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 enterprise Sapient: Local implementer, based in Kolkata, Berachampa atmosfair: Funding, through donations for carbon offsets, based in Berli n Partners

6000 stoves in the field, 40 jobs created chopped wood sold to users 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