Harness the Sun for Backyard Solar Cooking

Make memories and meals while you watch your kids learn

"...way, zombies are still definitely a possibility, which makes solar cooking a great skill to hone no matter what..."

May 29, 2020 Food Feature by Jessi Cape

UT Raises the Solar Roof

Students build all-solar house for national competition

"...The University of Texas Solar Decathlon Team held a ceremonial roof-raising Wednesday for an..."

July 8, 2005 News Feature by Daniel Mottola

No Home for Rhizome ... for Now

Rhizome Collective looks for a new location

"...the official Rhizome tour (along with things like a solar-cooking oven and a bicycle-powered blender), the "straw-bale room" even..."

April 3, 2009 News Feature by Nora Ankrum

He's a Rebel!

The Rhizome Collective's Scott Kellogg

"...engineering or the sciences." Hence my five-minute lesson on solar cooking...."

April 18, 2008 Features Feature by Sofia Resnick

Toasting Hogmany

The French Buffet

"...but canned soup, frozen pizza, or (God forbid!) home cooking, we made it a custom to eat Chinese when..."

Jan. 1, 1999 Food Feature

If More CO₂ Is Bad ... Then What?

The need to reduce emissions collides head-on with the growing world demand for energy

"...common answer to the problem: Use more wind and solar power and more biofuels. Wind and solar are lovely..."

Dec. 7, 2007 News Feature by Robert Bryce

Zero-Energy Homes and Hope Break Ground in Montopolis

The city shoots for energy efficiency and affordability in low-income neighborhood

"...scheduled for some time this month, with construction utilizing solar panels and the latest in building technology – such..."

Feb. 4, 2005 News Feature by Daniel Mottola

Fuel

Fuel is a two-hour infomercial for biodiesel and the virtues of other alternative energy sources that won the Audience Award for a documentary at Sundance.

"...the virtues of cleaner energy sources, such as wind, solar, ethanol, hemp, and world music. It’s a noble aim,..."

Nov. 21, 2008 Movie Review by Josh Rosenblatt

Naked City

Austin Stories

"...budget season to focus on the power company. The Solar Austin Campaign will take the opportunity to lobby for..."

Aug. 8, 2003 News Feature

Food-O-File

"...28, 1-4pm at Boggy Creek Farm. The $25 class, Cooking From the Garden, includes the opportunity to pick your..."

Jan. 26, 1996 Food Column by Virginia B. Wood

You'll Never Cook Again The Deli Explosion

"...busier and most families require two incomes to survive, cooking at home is often seen as a luxury. Once..."

July 28, 1995 Arts Feature

A Guide to Finding Beer Outside of Austin’s City Limits

Drinking outside of the box

"...with beer. This summer, they'll start canning from their solar-powered brewery. Our guess is their light beer will be..."

May 19, 2017 Food Feature by Brandon Watson

Lee & Carole & Brewster & All of Us ...

Five candidates for mayor jockey to be first among equals

"...Yet another has demonstrated she'll do anything – including cooking stats and contorting reality – to reclaim the office..."

May 1, 2009 News Feature by Wells Dunbar

Green Guide

A preview of our ongoing guide to green living

"...a cheap and resourceful diesel alternative produced from used cooking oil. They also offer biodiesel blends (from B2 to..."

April 20, 2007 News Feature

Naked City

Some provisions encourage renewables, but fossil fuels still reign

"...biofuel that's typically made from soy beans or recycled cooking oil and is readily usable in any diesel engine...."

Aug. 19, 2005 News Feature by Daniel Mottola

2000 Kids Summer Fun Guide

Listings

"...where kids will learn to build model rockets and solar cars, experience an orbital simulator, and take a field..."

May 5, 2000 Features Feature

Sustainable Food Center’s Farm to Plate Dinner

Support local food and have a blast doing it

"...proceeds benefit the nonprofit branches like two farmers’ markets, cooking and gardening classes, and more. The festivities also include..."

May 9, 2018 Food Post by Jessi Cape

Civics 101

"...SUMMER COOKING OIL DRIVE As of July, Ecology Action is now..."

July 6, 2012 News Column

Oh, Oh, Those Summer Bites

Camp Food

"...the area and the time period, but Grandma Nancy's cooking will probably always remain a mystery I can't solve...."

July 9, 1999 Food Feature

Naked City

Off the Desk:

"...is clear: increase reliance on renewable energy sources like solar and wind power, which currently generate only 1% of..."

Dec. 20, 1996 News Feature

Dark Was the Night, Cold Was the Ground

Austin slowly thaws out from an unprecedented – but not entirely unexpected – disaster

"...AW urges users to bring all water used for cooking, drinking, ice-making, and hand-washing to a vigorous boil for..."

Feb. 19, 2021 News Feature by Lina Fisher

Farm Careers Are Sprouting in Central Texas

Three sets of first-generation farmers share their paths to getting rooted

"...bundles delivered to doorsteps and catered to the subscriber's cooking style. The "Classics" bundle features about 15 pounds of..."

Sept. 13, 2019 Food Feature by Jessika Roth

Austin's New Central Library

"...is a tiered seating area for lectures, readings, and cooking demonstrations...."

Oct. 26, 2017 Photo Gallery

Austin's Sustainable Secret

Student-founded Green Is the New Black makes renewable energy at Huston-Tillotson

"...green coordinator Karen Magid says a proposed installation of solar panels on campus – granted performance-based incentives by the..."

Oct. 24, 2014 News Feature by Nora Ankrum

Art Outside

Choose your own adventure at the ninth art/music fest

"...change a step farther. Bio-diesel generators from local restaurants’ cooking oil waste and solar panels help power the festival...."

Oct. 17, 2013 Arts Post by Jessi Cape

Dale Dougherty: Hacking the Physical World

If you can "mod software," you can mod the real world

"...way to teach yourself how to build your own solar-powered torch, or a ukulele out of a cake tin...."

March 1, 2013 News Feature by Richard Whittaker

Fusebox Festival

Beaming down to Fusebox and charging it up are Captain Kirk and the King

"...and the heavens (the space-spanning Orbit! Films About Our Solar System). (For details, see "Experimental/Experiential," Screens, p.45.) And if..."

April 27, 2012 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

ACL's Food Court Continues to Expand Its – and Our – Horizons

Take an ACL break Austin-style with local eateries and portable fine dining

"...the Hoffbrau, how can you call yourself an Austinite? Solar Natural Foods..."

Sept. 26, 2008 Music Feature by Claudia Alarcón

Naked City

News briefs from Austin, the region, and elsewhere

"...features a slew of talks on topics such as solar power and water heating, geothermal energy, home-scale wind power,..."

Sept. 26, 2008 News Feature

Event Menu

April 18-20

"...Earth Day Living Green Festival – children's art projects, cooking demonstrations with samples, earth-friendly exhibits, solar-powered music. More info..."

April 18, 2008 Food Column by Virginia B. Wood

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