VACANCY: Tanzania Forest Conservation Group is looking for an experienced and well-qualified candidate for the position of Technical Adviser for our Sustainable Charcoal Project. Candidates can be of any nationality.
April 2012
NEWS: ‘Clean cookstoves’ draw support, but they may not improve indoor air quality
In March, researchers from India and California published a study showing that certain clean cookstove models occasionally release a larger volume of certain pollutants than the traditional stoves they’re intended to replace.
Three American researchers released a randomized, controlled study Monday that is even more damaging to the clean cookstove movement.
“Attention Apple, the Tanzania cookstove market needs you…”
“Cheap, disposable, utilitarian appliances.” And, “not enough fuel savings to justify the expense of a clean cookstove.” These are just some of the findings in an new study out by Ideo.org on the cooking habits of Tanzanians.
NEWS: Cooking with Garbage in Slums is not as bad as you think
As Uganda’s woodfuel crisis deepens, slum-dwellers in the capital come up with creative solutions.
Uganda: When good intentions go bad
Banning timber and charcoal production to protect the country’s remaining tree cover is well intentioned but completely impractical.