Australia

June 2008: <a href="http://www.smh.com.au/news/environment/how-should-i-cook/2008/07/01/1214678038298.html" class="external text" title="http://www.smh.com.au/news/environment/how-should-i-cook/2008/07/01/1214678038298.html" rel="nofollow">How should I cook? - The Sydney Morning Herald
November 2007: <a href="http://www.abc.net.au/alicesprings/stories/s2094730.htm?backyard" class="external text" title="http://www.abc.net.au/alicesprings/stories/s2094730.htm?backyard" rel="nofollow">Sunbaking your dinner for free - ABC Alice Springs
August 2007: <a href="http://www.abc.net.au/perth/stories/s2004565.htm?backyard" class="external text" title="http://www.abc.net.au/perth/stories/s2004565.htm?backyard" rel="nofollow">Solar ovens have their time in the sun - ABC Perth

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[edit] News and Recent Developments

September 20, 2008: Alice Springs, located in central Australia, will host its second annual Solar Oven Bakeoff on September 20, 2008, as part of the Alice Desert Festival at the Olive Pink Botanic Garden. All are welcome to join in the fun and compete for the Green Spoon Trophy. Oven design and use of local bush foods are two of the award categories. Last year’s recipes included an Australian Quandong dish and a cacciatore. Respected food writer and cook Stephanie Alexander is among the judges. Alice Springs has on average 300 sunny days per year, and recently became one of five communities participating in the government’s Solar Cities program. For more information, contact Kat Taylor.

August 23, 2008: Learn to make and cook in your own solar oven out of recycled and new materials, including bits from old solar hot water systems. http://ee4s-ca.blogspot.com/2008/07/making-solar-ovens-out-of-old-hot-water.html

[edit] Climate, Culture, and Special Considerations

The average Australian home produces 500 kilograms of greenhouse gases a year through cooking, says the federal environment department. That is less than lighting (750 kilograms), and heating and cooling (1.5 tonnes), but it is still a fair old weight.[1]