Africa > ECOSYSTEM MARKETPLACE: When ranking clean cookstoves, don’t let the perfect become enemy of the good

ECOSYSTEM MARKETPLACE: When ranking clean cookstoves, don’t let the perfect become enemy of the good

Published 19:25 on January 9, 2018  /  Last updated at 19:25 on January 9, 2018  /  Africa, EMEA, Voluntary

When one Ghanaian worker demonstrated her cookstove, she first overfilled it and then used a carcinogenic plastic bag to start the fire. Observers gasped. “Does she know that’s bad for her health?” asked several of them. According to Ecosystem Marketplace, this incident reminds us that there’s more to clean cookstoves than the machines themselves.
When one Ghanaian worker demonstrated her cookstove, she first overfilled it and then used a carcinogenic plastic bag to start the fire. Observers gasped. “Does she know that’s bad for her health?” asked several of them. According to Ecosystem Marketplace, this incident reminds us that there’s more to clean cookstoves than the machines themselves.


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