19. Saving Forests, Changing Lives: The Young Innovators at East Africa Energy Solutions
In this episode we connect to three friends at East Africa Energy Solutions—friends who are creating ways to provide energy to rural Ugandans that is both cheap and sustainable. By helping people to create their own methane gas with low-tech waste processors called biodigesters, they are giving people a clean alternative to cooking with wood and charcoal—thus helping Ugandans to save money, live healthier, more productive lives, and in the process, slow the destruction of the country’s remaining forests. As part of a generation of young idealists, they are relentlessly hopeful and fiercely committed to the belief that they have the power to change lives and save ecologies.Want to leave a question or comment for podcast? Use the voice message link at:https://www.circlewood.online/earthkeepers(Use this site to respond to the end of the year giving campaign as well.) Notes:Guests: JeJe Nzirimu, Founder & President - East Africa Energy SolutionsJosh Burke – EAES Executive DirectorNikki Humphries – EAES Media & Operations ManagerEast Africa Energy Solutions Facebook pageMultnomah Global Development & Justice programBiodigesters explainedEnvironmental injustice The SahelW. Africa/Chad's civil war Tillamook, Oregon’s biodigesters Actions: Support East Africa Energy Solutions building campaignShop EAES' Christmas store Key Words: Uganda, Chad, Cameroon, Sahel, East Africa, West Africa, Multnomah Global Development and Justice, environmental injustice, El Salvador, biodigester, clean energy, holistic development, development and ecology, charcoal smoke and respiratory illness in Africa, sustainable energy in Africa, methane gas production, Path from Poverty, Northwest University International Community DevelopmentFind us on our website: Earthkeepers Support the Earthkeepers podcast Check out the Ecological Disciple