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*{{NewDec15}}'''February 3, 2016: SCI Associates Webinar - Engaging Students in Cross-Curricular Solar Cooker Lessons''' - (1600 GMT) Are you a teacher inspiring and educating the next generation of solar cooks? Expert science teacher Mary Buchenic will explain how solar cooking can be taught across disciplines and to meet curriculum standards. Ms. Buchenic has taught 1500 children and their families about solar cooking, and will share her varied experience. Free for [http://cts.vresp.com/c/?SolarCookersInternat/0437e17b10/74de7add14/1fb4b22e0b/SolarCookersInternat/7556fb9d44/497df7f82a/b2c4a393fe SCI Associates]. Non-associate early bird registration price is $15, and standard rate for non-associates is $20. [http://cts.vresp.com/c/?SolarCookersInternat/0437e17b10/74de7add14/f9d6fa918b Register here...]
   
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==Project planning==
  
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===Determine whether solar cooking is appropriate in your area===
  
===Determine whether solar cooking is appropriate in your area===
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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]]
 
* [[Refugee camps|Refugee camps with large solar cooking programs]]
  
* [[Refugee camps|Refugee camps with large solar cooking programs]]
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===Access handbooks and training materials===
  
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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>
  
</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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</imagemap></td><td style="padding-left:10px;">{{NewJan16}}[[Media:Construction_of_Solar_Cookers_and_Driers_-_Pro-Agro.pdf|'''Construction of Solar Cookers and Driers''']] - ''Christelle Souriau & David Amelin''<br />
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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]]
  
* [[Media:IASC_TF_SAFE_Decision_Trees_FINAL-1-.pdf|Decision Tree Diagrams on Factors Affecting Choice of Fuel Strategy in Humanitarian Settings]]
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* [[Solar autoclave]]
  
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==Funding==
  
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===Fund your project===
  
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* [[Classroom resources]]
  
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*{{NewAug15}}'''August 2015:''' [http://www.nature.com/news/sustainability-clean-cooking-empowers-women-1.17562 Sustainability: Clean cooking empowers women] - ''nature, Laura S. Brown and William F. Lankford''
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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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Revision as of 20:29, 27 January 2016

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Events

  • February 3, 2016: SCI Associates Webinar - Engaging Students in Cross-Curricular Solar Cooker Lessons - (1600 GMT) Are you a teacher inspiring and educating the next generation of solar cooks? Expert science teacher Mary Buchenic will explain how solar cooking can be taught across disciplines and to meet curriculum standards. Ms. Buchenic has taught 1500 children and their families about solar cooking, and will share her varied experience. Free for SCI Associates. Non-associate early bird registration price is $15, and standard rate for non-associates is $20. Register here...

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
Construction of Solar Cookers and Driers - Pro-Agro
Construction of Solar Cookers and Driers - Christelle Souriau & David Amelin
This is an excellent overview of solar cooking basics and simple solar cooker and dryer construction methods.

Determine which model(s) to work with

Determine the suitability and availability of materials and components

Information on solar cooking individual foods

See also: Other 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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