1. 27-02-2023 Fireless cookers are a simple insulating covering that allow pots to continue to cook food even when they are taken off a source of heat. This helps reduce the need for an open fire, for fuelwood and also reduces indoor air pollution. Adapted from a Practical Action Technical Brief and used with...
  2. 03-09-2023 This book examines the dangers of cooking over an open fire and suggests an alternative — the Changu Changu Moto (Fast Fast Fire), a fuel-efficient cookstove developed by Ripple Africa in Malawi. Adapted with kind permission from a project by Ripple Africa in Malawi Additional text and...
  3. 01-01-1981 This oven was designed and built for use in the Godavari School in Kathmandu, Nepal. It is built of solid brick, with a sheet iron door. A wood fire is burned in the oven, the ashes removed, and the bread slipped in to bake in the heat retained by the thick brick wall. The oven for the school has...
  4. 01-01-1984 This simple, low-cost bakery oven is fueled by waste, automotive crankcase oil. The design has undergone extensive testing. It is designed to be built from locally available materials. This oven is capable of maintaining a 160 degrees C to 190 degrees C baking temperature on .946 to 1.4 liters of...