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Solar Cookers Save Lives and Trees

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Solar:Steve WoodsSolar cookers can be set up just about anywhere and don’t require wood or electricity.

A solar cooker workshop was a success in Nyala, Darfur as you can see on this video. Many women are vulnerable to violence when they leave their camps so this way they can safely cook and stay together.

I was impressed with how they learned to cook everything on it and even managed to bake bread and a cake. My bread sometimes flops with the best of conditions so seeing food people created with a solar cooker was inspiring.

Since people learned how to create the solar cooker to cook on, they didn’t have to search for firewood. There isn’t always a lot of firewood around because of deforestation so this also saves lives, time and trees.

Want to learn how to create your own solar cooker? You never know when you might need one and the instructions are easy to follow with simple supplies. Here’s the instructional video courtesy of Graham F. Knight on YouTube.

You can find more information on this project at BioDesign where you can request free pamphlets available to download.

I also found more great resources at SolarSlowCooker.com. There are recipes for vegetarian meals, steamed clams and chocolate fondue. There’s also detailed information on how the solar cooker works, cookbooks and cookers for sale.

I do wish it were spring because I don’t think I can catch much sun right now and want to try it. All this talk about food is making me hungry though so think I will give this rustic berry tart a go from Farley at Coaching Cooking.

 


Posted in Africa, Agriculture and Food, Forestry, General on February 15th, 2008

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2 Responses to “Solar Cookers Save Lives and Trees”

  1. Matt West Says:
    April 19th, 2008 at 1:00 am

    I have just invented two excellent solar cooker carts with recycled objects. Please have a look and feel free to post the photos around the world. Please go to the link below. This is the new direction for solar cooking. Build your own. The photos speak for themselves. Matt West

    http://solarcooking.wikia.com/wiki/Matt_West

  2. Sandra Williams Says:
    April 21st, 2008 at 3:35 pm

    Matt, good stuff! Thanks for stopping by and good luck on your future endeavors.


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