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• February 2015: Reflector augmented solar cookers with PV pergola shade for open air kitchens
• February 2015: Added page for SunSaluter, a solar tracking and water filtration system.
• February 2015: Bon Appétit Monsieur Soleil - On the edge of the Sahel, firewood is becoming scarce and expensive. The desert is moving closer. To counter this deforestation and the poverty it causes, a network of NGOs, craftsmen-welders and women's associations have for the past ten years been developing an alternative to firewood: parabolic solar cookers.
• February 2015: Added external website link and logo for SunFire Solutions.
• February 2015 new members: SCInet welcomes new members Pat Browne, a solar cooking promoter in California USA, and ATP GreenTech Pvt Ltd, a solar cooker manufacturer and sustainable living promoter in Delhi, India along with CEO Charanjit Khurana.

• February 2015: Cedar Rapids engineering major develops solar stoves in India - Iowa Now

• October 2013: Refugees learn to make ‘do it yourself’ solar-powered stove - The Jordan Times

• February 2015: 'We want the black hole of sunlight': solar power breaks new frontiers - The Guardian

• January 2015: Writing in National Geographic, José Andrés discusses his New Year's Resolutions which include the goal to "cook cleaner"! Read article...

• January 2015: GACC has released their November 2104 Post-Summit Report

• January 2015: Patricia McArdle responds to the GACC Post-Summit Report from the November 2014 conference.

The Lightoven III, designed by Hartmut Ehmler is explained at a training event for Pakistani Boy Scouts. - Hartmut Ehmler

• January 2015: Pakistani Boy Scouts are introduced to solar cooking - Hartmut Ehmler photographed this Boy Scout training event of his Lightoven III solar panel cooker. It is a lightweight portable design, suitable to take into the field for camping.

Solar Cooking in the Sahel - NOWCAST

• January 2015: Scholarly paper documents the available sunshine in the Sahel region of Africa - Authors, Beth Newton, Sophie Cowie, Derk Rijks, Jamie Banks, Helen Brindley, and John h. Marsham have published a well-documented analysis of the potential sunshine available for solar cooking in the Sahel region, particularly in northern Chad where a number of Sudanese refugee camps are located. TchadSolaire has been training both refugees and the indigenous population to solar cook in the region since 2005. Even along river population centers where clouds tend to form, solar cooking is possible for over 330 days a year. Read more: Solar Cooking in the Sahel - NOWCAST

Mid-day meal being prepared at a Mali school - Sun and Ice

• January 2015: Only the cooking food is out in the sun at this Mali school - Stephan Zech, with Sun and Ice, posted this photo of a mid-day meal being prepared at a school in Mali.

• January 2015: Carte Blanche visits the Holms of Saartjiesnek, South Africa - Kormorant