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BE MOREECO: CARBON OFFSETTING PROJECTS THROUGH CLIMATE CARE

The Uganda Stoves Project supplies efficient wood burning stoves to institutions such as schools in Uganda. As well as reducing greenhouse gases produced from cooking, the stoves reduce the amount of wood fuel needed, helping to reduce deforestation. Cooks also experience the benefits of reduced indoor pollution since the stoves are less smoky.

Sarah Nakabuyo Naloongo is a cook at Kibuye Primary School in Kampala – where the new improved wood stoves were installed in Autumn 2007. She told us how the new stoves had improved her life because the kitchen is now smoke free and the food is easier to cook.

“Beforehand, we cooked the food on an open fire using stone stands and the room would be black with smoke. The new stoves have improved my life because I no longer have to work in a dirty environment. The new stoves are taller too which means that I don’t have to crouch down and damage my back.”

Image credit: Sue O’Connor 

China is developing rapidly with increasing demand for power, most of which is generated from coal. The Mulan wind project is located in Heilongjiang - the northern-most province of China. The wind farm generates approximately 25 GWh of electricity each year, reducing emissions by reducing the amount of electricity that would have been generated by conventional fossil fuels such as coal or gas.

Alongside reducing the need for fossil fuels, the wind farm provides local employment and has contributed to the stimulation of the wind power sector in China.

Image credit: Kylie Bisman