THEME: "Exploring the Novel Advances in Earth Science and Climate Change"
Fuego del Sol, United States
Title: Institutional Biomass Gasification Cookstoves Provide Undervalued Global Health, Climate, and Carbon-Offset Opportunities for Globally Underserved Communities
Kevin Adair, MA, Co-Founder/ Co-Director of the Social-Eco Enterprize, Fuego del Sol (FdS) in Haiti and the Dominican Republic, is developing and implementing an ecosystem of cross-beneficial ecological innovations in the sectors of clean-cookstoves, beneficial tourism, carbon sequestration/ offset, reforestation, and permaculture in conjunction with community, international, and local partners. FdS is a current recipient of the InterAmerican Bank BlueTech Challenge, which supports innovative ecological sustainable impact-driven projects in the Americas. Kevin holds an MA in Behavioral Economics with Academic Honors from The Chicago School of Professional Psychology and a Double BA with Honors from Illinois Wesleyan University, with continuing education credits from the National Geographic Society Geotourism Ambassador Training, Los Fondos de Capital, un Mecanismo de Financiamiento de Empresas presented by the INCA. FdS Haiti is also a recipient of the Digicel Haiti Entrepreneur of the Year Ecological award and a Livelihoods Development award from the UN-IOM