UNHCR is testing a newly-designed solar cooker in two Kenyan refugee camps facing a shortage of firewood. The agency hopes that the stove project can lessen the impact of refugee influxes on the ...

For someone living in a developed country, a solar cooker may feel like kind of a novelty item. Something you can pull out on camping trips to build up your green street cred and save a little bit of ...

When the governments of wealthy countries talk about emissions, the discussion tends to focus on outdoor air pollution from car exhaust or industrial processes. But for many people in developing ...

MESA, Ariz. — A Mesa woman said you can cook a nice hot dinner for your family. Merry Bevill uses several solar stoves in her front yard to use the sun to cook pot roast, peach pie and more. It’s ...

BUSIA, Kenya (Thomson Reuters Foundation) - In this sunny part of Kenya, solar cookers – which trap sunlight to heat food – have surged in popularity in recent years. But a big problem remains: How to ...

FRESNO, Calif. - It sounds so simple: Place food in a couple of pots, then open them hours later to find a hot meal. And you don't even have to turn on the stove. That's what some converts to solar ...

This episode of the Physics World Weekly podcast features an interview with Alan Bigelow, science director of Solar Cookers International, a non-profit organization that researches and promotes solar ...

Meyer had her eureka moment while writing her final report. “That’s when I realized that fantastic work we’d done creating new products and designs and finding new markets was not going to improve the ...

Alan Bigelow: a solar cooking advocate and a solar cook himself. (Courtesy: James Dacey) “Concentrate all of your thoughts upon the work at hand. The Sun’s rays do not burn until brought to a focus.” ...

Ashlee spent time as a newspaper reporter, AmeriCorps VISTA and an employee at a healthcare company before she landed at CNET. She loves to eat, write and watch "Golden Girls" (preferably all three at ...