[Stoves] News: National Geographic on promotion of gas stoves over improved woodstoves - in Guatemala

[Crispin Pemberton-Pigott]

Dear Gordon

- What are people trying to do?

Invent cool stuff and get it adopted to help save the world.

- What problems are getting in the way of your success?

Ignorance about how to invent cool stuff and get it adopted.

- What collaborations are possible?

The best one would be for the ‘stovers’ to approach social scientists to find out in much clearer detail why people behave the way they do when they use domestic energy and apply it in their lives.

There is usually a gulf between the wanna-be designers and the potential users, as large as the gap between marketing people and the self-same designers.

A three-way collaboration between marketing, design/engineering and behavioural scientists would produce products that would naturally attract funding.

At the moment people seek funding first, technical solutions second, marketing expertise third, and a deep understanding of the users last.

Hence, the current mess.

Regards
Crispin

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