This is a modified presentation given at the Global Technology Impact Forum in Geneva Switzerland on 20 Jan 2014. This presentation was for an award we received for our clean cookstove program in Oaxaca Mexico.

1. Community
sustainability
Global Technology impact
forum

2. We know the problem is global

3. EVERY YEAR, 3 MILLION PEOPLE DIE FROM UNSAFE

4. We believe the solution is local

5. We work with communities Who invite us in

6. We listen – learn and do the important Social work and
capacity building

7. We train community members to build their own infras

8. To make Innovative dry latrines

9. rainwater harvesting systems

10. clean cookstoves

11. And make sure every project is Community led and self-su

12. Because at the end of the day,
the answer to every problem lies within the community its

13. It takes a dedicated team

14. with a robust sustainable supply chain

15. being
creative

16. With Community members working together for the co

17. Transporting supplies over long difficult trails

18. Teaching and learning as a team to improve the p

20. Empowering women to be builders not

22. Community experts training each o

23. Decreasing the burden on

24. Replacing the dangerous & inefficient 3 ston

25. High efficiency 45 min cook
clean
On 2 Kg of wood
90%+ less indoor
Boil 5 liters in 17 min
pollution
on 0.7 Kg of wood
V
S
10 cigarettes per day
“I use ½ as much “I can cook a meal 3 times

26. Dedicated to our dear friend Leovigildo,
who has suffered a serious head injury