Clean Air IndiaSustainable Energy Cooking for India’s Health

By Kyran Million

India World’s Most Polluted Place

1.2 Billion People in India

WHO said, “New Delhi’s air contain several times more fine particulate pollution than Beijing’s.”

400 Million in country without Electricity Access

700 Million People burn Biomass trash fuels in their homes

Biomass/Trash BurningBiomass burning is the combustion of organic

matter.

Mixture of many chemicals including carbon dioxide, water vapour, carbon monoxide, particles, hydrocarbons, nitrogen oxides and thousands of other compounds

Biomass burning also produces carbon monoxide.

Many Indians also burn trash which release especially harmful carcinogens such as dioxins from plastics containing PVC.

Common Household indian Stove

Sourced fromwww.embracingtheworld.org

“Having an open fire in your kitchen is like burning 400 cigarettes an hour.”

- Dr Kirk Smith, Professor of Global Environmental Health from the University of California at Berkeley

PHOTOGRAPH BY MATTHIEU PALEY, NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC

PHOTOGRAPH BY MATTHIEU PALEY, NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC

1.7 MillionDeaths found in South East Asia region in 2012 by the World Health Org.

“660 million people in India now live in areas where PM2.5 levels exceed the country's national air-quality standards.” - WHO

PM2.5: Airborne particles smaller than 2.5 micrometers (especially Hazardous)

The bars show the number of cities in each country with average annual PM2.5 concentrations in a given range.

Bars in red show cities that exceed national air-quality standards (NAAQS).

The World Health Organization considers an annual average of 10 micrograms per cubic meter to be safe.

India's air-quality standards set the limit at 40 micrograms per cubic meter.

(Greenstone et al, 2015)

Estimates of PM2.5 concentrations across India

2001 district boundaries are used in this map. (Greenstone et al, 2015)

How Did This Happen?

The problemForeign Occupation

British involvement and rule of India lasted nearly 200 years

Upon their exit, India’s economy and development was left in great disarray

Poverty & Population

Exportation of India’s highly agricultural economy led to very poor conditions

Despite these conditions their population continued to climb

Infrastructure

The new poor standing Government for decades were unable to rebuild much of their cities infrastructure

Economic liberalization created exploitation

Prime Minister of India, Narendra Modi

● In 2015, India Announced the International Solar Alliance of 120 participating countries that pledge to use sustainable energies

● Solar technology as a main source of power to their countries.

● Pledged 40% of energy from renewable resources by 2030

● Looking for a $100 BillionInvestment for Solar specific energies

What Can I Do?

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What’s Being Done?

Key Non Profit PlayersS E L F

Solar Electric Light Fund build solar grid systems for developing communities and teach them to diversify their energy in cooking, agricultures, water extraction, or lighting

Lighting A Billion LivesAn organization that brings aid to the high rates of acute respiratory infection by providing small community solar generators that charge LED lamps to provide light during the night. They also empower women by creating the lamps as an entrepreneurial opportunity

G A F C C

Global Alliance for Clean Cookstoves that provides cleaner cooking hardware for families in developing with affordable purchasing options

501(c)(3) Dedicated to provide electric appliances, beginning with cooking, to people in developing countries.

CLEAN AIR FOR ALL

CLEAN AIR FOR ALL CORP ©

CAFA (Clean Air For All)

ChallengesNon-Profit Creation

Call To Action / ExposureApplying for and being accepted as a 501 (C) (3) nonprofit Website Development, Facebook, Instagram, and Twitter account creation

Partnering

Donation PartnershipRequesting partnership for donation to Global Alliance for Clean Cookstoves, SELF, and Lighting A Billion Lives.Find Energy Grid Recipients through Contractors

Installation/Education

Clean Cookstoves CAFA will need deliver packages to Energy Grid Recipients and host “How To” classes for their new stoves and how to maintain them for the longevityMeasuring Effectivness

Implementation

10.2016

Develop CAFA’s Articles of Incorporation, Business Plan and recruit Board of Directors

11.2016

File for CAFA’s 501(c)(3) Status and begin VC presentations

03.2017

Website and social media launch for donation and volunteerism

WEBSITE

FACEBOOK

10.2016

Develop CAFA’s Articles of Incorporation, Business Plan and recruit Board of Directors

11.2016

File for CAFA’s 501(c)(3) Status and begin VC presentations

03.2017

Website and social media launch for donation and volunteerism

06.2017

Coordinate donation partnership with Key Nonprofit Players

09.2017

First large donation and installation of Clean cookstoves for energy recipients in India

Prestige Smart KitchenInduction PIC 20.0

Retails for Rs. 1,650.00 = USD $24.61

TTK Prestige Ltd. is an Indian Company

Payment plans would reduce cost to $2 per month

ImpactImproving The Health of

IndiansPulmonary Helath

Swayam Shikshan Prayog

Effectiveness will be determined in three different arenas:

1. numbers of households connected to solar energy with our stoves

2. Health improvement results shown by bi-monthly pulmonary health inspections of selected households

3. The decline of greenhouse gases produced from data provided to and by the World Health Organization.

Thank You

Global Alliance for Clean Cookstoves. (2016). Stoves. United Nations Foundations. Retrieved August 18, 2016 from http://cleancookstoves.org/technology-and-fuels/stoves/

Lighting A Billion Lives. (2015). Lighting A Billion Lives. Retrieved August 18, 2016, from http://labl.teriin.org/energy_access.phpSolar Electric Light Fund. (2016). Solar Electric Light Fund. Retrieved August 18, 2016, from http://self.org/history-continued/TKK Prestige Ltd. (2016). TKK Prestige Ltd. Retrieved August 18, 2016, from http://www.prestigesmartkitchen.com/http://www.who.int/features/2014/clean-household-energy/en/

http://cwifl.com/worlds-most-polluted-city-urged-to-close-schools-on-bad-air-days/

http://www.who.int/features/2014/clean-household-energy/en/

http://www.vox.com/2015/2/24/8094597/india-air-pollution-deaths

Neslen, A. (2015, November 30). India unveils global solar alliance of 120 countries at Paris climate summit. Retrieved August 18, 2016, from https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2015/nov/30/india-set-to-unveil-global-solar-alliance-of-120-countries-at-paris-climate-summit

Rowell, M. (2016, April 26). What It's Like to Live in the World's Most Polluted City. Retrieved August 18, 2016, from http://news.nationalgeographic.com/2016/04/160425-new-delhi-most-polluted-city-matthieu-paley/

Esther Duflo, Michael Greenstone and Rema Hanna Economic and Political Weekly Vol. 43, No. 32 (Aug. 9 - 15, 2008), pp. 71-76

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