Desertification

Environmental and Resource Conflict

Ethanol as Household Energy

Gender and Energy

Indoor Air Pollution and Health

Sustainable Energy

Web Sites

Desertification
Desertification in Africa (Biology International Special Issue No. 1, 1983; 1.9mb)
Ecosystems and Human Well-Being: Desertification Synthesis (Millennium Ecosystem Assessment, 2005; 3mb)

Environmental and Resource Conflict
Environmental Conditions, Resources, and Conflicts: An Introductory Overview and Data Collection (United Nations Environment Programme, 1999; 228kb)
Environmental Conflict Between Refugee and Host Communities (Journal of Peace Research, 2005; 212kb)
Resolving Resource Conflicts Around Sherkolle Refugee Camp (Leisa Magazine, 2003; 260kb)

Ethanol as Household Energy
Community-operated Ethanol Microdistillery (Project Gaia; 836kb)
Tapping the Potential of Proalcool for the Household Energy Sector (Project Gaia Brazil, 2006; 2.7mb)
Macroeconomics of Ethanol in Africa (Project Gaia; 308kb)

Gender and Energy
Gender, Household Energy, and Empowerment (Dr. Siddharta Sarker; 48kb)
Beyond Firewood: Fuel Alternatives and Protection Strategies for Displaced Women and Girls (Women’s Commission for Refugee Women & Children, 2006; 328kb)

Indoor Air Pollution and Health
Reports from a Two-year Study of Indoor Air Pollution in Addis Ababa, Kebribeyah Refugee Camp, and Bonga Refugee Camp (Ethiopia) (University of California at Berkeley, 2008)
Fuel for Life: Household Energy and Health (World Health Organization, 2006; 1.4mb)

Sustainable Energy
Clean, Safe Ethanol Stoves for Refugee Homes in Ethiopia: A Case Study of the Gaia Association (Ashden Awards, 2008; 224kb).

Web Sites
BioEnergy Lists: Biomass Cooking Stoves
Climate Care
CRECER: Chronic Respiratory Effects of Early Childhood Exposure to Respirable Particulate Matter
Global Village Energy Partnership/Project Gaia
Household Energy Network (HEDON)
HEDON CleanAir SIG
HEDON/Project Gaia Brazil
HEDON/Project Gaia Ethiopia
HEDON/Project Gaia Nigeria
Partners for Africa
Partnership for Clean Indoor Air (PCIA)
PCIA/Associação de Credito Popular (Brazil)
PCIA/CEHEEN (Nigeria)
PCIA/Gaia Association (Ethiopia)
PCIA/Project Gaia
PCIA/Stokes Consulting Group for Dometic AB
Permaculture: Alcohol Can Be a Gas
Renewable Energy Policy Project
SPARKNET Knowledge Network
United Nations Development Programme: Millennium Development Goals

TOP