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 ...

For someone living in a developed country, a solar cooker may feel like kind of a novelty item. Something you can pull out on camping trips to build up your green street cred and save a little bit of ...

In this photo taken Thursday, Aug. 2, 2018, chefs prepare to cook buns in a solar cooker that using a metal and glass vacuum tube heated by mirrors curved to capture the sun's heat in Dezhou in the ...

SOUTH LAKE TAHOE, Calif. – The Soroptimists International of Tahoe Sierra, together with The Jewish World Watch, is raising funds to provide refugees in Darfur with solar cooker kits. These kits can ...

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 ...

Sunny weather makes ovens out of more than just cars. The same physics that make a hot car interior a hazard to children or pets left inside can be used to heat food in solar cookers. In Sacramento ...

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 ...

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 ...

Meyer had her eureka moment while writing her final report. “That’s when I realized that fantastic work we’d done creating new products and designs and finding new markets was not going to improve the ...