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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 […]
February 1, 2013
Celebrities climb Mt. Kilimanjaro for safe drinking water
A number of celebrities have taken on a mission to climb Mt Kilimanjaro in Tanzania, to create awareness about the lack of clean drining water available to millions across the developing world. Read more here.
February 1, 2013
A water treatment system using salt and electricity to clean water
GE engineers Steve Froelicher and Sam DuPlessis, along with other volunteers, at the request of WaterStep, a non-profit have designed a rugged and portable water purification system that works on an age old principle – electrolysis. This process only uses electricity and table salt to produce chlorine which can disinfect […]
February 1, 2013
Students develop low cost water filtering system for African nations
Students from the School of International Affairs (SIA) have developed a ceramic water filtration system for parts of the sub-Saharan Africa. The filter removes 99.9 per cent of bacteria, removing the community’s burden of clean water collection. Read more here.
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