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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===
 
* [[Predicting the usefulness of solar cooking in a given locality]]
  
* [[Predicting the usefulness of solar cooking in a given locality]]
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* [[Media:25_countries_with_most_solar_cooking_potential.pdf|Statistics for the 25 countries with the greatest solar cooking potential]]
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* [[Media:25_countries_with_most_solar_cooking_potential.pdf|The 25 countries with the greatest solar cooking potential]]
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* [[Solar cooker dissemination and cultural variables|Cultural variables to consider]]
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* [[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]
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* [[Solar cooker dissemination and cultural variables]]
  
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* [[Obstacles to solar cooking]]
  
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* [[Media:Granada06_Paul_Kramer.pdf|Why are Solar Cookers Still Unpopular Among Development Experts?]] - ''[[Paul Krämer]]''
  
   
 
===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]].
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* [[:Category:Countries|Find existing promoters in your country of interest]]
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* {{NewMar15}}[[:Category:Conferences|Find participants and read papers from past conferences]]
 
* [[Most significant solar cooking projects]]
  
* [[Most significant solar cooking projects]]
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* [[Refugee camps|Refugee camps with large solar cooking programs]]
 
* [[Project evaluations]]
  
* [[Project evaluations]]
 
* [[Hard-won lessons]]
  
* [[Hard-won lessons]]
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* [[Cooking for large groups]]
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* [[Institutional solar cooking]]
   
 
===Access handbooks and training materials===
  
===Access handbooks and training materials===
   
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* Jewish World Watch has created a manual that details what has been learned that will assure a successful refugee project: [[Media:Solar Cooker Project Best Practices Manual.pdf|Solar Cooker Project: Best Practices Manual]]
  
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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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*[[Media:TrainersManual.pdf|'''''Trainers Manual: Teaching Solar Cooking''''']] - ''[[Solar Cookers International]]'''
  
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*[[Media:FieldGuide.pdf|'''''Field Guide: Spreading Solar Cooking''''']] - ''[[Solar Cookers International]]''
  
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*[[Media:CooKit_plans_detailed.pdf|'''''Solar Cookers: How to Make, Use, and Enjoy''''']] - ''[[Solar Cookers International]]''
  
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* [[Media:Integrated Sustainable Solar Cooking-SCN-2011.pdf|Integrated Sustainable Solar Cooking - Instruction leaflet for end users]] - ''[[Solar Cookers Netherlands]]''
  
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*[http://www.solarcooking.nl/upload/10313_SCN%20Kozon%20flyer%20ISSC+WP%2014%20okt%202009.pdf One-page leaflet for public promotion for illiterate cooks using the Integrated Cooking method]
  
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* [[:Category:Foods|Information on solar cooking individual foods]] (''rice'', ''ugali'', ''injera'', ''sadza'', etc.)
  
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</imagemap></td><td style="padding-left:10px;">[[Media:How_to_make_use_understand_English.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: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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===Determine which model(s) to work with===
  
===Determine which model(s) to work with===
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===Determine the suitability and availability of materials and components===
  
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===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]]
 
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* [[Solar food processing]]
  
* [[Solar food processing]]
 
* [[Solar autoclave]]
  
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* [[Non-cooking uses|Other non-cooking uses for a solar cooker]]
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==Funding==
 
===Fund your project===
  
===Fund your project===
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* [[Raising funds through grants and donations]]
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* [[Microcredit]]
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*[[Carbon credits]]
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* [[Carbon credits]]
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==Audio and video==
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:[[File:Menzies The most well funded solar cooker program in the world lessons learned from GTZ|thumb|none|400px]]
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::[[File:Otte Mapping global impact data for solar cooking a case study|thumb|none|400px]]
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*'''July 2014:'''
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::[[File:Powers The global public image of solar cookers|thumb|none|400 px]]
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*'''July 2014:'''
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::[[File:Yes We Do Solar Cook|thumb|none|400 px]]
   
 
==Additional resources==
  
==Additional resources==
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* [[Promoting solar cooking in developed countries]]
 
* [[What you can do to promote solar cooking]]
  
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*[[Presentations]] - PowerPoint slide decks that can be used to introduce solar cooking to groups
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* [[Solar cooking slide decks]] - Presentation slide decks that can be used to introduce solar cooking to groups
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* [[Classroom resources]]
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*[[:Category:Foods|Information on solar cooking individual foods]]
  
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*[[Organizing Solar Cooking Events]]
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* [[Organizing Solar Cooking Events]]
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*'''August 2005:''' [[Media:ICT4D-_A_Solar_Cooking_Case_Study.pdf|A Solar Cooking Case Study: Investigating Appropriate Information and Communication Technologies (ICTs) for Development in Nigeria]] - ''[[Carole St. Laurent]]'' (An investigation of using local language videos to introduce solar cooking in [[Nigeria]].)
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*'''August 2006:''' [[Media:Digitally_Assisted_Diffusion_of_Innovations,_Carole_Laurent,_2-19-15.pdf|Digitally Assisted Diffusion of Innovations]] - ''[[Carole St. Laurent]]'' (A case is made to encourage the use of instructional videos made in local languages, over printed materials when introducing solar cooking.)
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==See also==
  
==See also==
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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]]
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*[[Solar Cookers International]]
  
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[[Category:Solar cooking promotion]]

Revision as of 18:02, 17 March 2015

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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

  • July 2014:
Menzies_The_most_well_funded_solar_cooker_program_in_the_world_lessons_learned_from_GTZ

Menzies The most well funded solar cooker program in the world lessons learned from GTZ

  • July 2014:
Otte_Mapping_global_impact_data_for_solar_cooking_a_case_study

Otte Mapping global impact data for solar cooking a case study

  • July 2014:
Powers_The_global_public_image_of_solar_cookers

Powers The global public image of solar cookers

  • July 2014:
Yes_We_Do_Solar_Cook

Yes We Do Solar Cook

Additional resources

See also

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