Wow!!
Amazing work by Mr. Salim Mayeki Shaban, President and Founder of the
African Christians Organization Network (ACON)!
ACON was a prize winner -- *"The East Africa Prize" for $10,000.*
Thanks to all for supporting Salim's biochar work in Kenya -- and
ACON's solution for adapting to and mitigating climate change in Kenya!
Regards,
Lloyd Helferty, Engineering Technologist
Principal, Biochar Consulting (Canada)
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"Technology is only a tool. Sustainability is determined not by the the individual
technologies, but rather how -- and even whether -- we decide to use them."
- Lloyd Helferty
On 2013-10-27 5:27 PM, Rob Lavoie wrote:
All,
A BIG THANK YOU to all who voted for the African Christians
Organization Network (ACON) submission to _The Nature Conservancy
_and_RARE's_ "Solution Search" contest!
ACON was a prize winner -- "The East Africa Prize" for $10,000.
The announcement of winners is located here:
http://solutionsearch.org/contest/adapting-changing-climate
<http://solutionsearch.org/contest/adapting-changing-climate>
These funds will be a very significant boost to ACON's program of:
* *Fire* -- Improved efficient clean cooking stoves for rural
households in Kenya. -- Reducing indoor air pollution,
deforestation, and saving money for Kenyan households by reducing
fuel purchases.
* *Fuel* -- Production of cooking fuel briquettes made from the
invasive "water hyacinth" weed that is killing Lake Victoria.
and
* *Fertilizer* -- The production of a powerful organic fertilizer
made from chicken litter that is enriched with the nutrient rich
liquid extracted from the harvested water hyacinth plants and
further blended with biochar from ACON's cooking stove program.
-- Improving farming practices, drought resistance, and food
security for rural Kenyans.
You can read more about ACON's activities on the Solution Search Site:
http://solutionsearch.org/contest-application-14
Thank you for your patience to read and learn more about ACON's
solution for adapting to and mitigating climate change in Kenya.
Thank you for taking time to vote (some multiple times) for ACON's
solution.
The event itself was a huge benefit for ACON's ability to scale up
their solution going forward.
Very Best Regards,
Rob
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