This is primarily about how waste coconut husks are made into high-value products that are environment-friendly - and, more important, how this labor-intensive process provides employment for thousands of families in rural communities. It also describes our clean-burning stove that runs on waste rice hulls and other agricultural waste products.
Undergraduate studies at State Univ. of NY at Fredonia; graduate studies at Harvard University; U.S. Foreign Service in Peru, Jamaica, India, Indonesia; former exchange student under the American Field Service Int'l Scholarships program; tennis coach under Operation Crossroads Africa; fluent in Spanish, Bahasa Indonesia/Malay, Tagalog, Visayan; international consultant in renewable energy-related projects (biofuels, clean energy)and community development
For those of you who want to see the Mayon Turbo Stove (MTS) in action - at a demo carried out by SRE partners BOHOL SCHOOL FOR THE DEAF - log on to YouTube:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A64MGocYpuw
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