Healthy ecosystems support healthy communities. Our stoves support both.
Empowering communities to safeguard their health and their environment
We help people and nature support each other with environmental education, job security, and stoves that reduce deforestation and disease.
Lasting conservation begins and ends with people
Human needs must be met for conservation to work. We build stoves that enable locals to live healthier lives while reducing their impact on their natural environment.
The Issues
habitat destruction
Across the globe, demand for wood is rapidly depleting forests that support vulnerable species. In Mexico, deforestation in the monarch butterfly’s home ruins the insulating effects of the forest in winter.
Homes Full Of Smoke
Nearly 3 billion people around the globe cook on open fires inside their homes. Many children suffer burns from open flames and hot coals. Diseases caused by breathing smoke make indoor cooking fires the leading cause of death in the developing world, especially for women and children.
Economies In Peril
Local economies depend on eco-tourism driven by their unique wildlife, with tourists flocking to the monarch butterfly migration in Mexico. The loss of these charismatic species would also mean the loss of thousands of livelihoods.
Our solution
The ECOLIFE Stove Effect
stable habitats
Our stoves protect forests by reducing local dependence on firewood, leaving habitats in-tact. Stable ecosystems help vulnerable species, such as the monarch butterfly, survive on a changing planet.
safe homes
Our chimneys funnel smoke out of houses so that everyone in the family breathes cleaner air. Children can play inside safely, since the fire is off the ground and contained in cool brick walls.
Social Empowerment
Through our programs, women become spokespeople for health issues, children learn about the importance of conservation, and men learn to build stoves that protect their families and their environment.
Where We Build Stoves
central mexico - monarch
butterfly biosphere reserve
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the monarch butterfly’s winter habitat. Our goal is
to surround the biosphere with 27,000 stoves.
Our impact to date
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