BioLite Stove was just awarded the Grand Prize at this year’s Sustainable Brands Open in Monterey, CA.

Did you know that 3 billion people in the world cook on wood stoves, and most times, it’s indoors?  That’s a heck of a lot of wood consumption, wood burning, and accompanying toxic smoke & air pollution.

By using a side vent system and converting a fraction of the fire’s thermal energy into electricity – BioLite’s eco friendly stoves:

• use less than half the wood of an open fire and reduce smoke emissions by 95%
• reduce family fuel expenditures by 50%
• provide off-grid users with power to charge cell phones, LED lights and other small devices.

Scheduled to be released in early 2011 are models for both recreational campers as well as the developing world.
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