solar cooker Archives – The Green Optimistic green tech news, since 2008 Thu, 02 Jun 2016 07:09:11 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=7.0 2667534 SolSource – Affordable, Eco-Friendly Outdoor Solar Cooker https://www.greenoptimistic.com/solsource-outdoor-solar-cooker-20160602/ https://www.greenoptimistic.com/solsource-outdoor-solar-cooker-20160602/#respond Thu, 02 Jun 2016 07:09:03 +0000 https://www.greenoptimistic.com/?p=60008 SolSource is a new type of outdoor cooker, which uses concentrated sunlight to grill your favorite meal faster than ever. Outdoor cooking is something that everyone enjoys in these wonderful long summer days. It gets even better when some sort of clean energy tech is involved, minimizing costs, minimizing emissions and simply out-cooling all alternatives. SolSource […]

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]]> https://www.greenoptimistic.com/solsource-outdoor-solar-cooker-20160602/feed/ 0 60008 Make a Solar Oven From Cardboard Box in 5 Steps https://www.greenoptimistic.com/solar-oven-cardboard/ https://www.greenoptimistic.com/solar-oven-cardboard/#comments Mon, 08 Apr 2013 16:43:10 +0000 https://www.greenoptimistic.com/?p=35856 This is how to make a solar oven using a tempered glass picture frame (or simply a regular glass one), some newspapers, a roll of aluminum foil, duct tape, two cardboard boxes and a bit of white glue. Are you tired from the old oven at home, which seems to be consuming incredible amounts of electricity? If yes, then […]

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]]> https://www.greenoptimistic.com/solar-oven-cardboard/feed/ 5 35856 Solar Cooking "Kyoto Box" Reduces Pollution and Deforestation https://www.greenoptimistic.com/solar-cooking-kyoto-box-reduces-pollution-and-deforestation-20090412/ https://www.greenoptimistic.com/solar-cooking-kyoto-box-reduces-pollution-and-deforestation-20090412/#comments Sun, 12 Apr 2009 19:30:51 +0000 https://www.greenoptimistic.com/?p=3338 Jon Boehmer, a Norwegian based in Kenya, developed a solar powered cooker that can reduce greenhouse gases at a large scale. The cardbox named the "Kyoto Box", costs 5 Euro($ 6,60) to make, and is designed for the usage of 3 billion people that use firewood as a heating source for cooking.

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]]> https://www.greenoptimistic.com/solar-cooking-kyoto-box-reduces-pollution-and-deforestation-20090412/feed/ 4 3338 Project Surya: Cooking Solar Power for The Masses https://www.greenoptimistic.com/project-surya-solar-power-20081031/ https://www.greenoptimistic.com/project-surya-solar-power-20081031/#comments Fri, 31 Oct 2008 12:22:36 +0000 https://www.greenoptimistic.com/?p=1117 This solar-powered cooker allows the poor people, on the one hand (which I support) to reduce the forest cutting and save their money, by using free solar energy, and on the other hand to eliminate the risk of choking with the smoke their wood chimneys make in their homes.

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