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Community sustainability Global Technology impact forum Geneva, Switzerland

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This is a modified presentation given at the Global Technology Impact Forum in Geneva Switzerland on 20 Jan 2014. This presentation was for an award we received for our clean cookstove program in Oaxaca Mexico.

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  • 1.Community sustainability Global Technology impact forum

2. We know the problem is global 3. EVERY YEAR, 3 MILLION PEOPLE DIE FROM UNSAFE 4. We believe the solution is local 5. We work with communities Who invite us in 6. We listen learn and do the important Social work and capacity building 7. We train community members to build their own infras 8. To make Innovative dry latrines 9. rainwater harvesting systems 10. clean cookstoves 11. And make sure every project is Community led and self-su 12. Because at the end of the day,the answer to every problem lies within the community its 13. It takes a dedicated team 14. with a robust sustainable supply chain 15. being creative 16. With Community members working together for the co 17. Transporting supplies over long difficult trails 18. Teaching and learning as a team to improve the p 19. Empowering women to be builders not 20. Community experts training each o 21. Decreasing the burden on 22. Replacing the dangerous & inefficient 3 ston 23. High efficiency 45 min cook clean On 2 Kg of wood90%+ less indoor Boil 5 liters in 17 min pollution on 0.7 Kg of woodV S10 cigarettes per dayI use as much I can cook a meal 3 times 24. Dedicated to our dear friend Leovigildo, who has suffered a serious head injury