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HEDON HEDON News from HEDON Cooking and carbon HEDON’s Special Interest Group on Cooking and Carbon was instrumental in co-ordinating responses to the UNFCCC’s “Practitioners Workshop on improvement of the usability of CDM methodologies with high impact on women in developing countries” in October and November 2009. Members discussed and proposed revisions to relevant methodologies. 44 What a great time to be reading Boiling Point. These are the days that will define our generation as leaders in the household energy sector. And you, as a Boiling Point subscriber and HEDON member, are at the heart of shaping how the story unfolds. You’ve turned to Boiling Point and HEDON as an essential source of breakthrough ideas on household energy and the role it plays in livelihoods and poverty. But now is a time to transform the effectiveness of what is done to address these issues, and you have new questions and greater expectations. Your organisation and your career should reap the benefit of the perspectives and insights that the worldwide Household Energy Community can provide. We are working hard to create the ideal journal and online community platform to make them indispensable sources for information and contacts, but we rely on you to bring these ideas to life. Please add your voice, build the network by inviting others to the community, and share what you know. In so doing you will find that it brings numerous benefits to you. Cookstoves and markets: experiences, successes and opportunities A new report from GVEP-I sets out to tackle the question of why the adoption of improved cookstoves has been so slow in developing countries. The main purpose of the report is to delve deeper into issues of why and how cookstoves take so much time and effort to be brought on to the market successfully. One message is clear: from product development to achieving large scale dissemination, the market for cookstoves is highly dependent on government or donor (even carbon) funds and subsidies, sector specific non profit institutions, and in the current climate, visionary social entrepreneurs. Download the report here: www.hedon.info/1642/news.htm ‘Room to Breathe’ campaign aims to tackle Indoor Air Pollution (IAP) The ‘Room to Breathe’ campaign recently launched by the Shell Foundation aims to save lives, improve livelihoods and reduce climate change emissions by tackling Indoor Air Pollution (IAP). “Women should not be dying as a result of cooking meals for their families,” says Simon Bishop, Head of Policy and Communications at the Shell Foundation. “People have almost no awareness about either the issue - or the potential solutions. That is why we need this campaign.” Room to Breathe is part of the Foundation’s wider Breathing Space programme, which has been tackling IAP since 2002. Its focus is on “promoting ‘the’ internationally-recognised most effective way to tackle IAP – so-called ‘improved cookstoves’, ones that significantly reduce emissions and fuel use.” More information here: www.hedon.info/1646/news.htm Stove compendium HEDON’s Special Interest Group on Clean Indoor Air has been collecting stove information for a 2010 stove compendium. If you have designed a stove or if you are disseminating or selling a stove, please fill in the form at: www.hedon.info/StoveImages The Hedon Household Energy Network is an international forum dedicated to improving social, economic, and environmental conditions in the South, through promotion of local, national, regional and international initiatives in the household energy sector.
CALL FOR PAPERS Call for papers Boiling Point 58: Marketing During 2010 we aim to publish Boiling Point quarterly and we are inviting readers to submit articles, papers and news on a rolling basis at any time. So if you feel that you have something to contribute to the wider household energy community, then please read the information below and send us your experiences – HEDON would love to hear from you! Boiling Point looks for articles which are written in English, Spanish, French or Chinese, preferably using clear and plain language, and which can be used by other people in their own work. Do not be deterred, however, if you are not used to writing – it is the information that is important – we will review articles, edit them and return them for your approval prior to being published. Theme articles Each edition of the journal typically contains 4 to 5 full length theme articles which can include research papers, programme reports etc that are relevant to the theme topic. Boiling Point 58 will focus on the marketing of household energy technologies and practices. The issue will include social marketing (eg. marketing aimed at a social good such as health and indoor air pollution) as well as marketing in more commercial settings. To be effective even non-profitmaking organisations need to think carefully about how their products or practices are being marketed and analysis of target markets, product-market grids, ‘customer’ perceptions, and positioning. This issue will be looking at experiences with marketing and how our efforts can be made more effective. General articles We welcome submission of general/short articles at any time, which can cover any topic. Examples include project/ programme updates, technical papers, book/report reviews, conference and workshop reports. Please note: Technology based articles should be focussed on the real life application of proven technologies. Each edition of the journal also contains a Toolkit and regular features such as a Case Study or Viewpoints (opinion pieces and interviews) and if you are interested in contributing to one of these then please contact us on the address below. Front cover photo competition HEDON are offering you another fantastic opportunity to get your best image onto the front cover of Boiling Point. We are looking for a full colour photograph for the front cover that illustrates the theme of BP58 - Marketing More specifically the photo must be: of good quality format and suitable for high resolution colour printing (A minimum resolution of 300 dpi and a higher quality file type i.e. not .bmp); sent to us in it’s original format (not pasted into an MS Word file); credited to the correct person, with a caption if appropriate; owned by the person/organisation entering the competition; and preferably have a central focal point, a bold composition and rich colours. The editor’s decision is final and the selected photo will win absolutely nothing, apart from the admiration of our 2000+ subscribers and of course our thanks. For more information please visit www.hedon.info/XBTA Guidelines and submission dates The deadline for article submission and the front cover photo competition for the ‘Marketing’ issue is Monday 1 March 2010. We welcome other articles at any time, on a rolling basis. When submitting an article to Boiling Point authors should note the follow instructions: Articles can be submitted digitally in a commonly used word processing format or by post; Articles should be no more than 1500 words in length; Illustrations, such as drawings, photographs, graphs and bar charts are essential and should follow the ‘Figure Formatting’ guidelines; All references should be provided in the format given in the ‘References’ guidelines. In addition articles should include a 100-200 word summary, a 50 word profile for each author and up to six keywords that you feel best describe your article. Please read the more detailed guidelines, available at www.hedon.info/ BoilingPoint or via the @HEDON link below. Files can be emailed to the editor at boilingpoint@hedon.info or posted to the address below. The Boiling Point editorial team will review your submission and final article selection is based on article quality, originality and relevance. Thank you for your cooperation, and please do not hesitate to contact us if you would like to clarify any of these issues. Regards, The Boiling Point Team HeDON Household energy Network PO Box 900, Bromley BR1 9FF, uK Tel + 44 (0) 20 30 120 130 Fax +44 (0) 870 137 2360 email: boilingpoint@hedon.info www.hedon.info/VDQA * View the call online * Read the detailed author guidance notes Meet us @HEDON Boiling Point. issue 57 — 2009 45
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