Baha’i invents efficient stove for developing countries
Written by ry on March 30th, 2005
A Baha’i in Swaziland has designed a simple, low cost, highly efficient stove for use in developing countries. The Vesto Stove is based on a modified 25-liter paint can, is cool to the touch when in use and sells for about US$29.00.
From the Baha’i World News Service:
Setting out to design a stove for developing countries, Crispin Pemberton-Pigott began by imagining how many trees might be saved if he invented an inexpensive, efficient wood-burning cooker… “The Baha’i writings speak of the importance of initiating ‘measures which would universally enrich the masses of the people,’” said Mr. Pemberton-Pigott. “They say there can be ‘no undertaking greater than this.’”
“In a way, the Vesto stove began as a flight of fancy, to see if I could bring to market an innovative stove that ignored the nay-sayers who said a commercially viable, highly efficient stove cannot be made cheaply,” he said.
You can read the whole story here.
Here’s a link to the Vesto product page.
And you can also use the Vesto for your next braai.
And finally, watch a movie of the stove in action here
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This stove looks really great, and I checked out some of New Dawn Engineering’s other products as well. Very innovative, useful, beautifully simple in design and function.