Parvati Solar Cooker
October 8th, 2009
Parvati Solar Cooker is designed as an improvement to the funnel cooker, a dual angled funnel cooker.
It has 3 areas (the bottom and 2 angle circular sides that help solar light focus on the pot)
Using one is identical to any other funnel cooker. Also, it has a wire support for the pot inside it, so [...]
Solar cooker recipes: Split Pea and Potato Soup
October 5th, 2009
Well, today’s solar cooker recipe is one that everybody should try, if he or she didn’t already do it: split pea and potato soup. Cooked with the sun! Now, that’s something you should try right away!
So, how do you actually do it?
Well, you need the following ingredients:
1 cup split peas (frequently sold in bulk bins)
1 [...]
The solar cooker is a good way to save fire wood and keep people safe
September 26th, 2009
There are more reasons to use a solar cooker, not only the lack of fire wood, but also the desire to save the planet. If you think about how much wood we use in order to prepare food in the areas where gas is not an option and wood is the main fuel for making [...]
A lot of information about alternative energy
September 6th, 2008
These days there are a lot of websites, a lot of books, a lot of people speaking about alternative energy and how to save the Earth. I think this is one of the most important improvement that we were part of, because thanks to so many sources of information, people are more and more aware [...]
Are we hurting the planet?
September 6th, 2008
It is no longer a secret that the weather is changing, with abnormal phenomenon happening all around the world. We all know that the planet suffers from these negative weather changes which are getting more and more dangerous as we speak. Is there something we can do about it? Not on a big scale, anyway…
This [...]
Rooftop Wind Turbines: Throw Caution to the Wind
August 6th, 2008
Rooftop wind turbines offer a relatively inexpensive way to participate in the rush to renewable energy. The principle allure is low installation cost. Typically, tower installations for larger turbines add 50-80% to the cost of the system. With a rooftop turbine, an $800 tower is replaced by a $39 roof mounted tripod, or a length [...]