Project from Tsegaye Nega featured by United Nations Development Programme’s Accelerator Labs
Nega is associate professor of environmental studies at Carleton.
The United Nations Development Programme’s (UNDP) Accelerator Labs has selected Tsegaye Nega, associate professor of environmental studies, as part of its #peoplepowered amplification campaign. Nega’s cleaner cookstove project—created in collaboration with Deborah Gross, Charles “Jim” and Marjorie Kade professor of the sciences—produces innovative cookstoves and biomass fuel pellets for a cooking alternative that is healthier for people and the environment.
The #peoplepowered campaign features early-stage solutions by grassroots innovators that bring clean energy to remote and vulnerable populations. The UNDP Accelerator Labs celebrates grassroots innovations that move society towards a more sustainable planet. 359 solutions worldwide were considered and only six selected for the campaign.