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Home Heating… Wood Combustion vs Home Solar?

Home Heating… Wood Combustion vs Home Solar?

I did a thought experiment and asked ChatGPT to crunch the numbers of a series of questions related to the costs of making and running a wood stove, versus setting up a home solar energy system just for home heating. The basic parameters are for 10kW of heat output...
Social Enterprise can save the world (maybe)

Social Enterprise can save the world (maybe)

The idea of using social enterprise to save the world has been gaining traction in recent years as people become increasingly conscious of the finite nature of our planet’s resources. Social enterprise refers to businesses that do not have a solely profit-driven...
Camping with Fire

Camping with Fire

Camping can be a great way to get away from it all and reconnect with nature, but it can be difficult to stay fed and nourished if you don’t have the right equipment. That’s why wood fire based camping cook stoves are growing in popularity. These stoves are perfect...
From Flying ‘Bullets’ to Himalayan Rockets

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

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...