A solar cooker is a device which uses only sunlight to cook. Because they use no fuel and they cost nothing to run, humanitarian organizations are promoting their use worldwide to help slow deforestation and desertification, caused by the need for firewood used to cook. Solar cookers are also sometimes used in outdoor cooking, especially in situations where minimal fuel consumption or fire risk are considered highly important.

Training and workshops in Kenya to introduce solar cooking and keep people solar cooking.

Yeah yipee wonderful, i camp alot with my kids and HATE cooking with gas etc etc, this stuff would be great, please please please bring it into production.

For Darfur refugees, camps in eastern Chad hold the promise of a safe haven. But, once there, it's the women refugees' role to find wood and water. To do this, they have to walk for many miles through hostile territory, putting their very lives at risk. A non-profit organization is showing incredulous women how to cook with simple solar technology

"Solar cooking is the simplest, safest, most convenient way to cook food without consuming fuels or heating up the kitchen."

What better way to eat your greens than by preparing them in a “green” way? Thanks to new advancements in solar cooking, this option is a lot more doable. Earth-happy cuisine isn’t limited to personal prep in the home anymore either as leading restaurants begin to shift toward more eco-friendly prep methods.