A cooker design helping to save forests in Malawi

SHOT LIST Mulanje, Malawi, July 21st, 2008 1. Wide man chopping fire wood 2. Mid shot tree stumps 3. Mid shot zoom in to man cooking on an open fire 4. Close pan from ProBEC sign to wide of ProBEC office 5. Mid shot Vincent Gondwe examines a clay stove 6. Close up of clay stove 7. SOUNDBITE (Chichewa): Vincent Gondwe, GTZ-ProBEC National Director: "Large institutions using rocket stoves have been saving between 80 - 90% of wood over the amount used on an open fire. Because of the stove's efficient combustion of wood there are also health benefits, as there is almost no unhealthy smoke compared to the unpleasant amounts in an open fire. Finally, using so much less wood is good for the environment." Mulanje, Malawi, July 22nd, 2008 8.Mid shot profile ProBEC trainer Francis Chagunda trains George Kathumba 9.Close up of hands and clay ring 10.Mid shot two workers preparing the kiln on the tea estate 11. SOUNDBITE (Chichewa): George Kathumba, Mini Eastern Produce Tea Estate Assistant Factory Manager: "Now that we can fire the clay in our own kiln we are going to produce four thousand stoves for all the estate's employees. We will first build some demonstration stoves, then it is expected that people from other estates will come and buy from us. We will improve the lives of our workers because these stoves use little wood and firewood is expensive these days." 12. Wide shot Ken Steel Engineering 13. Close up Ken Steel Engineering 14. Mid shot of worker measuring on metal sheet 15. SOUNDBITE (Chichewa): Ken Chilewe, Ken Steel Engineering Director: "The rocket stove works so efficiently because of the combination of the design, exact diameters, mild steel, and use of insulation material. You can't just use any old bricks, for example, to line the combustion chamber" 16 Mid shot two workers crouching measuring steel sheet 17.Close up of tape measure on steel sheet 18.Mid shot of angle grinder cutting steel sheet 19.Mid shot worker welding together a rocket stove 20. UPSOUND / PART OVERLAID: (Chichewa): Ken Chilewe, Ken Steel Engineering Director "At this stage we place insulative bricks at the base where one places the wood, and there is a layer of insulative material all the way up the combustion chamber. This ensures the cook won't get burnt as the metal won't get hot. The insulative layer also ensures heat stays inside for the benefit of cooking." 21.Tilt up from stove base to Ken Chilewe 22. Close up of insulative layer of rocket stove 23. Wide tracking shot of Ken Chilewe leaving his workshop with a completed rocket stove 24. Wide pan of an Eastern Produce Malawi tea estate 25. Wide of three workers and rocket stove on site at tea estate 26. Tilt down from chef to cooking food in stove 27. Close up tilt down from cooking food to fire 28. SOUNDBITE (Chichewa): James Kazembe, Eastern Produce Malawi Lauderdale Tea Estate Factory Engineer: "These rocket stoves are smoke free, and one cooks much quicker than on open fires. So it's much more efficient. These rocket stoves also use much less firewood than an open fire - there is a 75% or more reduction in use of firewood." 29. Wide view Ken Steel employee cutting metal sheet with angle grinder Mulanje, Malawi:, July 21st, 2008 30.Wide pan tracking man with bicycle carrying firewood LEAD IN: A simple cooking oven is helping to transform energy use and improve the lives of people in villages across southern Africa. The 'rocket stoves' burn fuel more efficiently than traditional wood fires, helping to improve air quality and reduce the destruction of forests. The programme is vital to people in countries like Malawi which are too poorly resourced to develop expensive new technology. STORY: You can license this story through AP Archive: http://www.aparchive.com/metadata/youtube/8089bd0ad43eb65afabeb8812a9284a2 Find out more about AP Archive: http://www.aparchive.com/HowWeWork