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<div class="moz-cite-prefix">Wow!!<br>
Amazing work by Mr. Salim Mayeki Shaban, President and Founder
of the African Christians Organization Network (ACON)!<br>
<br>
ACON was a prize winner – <b>“The East Africa Prize” for $10,000.</b><br>
<br>
Thanks to all for supporting Salim's biochar work in Kenya -- and
ACON’s solution for adapting to and mitigating climate change in
Kenya!<br>
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Regards,<br>
<pre class="moz-signature" cols="72"> Lloyd Helferty, Engineering Technologist
Principal, Biochar Consulting (Canada)
<a class="moz-txt-link-abbreviated" href="http://www.biochar-consulting.ca">www.biochar-consulting.ca</a>
48 Suncrest Blvd, Thornhill, ON, Canada
905-707-8754
CELL: 647-886-8754
Skype: lloyd.helferty
Steering Committee coordinator
Canadian Biochar Initiative (CBI)
President, Co-founder & CBI Liaison, Biochar-Ontario
National Office, Canadian Carbon Farming Initiative (CCFI)
Come learn about biochar in October:
<a class="moz-txt-link-abbreviated" href="http://www.carbon-negative.us/symposium">www.carbon-negative.us/symposium</a>
Member of the Don Watershed Regeneration Council (DWRC)
Manager, Biochar Offsets Group:
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Advisory Committee Member, IBI
<a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="http://www.linkedin.com/groups?gid=1404717">http://www.linkedin.com/groups?gid=1404717</a>
<a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="http://www.facebook.com/group.php?gid=42237506675">http://www.facebook.com/group.php?gid=42237506675</a>
<a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="http://groups.google.com/group/biochar-ontario">http://groups.google.com/group/biochar-ontario</a>
<a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="http://www.meetup.com/biocharontario/">http://www.meetup.com/biocharontario/</a>
<a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="http://www.biocharontario.ca">http://www.biocharontario.ca</a>
<a class="moz-txt-link-abbreviated" href="http://www.biochar.ca">www.biochar.ca</a>
"Technology is only a tool. Sustainability is determined not by the the individual technologies, but rather how -- and even whether -- we decide to use them."
- Lloyd Helferty</pre>
On 2013-10-27 5:27 PM, Rob Lavoie wrote:<br>
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<p class="MsoNormal">All,<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">A BIG THANK YOU to all who voted for the
African Christians Organization Network (ACON) submission to
<u>The Nature Conservancy </u>and<u> RARE’s</u> “Solution
Search” contest!<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">ACON was a prize winner – “The East Africa
Prize” for $10,000.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">The announcement of winners is located
here: <a moz-do-not-send="true"
href="http://solutionsearch.org/contest/adapting-changing-climate">
http://solutionsearch.org/contest/adapting-changing-climate</a><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">These funds will be a very significant
boost to ACON’s program of:<o:p></o:p></p>
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<li><b>Fire</b> – Improved efficient clean cooking stoves for
rural households in Kenya. – Reducing indoor air pollution,
deforestation, and saving money for Kenyan households by
reducing fuel purchases.<o:p></o:p></li>
<li><b>Fuel</b> – Production of cooking fuel briquettes made
from the invasive “water hyacinth” weed that is killing Lake
Victoria.<o:p></o:p><br>
and<o:p></o:p></li>
<li><b>Fertilizer</b> – The production of a powerful organic
fertilizer made from chicken litter that is enriched with
the nutrient rich liquid extracted from the harvested water
hyacinth plants and further blended with biochar from ACON’s
cooking stove program. – Improving farming practices,
drought resistance, and food security for rural Kenyans.
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<p class="MsoNormal">You can read more about ACON’s activities
on the Solution Search Site:
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href="http://solutionsearch.org/contest-application-14">http://solutionsearch.org/contest-application-14</a><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Thank you for your patience to read and
learn more about ACON’s solution for adapting to and
mitigating climate change in Kenya.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Thank you for taking time to vote (some
multiple times) for ACON’s solution.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">The event itself was a huge benefit for
ACON’s ability to scale up their solution going forward.<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Very Best Regards,<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Rob<br>
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