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The Global Alliance for Clean Cookstoves is a public-private partnership hosted by the UN Foundation to save lives, improve livelihoods, empower women, and protect the environment by creating a thriving global market for clean and efficient household cooking solutions. The Alliance’s 100 by ‘20...
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In Guatemala, as in many other countries, breathing in the toxicfumes while preparing tortillas and frijoles puts Mayan womenand children at risk for respiratory illnesses, blindness and burnson a daily basis. It is estimated that 77% of Guatemalan familiesuse wood as their main fuel source. 2%...
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Rocketstove.org has 3 goals: Deliver customized rocket stove plans to the global community. These plans can be used by commercial producers who wish to build 1000 stoves or by individuals who only want a single stove. CLICK HERE FOR THE DESIGN TOOL Connect institutions and individuals with local...
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The Rocket Stove is an amazing development in fuel efficient cooking. Made with clay and organic material (like rice hulls or sawdust) this inexpensive stove can cook meals with small sticks and eliminate the need for expensive charcoal. The Rocket Stove’s insulated chimney burns wood gases,...
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Key facts Around 2.6 billion people cook using polluting open fires or simple stoves fuelled by kerosene, biomass (wood, animal dung and crop waste) and coal. Each year, close to 4 million people die prematurely from illness attributable to household air pollution from inefficient cooking...
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This article is from ECHO Asia Note # 32. In many developing world households, meeting the daily energy needs required for cooking is burdensome and costly. Fortunately, low-cost cooking methods that require less fuel while burning more cleanly and efficiently are becoming available at the...
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- The resources in this collection feature recent activities by ECHO Asia to research, construct, test, and distribute gasifier stoves. These stoves are currently constructed and available in two sizes (small and large) at the ECHO Asia office. Contact us at echoasia@echonet.org if you have...
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The Global Alliance for Clean Cookstoves is a public-private partnership hosted by the UN Foundation to save lives, improve livelihoods, empower women, and protect the environment by creating a thriving global market for clean and efficient household cooking solutions. The Alliance’s 100 by ‘20...
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1981-12-19 This is a question we have been asking for some time. The idea is to prepare pellets using an appropriate technology pelletizer, using waste biomass or charcoal made from it. We do not have much to report at this time except that an engineer has designed and is making a simple pelletizer for us....
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1996-04-01 38 pages, illustrated, photos