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Trees, Water & People
501(c)3
Forest conservation &
carbon offsets
AWARD WINNING NON-PROFIT ORGANIZTION
Celebrating 13 years of
community service
Rio Tinto Prize
For Sustainability 2008
Winner
Renewable Energy in Tribal Lands, USA
Reforestation and Land Restoration
TWP PROGRAM AREAS
Fuel-Efficient Clean Cookstoves
COMMUNITY REFORESTATION
EL SALVADOR 35,000 seedlings
NICARAGUA (FRA) 500,000 seedlings
GUATEMALA 30,000 seedlings
Over 4 million seedlings produced
INEFFICIENT TRADITONAL DIRTY, SMOKY COOKSTOVES
•Utilize only 8 – 10% of potential wood energy •90% of wood wasted • Poor heat transfer • leads to further
deforestation
90% OF RURAL HOUSEHOLDS RELY ON FIREWOOD FOR
ALL COOKING NEEDS
WHO estimates 1.9 million deaths due to ARI from long-term exposure to IAP– a deadly combination of toxic smoke and particulate matter
Ceramic ‘Rocket’ Elbow Combustion for griddle cookstove
FUEL-EFFICIENT CLEAN COOKSTOVES
Compacted earth one-pot cookstove
More than 46,000 stoves built since 1998
Developed in Honduras after Hurricane Mitch in 1998 by: • Trees, Water & People • Aprovecho Research Center • Honduran Association for Development (AHDESA)
THE JUSTA COOKSTOVE
TWP cookstove namesake Doña Justa Nuñez
VERSATILITY OF ‘ROCKET’ TECHNOLOGY
Portable Metal Ecostove
Built-in Justa Stove
Domestic cookstoves
Honduras partner – AHDESA built 5000+ stoves in 2010
Double burner Metal Ecostove-
PROLEÑA
VERSATILITY OF ‘ROCKET’ TECHNOLOGY
Institutional Rocket elbow
Institutional stove cooking tamales
BENEFITS OF TWP COOKSTOVES
Community engagement Cost-sharing w/ families
Average of 50% less firewood burned; economic savings
Cleaner Combustion Improved Health
(Env. Health Studies: CSU; Tami Bond)
Reduces deforestation by consuming 50 – 70% less fuel wood, compared to traditional cook stoves
TWP PROGRAM New Initiatives
EL SALVADOR Dry-composting Latrines
– part of their soil
conservation training
HONDURAS Construction of 90 fuel-efficient
ceramics kilns in the artisan-driven city of Ojojona
Carbon offset program • Since 1998 total cookstoves built 46,589
• TWP cookstove program has avoided over 260,000 tons of CO2 • 40% commercial griddle cookstoves; offset 3.5 tons yearly over an average of 3 year lifespan • 50% griddle cookstoves; offset 1.5 tons yearly over an average 5 year lifespan (more with replacement parts) • 10% one-pot cookstoves (Haiti); offset 1 ton yearly over an average 1 year lifespan
Stove testing in Nicaragua 2008
TWP EL SALVADOR PEACE CORPS
TRAINING PARTNERSHIP
More than 375 PCVs trained since 2005
PEACE CORPS SARGENT SHRIVER AWARD PRESENTED TO STUART CONWAY, TWP FOUNDER
JULY 2010
TWP INTERNATIONAL PARTNERS
NICARAGUA, PROLEÑA EL SALVADOR, ARBOLES
GUATEMALA, TWP TIQUISATE HONDURAS, AHDESA
NICARAGUA- increased capacity
HONDURAS- new factory
Reducing Fuel
Needs in Extreme
Fuel-Scarce
Environments
2010 Earthquake Relief and Recovery • 1776 StoveTec Stoves Purchased, Shipped and Donated • Training Programs & Monitoring Systems Developed • Partnership Launched with International Lifeline Fund
• Continue R&D around a locally manufactured charcoal stove • Implement Haitian National Stove Strategy • Rekindle Rural One-Pot stove project in South Haiti • Increase Reforestation and Soil Conservation Activities • Establish Production Facility in Port au Prince
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