Eighteen months ago, we received an unexpected call from D-Lab at MIT. It was Saida Benhayoune, the newly appointed director of D-Lab’s Scale-Ups Program. The call went something like this: “We’re launching a new initiative designed to scale up access to simple technology solutions for poor people in the developing world. Would you be interested in working together in aggressively boosting access to better technology and fuel solutions for people who depend on wood, charcoal, and animal dung around the world?” “Heck, yeah!” we answered. It was a no-brainer. In January we launched the Harvest Fuel Initiative, a joint collaboration Continue reading
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Year In Review: Spotlight On Rubaare Two Years After
It’s the end of the year and the time to report back to you on our progress!
What 40 Months Mean to TCP
I feel strongly that better fuels and technology is as close to a silver bullet for improving the livelihoods of half of the world’s population as any other intervention out there.
EVENT: 2nd Biomass West & Central Africa Congress 2012 (4-5 Oct. 2012)
Announcing the 2nd Biomass West and Central Africa Congress 2012 scheduled to be held from 04 to 05 October 2012 in Accra, Ghana.
“This significant global congress presents a ideal platform for top industry and market stakeholders from forestry, power generation and wooden pellets producers to address key issues, and exchange ideas on how to attract investors to the biomass sector in West & Central Africa to sustainably develop the biomass industry in the region.”
RFA: Looking for Field Studies to Evaluate Performance, Use, and Adoption of Clean Cookstoves & Fuels
The Global Alliance for Clean Cookstoves has released a Request for Applications (RFA) for Field Studies to Evaluate Performance, Use and Adoption of Clean Cookstoves and Fuels.