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Solar cooking around the world
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September 2024
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July 2024
 | Introducing solar cooking technology at vocational schools in Gitega, Burundi |
 | ‘Haven’t Bought an LPG Cylinder in 4 Years’: How To Use Solar Cooking to Save Money & Time |
 | SCI Webinar at the United Nations High-level Political Forum 2024 Side Event, watch on-demand |
 | Solar Brother, manufacturer of solar cooking appliances, inaugurates the country's first solar center in Carnoules, France |
 | Solar Cookers for Haiti provides an introductory workshop for the orphanage in Lefort |
Events
Featured international events
- 12-14 March 2025 (Bridgetown, Barbados): Sustainable Energy for All Global Forum - Building on Prime Minister Mottley’s Bridgetown Initiative for the reform of development finance, the Forum will address the challenge of how we can mobilize sufficient finance on the right terms to meet global goals, especially for the most underserved communities, countries and regions – such as Small Island Developing States. The event wil be co-hosted by Sustainable Energy for All and the Government of Barbados, led by Prime Minister Mia Amor Mottley. Project site visits will take place Friday, 14 March. More information...
Requests for proposal
- The deadline for receipt of abstracts is 15th December 2024 - Advances in Solar Thermal Food Processing (CONSOLFOOD2025) is being planned for the 5th, 6th and 7th of May, 2025 in Marseille, France. The gathering expects to attract, once again, top experts from all over the world to present and discuss topics related to advances in solar food processing and solar cooking. An exhibition of solar cookers will be available for viewing during the conference at the nearby the solar restaurant Le Présage. The solar restaurant, along with the demonstration cookers, will produce a solar lunch. The whole conference program will be delivered in hybrid format, so those who register, but are not present at Marseille, will be able to participate online. Your abstracts should be sent via email to Celestino Ruivo at cruivo@ualg.pt in .doc, .docx, or pdf format. You should limit your abstract to 400 words, and follow these guidelines. All abstracts will be reviewed and assessed by members of the scientific committee. The organizing committee will inform each author whether their submitted abstract has been accepted. The committee encourages all authors to write an optional full length paper for inclusion in our conference proceedings. Successful authors should pre-record their presentations, using Powerpoint, or similar software. They will be invited to submit either a) a short presentation, of about 7 minutes duration, or b) a longer presentation, of about 25 minutes to cruivo@ualg.pt by 30th March 2025. The expected conference fee is 200 euros before 1st April 2025. Interested people facing financial difficulties should contact the organizing committee.
Online events
- NEW: (EVENT) Monday, 9 September 2024 (12:15pm EDT, 9:15am PDT, 4:15pm UTC) Global Makers Virtual Event with Ivan Yaholnitsky - Ivan is director of the Bethel Business and Community Development Centre in Lesotho. The Centre strives to educate with a focus on authentic learning in areas of sustainability such as earth systems science, renewable energy, and permaculture. For the Global Makers' Project, Ivan and his students showed us how they construct an evacuated tube box cooker. Hosted by Riad Bahur, Jennifer Gasser, Mary Buchenic, and Grace Rono. Registration for this Zoom event... or use the QR code in the image.
All country events
Barbados
- 12-14 March 2025 (Bridgetown, Barbados): Sustainable Energy for All Global Forum - Building on Prime Minister Mottley’s Bridgetown Initiative for the reform of development finance, the Forum will address the challenge of how we can mobilize sufficient finance on the right terms to meet global goals, especially for the most underserved communities, countries and regions – such as Small Island Developing States. The event wil be co-hosted by Sustainable Energy for All and the Government of Barbados, led by Prime Minister Mia Amor Mottley. Project site visits will take place Friday, 14 March. More information...
France
- NEW: Saturday, 7 September 2024: Le Comptoir du Soleil 38 - A solar cooking workshop will be held at 38260 Pommier-de-Beaurepaire in southeastern France. A number of solar cookers will be in use to compare cooking capabilities. Cost is EUR 85. Contact + 06 70 04 85 42, or contact@lecomptoir-dusoleil.fr for registration.
- The deadline for receipt of abstracts is 15th December 2024 - Advances in Solar Thermal Food Processing (CONSOLFOOD2025) is being planned for the 5th, 6th and 7th of May, 2025 in Marseille, France. The gathering expects to attract, once again, top experts from all over the world to present and discuss topics related to advances in solar food processing and solar cooking. An exhibition of solar cookers will be available for viewing during the conference at the nearby the solar restaurant Le Présage. The solar restaurant, along with the demonstration cookers, will produce a solar lunch. The whole conference program will be delivered in hybrid format, so those who register, but are not present in Marseille, will be able to participate online. Your abstracts should be sent via email to Celestino Ruivo at cruivo@ualg.pt in .doc, .docx, or pdf format. You should limit your abstract to 400 words and follow these guidelines. All abstracts will be reviewed and assessed by members of the scientific committee. The organizing committee will inform each author whether their submitted abstract has been accepted. The committee encourages all authors to write an optional full-length paper for inclusion in our conference proceedings. Successful authors should pre-record their presentations, using PowerPoint, or similar software. They will be invited to submit either a) a short presentation, of about 7 minutes duration, or b) a longer presentation, of about 25 minutes to cruivo@ualg.pt by 30th March 2025. The expected conference fee is 200 euros before 1 April 2025. Interested people facing financial difficulties should contact the organizing committee.
Mexico
- First Sunday of the month (Cuernavaca, Morelos): Cuernavaca Solar Cooking and Solar Drying Club - The club meets the first Sunday of the month for solar cooking, 11:00am - 2:00pm. You can bring ingredients and utensils to cook with the sun and share sunny food at the end. San Miguel Ecological Park Acapantzingo, Av. Atlacomulco No.14, Acapantzinga, 62448 Cuernavaca, Mor. Mexico. If you like to bring materials to build your solar kitchen or solar dryer, we will send you the plans and list of materials by mail. jm.hernandezjarquin@gmail.com
Awards and grants
- Climate Adaptation Challenge Fund: The Mastercard Foundation Fund for Resilience and Prosperity will run competitive challenges or calls for proposals aimed at Small and Medium-sized Enterprises (SMEs) that show the potential to create work opportunities for young women and men, young people living with disabilities or refugee youth in Sub-Saharan Africa. The Fund will run these challenges across three sectors to establish a robust portfolio of innovative SMEs as they create work opportunities in SSA. The Climate Adaptation Fund will launch in 2025 and be open for nine months. Details of the challenge will be provided at a later stage. More information...
- Roddenberry Catalyst Fund: Applications accepted anytime (EN) - The Catalyst Fund is geared towards small and/or early-stage ideas and projects that need a capital infusion to launch or prove viability. Catalyst awardees are typically piloting a program, venturing into new territory, on the cusp of launching, or pivoting in a new direction. The Catalyst Fund makes grants between $2,500–$15,000 to anyone, anywhere in the world addressing pressing global challenges. You can have 25 years of experience or be just starting out. You can be working alone, with a team, as part of a non-profit organization, a social enterprise, or a for-profit corporation. See the following link for more information: https://roddenberryfoundation.org/our-work/catalyst-fund/#faq
- LUSH Charity Pot Grants: Applications accepted anytime (EN/FR/ES) - Charity Pot grants support small, grassroots organizations in North America and around the world that are working on the root cause of issues and creating long-term sustainable change. [They] support organizations working in areas of animal protection, environmental justice, and human rights....Applications are submitted via an online granting system asking about your organization’s purpose, main activities, governance structure and annual revenue. Additionally, a description of the project that you’re seeking funding for is requested along with an itemized budget, timeline and how the project’s success will be measured. Our support ranges from a few thousand dollars to a maximum of $15,000 per project. Applications available in English, French, and Spanish. See the following link for more information: https://www.lushusa.com/stories/article_funding-and-application-guidelines.html
- GEF Small Grants Programme: Applications accepted anytime (EN) - SGP grants are made directly to community-based organizations (CBOs) and non-governmental organizations (NGOs) in recognition of the key role they play as a resource and constituency for environment and development concerns. The maximum grant amount per project is US$50,000, but averages around US$25,000. In this way, SGP complements the large and medium-sized GEF project funding by providing a window for the direct participation of NGOs, local communities, and other grassroots organizations. How to apply..., and find your national coordinator
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New content
September 2024
- Hybrid design: Solar Clutch demonstrates their solar box oven fuelwood stove combination
- Nepal: Sanu Kaji Shrestha, founder of Foundation for Sustainable Technologies in Nepal, leads a classroom training for young students eager to learn about green energy
- Solar Tracking: Build a Stan Wells solar tracker for box ovens
- France: (EVENT) Saturday, 7 September 2024: Le Comptoir du Soleil 38 - A solar cooking workshop will be held at 38260 Pommier-de-Beaurepaire in southeastern France. A number of solar cookers will be in use to compare cooking capabilities. Cost is EUR 85.
- Advocacy: Haines Solar Cookers is promoting in-country manufacturing in Haiti, Mexico, Kenya, and Uganda
August 2024
- South Africa: UPSKILL Barrydale teaches practical skills, including solar cooking, to young students in South Africa
- PV assisted solar cooking: Stan Wells tests adding PV powered direct resistance heating elements to his solar box cooker design
- Kenya: The Dadaab refugee camp — Africa's biggest refugee camp — is about to get even bigger
- Global Makers: (EVENT) Monday, 9 September 2024 (12:15pm EDT, 9:15am PDT, 4:15pm UTC) Global Makers Virtual Event with Ivan Yaholnitsky, Director of the Bethel Business and Community Development Centre in Lesotho. Zoom discussion of construction of an evacuated tube box cooker
- Household air pollution webinar: (EVENT) Thursday, 29 August 2024 (4:00pm - 5:30pm CEST, 10am - 11:30am EST) The W.H.O. presents: The research landscape of household air pollution, clean energy access, and health in Rwanda
- Wall oven: Ron Whitehurst shares with Luther Krueger the construction, and his experiences with the wall oven/food dryer he built into his house in 2012
- Chad: 9,000 CooKit solar cookers distributed to refugee camps in Chad
- Glazing: "Plastic vessels allow only 50% transmission of light while glass vessels allow about 90% transmission" Read more in the discussion section of this report...
- Water distillation: The SOURCE drinking water system pulls water vapor from the air and uses sunlight to convert it to a pure liquid state
- Australia: Winter solar cooking in southern Australia video
- USA: (EVENT) Saturday, 10 August 2024, 10am-2pm PT, (Corvallis, Oregon): Lorraine Anderson will be demonstrating baking bread, answering all of your questions about solar cooking, and signing copies of her book, Slow Cook Solar, at Grass Roots Books & Music, 251 Southwest Madison Avenue, Corvallis
- France: (EVENT) 9-11 August 2024, (Chamborigaud, France): La Belle R festival - A rich and diverse program is planned to inspire joy, connection, and solidarity, with solar cooking demonstrations on Saturday
July 2024
- Research: Improving the efficiency of water distillation devices
- Burundi: Introducing solar cooking technology at vocational schools in Gitega
- China: The Hequing Solar Cooker Project provided over 49,000 parabolic solar cookers to low income residents in Zhangye in 2020
- USA Facebook group: Haines Solar Cooker Users
- Design: Setting up the Haines Pop Open Solar Cooker
- Bolivia Facebook Group: Cecam Bolivia
- Kenya: The Tonembee Association reports that more than 4,500 CooKit solar cookers have been distributed to families there
- Retained heat cooking: Making a fireless cooker with AfriShiners
- Food processing: Stephen Thomas from Wheaton Labs explains the workings of their solar-hybrid food dryer to Luther Krueger
- India: ‘Haven’t Bought an LPG Cylinder in 4 Years’: How To Use Solar Cooking to Save Money & Time, - the better india
- Advocacy: SCI Webinar at the United Nations High-level Political Forum 2024 Side Event, watch on-demand
- Aprovecho Research Center: Understanding combustion stove emissions
- Tracking: Simple PV solar tracker variations for DIY
- Monaco: Guillaume Aubry has designed the Regulus park pavillion, featuring a parabolic solar oven, at the gardens of Villa Paloma
- France: Solar Brother, manufacturer of solar cooking appliances, inaugurates the country's first solar center in Carnoules, France
- United Kingdom: (EVENT) 1-4 August 2024 (Chepstow): Join Dave Oxford, from SLiCK solar cookers, at the annual Green Gathering to be held at Piercefield Park. He mentions they have one or perhaps two cheap festival tickets available, in return for some help at the SLiCK pitch
- Haiti: Solar Cookers for Haiti provides an introductory workshop for the orphanage in Lefort
- UN forum: (EVENT) Wednesday, 10 July 2024, (9:00am -10:30am PT, 12:00pm-1:30pm ET, 4:00pm-5:30pm UT) - Join Solar Cookers International (SCI) at the United Nations High-level Political Forum on Sustainable Development, a free Zoom event
- Research: Comparing white surface panel cooker reflectors - Matteo Muccioli
- South Africa: Crosby Menzies interviewed by Luther Krueger: A Solar Journey Becomes Solar Caravan
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