Media Highlights – October 2015
Selected international coverage of clean cookstoves and fuels news.
ALLIANCE
Africa: 'How?' – Not 'How Much?' to Fight Poverty
https://allafrica.com/stories/201510271866.html
Rocky Dawuni to Talk Clean Cooking in November
https://www.ghanaweb.com/GhanaHomePage/entertainment/Rocky-Dawuni-to-talk-Clean-Cooking-in-Nov-390491
The Kenyans Making Cooking Stoves To Address A Deadly Problem
https://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/kenya-clean-cookstoves_56279424e4b08589ef49dc38
Times of India: Make Clean Cooking Part of Eco Drive
https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/home/environment/developmental-issues/Make-clean-cooking-part-of-eco-drive/articleshow/49431473.cms
Changing How Millions Cook: Global Forum in Accra Ghana Nov 10-13
https://www.businessghana.com/portal/news/index.php?op=getNews&news_cat_id=&id=207126
EPA Employee Selected as Winner of 2015 Service to America Medal / Cookstoves Initiative Improving Lives
https://yosemite.epa.gov/opa/admpress.nsf/0/c774dd4450af29a785257ed600725045?OpenDocument
Cooking Differently in Kenya, Saving Lives Globally
https://www.huffingtonpost.com/pati-jinich/cooking-differently-in-ke_b_8217836.html
Clearing the Air: Himalayan Stove Project brings Conversation on Cooking Fire Emissions to Santa Fe
https://www.sfreporter.com/santafe/article-11015-clearing-the-air.html
SECTOR
Ugandan Mayor: My District Will be 100% Renewable by 2020
https://www.theguardian.com/global-development-professionals-network/2015/oct/20/ugandan-mayor-my-district-will-be-100-renewable-by-2020
Poor Producers to Tackle Global Climate Change from their Communities with New ‘Fairtrade Climate Standard’
https://www.ibtimes.com.au/poor-producers-tackle-global-climate-change-their-communities-new-fairtrade-climate-standard-1476282
Qori Q’oncha – Improved Cookstoves Diffusion Programme in Peru
https://www.goldstandard.org/projects/qori-q%E2%80%99oncha-improved-cookstoves-diffusion-programme-peru
Rwanda: Minister Binagwaho Scoops Innovation in Health Award
https://allafrica.com/stories/201510220639.html
NCSC Professor, Students to Aid Efforts in Africa
https://www.richlandsource.com/education/ncsc-prof-students-to-aid-efforts-in-africa/article_69113180-678a-11e5-a0a8-0fd7666f1ca8.htm
Rwanda: New Energy Saving Stove to Protect Environment
https://allafrica.com/stories/201510131176.html
Schools Urged to Adopt Efficient Cooking Stoves
https://www.hivisasa.com/kiambu/environment/86134
Stoves for Life: Energy Efficient Cook Stove Project in Kakamega, Kenya
https://www.goldstandard.org/projects/stoves-life-energy-efficient-cook-stove-project-kakamega-kenya
Energy Efficient Cook Stoves for Siaya Communities, Kenya
https://www.goldstandard.org/projects/energy-efficient-cook-stoves-siaya-communities-kenya
Nepali Housewives Forced to Use Firewood Due to Gas Shortage
https://www.shanghaidaily.com/article/article_xinhua.aspx?id=304620
The Green Backyard volunteers from Peterborough deliver aid to refugees in Calais
https://www.peterboroughtoday.co.uk/news/latest-news/the-green-backyard-volunteers-from-peterborough-deliver-aid-to-refugees-in-calais-1-6996383
Scale-Ups Research: Adoption of improved cooking products in Uganda
https://d-lab.mit.edu/news/scale-ups-research-adoption-improved-cooking-products-uganda