HRSย Blog
A collection of updates, news and related information about the Himalayan Rocket Stove project
HRS Update Nov 2018
Update Himalayan Rocket Stove Update Nov 2018 As I fly back from India to Australia, I have a few moments to reflect on the journey so far with HRS. Itโs been an intense 2 years since the prototyping came to the Himalayas in 2016, with more than a few obstacles along...
What is the Himalayan Rocket Stove?
What is the Himalayan Rocket Stove? Clean efficient biomass combustion for Himalayan households (and beyond) What's in a name? At Himalayan Rocket Stove, we use design that is known around the world as a "rocket stove". There are both metallic and non-metallic...
Tokenising the Himalayan Rocket Stove – A Thought Experiment
Tokenising the Himalayan Rocket Stove - A Thought Experiment Considering the possibility of creating a "Rocket Coin" for maximising benefits to users and supporters of HRS. Please read and comment if you have any input on this.ย PREAMBLE Himalayan Rocket Stove...
Numbers
For those who like numbers... ย The Eco1 Rocket Stove we make has approx 1630 MJ of energy embedded (embodied) in the steel. Add a bit for the manufacturing and transportation we can round that up to about 1800MJ. ย The expected lifespan is around 10 years, so we can...
From Flying Bullets to Himalayan Rockets
From Flying 'Bullets' to Himalayan Rockets A story of how two landslides lead to an ecological heater for the Himalayas and beyond It seems like the journey of a lifetime, this rocket stove thing. Various threads from over 25 years of travel in India and the Himalayas...
HRS Update Jan 2018
Soโฆ here we are in the middle of the Himalayan winter and itโs time for an update. After 4 months of intensive on the ground work last year (mid-June through to mid-October) Chetana and I came back to Australia quite exhausted, but feeling we had done everything we...
HRS Update October 2017
Himalayan Rocket Stove Update October 2017 Wow... what an amazing challenge! Setting up a manufacturing business in India is one of the hardest things I've ever tried to do! Iโve been so busy havenโt managed to get out the usual monthly updates. Chetana and I have...
HRS Update – Bhutan Visit June 2017
The Bhutan Update I realised after sending out the last update (HRS Update - July 2017) I completely forgot to mention our visit to Bhutan. Back in May a new good friend of ours, Kezang (from Bhutan) sent me a message asking if I was interested to come to Bhutan with...
HRS Update July 2017
Himalayan Rocket Stove Update July 2017 It has been an interesting, intense and exciting journey so far. I say that almost every time I sit down to write an update, but it seems especially so now, just as we are about to launch into production for the new batch box...
Travellers with a cause – A feature in Travel Purist
Smokeless Cookstove Revolution has been featured in an article by Travel Purist, an immersive digital travel notebook! Sometimes, travel means exploring more than what meets the eye, and giving back to the destination. They say that travel opens up new horizons,...
From dreading the chulha to loving it!
From dreading the chulha to loving it! By Kush Sharma Co-Founder, Rural Odyssey A guest post for the Smokeless Cookstove Revolution Although I have stayed away from the Chulha for the most of my life, I still somehow feel connected to the concept โ previously...
Volunteering Tourism & the act of volunteering โ a choice that we make
Himalayan Rocket Stove Foundationโs (and I am really overwhelmed that we have taken our first steps towards setting up of this Foundation) Smokeless Chulah initiative provides an opportunity for probably anyone to just make a small difference โ or rather volunteer to make a difference and that too without much efforts.
April Update HRS and SCR
Project Update Himalayan Rocket Stove & Smokeless Cookstove Revolution Since the last update I've been back to India for another round of moving the projects forward. In a snapshot, this is what's been happening: Himalayan Rocket Stove For the first 2 weeks I was...
Advanced Design Testing in Manali
Something about theseย pictures sum up what I've been doing for the last 2 years of my life.ย Finally I am getting to see these stoves being used in family homes in the Himalayas.ย And the response from the kids is exactly what it should be... ย 'Yeah, whatever. Warm is...
Seeing from within at Kanha, Madhya Pradesh
When we see, and hear from outside and then when we really understand what it all means from within! Longish, titleโฆbut this is actually what I felt at the end of the Kanhaโs Smokeless Chulah workshop. I have been to Kanha several times, but never peeped into the...
Saving a million trees, one smokeless chulha at a time
Saving a million trees, one smokeless chulha at aย time Posted on March 23, 2017 By Lalita Iyer: MommyGoLightly Last month, listening to Hrishikay on Radio One (the only way I can drive in peak hours), I chanced upon a conversation involving a Himalayan Rocket Stove....
Chandigarh – We didn’t start the fire!
Historically, Universities are known to be the cauldron of brewing something of a revolution. And for our Smokeless chulla workshop, the buzz word was โsaving the treesโ. Itโs a thought that resonates with everybody. And rightly so.
Serendipity in Dharwad
The give and take between the environment and our lives. We all believe that this relation is the only sacrosanct truth in order for us to create a better future. And for me the most heart-warming indication was the presence of children in our workshop.
Smokeless Chulha Workshop IIT Delhi
One of the great things to come out of the various meetings over the last month were connections with wonderful people who could see the potential for this work to really have an impact. Two of those people were Sarandeep and Aparna who run the Women's Empowerment and...
Rhea Gupte – The Girl with FUSS, writes about her experience with Smokeless Chulla Workshop In Dharwad
One ordinary evening, I chat with Nitisha over hummus, pita and a couple of mojitos. She is in Goa for a few weeks to work on a new project. She is explaining to me her transition from the corporate sector to pursue her dreams away from the territory she is used to....
HRS update Feb 2017 – Short
Wowโฆ Feb was an amazing month for the Himalayan Rocket Stove project and the Smokeless Cookstove Revolution. So much has happened and is happening, so Iโll keep it to the point with the highlights below: Noteโฆ if you want to read the longer and more personal updateโฆ...