Changing lives in the Sundarbans One Kitchen at a time – Cooking Delight and Sustainable Revenue Generation through Charcoal Production

In the Sundarbans, West Bengal, India, cooking is mostly done on inefficient mud stoves burning firewood. This lead to depletion of forests, respiratory diseases.

Problem

Technology: Micro gasifier stove, burns wood gas Clean, comfortable, efficient, generates charcoal

Technology

Partners:Servals: Stove producer, in Chennai, social enterpriseSapient: Local implementer, based in Kolkata, Berachampaatmosfair: Funding, through donations for carbon offsets, based in Berlin

Partners

6000 stoves in the field, 40 jobs createdchopped wood sold to users140000 kg charcoal per month collected from stove users, replaces conventional charcoal made from wood

Implementation

Challenges

Get Self-Sustaining:

Increase Prices, introduce installments

Local charcoal usage identification to reduce costs

Relevance for Climate Justice

Is both mitigation and adaptation, since mangrove forests are conserved that protect against storms and floods

Uses donations to reduce emissions and create local sustainable business

BARRIERS

Need a paradigm shift in the way we think about cook stove domain

Creating demand for ICS

Awareness campaigns for ICS adoption

Unorganized industry

High cost barriers