In many rural households, cooking still means using open fires or traditional stoves. While these may seem cost-effective, they come with serious hidden costs—damaging health, harming forests, and adding to carbon emissions. But there’s a better way: clean cookstoves.
Why Traditional Cooking Needs to Change
Millions of families use wood, charcoal, or cow dung to cook daily meals. These fuels may be common, but they are dangerous for both people and the planet.
Health Problems
Burning biomass releases harmful smoke filled with pollutants. This causes lung diseases, eye irritation, and heart issues, especially for women and children who spend more time near the stove.
Time Lost
In many regions, women and girls spend hours gathering firewood, which keeps them from school, work, or rest.
Using wood for cooking leads to deforestation, which increases soil erosion, reduces biodiversity, and contributes to climate change.
High Carbon Emissions
Old stoves release large amounts of CO₂, methane, and black carbon, worsening global warming.
Empowering Women and Children
With less time spent collecting firewood, women and children gain precious hours that can be spent on education, work, or simply resting, which fosters healthier and more prosperous families.
Driving Economic Growth, Better Health, and Community Well-being
lean cookstoves boost local economies by creating jobs in manufacturing, distribution, and maintenance. These opportunities empower rural workers and entrepreneurs with sustainable sources of income, helping strengthen community livelihoods and promote self-reliance.
At the same time, clean cookstoves significantly improve health by reducing indoor air pollution, which lowers the risk of respiratory illnesses—especially among women and children. Families spend less on healthcare and gain more time for education, work, and rest, leading to better overall well-being.
Earthfit’s Mission: A Stove That Changes Lives
At Earthfit, we create high-performance, energy-efficient cookstoves designed for real-world use in rural communities. Our stoves are easy to use, durable, and built to generate carbon credits—making them both practical and impactful.
Each Earthfit stove helps families reduce fuel consumption, lower harmful emissions, and breathe cleaner air. But the impact doesn’t stop there—our solutions also save time, support women, create local jobs, and contribute to climate goals.
Support clean cooking. Support a healthier planet.
Join Earthfit in building a low-carbon future, one clean cookstove at a time.
