When the governments of wealthy countries talk about emissions, the discussion tends to focus on outdoor air pollution from car exhaust or industrial processes. But for many people in developing ...

Even at the ripe of age of 79, I am living proof of the old adage, “You learn something new every day.” Recently, I was visiting someone who had a solar cooker on her deck. I don’t think I’d ever seen ...

UNHCR is testing a newly-designed solar cooker in two Kenyan refugee camps facing a shortage of firewood. The agency hopes that the stove project can lessen the impact of refugee influxes on the ...

BUSIA, Kenya (Thomson Reuters Foundation) - In this sunny part of Kenya, solar cookers – which trap sunlight to heat food – have surged in popularity in recent years. But a big problem remains: How to ...

MESA, Ariz. — A Mesa woman said you can cook a nice hot dinner for your family. Merry Bevill uses several solar stoves in her front yard to use the sun to cook pot roast, peach pie and more. It’s ...

FRESNO, Calif. - It sounds so simple: Place food in a couple of pots, then open them hours later to find a hot meal. And you don't even have to turn on the stove. That's what some converts to solar ...

This episode of the Physics World Weekly podcast features an interview with Alan Bigelow, science director of Solar Cookers International, a non-profit organization that researches and promotes solar ...

AMSTERDAM, The Netherlands, July 5 (UNHCR) - A group of Dutch schoolchildren visiting Amsterdam's Nemo Science Museum recently tried their hand at making traditional pancakes in solar cookers used by ...

Alan Bigelow: a solar cooking advocate and a solar cook himself. (Courtesy: James Dacey) “Concentrate all of your thoughts upon the work at hand. The Sun’s rays do not burn until brought to a focus.” ...

"I had [a] similar experience to yours with my first ever induction cooktop." Home cook shares helpful review after testing ...