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Recent Developments, <br /> Key Innovations, and <br /> Insightful Reports

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Insightful Reports

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Econet Zimbabwe: 400,000 lamps sold so far

Econet in Zimbabwe has reached the ambitious goal of having as many as 400,000 of its solar lamps Zimbabwean homes. These lanterns also charge cell phones, and Econet is also planning more innovative features to add to it. Read more here.

February 1, 2013

How Luci will serve the developing world

This post about Luci, the inflatable solar lantern, which has taken the developmental world by a storm, talks about the alternate applicability of the lanterns. While these easily inflatable, and very cheap lanterns are great for hikers and campers, these lamps will serve the developing world deprived of main-grid lighting, […]

February 1, 2013

Malawi: US and Ireland partner to scale 2 million cookstoves by 2020

The governments of US and Ireland have collaborated with Malawian President Joyce Banda to scale the usage of clean cookstoves in the country. The aim has been stated as reaching a goal of as many as 2 million clean cookstoves in usage, by 2020. Read more here.

February 1, 2013

India: Grassroot innovation – Vidya Ratan Sharma’s biomass cookstoves

DEEP Chulha are cleaner and more efficient cookstoves made by social entrepreneur Vidya Ratan Sharma, for the districts of upper Himachal Pradesh. Having served as a cook for an NGO for five years, the idea to create cookstoves emitting less smoke and helping village folk of the mountainous region warm […]

February 1, 2013

Tanzania: Energy saving cookstoves benefit rural Muheza district

Tanzania Traditional Energy Development and Environmental Organisation’s (TaTEDO) has been using the medium of training poor women in making cleaner and more efficient cookstoves. This takes care of dual concerns – improving livelihoods of the concerned women, and sensitizing the public in general – the neighbours, or the village folks […]

February 1, 2013

Solar cooking in China

This report looks at the scale of usage of solar cooking in China, through a project started by CDM (Clean Development Mechanism). It shows carbon offsetting attained as a result of solar cookstove use. Read the report here.

February 1, 2013

Evaluations of interventions to reduce air pollution from biomass smoke on mortality

This study aimed to find quantitative data regarding the effect on mortality rates with the use of cleaner cook stoves. This study was conducted in Launceston in Australia. Read the findings here.

February 1, 2013

Promoting Advanced Cook Stoves through a Sustainable Partnership between a Micro Finance Institution and a Syndicated Distribution Network, 2012

This is a Project Report by the Market-based Partnerships for Health, Abt Associates. This report aims to work in partner with key stakeholders like the Government, ACS (Advanced Cookstove Manufacturers) and more to learn in depth about consumers’ behaviours regarding clean cookstoves. Read the report here.

February 1, 2013

An ATM for clean water

Introduced as a brainchild of Piramal Foundation, CSR wing of Piramal Group, a new water ATM has been solving drinking and cooking problems for Rajasthan’s Alwar district, where the municipal water is saline and the groundwater has high fluorine content. When a card is swiped, the card holder withdraws water […]