GEOECOLOGY ENERGY ORGANISATION is a registered Public Charitable Trust formed by people who have been closely associated with the work of various Institutions involved in ENVIRONMENTAL, CLIMATE CHANGE, NATURAL AND HUMAN RESOURCES - RURAL ENERGY (GOOD STOVES, CHARCOAL PRODUCTION), AGRICULTURE (BIOCHAR), WATER, SUSTAINABLE LIVELIHOODS, DISASTER MITIGATION AND RESPONSE, AND INFORMATION AND COMMUNICATION TECHNOLOGY are interested to promote an organisation with a global outlook on GEOECOLOGY AND ENERGY. GEO has designed 40 low cost efficient Good Stoves for the requirement of different sections in the community. GEO's mission is to facilitate one million Good Stoves in parts of India / abroad with participation of Community, Support Organisations, Scientists and Donors. GEO is working with other holistic Aims and Objects: i) “to Innovate, Facilitate and Implement practical Science based next solutions that help achieve Equilibrium between Human and Natural Systems, promote Earth System Governance and Sustainable Development for the betterment of Communities”. ii) Towards realising its objects, the GEO focuses on Community Capacity Building and Empowerment, Geoecological and Natural Resources Sustainability, Climate Change (Mitigation and Adaptation) and Renewable Energy. iii) Other Objects of GEO are: a) Establishing scientific knowledge that can be made available to the Communities that help achieve objects of the Sustainable Development. b) Promoting Capacity Building and Networking to foster Sustainable Development. c) Establishing “Open Source Technology” / "Open Knowledge" information dissemination platforms to disseminate the information collected from our innovations / experiences and experiences across the globe for its application to local Communities. d) To act as a coordinating body providing technical assistance, information, training, advice and other useful services on the Geoecology and Energy projects in India or abroad. e) To do research on Geoecology, Energy and Climatic change issues f) To conduct studies on environmental degradation, desertification of land and spread of wastelands in India and other Developing Countries by human and natural factors and One of the means adopted is Biochar g) To organize International, National and regional conferences, seminars and workshops on Geoecology and Energy with inter-disciplinary approach. h) To advise the Government/s, Institutes and organisations in India or abroad on all such matters pertaining to Geoecology and Energy aspects for policy change. i) To institute and administer scholarships, fellowships and awards for Geoecology and Energy, research and innovations by students, individuals and community in India or outside. j) To publish books, brochures, monographs, newsletters, bulletins, journals and pamphlets on all the above. The same will be published on Internet for wider dissemination. k) To do any other appropriate activities for the common good. l) To do all such other things as the Trustees deem fit for achieving the objects of the Trust.
Contact Information
GEO's mission is to facilitate one million good stoves in different parts of india (if possible in other developing countries too), in partnership with community, support organisations and funding agencies. Knowledge dissemination on good stove technologies through websites created. GEO has developed 40 good stove designs including 25 natural draft and forced air top lit updraft gasifier stoves and shared them as "Open Knowledge", about 500 people are accessing the web links every day from different parts of the world. GEO wishes to create more such useful resources and disseminate knowledge for communities to adopt. GEO has Plans to help 100000 peoples improved health through Indoor Air Quality in two years.
Our Experience And Interest In The Four PCIA Central Focus Areas
GEO has experienced that because of existing diversities of spatial-temporal, environmental, social, cultural, economic, etc., the stove designs should be clean, efficient, affordable cost and be able to meet the local needs. In this regard there is a need to understand the regional and local needs first and based on the local strengths and resources the good stoves are designed. The independence of using all types of biomass fuel in a stove gives freedom to the user, rather creating specific stoves for specific fuel. The recent stove design "Magh 3G stove" http://e-magh3g.blogspot.com/ is being highly adopted by the communities on demand basis.
GEO encourages and involved in developing local enterprises with involvement of local people, including artisans, women and youth to sell and provide maintenance service and monitoring of good stoves. Production enterprises are established by training artisans and local community.
Efficient technologies have been developed to meet the requirements of different strata (socio-economic) in the habitations. With feed back from community and the scientists the improvement in technology is being achieved. Kitchen Performance Test, Water boiling test and Kitchen Survey's are done for designing the stoves and improving the performance and efficiencies.
The local community leaders are being trained for monitoring the performance of stoves and extend maintenance service for improvement of the stove performance.
Relevant Publications or Studies
BioEnergy Lists: Biomass Cooking Stoves http://bioenergylists.org/en/taxonomy/term/843 http://goodstove.com http://biocharindia.com
Our Contribution to the Partnership
GEO wishes to participate in the initiatives of PCIA as follows: 1. Knowledge dissemination of good stove designs, declared all stove designs as "Open Knowledge" 2. Capacity building to community, development of Production and Distribution enterprises, youth, children on the relevant aspects related to stoves. 3. Share the experience in seminars, conferences, workshops etc. for policy and advocacy on clean stoves. 4. Capacity Building through the GEO Research Center, established in the field, AP, India 5. Any other means adopted under the guidence of PCIA.
