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Boiling Point 53: Technologies that really work - May 2007

22 July 2007 - 9:49am
Pemberton-Pigott
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Boiling Point 53: Technologies that really work - May 2007
Liz Bates, HEDON, July 2007

Overview
The theme of this edition is "Technologies that really work" and we are pleased to welcome Crispin Pemberton-Pigott as theme editor. Crispin is well known to many Boiling Point readers and has worked in the field of stoves for over 25 years. His editorial discusses changes that have happened within the household energy sector over the years and looks at what the future challenges could be.

This edition covers a range of energy technologies and looks at what has made them successful and used by people in Africa, Asia and Latin America. There is also a discussion around the issues needed to make a technology successful including the social, economic, marketing, environmental and political factors.

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Boiling Point Issue 52

10 January 2007 - 8:24pm
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Boiling Point Issue 52 from Practical Action is available on the HEDON website (1.8 MB pdf)

Contents:

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HEDON CarbonSIG - the Special Interest Group on Cooking and Carbon

9 November 2006 - 7:40am
Ballard-Tremeer
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HEDON CarbonSIG - the Special Interest Group on Cooking and Carbon
Liz Bates, HEDON

For more information including aims, objectives, activities
and a list of members visit the CarbonSIG webpage:

www.hedon.info/goto.php/CarbonSIG

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Liz Bates, after 9 years, Says Goodbye to Boiling Point, Which Itself Is Moving to HEDON

30 August 2006 - 9:32am
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Liz Bates, after 9 years, Says Goodbye to Boiling Point, Which Itself Is Moving to HEDON
HEDON newsletter (30/08/2006)

While her absence will no doubt be felt, Boiling Point will continue to bring its audience the highest levels of quality, relevance, and integrity from its new home.

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Smoke's increasing cloud across the globe

19 June 2006 - 9:28pm
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Smoke's increasing cloud across the globe
Practical Action June 16, 2006

Introduction:

It is in the world’s poorest regions that smoke is a major threat, including China, India and sub-Saharan Africa. On current trends, 200 million more people will rely on these polluting fuels by 2030. Women and children are exposed for up to seven hours a day to pollution concentrations 100 times and more above accepted safety levels. There is ample medical evidence that smoke from burning biomass fuels leads to killer diseases, such as penumonia, chronic bronchitis and lung cancer.

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Sharing information and communicating knowledge: Boiling Point 51 January 2006

9 April 2006 - 12:00pm
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Sharing information and communicating knowledge: Boiling Point 51 January 2006
Liz Bates, Practical Action

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