Archive for August, 2006

Solar powered SUCCESS!

Posted: Saturday, August 19th, 2006 @ 8:22 pm in Transforming a Life | Comments Off

I’ve referred several times to, but have never written about, the solar cooker(s) I built.
I began by building the ‘Minimum’ Solar Box Cooker .  I was attracted to this model because when our stiff afternoon breeze arose, my portable mylar cooker (see http://legacyla.net/transformation/?p=181 ) would visibly flop around.  I wanted the insulated walls of the ‘Minimum’ […]

Solar cooking continues …

Posted: Tuesday, August 15th, 2006 @ 2:21 pm in Transforming a Life | Comments Off

   I haven’t written about it in a while, but we continue our adventures in solar cooking.  Here is a photo of my original little cooker.  It is a purchased model, made from the same mylar and foam material you might find on an automobile sunshade.Â
It folds down flat, and you unfold it when […]

Positive news IS the positive news

Posted: Wednesday, August 2nd, 2006 @ 8:15 am in Positive Environmental News, Community Governance | Comments Off

There has been so much positive environmental news lately -  I appologize that I haven’t been able to paraphrase them all for posting here.
Here in the Los Angeles area, as the movie “An Inconvenient Truth” has moved through town, it has left in its wake a powerful grassroots desire to create change.  I’ve had many requests […]