KUTRALDUM

[Rogerio Miranda <rmiranda@sdnnic.org.ni>]

Hi Roberto: 

Good to hear about your project. We have  a similar project in Central
America called PROLEÑA, and our mission is to modernize the way people in
Honduras and Nicaragua use and produce wood energy.

Next month we are facing a new chalenge, since I will be moving to La Paz ,
Bolivia, where we also pretend  to work in the same areas.

We have here in Managua a woodstove factory that produces about 100
Ecostoves per month in average. The Ecostove is based on the rocket stove
combustion system and uses a sealed system to pipe out all the smoke and
soot produced, resulting in nule indoor air pollution. You can see pictures
about the Ecostove on the stove list web site.

We have produced a low cost version of the ecostove, around 30US$ and that
is what I have in mind for the bolivian andes, as well.

I will be very interested in exchanging experiences with KUTRALDUM, and
perhaps we could visit you in Argentina some time, and vice-versa.

Best wishes

Rogerio Miranda


At 11:47 p.m. 26/06/02 -0300, Roberto Escardó wrote:
>    Hy  Stovers. I was a “listener”  in the stoves list for some time; we
>(me and my group) are from now on full  participants. A few words to 
>introduce my group, our project and myself. (We hope to have a web site
>running  in one or two months with more info) Me: My name is  Roberto
>Escardó, 63, married for 35 years now, three children, all married, four 
>grand-children (Two pairs of female twins!!)  I live in Buenos Aires,
>Argentina. I am  an Industrial Engineer, and my career was in Operations
>(manufacture,  construction), the last 15 years mainly as a Project
>Manager.  I was born and  raised in the Andean South (Patagonia) where I
>come back as frequently as  possible for trekking, horse riding and skiing.
>Our group:  Growing up!!  A physician, (specialist in respiratory  diseases
>and epidemiology), an old (me) and two thirty-something engineers, one  Ph.
>D. (next week) in ecology, one Forest Engineer (The last two females), a 
>couple NGO´s interested in the protection of native forests. (The
>Patagonian  Andes forests are the only ones in temperate climate in the
>Southern  hemisphere), other people interested and ready to sign on.  Our
>project:  KUTRALDUM (Nice name: Kutraldum means “making fire” in
>mapundungun, the language  of Mapuche people)  Our mission: Made  available
>to the native and poor population in the Patagonian Andes efficient  wood
>stoves. The Patagonian Andes  extends from Neuquen (38º S lat) to Ushuia
>(52º S lat), something like between  the south of Colorado to Calgary, in
>the Rockies, but in the southern  hemisphere: Same daylight, similar
>climate, a bit windier.  Some  facts: 1) Natives and poor  population (our
>objective) use three stones fires indoors for cocking, heating  and
>lighting. For some groups (mostly natives) wood is an abundant resource,
>for  others (urbanized poors) is scarce.  2) Respiratory  health is our
>main concern. We suspect IAP is similar to those measured in  Africa or
>India, but due to longer exposure times we have a greater risk of  COPD. We
>do not have strict epidemiological data, but   available data confirms this
> suspicion. > 6/8 of clouds) A wood gas light perhaps? 4) The Chilean 
>Patagonian Andes region has the same characteristics and the same native 
>population. We expect to work in collaboration with them. We had done some 
>preliminary work: Some data collection and analysis, a pair of rockets
>stoves.  We are now concentrated in funding and plan to begin been
>“operational” in two  months. END  NOTES: 1)        Thanks a lot to all
>Stovers, we have learned a lot just  browsing the list, and we are sure of
>your future help (A lot will be surely  asked) 2)        Special thanks to
>Dean Still for making available to us  Aprovecho literature, to Paul for
>her encouragement. 3)        A question: (candid answers requested) is my
>English easily  understood? (My sons speak English much better than me, I
>can made it corrected  if necessary) 4)        Second question: We are
>metric people: Do you bother if we  use only metric units or do you prefer
>we use English/American ones? (It is no  burden, I have a nice Java applet
>running in my PC capable of doing even the  most strangest unit
>conversions) Yours  truly  Roberto E.  Escardó
>  1425 Ciudad de Buenos Aires
>Argentina
>  6190
>robertoescardo@arnet.com.ar
>       
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
			Rogério Carneiro de Miranda
			Director, Ecofogones y Reposición Forestal
			PROLEÑA/Nicaragua
			Apartado Postal C-321 
			Managua, Nicaragua
			TELEFAX (505) 249 0116
			EMAIL: rmiranda@sdnnic.org.ni
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