Tree Hugging Family » Build A Solar Cooker http://www.treehuggingfamily.com Family Life On The Green Side Sat, 21 Nov 2009 06:39:33 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 en hourly 1 Great Summer Projects, Crafts, & Nature Activities for Kids… http://www.treehuggingfamily.com/great-summer-projects-crafts-nature-activities-for-kids/ http://www.treehuggingfamily.com/great-summer-projects-crafts-nature-activities-for-kids/#comments Fri, 13 Jun 2008 01:39:29 +0000 Jennifer http://www.treehuggingfamily.com/great-summer-projects-crafts-nature-activities-for-kids/ Post from: Tree Hugging Family

]]> With summer here, maybe you’re looking for something new to do. We’ve posted lots on fun kid activities, so I thought I’d round up a good bunch of stuff that you and more importantly, your kids, might enjoy. Don’t forget, if all else fails, there’s always a picnic at the park.

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Nature based fun:  

Messy & colorful fun:  

Plant based fun:  

Recycled fun:

Yummy fun:

Now you can’t say the kids are bored – there are enough projects here to get you going on the path to summer fun.

Click here to learn about all the current contests, themes, and green challenges going on at Tree Hugging Family in June 2008

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]]> http://www.treehuggingfamily.com/great-summer-projects-crafts-nature-activities-for-kids/feed/ 3 Build A Solar Cooker http://www.treehuggingfamily.com/build-a-solar-cooker/ http://www.treehuggingfamily.com/build-a-solar-cooker/#comments Sat, 23 Feb 2008 14:00:26 +0000 Jennifer http://www.treehuggingfamily.com/build-a-solar-cooker/ Post from: Tree Hugging Family

]]> One great project for kids is building, and then cooking on, their very own solar cooker. My son built one when he was five, at this co-op school-type deal he went to for a while, along with a bunch of other five year olds and one adult. They used it all the time. They cooked their own tortillas on it every week, and flat breads, the kids loved it.

solar cookingBenefits of solar cooking are plentiful:

No energy drains.

It’s free! Until the sun starts charging us $.

Studies have shown that two solar cooked meal a week can save massive energy over time, including wood (where people cook with wood).

There’s no smoke with solar cooking, thus no harmful carcinogens, in you or your food.

It’s portable – it’s so hard to take your kitchen stove camping.

It’s fun. And there’s not much else cuter than kids slapping tortillas on a solar cooker.

How to make a solar cooker.

I could just tell you, but then I’d have to find visuals. It’s much easier with visuals. So, links!

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