Where Elephants Roam, Struggle For Clean Cookstoves Continues
New National Geographic series “Secrets of the Elephants” is a stunning piece of visual story telling that has a hidden backstory in the struggle for clean cookstoves.
New National Geographic series “Secrets of the Elephants” is a stunning piece of visual story telling that has a hidden backstory in the struggle for clean cookstoves.
Envirofit, a for-profit social enterprise, has delivered one million clean cookstoves to customers around the world. These devices save money by decreasing annual fuel costs and they reduce exposure to household air pollution, which is a leading cause of death globally. According to the World Health Organization, in 2012 4.3 … [continued]
Social enterprise Envirofit tallies up the benefits created by its sale of one million clean cookstoves in the developing world.
Originally published on Sustainnovate. We focus a lot on innovative businesses and organizations that are bringing clean technologies to the developing world, but there’s a place for charity too. Especially during this holiday season, we think about how we can give more to those in need. But it’s not just … [continued]
Radha Muthiah, Executive Director of the Global Alliance for Clean Cookstoves, recently took time out from her busy schedule to answers some questions for CleanTechnica about the benefits of distributing clean cookstoves. 1. Of the several million people that die every year from indoor air pollution, how many are from … [continued]
Microlending service Kiva funds renewable energy projects around the world, all focused on providing appropriate technology to developing communities.
With approximately 950 million people in Africa still reliant on traditional cooking methods, predominantly wood and charcoal, there is a pressing need to disseminate clean cooking technology as fast as possible. Research by the World Health Organization shows that the air pollution created by these methods leads to heart disease, … [continued]
Renewable energy has a clean power problem in the cookstove area, but help is on the way.
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Large-scale efforts and resources have been directed towards low- and middle-income countries to encourage individual households to adopt more efficient clean cooking solutions including improved cookstoves and cleaner fuels. While households initially express enthusiasm for their new stoves, they eventually abandon them.