Meet a 2015-er: Richard Fuller Mythili Sampathkumar April 8, 2015"I think if you add up the number of deaths from air pollution, contaminated sites, and sanitation - these are the three main types of pollution - the total number is 8.9 million...a year. That means one in every seven people who died, died from exposure to s...
The Clean Cookstoves Movement Just Got a Huge Boost Mythili Sampathkumar November 21, 2014$400 million in pledges netted at the Cookstoves Future Summit
Cookstoves Future Summit, Day 1: Mythili Sampathkumar November 20, 2014Why clean cookstoves are a cross cutting solution to some of the biggest global challenges
Map of the Day: Africa’s Health-Environment Nexus Mark Leon Goldberg February 22, 2013The United Nations Environment Program released a new report on the links between environment and health in Africa. This is a crucial connection to probe: diahhrea, malaria and respiratory infections account for about 60% of the disease burden in Africa, and these three issues are as much environmental as health issues
Burned in the Kitchen. Cooking Shouldn’t Kill Mark Leon Goldberg February 7, 2012A special guest post from Radha Muthiah, Executive Director, Global Alliance for Clean Cookstoves -- a project of the UN Foundation.
Happy Birthday, Clean Cookstove Alliance Mark Leon Goldberg September 22, 2011The Global Alliance for Clean Cookstoves celebrated its one year anniversary yesterday at a packed reception in mid-town Manhattan. There were lots of notables in the room, but the real stars were the cookstoves. (Pictures)
Ambassador Jose Andres Mark Leon Goldberg September 14, 2011The star chef becomes an Ambassador--and joins the Global Alliance for Clean Cookstoves.
Arctic Council Meeting and Cook Stoves Mark Leon Goldberg May 12, 2011Representatives from Arctic countries are meeting this week in Greenland in the annual meeting of the Arctic Council. And, for the first time, an American Secretary State will represent American interests at the meeting.
Creating Markets for Clean Cookstoves Mark Leon Goldberg April 15, 2011If you have ever visited a rural community in the developing world, one of first olfactory sensations to hit you is that burning smell. Tracing it will more often than not take you indoors, where a woman is tending to her cookstove.
