Posts by Project Gaia Team
Gaia forms new partnerships during a recent trip to Haiti
Posted Wednesday, June 30, 2010 by Project Gaia Team.
Gaia found far-reaching support for a stove and fuel initiative in Haiti. Many new partners have been identified and site visits for pilot studies were conducted. The Haiti project is now gearing up with the many capable partners on the ground.
Ethanol producer features Gaia in quarterly magazine
Posted Wednesday, April 28, 2010 by Project Gaia Team.
POET is the U.S.-based leading producer of ethanol in the world. Vital is their quarterly magazine with an online component that has a readership of more than 22,000. Gaia’s photo makes the cover of the April 2010 edition and the Gaia story is featured– read here. Thanks to Julie Flannery-Allen for the wonderful article “Stoves that Save”!
Gaia named one of Africa’s top projects for 2009
Posted Wednesday, April 14, 2010 by Project Gaia Team.
Alternative Energy Africa magazine took reader nominations for the best African renewable energy projects for the past year. The year 2009 saw the continent gaining momentum in the sector and many large-scale projects were announced or moved forward. Here we highlight a few of the lesser known, smaller projects that …
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Project Gaia Wins a 2010 Sustainable Biofuels Award
Posted Wednesday, April 14, 2010 by Project Gaia Team.
On March 16, Project Gaia won the 2010 Sustainable Biofuels Award for Adoption at the World Biofuels Markets Conference in Amsterdam. In the past, this award has been given to government, a municipal vehicle fleet or a new user who has made the switch to biofuels. Project Gaia was given …
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Project Gaia Offers Haitian Relief
Posted Wednesday, March 17, 2010 by Project Gaia Team.
Bringing the promise of hastened recovery for Haitian families devastated by the recent earthquake, Project Gaia International, a global clean-cooking initiative, announces a new effort to place clean-cooking, ethanol-fueled stoves in Haitian homes.
“Since the earthquake, most Haitian households have been forced to rely on charcoal and firewood for cooking,” said …
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Why Is Cooking Important? premieres at COP15
Posted Friday, January 8, 2010 by Project Gaia Team.
Why Is Cooking Important?, a film by Jake Boritt documenting how refugees’ lives are transformed thanks to Project Gaia, premiered at COP15 during the Climate and Development Days Film Festival. This video features “Wavin’ Flag” by hip-hop star K’naan. You can watch the film in our gallery.
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Gaia featured in bioenergy initiatives report
Posted Thursday, January 15, 2009 by Project Gaia Team.
Project Gaia is one of the case studies featured in a recent report compiled for the United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization (UNFAO) and PISCES (Policy Innovative Systems for Clean Energy Security) by Practical Action Consulting. The study focuses on the impacts of different local-level bioenergy initiatives on rural livelihoods …
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Gaia Association featured in Boiling Point
Posted Monday, June 23, 2008 by Project Gaia Team.
Boiling Point presents a case study based on a fictional household energy dilemma with advice from international experts. The case study here is how to design and implement programs, monitor overall progress, and check that work is going as planned. Responding on behalf of the Gaia Association are Firehiwot Mengesha, …
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Gaia Association wins green award for clean ethanol stove
Posted Thursday, June 19, 2008 by Project Gaia Team.
Tonight, the world’s leading green energy prize awarded £20,000 for a pioneering sustainable energy project to the Gaia Association, an organization working with the UNHCR in the Kebribeyah refugee camp near Ethiopia’s border with Somalia. The Ashden Awards prize was presented to Milkyas Debebe, Managing Director of the Gaia Association, …
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Documentary offers real hope
Posted Sunday, June 1, 2008 by Project Gaia Team.
The affecting documentary Cooking to Live by filmmaker Jake Boritt traces a day in the lives of three women in the UNHCR Kebribeyah Refugee Camp located in the Somali Regional State, eastern Ethiopia. Driven from their homes by political and security turmoil, over 80% of the Kebribeyah refugees are women …
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