Design Guide to Wood Cookstoves

Design Guide to Wood Conserving Cookstoves - Cookstove Community

Design Guide to Wood Conserving Cookstoves - Cookstove Community

Published in 1980 by the non-profit organization Volunteers in Technical Assistance, this lengthy guide “promotes stoves and cooking methods that are inexpensive, culturally acceptable, and environmentally sound.” If you’re just starting out in the cookstove world, this is the place to start: It has everything from the basics of how stoves work, how to run them efficiently, select your wood, and more.

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Wood Conserving Cookstoves – A Design Guide