Here in the U.S., it is traditional to celebrate Memorial Day with foodstuffs in the grill. (Yes, it’s most traditional to make those foodstuffs large hunks of meat, but in deference to the vegetarian in my house, we also often celebrate with zucchini.)

Today’s cooking reminded me that I’d been meaning to write something about solar cookers ever since I read about this video last month:

The Kyoto Box and other solar ovens are intended for use in remote areas where the only other alternative is cooking over an open wood fire, but many ecoists are jumping on the solar cooking bandwagon. You can go grab the plans for building the solar cooker of your choice online, even.

Would you ever do something like this, all in the name of going greener? It seems a little redundant given that I live in a house with electricity, and have a propane grill sitting right outside. On the other hand, it might be kind of a fun project with the kids, just to see how it works.