Solar Cooking
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==Project planning==
 
==Project planning==
 
===Determine whether solar cooking is appropriate in your area===
 
===Determine whether solar cooking is appropriate in your area===
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* [[Media:25_countries_with_most_solar_cooking_potential.pdf|The 25 countries with the greatest solar cooking potential]]
 
* [[Media:25_countries_with_most_solar_cooking_potential.pdf|The 25 countries with the greatest solar cooking potential]]
 
* [[Solar cooker dissemination and cultural variables|Cultural variables to consider]]
 
* [[Solar cooker dissemination and cultural variables|Cultural variables to consider]]
* [[Obstacles to solar cooking]]
 
 
* [[Solar radiation|Solar radiation maps]]
 
* [[Solar radiation|Solar radiation maps]]
 
* [http://solarcooking.org/research/specialchallenges4solarcooking.pdf The Special Challenges of Solar Cooking]
 
* [http://solarcooking.org/research/specialchallenges4solarcooking.pdf The Special Challenges of Solar Cooking]
* [[Cooking for large groups]]
 
* [[Institutional solar cooking]]
 
* [[Refugee camps|Refugee camps with large solar cooking programs]]
 
   
 
===Learn from the work of others and make contacts===
 
===Learn from the work of others and make contacts===
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* [[:Category:Countries|Find existing promoters in your country of interest]]
 
* [[:Category:Countries|Find existing promoters in your country of interest]]
 
* [[Most significant solar cooking projects]]
 
* [[Most significant solar cooking projects]]
 
* [[Refugee camps|Refugee camps with large solar cooking programs]]
 
* [[Project evaluations]]
 
* [[Project evaluations]]
 
* [[Hard-won lessons]]
 
* [[Hard-won lessons]]
 
* [[Cooking for large groups]]
 
* [[Institutional solar cooking]]
   
 
===Access handbooks and training materials===
 
===Access handbooks and training materials===
   
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</imagemap></td><td>&nbsp;</td><td>[[Media:Solar Cooker Project Best Practices Manual.pdf|Solar Cooker Project: Best Practices Manual]]<br /> Jewish World Watch created this manual that details what has been learned that will assure a successful solar cooking project in [[refugee camps]].</td></tr>
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</imagemap></td><td style="padding-left:10px;">[[Media:Solar Cooker Project Best Practices Manual.pdf|'''Solar Cooker Project: Best Practices Manual''']]<br /> Jewish World Watch created this manual that details what has been learned that will assure a successful solar cooking project in [[refugee camps]].</td></tr>
 
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</imagemap></td><td>&nbsp;</td><td>[[Media:TrainersManual.pdf|'''''Trainers Manual: Teaching Solar Cooking''''']] - ''[[Solar Cookers International]]''</td></tr>
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</imagemap></td><td style="padding-left:10px;">[[Media:TrainersManual.pdf|'''''Trainers Manual: Teaching Solar Cooking''''']] - ''[[Solar Cookers International]]''</td></tr>
 
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</imagemap></td><td>&nbsp;</td><td>[[Media:FieldGuide.pdf|'''''Field Guide: Spreading Solar Cooking''''']] - ''[[Solar Cookers International]]''</td></tr>
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</imagemap></td><td style="padding-left:10px;">[[Media:FieldGuide.pdf|'''''Field Guide: Spreading Solar Cooking''''']] - ''[[Solar Cookers International]]''</td></tr>
 
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default [[Media:CooKit_plans_detailed.pdf]]
 
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</imagemap></td><td>&nbsp;</td><td>[[Media:CooKit_plans_detailed.pdf|'''''Solar Cookers: How to Make, Use, and Enjoy''''']] - ''[[Solar Cookers International]]'' <br />This is a handbook published by [[Solar Cookers International]] that includes detailed plans for building a CooKit solar panel cooker. (There are also detailed versions in Arabic ([[Media:CooKit_ar.pdf|Standard]], [[Media:Solar Oven Instructions Arabic.pdf|Variation]]), [[Media:CooKit_french_plans.pdf|French]], [[Media:CooKit Plans detailed Spanish.pdf|Spanish]], and [[Media:Solar_cookit_nairobi_booklet.pdf|English for Kenya]], and [[Media:CooKit - Galician.pdf|Galician]].)</td></tr>
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</imagemap></td><td style="padding-left:10px;">[[Media:CooKit_plans_detailed.pdf|'''''Solar Cookers: How to Make, Use, and Enjoy''''']] - ''[[Solar Cookers International]]'' <br />This is a handbook published by [[Solar Cookers International]] that includes detailed plans for building a CooKit solar panel cooker. (There are also detailed versions in Arabic ([[Media:CooKit_ar.pdf|Standard]], [[Media:Solar Oven Instructions Arabic.pdf|Variation]]), [[Media:CooKit_french_plans.pdf|French]], [[Media:CooKit Plans detailed Spanish.pdf|Spanish]], and [[Media:Solar_cookit_nairobi_booklet.pdf|English for Kenya]], and [[Media:CooKit - Galician.pdf|Galician]].)</td></tr>
 
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</imagemap></td><td>&nbsp;</td><td>[[Media:Integrated Sustainable Solar Cooking-SCN-2011.pdf|Integrated Sustainable Solar Cooking - Instruction leaflet for end users]] - ''[[Solar Cookers Netherlands]]''</td></tr>
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</imagemap></td><td style="padding-left:10px;">[[Media:Integrated Sustainable Solar Cooking-SCN-2011.pdf|'''Integrated Sustainable Solar Cooking''' - Instruction leaflet for end users]] - ''[[Solar Cookers Netherlands]]''</td></tr>
 
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===Consider additional technologies to introduce===
 
===Consider additional technologies to introduce===
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* [[Media:IASC_TF_SAFE_Decision_Trees_FINAL-1-.pdf|Decision Tree Diagrams on Factors Affecting Choice of Fuel Strategy in Humanitarian Settings]]
 
* [[Integrated Cooking Method]]
 
* [[Integrated Cooking Method]]
 
* [[Heat-retention cooking]]
 
* [[Heat-retention cooking]]
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* [[Solar restaurants and bakeries]]
 
* [[Solar restaurants and bakeries]]
   
==Carrying out your project==
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==Audio and video==
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*[[File:Yes We Do Solar Cook|thumb|none|400 px]]
* [[Organizing solar cooking events]]
 
   
 
==Additional resources==
 
==Additional resources==
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* [[Promoting solar cooking in developed countries]]
 
* [[What you can do to promote solar cooking]]
 
* [[What you can do to promote solar cooking]]
 
* [[Presentations]] - PowerPoint slide decks that can be used to introduce solar cooking to groups
 
* [[Presentations]] - PowerPoint slide decks that can be used to introduce solar cooking to groups
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* [[Classroom resources]]
 
* [[Organizing Solar Cooking Events]]
 
* [[Organizing Solar Cooking Events]]
   
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*[[Promoting solar cooking in developed countries]]
 
*[[Promoting solar cooking in developed countries]]
 
*[[United Nations Millennium Development Goals|Solar cookers support all of the United Nations Millennium Development Goals]]
 
*[[United Nations Millennium Development Goals|Solar cookers support all of the United Nations Millennium Development Goals]]
*[[Solar cooker dissemination and cultural variables]]
 
*[[Where is solar cooking possible?]]
 
 
*[[Solar Cookers International]]
 
*[[Solar Cookers International]]
 
[[Category:Solar cooking promotion]]
 
[[Category:Solar cooking promotion]]

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Project planning

Determine whether solar cooking is appropriate in your area

Learn from the work of others and make contacts

Access handbooks and training materials

Solar Cooker Project Best Practices Manual
Solar Cooker Project: Best Practices Manual
Jewish World Watch created this manual that details what has been learned that will assure a successful solar cooking project in refugee camps.
Trainers Manual-Teaching Solar Cooking
Trainers Manual: Teaching Solar Cooking - Solar Cookers International
Field Guide-Spreading Solar Cooking
Field Guide: Spreading Solar Cooking - Solar Cookers International
Solar Cookers-How to Make, Use, and Enjoy
Solar Cookers: How to Make, Use, and Enjoy - Solar Cookers International
This is a handbook published by Solar Cookers International that includes detailed plans for building a CooKit solar panel cooker. (There are also detailed versions in Arabic (Standard, Variation), French, Spanish, and English for Kenya, and Galician.)
Integrated Sustainable Solar Cooking - Instruction leaflet for end users
Integrated Sustainable Solar Cooking - Instruction leaflet for end users - Solar Cookers Netherlands

Determine which model(s) to work with

Determine the suitability and availability of materials and components

Information on solar cooking individual foods

Consider additional technologies to introduce

Funding

Fund your project

Audio and video

  • Yes_We_Do_Solar_Cook

    Yes We Do Solar Cook

Additional resources

See also