Reaching wood cookstove users at the base of the economic pyramid is the greatest challenge for the cookstove industry. How do you create a new cookstove market in rural areas to target customers who live below the poverty line? … read more
I recently returned from the Cookstove Futures Summit, hosted by the Global Alliance for Clean Cookstoves in New York, where I was impressed by the response from the international community to commit 4 billion dollars to the clean cookstove sector. This support marks a monumental change in raising the voice for the clean cookstoves movement… read more
According to the World Health Organization, cooking over an open fire inside the home is the equivalent to the smoke exposure of inhaling two packs of cigarettes a day. Nearly half the world’s population – 2.6 billion people cook over inefficient wood or dung - burning open fires inside their homes, which contributes… read more
