PATENT PENDINGHealth & Gender
Cleaner Kitchens. Less Wood to Carry.
A chimney directs smoke outdoors; lower fuel demand can reduce the work of gathering firewood.
Chimney-vented cooking space
Empowering Indigenous Communities With Heart and Sustainable Innovation
Cleaner kitchens. Less wood. Local livelihoods. Community ownership.
A locally built solution shaped with Indigenous communities in southern Mexico.
Four Connected Impacts
Health, environment, local livelihoods, and self-determination are connected outcomes—not four separate programs.
PATENT PENDINGHealth & Gender
A chimney directs smoke outdoors; lower fuel demand can reduce the work of gathering firewood.
Chimney-vented cooking space
Environment & Climate
PWS cooking-task measurements indicate substantially less wood needed for familiar meals.
≈50% less wood for tortillas · ≈64% for a 5-liter boil
PATENT PENDINGLocal Living Economy
Local Promoters build stoves using Mexican-sourced inputs, developing skills and local economic activity.
Estimated $586–$668 in direct economic activity in Mexico per stove
Indigenous Self-Determination
Families and local Promoters shape cooking requirements and practical design improvements.
Community-led design and construction
See the Difference
Compare two authentic PWS photographs of different cooking environments. These are illustrative—not the same home photographed before and after.
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A Story of Community Ownership
Some families have installed their PWS stove on a bare concrete slab, planning to build the kitchen around it.
In the mountainous rainforest, rainy-season cooking needs shelter. A chimney-vented stove can bring food preparation, cooking, and family meals into one kitchen.
Sometimes the stove is the beginning of a kitchen—not the finishing touch.
Proof at a Glance
Our Approach
80% understanding. 20% technology. A design principle, not a spending ratio. Technology solves the problem you can see. Local knowledge reveals the problem you actually need to solve.
Technology
Reusable tooling carries critical dimensions into the field so local Promoters can build consistently without a centralized factory.
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PATENT PENDINGThe Next Chapter
The next steps are local training, consistent construction, lasting partnerships, and better impact measurement.
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