Contents 1 Events 2 News and Recent Developments 3 Climate, Culture, and Special Considerations 4 Resources 4.1 Reports 4.2 Discussion groups 4.3 Articles in the media 4.4 External links 5 Switzerland contacts 5.1 Non-governmental organizations (NGOs) 5.2 Individuals 5.3 Manufacturers and vendors 6 See also

EventsEdit

See Calendar of events

News and Recent DevelopmentsEdit

• December 2010: Carbon offset foundation partners with solar cooking project in Madagascar. The Swiss non-profit foundation, MyClimate, is a leader when it comes to voluntary carbon offsetting measures. They have recently partnered with Association pour le Développement de l’Energie Solaire (ADES), another Swiss non-profit, that manufactures and distributes solar cookers in Madagascar. The CO2 offsetting mechanism offered by MyClimate will enable the expansion of the initial ADES project, and growth into other provinces of Madagascar. Their projection over the next seven years, is to distribute up to 44,000 solar cookers and 8,600 energy-efficient supplementary cookers to realize a reduction of up to 190,000 tons of CO2.

• July 2009: Ulrich Oehler's pioneering work in the 1980s inspired a wave of Swiss solar cooking promoters. For many years, Oehler’s house in Basel even served as the country’s main solar cooker information center, maintained by the ULOG group. From 1997 to 2007, the Centre Neuchâtelois de Cuisine Solaire (CNCS) in the small town of Neuchâtel served as the country’s information hub. Visitors could see a variety of solar cooker models or ask questions of the centre’s leader, Michael Götz. In addition to this resource, ULOG group and GloboSol maintain a travelling solar crêperie in which they prepare solar pancakes for music festivals and ecology fairs throughout Switzerland. 2008 was a year of changes and new opportunities. The information center moved to a prominent location in the international city of Geneva. Götz is thrilled with the location. “Finally we have a room with a shop-window, only a few steps from Geneva’s train station!” Alain Cassani, Annick Steiner, and Yves Ronchetti of the association SOLEMYO manage the shop and information center, conduct solar cooker construction trainings, and schedule solar crêperie events, while Götz, operating as ExSol, works on consulting, education, technical development, and other projects.

Climate, Culture, and Special ConsiderationsEdit

• Solar cooker dissemination and cultural variables

ResourcesEdit

ReportsEdit

• January 2009: Ten years of experience with the mobile solar kitchen and pancake shop - Michael Götz

Discussion groupsEdit

• Le forum de la cuísson solaíre

Articles in the mediaEdit

External linksEdit

• Questions courantes sur les fours solaires
• Perguntas freqüentes sobre cozimento solar - (English version)

Switzerland contactsEdit

Non-governmental organizations (NGOs)Edit

Solar Cooking Atlas Project Soleil Burkina Solar Association Tiloo Aga Khan Foundation Förderverein für Solarkocher ExSol

Solemyo GloboSol Solar Health and Education Project Association pour le Développement de l'Energie Solaire Global Hope Network International

IndividualsEdit

Roland and Monica Baumann Sonia Heptonstall Regula Ochsner Ulrich Oehler Valentine Ndibalema

Alec Gagneux Kurt Buxmann Joyce Jett Naim Janmohamed Kathrin Nabholz

Heinz Vetter Alison Curtis Michael Götz

Manufacturers and vendorsEdit

Association pour le Développement de l'Energie Solaire Centre Neuchâtelois de Cuisine Solaire

Förderverein für Solarkocher

See alsoEdit

ULOG Light Scheffler Community Kitchen

Ray Grill Solar Grill

• Upcoming solar cooking events in Switzerland.
• Past solar cooking events in Switzerland