“To me this is one of the top three most important things for Haiti,” said Marc Levy, a Columbia University professor of international and public affairs working on a joint effort of Columbia and its Earth Institute with the United Nations Environment Program. Continue reading
February 2010
Rebuilding Haiti: On trees, charcoal, compost and low-tech…
On links between environmental and public health; Rebuilding Haiti from the soil microbes up; A humanitarian aid petri dish; Jared Diamond’s checklist for collapse & Haiti as vision what could be in store for the rest of us; Charcoal cartels, Amy Smith’s better answer & Nicholas Kristof’s compost toilet tour Continue reading
…and we’re back!
Tanned, rested, and ready to switch to turbo mode. The Charcoal Factoid of the Day, gathered during our recent travels in our native Nicaragua is that a “quintal” bag of charcoal for sale in colonial Granada, on the banks of Lake Nicaragua, retails for about fifty cents US. It’s going to be hard to find a competitive substitute at that price! We’ll be reporting more on our fact-finding mission shortly and lots more shortly. Kim Continue reading
The Charcoal Project on a stealth mission…
Folks, The Charcoal Project is on a field research trip (mixed in with a little R&R with the fam) in Nicaragua, my home. I will report back to you next Monday on the results of our findings. Thanks for checking in! Best, Kim Continue reading
Trading briquettes for mountain gorillas
Mountain Gorillas Veterinary Program farm partner Immaculée Uwimana from Rwanda and Justice Mvuyekure from Uganda were both looking for business opportunities that could be operated on small land holdings. We had recently become aware of a program operating in the DRC where byproducts were processed into an alternative fuel source aimed to compete with charcoal for family use. After some discussions, we decided to travel to the training location in Rumangabo, DRC. Read more Continue reading