Darfur Stoves Project

Video on May 20, 2008 by KQED QUEST staff from QUEST Northern California
Topics: Engineering, Environment, Television
Science Education Collections: Energy, Green Industry

Everyday, women living in the refugee camps of Darfur, Sudan must walk for up to seven hours outside the safety of the camps to collect firewood for cooking, putting them at risk for violent attacks. Now, researchers at Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory have engineered a more efficient wood-burning stove, which is greatly reducing both the women's need for firewood and the threats against them.

Additional Links

• Producer's Notes - Darfur Stoves Project
• Purchase a Berkeley Darfur stove on behalf of a family in Darfur
• Darfur Stoves Project
• Engineers Without Borders - USA
• Darfur Cookstoves web page at Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory

Educator Guides

• Darfur Stoves Supplemental Guide