Governments, organizations and communities have been alarmed at the scale of environmental damage and deforestation that Nature has incurred in the 21st century. Solar cooking is by no means a panacea to these problems but it can help reduce the environmental damage and reverse the upward trend in deforestation. Cooking by solar power also reduces gas emissions.
Although the method has not gained wide corporate backing, there are organizations who have given their encouraging support to manufacture and distribute solar ovens around the world, especially in developing communities.
According to recent studies, there are up to two billion people in the world who still use firewood for cooking. This translates to a significant area of forest cover lost each year to wood fires and wood cooking. By encouraging solar cooking, organizations are not only helping the forests, but also the surrounding communities that they support. A lush forest, after all, is essential to a balanced ecology where communities can live safely and productively. Whereas the loss of forests is tied to flooding, erosion, drought and global warming, their flourishing is connected to thriving water and land systems.
Cooking by solar power requires solar ovens or box cookers. These are well-insulated containers that can harness maximum amount of solar energy and retain the most amount of heat. A lot of research has gone into harnessing solar power, and the most advanced box cookers are made of energy-efficient, light-weight materials.
Solar cooking is a method known to humanity for centuries. But this alternative way of cooking continues to revolutionize the way people live across the world today.
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