Think humankind discovering fire was revolutionary? How about a cardboard box that uses the sun’s rays to cook without burning firewood? That’s precisely what the Kyoto Box, a cardboard solar cooker, ...

From cool, dewy European mountain ranges and humid Central Asian forests to the urban sprawl across North America and the arid landscapes of the African continent, millions of people are cooking with ...

It looks so simple, and that's the key innovation. The Kyoto Box consists of two cardboard boxes, one inside the other. The inner box is painted black to absorb sunlight, and the heat is trapped with ...

Harness the power of the sun with this simple homemade solar cooker! Harness the power of the sun with this simple homemade solar cooker! With just a few household items, see how solar energy creates ...

ed for just two dollars. The third kind of solar oven is a parabolic cooker. It has rounded walls that aim sunlight directly into the bottom of the oven. Food cooks quickly in parabolic ovens. However ...

We have also invested considerable time and some money experimenting with the many ways to cook food with the sun. Just imagine! You can actually take scrap materials–old cardboard boxes, newspaper, a ...

Solar box cookers have been popular with campers and back-to-the-landers for decades. The Kyoto Box solar cooker, an updated design, has just won first place in the Financial Times Climate Change ...

Roula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter. Kyoto Box is a cheap, solar-powered cardboard cooker for use in rural Africa, estimated to prevent two tonnes ...

From cool, dewy European mountain ranges and humid Central Asian forests to the urban sprawl across North America and the arid landscapes of the African continent, millions of people are cooking with ...

The current dry spell has been more severe in recent months leading to hunger in many parts of the country. The climate system is basically driven by energy from the sun. Experts argue that if the sun ...