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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