The Charcoal Project

1. Energy Poverty Education & Community Engagement

Online, The Charcoal Project delivers:

• A daily blog of commentary, analysis, and first-hand reporting on energy poverty with an emphasis of biomass fuel use.
• A robust social media presence that draws in stakeholders into open forum discussions.
• A collection of practical online tools.

Offline, The Charcoal Project actively communicates and advocates for greater public and media awareness about the social, environmental, and public health impact of energy poverty.

2. Strategic Partnerships

The Charcoal Project engages in strategic, on-the-ground partnerships that support our mission and vision.

For example, we help our partners develop business plans and leverage carbon finance mechanisms. We connect entrepreneurs to resources and provide funding for startup projects. We contribute strategic marketing & communications expertise.

One example is our partnership with the Rubaare Education Trust/Foundation in Rubaare, Uganda, where The Charcoal Project is helping design and fund a comprehensive energy efficient program for the community and the school district.

We are also helping sustainable-fuel-briquette entrepreneurs in Africa organize so they can grow their businesses.

We're organizing a International Conference on Charcoal in 2012 to promote policies and secure funding streams that will accelerate the deployment of biomass energy efficient technologies.

And we're investing in new technologies that reduce emissions and consumption of solid biomass fuels, while producing electricity for micro-grid distribution.

Ultimately, our goal is to turn the valuable insight of our on-the-ground partnerships into models that can be successfully replicated elsewhere and at scale.

Meet some of our partners.