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Solar cooking around the world
Top News
July 2021
June 2021
 | UN Decade of Ecosystem Restoration in African drylands begins, with help from carbon credit incentives for solar cooking programs |
 | Solar Zentrum provides an online presentation from noted solar cooking advocates |
 | Solar Cookers International helping to provide solar cookers and other integrated cooking appliances to vulnerable groups within Nepal |
 | Luther Krueger created a video podcast interview series with contemporary solar cooking promoters, inventors, tinkerers and practitioners throughout the U.S. in 2020 |
 | The Solar Education Project directs attention to their local Hubbard Public Library, which offers several styles of solar cookers for lending |
 | The Solar Cookers World Network facebook group has reached 6000 members |
May 2021
 | Dave Oxford of SLiCK explains which type of heat trap works the best |
Events
- 17-23 December 2021: Solar Cooking Awareness Week (Southern Hemisphere) - A loosely organized bid to acknowledge the fun and benefits of solar cooking. Show someone how to solar cook and share a meal.
- NEW: 24-26 January 2022: Fourth International Conference: Advances in Solar Thermal Food Processing - CONSOLFOOD Chairman, Celestino Ruivo, has announced an extended call for abstracts for the upcoming conference in January 2022, which is now planned to be an online event. Advances in solar cooking as well as solar food processing will be considered for inclusion. The event schedule and submission requirements are in CONSOLFOOD 2022 conference information.
Australia
- 6-10 February 2022 (Perth): World Renewable Energy Congress XXI - Hosted by Murdoch University, The conference will focus on finding 'A Pathway to Economic Recovery and Climate Mitigation'. With a broad agenda, conference organizers are requesting proposals for presentation, and have acknowledged solar cooking to be a viable technology to help achieve the stated objectives. They encourage solar cooking organizations to submit proposals. More information...
Indonesia
- 30 September - 2 October 2021 (Jakarta): 7th SOLARTECH Indonesia - (Rescheduled from 30 March-2 April 2021) to be held at JIExpo Kemayoran Jakarta. More information...
Add your event
- Have your event listed here by emailing paul@solarcookers.org.
See also
New content
July 2021:
- Mexico news: La Sazón del Sol prepares solar processed foods for sale near Oaxaca
- India bakery: Maharashtra: Jalna-based dentist makes sugar-free cookies using solar energy
- Webinar: Solar Cookers International and Public-Private Alliance Foundation members and advisors discuss how solar cooking can help meet the 2030 Agenda of the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs)
- India manufacturer and vendor: Solar India
- Webinar: CONSOLFOOD presents the results of their solar bread baking short video request
- Hybrid solar oven: Steven Harrigan explains his hybrid rocket/solar cooker
- (EVENT) Webinar: Friday, 9 July 2021 10am-11:30am PDT, 1pm - 2:30pm EDT, 17:00 - 6:30 GMT: Solar Cookers International will be host a Side Event at the United Nation's High-level Political Forum 2021. Participation is free, but registration is required
- (EVENT) Online conversation: Tuesday, 20 July 2021, 10am EST, 14:00 GMT: The Clean Cooking Alliance has scheduled a conversation with Hillary Clinton. This a free event, but registration is required
- Institutional cooking: Joel Goodman's Thru-Reflector-Wall (TRW) concept sketches
- Solar tracking: Video of Alec Billroth's dual-axis tracker for a Sun Oven
- Solar drying: Video showing solar dryer manufactured by Rudra Solar Energy
June 2021:
- India news: Electrification of 19 Siachen villages to help Ladakh achieve carbon-neutrality target: Officials encourage solar cooking - The Hindu
- Chad news: Solar Cooking for Refugee Families in Chad - Gold Standard
- NGO news: AfriShiner's webpage to close, but solar cooking entrepreneurship continues to flourish
- Kenya news: Taxes help and hinder solar cooker sales in Kenya
- Solar tracking: Stan Wells shows a time-lapse video of his trackers responding to the morning sun
- France news: Low-tech sustainability video by Lytefire, incorporates cooking at scale with a solar array oven (in French w/captions)
- (EVENT) Webinar: Saturday 26 June 2021 1 pm CDMX, 13:00 GMT: La Sazón del Sol, located near Oaxaca, Mexico, has organized a facebook gathering to discuss solar cooking and solar food processing (Spanish)
- Kenya report: Example of Site Suitability Study for Kenya - Solar Household Energy
- Annual report: Solar Household Energy - 2020
- Research papers: Research studies of the HotPot
- Germany news: Solar Zentrum provides an online presentation from noted solar cooking advocates, available on YouTube
- Mexico news: 71-Year-Old Mexican Man Builds Solar Stoves Out Of Reused Materials - Intelligent Living
- Insulated solar electric cooking: Pete Schwartz presents a video of his team's latest findings
- Nepal news: Solar Cookers International assists in distributing solar cooking and related equipment to vulnerable groups within Nepal
- (EVENT) Webinar: Sunday, 4 July 2021, 13:30 - 15:30 GMT: CONSOLFOOD sponsors a solar bread baking webinar, with videos from over fifteen contributors (with Q & A). See event notice to register by 2 July.
- Refugee camp news: OPIN Offsets 100 Tonnes of Carbon CO2 - EinPressWire
- Interviews: Luther Krueger's cross-country USA video series of interviews with solar cooking advocates and inventors
- Glazing news article: Insulating Glass Keeps Getting Better - Fine Homebuilding
- Report: Opportunities in overcoming extreme poverty through cooperation on climate protection (English, German) - Dieter Seifert
- (EVENT) Webinar: Wednesday, 30 June 2021, TBD: How Behavioral Science Can Help Increase Uptake and Sustained Use of Clean Energy in Developing Countries sponsored by the World Health Organization
- (EVENT) Webinar: Wednesday, 16 June 2021, 14:30-16:00 CET, 12:30-14:00 GMT: Clean Cooking Data and Pathways to Achieving Progress sponsored by the World Health Organization
- (EVENT) Webinar: Tuesday, 15 June 2021, 2:55-3:55pm CEST, 12:55-1:55 GMT: European Development Days sponsors a discussion with sector leaders on increasing the momentum of health and energy sector cooperation to support political prioritization and investments in sustainable energy.
- Solar cooker lending: Hubbard Public Library in Ohio offers solar cookers for lending
- NGO news: Solar Household Energy has adopted the 100 Families Project that provides groceries, cooking devices, and other support for 100 families locked down in the Kariobangi slum in Nairobi Kenya.
- (EVENT) Open EWB meeting: Tuesday, 8 June 2021, 6pm CEST, 16:00 GMT: Taxes, technology, and solar cooking future with Engineers without Borders-Sweden, a Google discussion
- (EVENT) Insulated electric solar cooking: Thursday, 10 June 2021, 6pm CEST, 16:00 GMT: A Google meet conversation, hosted by Engineers without Borders-Sweden, to discuss the advantages and disadvantages of the technology
For older news and new-content log, please see the Solar cooking news archive.
Contact
- For questions and comments about the Solar Cooking Wiki (this website), contact paul@solarcookers.org. To reach Solar Cookers International, contact info@solarcookers.org.
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