Deforestation Free Charcoal
90% of families in Madagascar use charcoal for cooking fuel, and
at least 400 tons of charcoal are consumed daily in southern Madagascar,
equivalent to about 70 hectares of unique Spiny Forest every day.
Our solution is to transform agave waste into charcoal briquettes using a simple but efficient system designed by MIT’s D-Lab and University of Antananarivo.
We train communities in the pyrolysis and briquette production processes, provide equipment, and purchase the end product, creating deforestation free, sustainable livelihoods.
With help from a grant from Conservation International and the Global Environment Fund, we now have production facilities in 5 villages and we are actively expanding.
