoted solar cooking advocate
- Manufactured solar cooker: The HotPot solar cooker is again available for purchase
- Carbon Offsets: New information on carbon offset mechanisms - Carbon Market Watch
- (EVENT) rescheduled: 30 September - 2 October 2021 (Jakarta): 7th SOLARTECH Indonesia
- Solar cooker design: ETE ETMATE evacuated tube solar cooker
- (EVENT) Webinar: Sunday, 21 March 2021 (16:45-17:50 GMT), CONSOLFOOD, The Lightoven - how solar cooking changes the cook - Dr. Hartmut Ehmler
- Solar cooker design: Stockton Solar Oven evacuated tube construction videos: Parts 1 & 2
- Kenya news: Kenya recognised globally for promotion of clean cooking - The Star
- Report: Solar Dryers - A Basic Compendium - Bernhard Müller
- (EVENT) Webinar: Saturday, 13 March 2021 (2am-3:30am PST, 10:00-11:30 GMT), Adventures with Solar and Haybox Cooking - SF Innovation LTD, with Seggy Segaran, will discuss experiences with solar and haybox cooking, also the range of fuel efficient cook stoves available. Event is free but registration is equired
- Report: Chancen bei der Überwindung extremer Armut durch Kooperation beim Klimaschutz - Dieter Seifert
- Manufacturer news: TinyTech Plants in Gujarat, India, is liquidating 1.2 mt parabolic cooker framework stock
- India news: New, larger Scheffler reflector replacement at the Green Campus, Vankuva School
- Kenya news: The Republic of Kenya has been awarded the Solar Cookers International Order of Excellence for progress in achieving Sustainable Development Goals for 2020
February 2021:
- Photovoltaic cooking: Developments by Alexis Ziegler on high output direct PV cooking
- EPA Study: Final Report: Designing a Low Cost Solar Oven for Rural Native American Communities
- Testing: Testing of the Burns-Millwaukie's Sun Oven, March 1997
- Household air pollution: PCIA Bulletin - Solar Cooking, Jan. 2010
- (EVENT) NGO CSW 65 Forum: 14-26 March 2021, SCI's Executive Director, Caitlyn Hughes, will speak, along with other solar cooking leaders, on Thursday, March 25. Registration is full, but the program will be broadcast simultaneously on the SCI facebook page
- Mexico project evaluation: The Ambassador-Led Social Enterprise in Oaxaca, Mexico: Sustainably Spreading Solar Cooking in Rural Communities - Solar Household Energy
- Photovoltaic cooking: PV panels connected directly to insulated cooker
- Design: ULOG 1.0
- France news: NeoLoco is a bakery in Normandy offering local solar roasted seeds and baked goods
- (EVENT) Webinar: Wednesday, 24 February 2021 (8:00am-9:30am MST, 3:00-4:30 GMT) ASHES will discuss experimental interventions to facilitate clean cookstove adoption
- Vietnam news: Green Impact supports the victims of flooding and landslides in Central Vietnam
- (EVENT) Webinar: Wednesday, 24 February 2021 (5:00pm-6:30pm WAT, 4:00-5:30 GMT) ReEnegy Africa presents Corporate Governance and Access to Finance in Africa - How to Narrow the gap?
- NGO news: Solar Oven Partners leaders discuss their latest oven fabrication and training program in video interview
- Photovoltaic cooking: Combining PV panels with retained heat cooking strategies to achieve low cost results
- Canada news: Green entrepreneur donates solar cookers to northern communities - NNSL Media
- Funding resource: GrantWatch - a subscription service providing information on available grants
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