Climate Healers is a Non-Profit working in India to combat the climate crisis. Around 2 billion people burn 1.5 billion tons of wood annually for cooking alone. Those who live close to a forest tend to use the most wood, averaging 1.5 tons per person per year. The demand for wood as cooking fuel is responsible for 18% of all greenhouse gas emissions annually.
Climate Healer's approach to this problem rests on the observation that most of these 2 billion people live in regions where solar energy is plentiful. However, they cannot afford to purchase solar cookers for their daily use. Therefore, Climate Healer's provides solar cookers to the communities along with cell phones at no cost to members of the community. The cell phones are configured to measure the usage of the cookers as they get charged, and then rewards are issued in the form of cell phone talk time proportional to the usage.
By using cell phones to track the usage of the cookers, Climate Healers is able to achieve a quick feedback reward mechanism to keep the donors to the organization energized and motivated.
