Australia

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Contents 1 News and Recent Developments 2 Climate, Culture, and Special Considerations 3 Documents 3.1 Reports 3.2 Articles in the media 4 Audio and video 5 Australia contacts 5.1 Non-governmental organizations 5.2 Individuals 5.3 Manufacturers and vendors 5.4 Solar Cookers World Network members 5.5 Gallery of manufacturers and vendors 6 See Also

[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.

See also Solar cooker dissemination and cultural variables.

[edit] Documents

[edit] Reports

[edit] Articles in the media

• June 2008: How should I cook? - The Sydney Morning Herald
• November 2007: Sunbaking your dinner for free - ABC Alice Springs
• August 2007: Solar ovens have their time in the sun - ABC Perth

[edit] Audio and video

April 2007: Video showing the Solar Oven Workshop with many different models created by students for Engineers Without Borders - Australia

[edit] Australia contacts

[edit] Non-governmental organizations

• Arid Lands Environment Centre
• Engineers Without Borders - Australia
• Sizzling Solar Systems

[edit] Individuals

• Bronwyn White
• Heinz-Joachim Muller
• Jim Lindsay
• Johann Geissmann
• Kat Taylor
• Kerry Watson
• Michael O'Connell
• Patricia Morrow
• Sunny Miller

[edit] Manufacturers and vendors

• BonzaBuy! - Sun Ovens and Solar Cookers in Australia
• Pro Quip International
• Sola Kookas
• Solar BBQ (parabolic cooker)
• Solar Billy
• Solar Steamer
• Sun2Steam
• Surfer Chef Enterprises

[edit] Solar Cookers World Network members

• Bronwyn White
• Kat Taylor
• Sol Sustenance, Inc.
• Vivienne Jacobs

[edit] Gallery of manufacturers and vendors

Solar BBQ	Jura Sol	Sola Kookas	Solar Billy
BonzaBuy!	Solar Steamer

[edit] See Also

• Click here for the complete list of Solar Cooking Wiki articles related to Australia