Eco-friendly weblog The Daily Green details how to turn a cardboard box into a DIY solar oven for a little weekend fun in the sun. All you'll need is the box, some construction paper, tin foil, ...

Even if you've worked to make your brown bag lunch more appealing, sometimes the biggest drawback to the brown bag is that you just want a warm meal. That's where the office worker's portable solar ...

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 ...

There's been more than enough days this summer hot enough to fry an egg on the sidewalk. But unless you like the taste of street grime, there's a far better way to cook with the sun. In these ...

This week we’re taking a (hot) look at solar cooking. Today: what you need to get into solar cooking. After the jump: A breakdown of the types of cookers and how to buy or build them. At the most ...

Like a conventional oven, your homemade solar oven can turn dough into muffins or other baked goods of your choice. When the sun is shining, we like to use our homemade solar oven for cooking and ...

Schools might be out for the summer, but that doesn’t mean the science fun needs to stop. Bill Nye the Science Guy writer Lynn Brunelle and Liz Heinecke, author of Outdoor Science Lab for Kids, share ...

KNOXVILLE, Tenn. (WATE) – Celebrate National S’mores day with this DIY solar oven. The Oak Ridge Institute for Science and Education, or ORISE, shares this fun activity as a way for families to learn ...