4 others try eco week Oct 20, 2009
Solar cooking, hang drying wash, compost, gardening (in community garden), bulk-food purchases, choose reusable options over disposable options, conserve water by collecting warm-up water from shower and veggie/grain rinse water from kitchen sink and use to water plants, voluntary simplicity, shared and used resources ... Lots of composting, food growing, rain and gray-water harvesting, keep hens, don't drive, reduced trash/recycling/composting, reduced electric use (keep thermostat at 86 in... (AZCentral -- Home)
Small Plates: New Bar Menu at Bourbon Steak Aug 22, 2009
There will be solar cooking demonstrations and tastings conducted under a tent outside the garden s greenhouse. The event will be held rain or shine and runs from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. Saturday. (Roll Call)
Solar-powered oven makes tasty meals Aug 19, 2009
After all, solar cooking is free, it doesn t heat up the house, and it s very easy to do, she said ... Summerchild got interested in solar cooking during a visit to her parents home in Texas years ago ... Solar cooking requires the use of a dark pan, which will absorb - not reflect - the sunlight, she said. (Yuma Daily Sun, AZ)
Inaugural St. David Farmers Market set this Saturday (2) Jun 25, 2009
The opening celebration will include live country music by Little Homestead, a family band from Benson, a petting zoo with baby goats, lambs, rabbits and chicks, solar cooking, carving and spinning demonstrations, hot food for breakfast and lunch and a ceremony at 10 a.m. when a representative of the school district will welcome this venture between the farmers market and the St. David Unified School District. This partnership is breaking new ground as it represents the first farmers market to... (Benson San Pedro Valley News Sun, AZ)
Farmers Market Jun 24, 2009
This week the market will feature a solar cooking demonstration and the Simmons Family Band. A new baker for the market, Maruza Buchanan, originally from Brazil, is shown here (in the middle assisted by her daughter to the left), helping Farmers Market Co-ordinator, Kathleen Gomez, right, to some lemon bars that she made in addition to a tempting array including biscotti, scones, sweet breads, cookies and brownies. (Douglas Daily Dispatch, AZ)
Around Your Town community events May 25, 2009
There will be a ribbon-cutting by the mayor at 10 a.m. and demonstrations of solar cooking, spinning and carding, music by the Simmons Family Band and a raffle of baskets full of produce. Free goods and services including samples of just-trade coffee and blood sugar and blood pressure checks will be given. (Sierra Vista Herald, AZ)
In touch with the Earth: For some local residents, Earth Day is every day Apr 12, 2009
Other vendors include a holistic veterinarian, native plant nurseries, seed distributors, master gardeners, rainwater harvesting equipment, worm composting, recycling, and solar cooking demonstrations. Entertainment will be provided via the sun and the Cochise County Youth Orchestra, the Jones Gang family band, the Arthritis Brothers and Sam s Band. (Sierra Vista Herald, AZ)
Dad turns cardboard boxes into solar oven Apr 11, 2009
Bohmer's contest win notwithstanding, solar cooking with a cardboard oven isn't new. Two American women, Barbara Kerr and Sherry Cole, were the solar box cooker's first serious promoters in the 1970s. (CNN -- Tech)
A cardboard box cooker wins top prize in an environmental competition Apr 10, 2009
The Kenyan-based inventor hopes it can make solar cooking widespread in the developing world, supplanting the use of wood which is driving deforestation ... "So far, solar cooking has been a DIY project with people making them on their own in slums and so on; but this could be the Volkswagen, you might say.". (BBC News -- Africa)
South County Mar 26, 2009
For the past year, members of the San Diego Solar Cooking Club have set up homemade solar ovens at potlucks, baking everything from chicken, to lasagna and cookies using only the sun for heat. 2:00 a.m. Feb. 12. (San Diego Union-Tribune)
North County Feb 7, 2009
For the past year, members of the San Diego Solar Cooking Club have set up homemade solar ovens at potluck events, baking everything from chicken, to lasagna and cookies using only the sun for heat. NORTH COUNTY, 2:00 a.m. Feb. 6In The Union Tribune on Page B4 Authorities are investigating three possible kidnapping attempts in the past eight days near schools in the Poway Unified district. (San Diego Union-Tribune)
