Wood-conserving stoves are saving thousands of trees, reducing greenhouse gas emissions, and greatly improving women and children's health in Central America. Utilizing up to 50% less wood as a “traditional” open pit fireplace and reducing the amount of smoke and black carbon in the homes, the wood-conserving stoves being implemented by SHI are a radical and healthy change.
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The mission of Sustainable Harvest International (SHI) is to provide farming families in Central America with the training and tools to preserve our planet's tropical forests while overcoming poverty.
