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Events
Featured international events
- NEW: 11-22 November 2024 (Baku, Azerbaijan ): COP29 - The 2024 United Nations Climate Change Conference or Conference of the Parties of the UNFCCC, more commonly known as COP29, will be the 29th United Nations Climate Change conference to be held at Baku Stadium. More information...
- 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.
All country events
Azerbaijan
- NEW: 11-22 November 2024 (Baku, Azerbaijan ): COP29 - The 2024 United Nations Climate Change Conference or Conference of the Parties of the UNFCCC, more commonly known as COP29, will be the 29th United Nations Climate Change conference to be held at Baku Stadium. More information...
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
- 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.
Germany
- 11-14 November 2024 (Altötting, Germany): Solar cooker construction course - Sponsored by EG Solar e.V.. Participants learn how the new SK14 is manufactured and assembled with simple tools, and then how to cook naturally with the sun. Each participant gets professional instruction in building their own solar cooker type SK 14 shown in their poster. More information...
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
USA
Arizona
- NEW: Tuesday, 15 October, 12:30pm -1:30pm PT, (Tucson, Arizona): Engineering students to test their designs at Solar Oven Throw Down - University of Arizona U of A Mall (east of the Cactus Garden), Hundreds of first-year engineering students gather Tuesday on the U of A Mall for the annual Solar Oven Throw Down, cooking biscuits in solar ovens they crafted out of common, low-cost materials such as cardboard, duct tape and aluminum foil. More information...
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
October 2024
- USA: (EVENT) Tuesday, 15 October, 12:30pm -1:30pm PT, (Tucson, Arizona): Engineering students to test their designs at Solar Oven Throw Down
- Design: The Haines POP Open Solar Cooker tested for cooking power, see it and others at SCI PEP results
- USA: Bright Futures Grants Awarded to Nonprofit Organizations, includes the Girl Scouts of Orange County able to earn an OCPA badge with solar cooking knowledge - Fullerton Observer
- Solar tracking: Stan Wells has created a YouTube playlist of his solar tracking and solar cooking experiences
- New Zealand: Solar Ovens New Zealand is a new solar cooking retailer in Auckland
- Kenya: SHE’S 11-Person Focus Group In Kakuma Refugee Camp, Kenya - Solar Household Energy
- Kenya: Haines Focus Group Kakuma Refugee Camp Report: 10 Day Field Training, May 2022 - Solar Education Project, Solar Household Energy, Haines Solar Cookers
- Kenya: Integrated solar cooking demonstration in South Coast Mombasa
- Research: Life cycle assessment of a parabolic solar cooker and comparison with conventional cooking appliances - Science Direct
- Gardening: The solar soil sterilization article has been updated with information on how to improve your gardening results
September 2024
- USA: Solar Cookers International Published New Research on Testing Efficiency of Solar Cookers, pg. 12 - INFORSE Sustainable Energy News
- Germany: (EVENT) 11-14 November 2024 (Altötting): Solar cooker construction course sponsored by EG Solar e.V.. Participants learn how to assemble their own SK14 parabolic solar cooker
- Advocacy: SCI's Program and Science Director, Alan Bigelow, PhD, addresses ENERGYNOW SDG7 Action Forum 2024
- Portugal: Solar oven designer creates a caramelized onion & red pepper quiche
- Italy: Associazione Italiana Cucina Solare is a group of solar cooking enthusiasts invested in sharing their experiences with newcomers
- Italy: Davide Milani reports the Centro Cottura Solare CFV solar cooking center continues its activities, with 375 solar cookers assembled by class participants
- USA: Desert Sky Montessori educator’s ‘Off-the-Grid Cooking’ project wins Voya’s $2,000 ‘Unsung Heroes’ grant for solar cooking project
- India: Amid rising temperatures, will India embrace solar cooking once again? - The Times of India
- Azerbaijan: (EVENT) 11-22 November 2024 (Baku, Azerbaijan ): COP29 - The 2024 United Nations Climate Change Conference or Conference of the Parties of the UNFCCC, more commonly known as COP29, will take place at Baku Stadium
- Gaza: Local engineer creates solar devices to combat fuel, water shortages - REUTERS video
- Promotion: (EVENT) Saturday, 21 September 2024 (2:00pm PT, 10pm CET, 11:00pm in South Africa) Sustaining Solar Cooking in Africa, with Jim La Joie: Sponsored by The Free and Open University of Eco-Sustainability on their facebook page
- Design: Designer, Scott Rundle demonstrates assembly of the SOLA Panel Cooker to Luther Krueger
- USA: (EVENT) Saturday, 12 October 2024, 10am - 2pm PT, (Pocatello, Idaho): 3rd Annual Preparedness Fair - Teaching skills that will be helpful in any emergency, including a solar cooking demonstration
- Household air pollution: Improved combustion stoves used indoors need flue venting to safeguard health -Aprovecho Research Center
- Design: Alain Bivas, designer of the SUNplicity parabolic solar cooker, showcases the upcoming larger version
- 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
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