Posted by: sedif November 4, 2007
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This seems like a very practical project to solve some of the problems in Nepal.
Vote for FoST for the 2007 World Challenge
http://www.theworldchallenge.co.uk (listed under Cooking Without Gas)
The jury of the World Challenge has chosen FoST as one of the dozen finalists to be filmed for the 2007 series. The popular programmes will be shown on BBC World and featured in Newsweek from October 2007. Over 940 nominations were received which makes reaching the final 12 a great achievement for FoST!
VOTING BEGINS OCTOBER 6
http://www.theworldchallenge.co.uk (listed under Cooking Without Gas)
The jury of the World Challenge has chosen FoST as one of the dozen finalists to be filmed for the 2007 series. The popular programmes will be shown on BBC World and featured in Newsweek from October 2007. Over 940 nominations were received which makes reaching the final 12 a great achievement for FoST!
VOTING BEGINS OCTOBER 6
vote directly here
http://www.theworldchallenge.co.uk/voteform.php
Learn about Foundation for Sustainable Technologies (Fost) www.fost-nepal.org.
http://www.theworldchallenge.co.uk/cooking.php
COOKING WITHOUT GAS
Foundation for Sustainable Technologies (FoST) - NEPAL
In 1995, Sanu Kaji Shrestha ran out of cooking gas. So too did nearly everyone else in Kathmandu, as a countrywide shortage set in. Demand was so great Sanu had to take three days off work to queue up for more fuel. This first-hand experience of his country’s dependence on external energy supplies set Sanu thinking. He began to look into sustainable energy technologies for the domestic market, researching existing designs and adapting them for the Nepalese market. In 2001 he retired from his day job to concentrate on bringing low-cost, high-efficiency energy technologies to Nepal’s rural and urban poor. Measures developed to date include simple yet ingenious solar cookers and briquette presses to make smokeless fuel from waste materials.
Foundation for Sustainable Technologies (FoST) - NEPAL
In 1995, Sanu Kaji Shrestha ran out of cooking gas. So too did nearly everyone else in Kathmandu, as a countrywide shortage set in. Demand was so great Sanu had to take three days off work to queue up for more fuel. This first-hand experience of his country’s dependence on external energy supplies set Sanu thinking. He began to look into sustainable energy technologies for the domestic market, researching existing designs and adapting them for the Nepalese market. In 2001 he retired from his day job to concentrate on bringing low-cost, high-efficiency energy technologies to Nepal’s rural and urban poor. Measures developed to date include simple yet ingenious solar cookers and briquette presses to make smokeless fuel from waste materials.