Volunteers will be engaged in one or more of our participatory energy projects which include:

 

• Improved Cook stove Project:use of fire wood and charcoal burning from the forest resources significantly contributes to deforestation and resulting to environmental degradation and biodiversity loss. We encourage community members in the villages to reduce their household fuel wood consumption by building energy saving cook stoves that use less fuel wood using free locally available materials- dried grass, sand, clay and water.

 

• Biogas Project for schools and households: This program is also aimed at reducing pressure on forest resources. A lot of forest- sourced fuel wood is used in schools for cooking and heating bathing water. We are promoting biogas as an alternative source of energy. Priority is given to schools and households keeping livestock as dung is used as raw material for biogas production.

 

• Solar Power Project: Due cold weather around Mt. Kenya a lot of wood is used to heat water for bathing both at household level and in schools. We are promoting solar as an alternative source of energy.