Pine Briquettes
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WHAT IT SHOWS: Pine briquettes are generating a new income for women-led households in rural Uttarakhand. Made with pine needles and cow dung, the briquettes are reducing drudgery, the use of wood for cooking and CO2 emissions.
This image selection was inspired by Project Drawdown®, which conducts ongoing research and analysis of climate solutions to help the world reach “Drawdown”— the future point in time when levels of greenhouse gases in the atmosphere stop climbing and start to steadily decline.
Learn more at Drawdown.org.
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