Dar es Salaam consumes the equivalent of 16 olympic pools in charcoal every day. This figure is increasing daily as rural populations migrate to urban centers. At $350 million per year, charcoal is big business, too.
This great video produced by the World Bank last year (2010) lays out the issue in a way that is well-documented and visually compelling.
VIDEO: The charcoal problem in Tanzania compellingly explained Read More »
I’ve been lucky enough in my lifetime to have met a handful of truly inspiring individuals.
Regardless of religion or culture, these unique men and women have a way of re-affirming your faith in the fundamental goodness of humanity.
Henry Twinemasiko belongs in this category.
VIDEO: Henry Twinemasiko, a profile our partner in Rubaare, Uganda. Read More »
This short YouTube video is based on an interview I did in June with Henry Twinemasiko, the director of the REF schools in Rubaare, Uganda, (visit our project page) who appealed to us six months ago for help in bringing energy efficiency and renewable fuels to his school district. Henry is a tremendously inspiring and
VIDEO: How the woodfuel shortage is affecting East African schools & community Read More »
How much renewable biomass can the United States produce each year to meet its future bioenergy needs? Enough to displace 30 percent of its current petroleum use by 2030.
NEWS: US Dpt. of Energy Releases Report on U.S. Biomass Supply Potential Read More »
The world’s established forests remove 2.4 billion tonnes of carbon per year from the atmosphere — equivalent to one third of current annual fossil fuel emissions — according to new research published in the journal Science.
NEWS: Forests Absorb One Third of Fossil Fuel Emission, Study Finds Read More »
A donor asks: “… how much change do people have to go through, to benefit from TCP’s stated goals?”
So, Charcoal Project, what makes YOU so special? Read More »
The charcoal industry has great potential to contribute to rural development because production utilizes locally available and potentially renewable resources.
The charcoal industry can generate employment and local income in both rural and urban areas.
— Dr. Emmanuel Chidumayo, Zambia.
Sustainable charcoal production in Africa can protect ecosystems, provide jobs. Read More »
We’re kicking off our first crowdfunding effort ever!
Please consider helping us build in rural Uganda a solid biomass energy efficiency and renewable fuels program for school community with 1,600 schoolchildren!
Please help us build our first model project in Uganda! Read More »
Only a few days remain to register for the Partnership for Clean Indoor Air’s (PCIA) webinar on Impacts of Household Fuel Consumption from Biomass Stove Programs in India, Nepal and Peru. This is the second in the PCIA stove testing webinar series taking place this summer.
Michael Johnson, of Berkeley Air Monitoring Group, will present the results of in-home assessments conducted with fellow PCIA Partners in Nepal, India and Peru.
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Today we begin posting the first of a dozen paper’s presented in June at a symposium in Arusha, Tanzania, on Sustainable Charcoal. The event, co-organized by The Charcoal Project, heralded the launch of a year-long initiative that will culminate in an International Conference on Charcoal and Solid Biomass in 2012.
Today’s topic focuses on the absence of reliable data on woodfuel and charcoal use from a national and global perspective.
Hot Tip: this is sure to be a top-shelf priority at next year’s conference!
The Road to Sustainable Charcoal — What world figures tell us and not. Read More »
Sustainable forestry practices that provide timber for the building trades can help mitigate the emissions of carbon dioxide (CO2), a new study found.
One reason is younger trees absorb more CO2 from the atmosphere than mature trees. Another is that cutting trees after their CO2 absorption rates taper provides building materials that can be used instead of steel and concrete, which are created in processes that emit large quantities of CO2.
Can growing trees for fuel actually cut down CO2 emissions? Read More »
“Many people believe that wood energy is a main driver for deforestation, though deforestation and forest degradation at a global level is rather a consequence of conversion of the forests for agricultural purposes such as large scale productions for pasture, oil palms, soy beans, or for subsistence production,” Florian Steierer, forestry officer of wood energy at the Food and Agricultural Organization of the United Nations.
NEWS: Clean cookstoves promote sustainability of local resources Read More »
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