Press Release Monday, March 9, 2020 – FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE NIGERIA – Project Gaia, Inc. announces a donation of 23,000 liters of ethanol from ADM (NYSE: ADM) to assist with the commercial scale-up of ethanol stoves in Lagos, Nigeria. … Continued
Energy access is a critical and under-served need among the 134 million people in need of humanitarian assistance today. In July of 2019, the Safe Access to Fuel and Energy (SAFE) Humanitarian Working Group will host two consecutive events – … Continued
India, under the guidance of its National Planning Committee, NITI AAYOG, has launched an energy revolution, referred to as “the Methanol Economy.” This revolution will transition India’s energy economy from fossil fuels, wood and low-grade solid fuels to clean-burning, low … Continued
Women disproportionately bear the burden of firewood dependence – spending many hours exposed to household air pollution while cooking puts them at risk of chronic health problems, and the responsibility of firewood collection and cooking takes up valuable time and … Continued
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Gaia Association has successfully secured over 365,000 liters of ethanol for its humanitarian program operating in refugee camps in Ethiopia. Thanks to support from the Biofuels Directorate, the ethanol has been approved for purchase by Gaia Association on behalf of … Continued
Wubshet Tsehayu, carbon finance expert at Project Gaia (PGI) and Desalegn Getaneh, the director of Gaia Association, PGI’s Ethiopian sister organization, attended the Ethiopian Ministry of Petroleum and Natural Gas’ Biofuels Development Stakeholders Forum on June 16 and 17, 2017 … Continued
Straubing, Germany and Gettysburg, Pennsylvania, USA – Clariant, a world leader in specialty chemicals and one of the leading providers globally of cellulosic ethanol production technology, and Project Gaia, a non-profit promoting the use of alcohol fuels (ethanol and methanol) … Continued
The holiday season is a time of celebration, a time for festive gatherings, special meals, and family togetherness. In the midst of holiday shopping, travel and preparations for visits from family members, people take an extra moment to be kinder, … Continued
Clean Cooking Madagascar is seeing proposals for the supply of an ethanol pilot micro distillery sized from 2,000 to 5,000 liters/day. This is part of a national program. The successful proposer may be asked to provide additional distilleries once the program moves from pilot stage to scale-up. This program will support the scale-up of 100,000 ethanol stoves over five (5) years.
This week, students from The Refugee Action Committee (RAC) and Students Against Sexual Assault (SASA) at Gettysburg College are co-sponsoring a fundraiser to benefit Project Gaia and the Former Women Fuel Carriers Association in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia. These beautiful, hand-loomed scarves … Continued
During the week of September 26, 2016, the Gaia team travelled to Nairobi, Kenya to participate in the SEED Africa Symposium and International Off-Grid Renewable Energy Conference and Exhibition. Gaia’s team comprised of Desalegn Getaneh, Director of Gaia Association, and … Continued
Chido Munangagwa, our Business Analyst, recently delivered a presentation to the Gettysburg Rotary Club providing insights to recent events in her native Zimbabwe and discussing PGI’s work. Read the write up provided by Chris Kimple here!
Over recent weeks, long queues at fuel stations in Addis Ababa have been common occurrences. There’s a sense of desperation amongst the the people queuing; the queues move slowly in spite of the weather, which at this time of the … Continued
With over 1.2 billion people, India is the world’s second most populous country. According to the Global Alliance for Clean Cookstoves, about 67% of households out of this massive population rely on solid biomass fuels for preparing their food. That means … Continued
Household energy in Kenya is fraught with challenges – from indoor air pollution from the dependence on biomass such as charcoal and firewood to the potential dangers faced in gathering solid fuel. Women are the most vulnerable because they disproportionately … Continued
Gaia Association Director Desalegn Getaneh and Wubshet Tadele, Project Gaia’s Energy and Carbon Finance Consultant, recently attended the African Carbon Forum in Kigali. The Forum, hosted by the Rwandan government and organized by partners including UN agencies, the African Development … Continued
Project Gaia, together with Green Social Bioethanol, participated in the Africa Biogas and Clean Cooking Conference in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, April 5-7. The conference was organized by Hivos, the Ethiopian Ministry of Water, Irrigation and Electricity and SNV Netherlands Development … Continued
Project Gaia, together with Carbon Africa Ltd., would like to invite all stakeholders to participate in the Gold Standard Feedback Round for the Project Gaia Cookstove Programmes of Activities (PoA) for CPA0002 in Djibouti and CPA0003 in Ethiopia. There will be two feedback … Continued
At this time of the year, the families we serve in the refugee camps are never far from our minds, which is why the donations from our year end appeal will go towards putting stoves into the Jijiga camps. Below … Continued
Project Gaia, Inc. (PGI) signed an agreement with Shell’s Nigerian production division, Shell Nigeria Exploration and Production Company (SNEPCo), on November 5 in Lagos. Both executive director Harry Stokes and Joe Obueh of PGI’s Nigerian affiliate, Project Gaia Prospects Ltd, … Continued
James Murren, a longtime friend of Project Gaia, has just published a book, Ethiopian Vignettes: Seeing is Believing, detailing his time in Ethiopia. This is the second book for James, who also wrote Whispers of Honduras about his experience as … Continued
On October 8th, Project Gaia and its partners, Gaia Association, the Former Women’s Fuelwood Association (FWFCA) Stockholm Environment Institute (SEI), and the Nordic Environment Finance Corporation (NEFCO) inaugurated the first ethanol micro distillery of its kind in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia. … Continued
Marking the Success of the “Clean Energy – Safe Energy” Program in the UNHCR Eastern Ethiopian Camps A Humanitarian Intervention Serving Refugees from Somalia In honor of Gaia Association’s 10th year of refugee assistance in the Kebribeyah, Sheder and Awbarre Camps … Continued
Carbon Africa, on behalf of Gaia Association and Project Gaia, Inc., an NGO based in the United States of America and which focuses on the distribution of efficient Cookstoves powered by ethanol from renewable sources. Project Gaia, Inc. is developing … Continued
On the road toward the upcoming 2015 UN Climate Change Conference, hundreds of organizations have been rallying to bring greater attention to the impact on women of climate change mitigation and adaptation. Women tend to be the most negatively impacted by the … Continued
Evan Singer graduated from Gettysburg College in 2012 as a philosophy major and came to Project Gaia in June 2013, where we collaborated in writing a paper concerning climate change and cookstoves. Evan is now a community health volunteer in the … Continued
Relief, Reconstruction, and Development Organization (RRDO) and Project Gaia, in partnership with the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR), announced the launch of their pilot study of ethanol-fueled CLEANCOOK stoves in Dadaab refugee camp, Garissa County, Kenya. CLEANCOOK Sweden AB donated 100 of their double burner … Continued
Tanzania is a Sub-Saharan country with a population of close to 50 million people and an estimated growth rate of 2.8% in 2014. Of the total energy consumption in Tanzania, 88 percent is estimated to originate from fuel wood, 7 … Continued
Members of Project Gaia attended the UN Sustainable Energy for All Forum (SE4All) in New York City from May 18 through May 21. The forum brought together NGOs, government officials, business persons, and investors in its initiative to address the “twin challenges … Continued