“BLACK INSIDE: Three Women’s Voices” Is Named an Official Selection for the 2013 Wild & Scenic Film Festival and Nationwide Film Tour
Inspiring United Nations Foundation Documentary by Director Rodney Rascona Celebrates the Global Impact of Clean Cookstoves on Women and the Environment
(PRWEB) December 12, 2012
As you read this, half the world’s population is threatened each day by an environmental disaster that pollutes their homes and sickens them. The Global Alliance for Clean Cookstoves reports that nearly three billion people still cook over an open fire, yet this age-old method of cooking with solid fuels ranks as the planet’s fifth largest killer. The victims of chronic exposure to toxic smoke, or household air pollution (HAP), are overwhelmingly women and young children. The death toll is staggering: four million lives lost worldwide to HAP every year – double previous estimates, according to results of the Global Burden of Disease 2010 study, published in The Lancet.(Source:https://www.cleancookstoves.org/media-and-events/press)
The good news is that these premature deaths are preventable. In “BLACK INSIDE: Three Women’s Voices,” director Rodney Rascona points to a simple, low-cost solution – substituting clean cookstoves for traditional cooking methods – that can save lives as well as conserve vital natural resources. (Please visit https://www.blackinside-thefilm.com)