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Solar-Powered Cooker Wins Global Award

Posted on 15. Apr, 2009 by Charles Tsai.

A global Climate Change Challenge to find the most innovative solution to climate change has yielded a clear winner – Kyoto Box.
It’s a $5 cooker that uses two cardboard boxes – one inside another – and an acrylic cover to trap the sun’s power for boiling and cooking.  The design is simple enough that it [...]

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VENTURE: Integrated Solar Cooking

Posted on 13. Apr, 2009 by Charles Tsai.

Max Ozimek, 14, USA - I am starting an integrated solar cooking project in Obia-Zeu, Uganda. Integrated solar cooking uses solar cookers, rocket stoves, and haybaskets to reduce the use of firewood as a fuel source.
Solar cookers are used to cook cleanly and inexpensively when the sun is shining. Fuel efficient stoves (“rocket stoves”) are made [...]

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