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A story of a young Bangladeshi boy who enters his school's sustainability contest with a solar cooker design to help with his family's health

India team preparing for mass production of solar wall oven

GoSun Fusion debuts with solar powered battery back-up for nighttime cooking

AfriShiners 3rd International Workshop to be held in Eldoret, Kenya in March 2019. (Unfortunately, registration is full for this event)

Watch on-demand videos of solar cooking press conferences at UN COP24 Climate Change Conference

Solar cooking advocate, José Andrés, has been nominated for the 2019 Nobel Peace Prize

American Solar Energy Society launches Tiny Watts, a community website for users of solar PV and solar thermal technology to share their experiences and document solar energy use

Indian government offers challenge awards for the most user-friendly solar cookers

Innovative teacher earns $20,000 STEM grant—Lesson #1: Solar cooking

28 young Namibians from all over the country participate in 5-day workshop on solar cooking and other renewable energy strategies

View the latest Performance Evaluation (PEP) testing results

Pakistani Scouts demonstrate their knowledge of solar cooking

AfriShiners is a valuable resource for sustainable cooking in Central Africa

Events

International conferences

• NEW: 22-24 January 2020: CONSOLFOOD2020 - To be held at the Institute of Engineering, Universidade do Algarve, Campus da Penha, 8005-139 Faro, Portugal. The conference will focus on solar thermal food processing. The deadline for receipt of abstracts is 31 May 2019. Abstracts should be sent via email to cruivo@ualg.pt in .doc, .docx, or pdf format. More conference information... 

Brazil

• NEW: 8-12 May 2019 (Florianopolis): ENSUS 2019 - VII Encontro de Sustentabilidade em Projeto

Germany

• NEW: 6-7 April 2019 (Altötting): EG-Solar is sponsoring a solar cooking conference in conjunction with local students. The conference language will be German. Contact Bernhard Müller if interested in more information.

Kenya

• NEW: 21-23 March 2019: AfriShiners (Eldoret): The AfriShiners 3rd International Workshop is taking place in Eldoret, Kenya. (Unfortunately, registration is full for this event). More information...

Morocco

• NEW: September 2019 (Benguerir Green City):  Solar Decathlon AFRICA - More information...

USA

Connecticut

• 13-14 April 2019 (New Haven): 16th Annual 'Unite for Sight' Global Health & Innovation Conference - The conference will include over 2000 professionals and students from around the world, and also aims to encourage changemakers, and participants from all sectors of global health, international development, and social entrepreneurship to attend. More information...

Wisconsin

• NEW: 1-30 April 2019 (Dodgeville): The BIETR, etc. exhibit by Joel Goodman will be on display throughout April at the Iowa County Courthouse in Dodgeville from 8:30 a.m.-4:30 p.m. weekdays. It will include solar collector and storage building studies for heating and cooling, solar kitchens for the tropics, reused wind blades, PV pergolas, and various other works.

See also

• Past events
• Organizing solar cooking events

New content

• Solar cooking story: The tale of a young Bangladeshi boy who enters his school's sustainability contest with a solar cooker design to help his family's health - Kids Can Press
• Cooking news: GoSun Thermo tracks food tempurature wirelessly
• Cooking pot news: - Heat retention myths and facts: Does cast iron hold heat better than clad? - CenturyLife.org
• Solar cooker design: Newton Solar Oven
• Germany news: Kooperation beim Klimaschutz - Sonnenenergie
• Cooking pot news: Soot-based coatings for solar cookers - H. Servín-Campuzano, et al

• India news: Vocational Training On Preservation Of Fruits And Vegetables Concludes At Krishi Vigyan Kendra Fatehgarh Sahib - 5 Dariya News
• Manufacturer news: New stove manufacturer in India uses heat storage for evening cooking
• EVENT: 22-24 January 2020: CONSOLFOOD2020 (Faro, Portugal) - The next solar thermal food processing conference is being planned, and is encouraging submission of abstracts, by 31 May 2019.
• Education news: Wellesley author’s book has kids cooking with solar power - The Swellesley Report
• EVENT: September 2019 (Benguerir Green City, Morocco): Solar Decathlon AFRICA
• Solar drying news: Solar Energy Drying in Haiti: Reducing Peanut Loss
• France vendor: Soleil Vert
• Solar wall oven news: Window-mounted solar oven - Design Innovation Center (Mumbai)
• India news: StartupBharat: From solar stoves to 3D printing, four stories of innovation from Gujarat - YourStory

• Carbon credit news: Compensation of CO₂ emissions as a global opportunity for climate protection (English, Spanish) - Dieter Seifert
• Individual news: RPCV Patricia McArdle: PCV, Diplomat, Novelist, Solar Cook - Peace Corps Worldwide
• GoSun news: GoSun woos outdoor cooks with Fusion's solar power - TechXplore
• EVENT: 6-7 April 2019 (Altötting, Germany): - EG-Solar is sponsoring a solar cooking conference in Altötting, Germany in conjunction with local students. The conference language will be German. Contact Bernhard Müller if interested in more information.
• EVENT: 8-10 May 2019 (Florianopolis, Brazil): - ENSUS 2019 - VII Encontro de Sustentabilidade em Projeto
• Evacuated-tube cooker news: GoSun's Fusion solar cooker revealed at CES 2019 - C|Net
• Puerto Rico news: Faith-Based Social Entrepreneurs Bank Puerto Rico Trash Will Fuel Island's Growth - Forbes
• EVENT: 21-23 March 2019 (Eldoret, Kenya): - The AfriShiners 3rd International Workshop will take place in Eldoret, Kenya in March 2019 (Unfortunately, registration is full for this event). More information...
• Namibia news: Solar cooking impresses workshop participants - The Namibian

• India news: Replacing traditional stoves with solar cooking solutions: Solar energy to pave way for a sustainable future - Media India Group
• Promotion document: Solar Cooking Adoption and Impact Survey
• Promotion data collection: Solar Cookers International: Adoption and Impact - Post Distribution Survey (contribute your data!)
• Red Cross solar cooker alliance:   GoSun to co-brand solar cookers with the American Red Cross for disaster relief. Read their press release
• Carbon credit news: Information on solar cooking Gold Standard carbon credits that Gold Standard shared at recent United Nations SCI press conference
• World Health Organization news: WHO calls on countries to embrace non-polluting sources of energy - Ghana Web
• Country article: Ukraine
• Photovoltaic cooker news: IIT-B fest launches solar chai on day 1 - The Asian Age
• Ghana news: Catholic Church promotes solar to reduce emissions and help the fishing industry - BusinessGhana
• UN news: WHO calls on countries to embrace non-polluting sources of energy - GhanaWeb
• Nigeria news: FAO promotes solar, fuel-efficient technologies among internally displaced people in northeastern Nigeria - Food and Agriculture Organization of the UN
• José Andrés news: Solar cooking advocate, José Andrés, has been nominated for the 2019 Nobel Peace Prize -The Washington Post
• Sri Lanka news: Clean alternatives to firewood cooking stoves, by Seggy Segaran- Sunday Observer

• Survey document: Exploratory Resident Survey for Solar Cooking
• Document: Carbon Mechanisms Review
• Presentation: AfriShiners workshop presentation slides
• EVENT: 3-14 December 2018 (Katowice, Poland): - COP24 (UN Climate Change) Conference of the Parties
• Refugee relief aid: Energy’s Changing Role in Relief Aid - YaleGlobal Online
• Solar restaurant and bakery news: Le Présage – Le 1er restaurant solaire de France est à Aubagne - (English version)
• Democratic Republic of Congo report: Rwenena Report on Solar Cooking Stove Survey
• Switzerland news: SCI Science Director meets with WHO representatives and presents at the 2018 International Tech4Dev Conference
• France news: SCI at Clean Tech Week in Annecy
• EVENT: 8 December 2018 (Manchester, New Hampshire, USA): - The Discovery Lab will host its second annual 4-H Science Bonanza
• India news: Indians for Collective Action Celebrates Golden Jubilee, Honors Social Pioneers - India West
• Baking guidelines: The reason you should bake at 350 degrees - Eat This, Not That!