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December 7, 2012
Colorado State University wind US DOE US$1 million research award
The US Department of Energy has awarded the Colorado State University’s Engines and Energy Conversion Lab an amount of US$1 million to work on the efficiency of biomass cookstoves. Read more here.
December 7, 2012
Barefoot College to be aired on PBS
The Emmy Award-winning Independent Lens series on PBS will be airing a documentary about the Barefoot College in Ajmer, Rajasthan, India, which is a college that teaches women to become solar engineers. Read more here.
December 7, 2012
Forum for clean cookstoves to be held in Cambodia in March 2013
A four day event bringing together about 400 stakeholders across the clean cookstoves sector will be organized by the Global Alliance for Clean Cookstoves in March 2013 in Cambodia. Read more here.
December 7, 2012
Developments in the ECOWAS High Level Forum in Accra, Ghana
This post by the Radha Muthiah, Executive Director of Global Alliance for Clean Cookstoves enlists intriguing and encouraging announcements made at the ECOWAS High Level Forum in Accra, Ghana, including that of new research grants, announcement of the strategic business plans, new investments made and more. Read more here.
December 7, 2012
Film to raise awareness about clean cookstoves
Rodney Rascona is a photographer who was named the 2010 International Photographer of the Year for the photographs of the Haiti sufferers post the earthquake. His new mission is the show how the lives of people, and especially that of women, change when a simple progression from using inefficient and […]
December 7, 2012
Effects of IAP in Nigeria
According to oil giant Shell, as many as 90 million Nigerians suffer from health problems which can be sourced back to exposure to large concentrations of solid particles and toxins emitted from inefficient cookstoves. Read more here.
December 7, 2012
Indian student social entrepreneurs win 2012 Intel Global Challenge for their biomass cookstove
The Greenway Grameen India or the GGI team from India has recently been announced as the winners of the 2012 Intel Global Challenge for their biomass based cookstove that is efficient and produces less smoke. They have received a sum of US$ 50,000 from the Intel Foundation as reward. Read […]
December 7, 2012
Inefficient cookstoves kill 6500 Ghanaians annually
According to a report by the WHO, as many as 6500 Ghanaians lose their lives due to exposure to inefficient cookstoves and inefficient fuels. According to the same report, about 87 per cent of the 3 billion people annually relying on inefficient cookstoves and fuels worldwide are affected by indoor […]
December 7, 2012
India: Government backs ‘Aakash-2’ enabled tablet based national education project
The government of India is campaigning for tablet based education for its youth and the new Aakash tablet is soon to be commercially launched in the country. It is competitively priced at INR 2263 or US$40, or INR 1130 or US$20 for students. Read more here.
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