Darfur Stoves Project

The 4th Annual MOJAMOJA Awards Brunch and Benefit Concert presented by 89.9 KCRW will be another historic line-up featuring 2012 Grammy Award Nominees Los Amigos Invisibles, international and pop alternative artists Goapele, Sonos, Thundercat, Dam Funk, Mariachi El Bronx, Blah Blah Blah and honoring Sheila E.

Darfur Stoves Project Founder and President Ashok Gadgil was one of three winners of the 2012 Zayed Future Energy Prize.

Darfur Stoves Project Executive Director Andrée Sosler was interviewed for a news piece by ABC News spotlighting social innovation projects.

This October we returned to Darfur to check on the progress of our marketing trial.

Associate Debra Stein travels to Alem Gena in Ethiopia to make and drink coffee with the women of Ethiopian charity SIQQEE.

A warm welcome to our newest Board member, David Selinger, an expert in the field of eCommerce data analytics and the CEO and co-founder of data mining company Rich Relevance.

The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency has released the results of their second round of household cookstove tests. The Berkeley-Darfur Stove was one of 22 stoves evaluated for fuel consumption, energy efficiency, and carbon monoxide and soot emissions.

Dr. Lakshmi Karan has joined the board of Technology Innovation for Sustainable Societies (TISS), the parent organization of the Darfur Stoves Project.

Wednesday, May 11, 5:30-6:30pm: Join us for a discussion at the Blum Center, UC Berkeley with Darfur Stoves Project Marketing Consultant, Jan Maes as he presents findings from his market research in Darfur and plans for the upcoming Berkeley-Darfur Stove marketing trial.

On March 23, 2011, the Darfur Stoves Project held our first fundraiser at the Press Club in San Francisco.

If you live in the Bay Area, please join us on March 23rd at the Press Club in San Francisco to support the Darfur Stoves Project’s vital work to improve the lives of displaced women in Sudan.

With the help of Marketing Consultant Jan Maes, the Darfur Stoves Project explores the concept of selling stoves to users as a means to ensure a high adoption rate of the Berkeley-Darfur Stove.

International Rivers, the organization which rents office space to the Darfur Stoves Project, profiled Darfur Stoves in their March 2011 World Rivers Review.

On February 28, DSP President Ashok Gadgil presented on “Global Cookstove Problems, and the Berkeley-Darfur Stove” at Stanford University’s Woods Institute for the Environment. Download Stanford’s Energy Seminars for iTunes U at their website.

DSP Executive Director Andree Sosler reports her observations after her recent three-week trip to Darfur, Sudan.

Berkeley Lab is holding a free event on September 20th, 7-9pm at the Berkeley Repertory Theater- please join us! DSP’s Founder and Board President, Ashok Gadgil, DSP Advisory Council member, Kayje Booker and DSP volunteer, Adam Rausch, will be speaking about the role of cookstoves in global carbon reduction.

We need your support in our efforts to end gender-based violence and deforestation in Darfur. Please help by voting for us!

Dr. Susan Addy conducted a workshop at Prospect Sierra Middle School in celebration of Earth Day about design innovations and the Berkeley-Darfur Stove

In December 2009, Andree Sosler, Executive Director of Darfur Stoevs had the opportunity to travel to Darfur and meet the most important members of our project – the women who use the stoves to cook food for their families.

Darfur Stoves Project has moved! We are now located in the David Brower Center.