This
June, StoveTeam and Guatemalan partner EcoComal were recognized with
the National Energy Globe Award for our efforts to promote
fuel-efficient cookstoves in Guatemala – a country where approximately
70% of the population uses wood for cooking, and more than 5,000 people
die per year as a result of household air pollution.
With the support of the Irvine Spectrum Rotary Club in California, the
Guatemala Sur Rotary Club in Antigua Guatemala, and the Rotary
Foundation, the independently owned factory EcoComal was launched in
2010. Since then, EcoComal has sold approximately 23,000 cookstoves and
served more than 172,500 people.
The Energy Globe Award is supported by the United Nations Educational,
Scientific, and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) and done in cooperation
with United Nations Environment Program (UNEP). The award honors
organizations working to advance sustainable solutions to global
environmental challenges. We are thrilled to accept this award on behalf
of Marco Tulio, EcoComal, and all of our supporters who make this
important work possible!
StoveTeam and EcoComal will be evaluated automatically for the Energy Globe World Award.
Last year, StoveTeam and our Honduran partner, E’Copan were awarded this
prestigious honor. Learn more about the National Energy Globe Award.
This summer, StoveTeam International joins InStove to co-host Stove
Summit in Cottage Grove, Oregon. Stove Summit is a four-day conference
dedicated to solving global humanitarian and environmental challenges
through a combination of field demonstrations, capacity-building
workshops, presentations by clean-cooking thought leaders, and
networking with stove-sector professionals. Sign up to attend Stove Summit (link: http://www.instove.org/node/132)
Stove Summit is a unique opportunity to learn about the state of the art
in improved cookstoves from the leaders in the field, funders,
partners, and experts in project implementation and evaluation.
Representatives from the following groups will present at Stove Summit:
International Lifeline Fund
Burn Design Lab
Trees Water People
Aprovecho Reseach Center
Oregon State University, and
Global Alliance for Clean Cookstoves
Additional workshops will focus on stove designs, rocket stove building, effective philanthropy, and measuring impacts.
Attend Stove Summit, and stay the following week for Stove Camp, hosted by Aprovecho Research Center.
We hope to see you there! Sign up to attend Stove Summit today!
This month, StoveTeam says goodbye to Kim Forrest, our volunteer and program coordinator since 2014. For the past two years, Kim has been a great asset to our expanding team - leading volunteers on exciting and life changing trips in Guatemala; helping advance and develop StoveTeam programs; and increasing support for StoveTeam locally and internationally. Kim will be returning to work at her family’s business. We wish her the best of luck! Buena suerte, Kim!
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