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A collection of thoughts on the way to developing clean combustion cooking solutions.
From Flying ‘Bullets’ to Himalayan Rockets
A story of how two landslides lead to an ecological heater for the Himalayas and beyond It seems like the journey of a lifetime, this rocket stove thing. Various threads from over 25 years of travel in India and the Himalayas have been weaving together a story about a...
Engineering For Change
The Himalayan Rocket Stove: Now Viral on YouTube CONTRIBUTOR: ROB GOODIER The demo video for an improved rocket stove optimized for use in the heights of the Himalayas has racked up more than 10,000 views on YouTube. The Himalayan Rocket Stove, called Eco1, burns...
Eco Stoves for Resilience
Eco Stoves Australia is a project aimed at providing resilience oriented cookstoves and heating products to the Australian public. In an era of ever increasing uncertainty in the energy sector, these are two key areas where home based resilience can be easily...
Design Principles for Eco Stoves Australia
Modular Design Ethic Eco Stoves design principles are based on the idea that things should be simple to make and easy to fix. Everything we do is based on the idea that if you need to replace a single component, you can. We offer a low priced replacement service on...
Clean Biomass Combustion Cookstoves Reduce Emissions
One might be tempted to think that a cookstove that burns wood or some kind of biomatter (such as biomass pellets made from agricultural waste) is contributing to the overall impact of CO2 emissions in the atmosphere. However, this is a crude assumption that does not...
Hardware-Led Social Innovations Highlighted at ISHOW India
Hosted by The American Society for Mechanical Engineering (ASME) Eight teams of inventors and entrepreneurs presented their hardware-led, socially beneficial inventions recently at the ASME Innovation Showcase (ISHOW) India. At the end of daylong event, which was held...
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