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</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--></head><body bgcolor=white lang=EN-CA link=blue vlink=purple style='margin-left:3.0pt;margin-top:3.0pt;margin-right:3.0pt;margin-bottom:.75pt'><div class=WordSection1><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D;mso-fareast-language:EN-US'>Dear Samantha<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D;mso-fareast-language:EN-US'>Do the people you are working with require space heating part of the year?<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D;mso-fareast-language:EN-US'>Thanks<br>Crispin<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p style='margin:0mm;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><span style='font-family:"Lucida Grande","serif"'>Hi Paul, </span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin:0mm;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><o:p> </o:p></p><p style='margin:0mm;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><span style='font-family:"Lucida Grande","serif"'>What an encouraging email, thanks for getting back to me. We are based out of the town of Batan Grande, which is around 80m, but we work with communities throughout the watershed of Rio La Leche. One of the communities of greatest interest due to their proximity to Andean (Spectacled) bear habitat is probably around 1,500 ft, so still well below 3,000m. </span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin:0mm;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><o:p> </o:p></p><p style='margin:0mm;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><span style='font-family:"Lucida Grande","serif"'>We have not done any work with TLUD stoves. We are in the process of trying the Cocina Mejorada (a fuel efficient wood burning stove made of adobe and aluminum and tin) with about 10 families and decided to start with this stove because it is familiar in Peru and relatively easy to build. Many women also cook inside or in a semi-enclosed area and the Cocinas have a chimney. Removing smoke from the dwelling is an important factor for us. This is what we have funding for at the moment. </span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin:0mm;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><o:p> </o:p></p><p style='margin:0mm;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><span style='font-family:"Lucida Grande","serif"'>As I'm sure you're aware, some important things to consider are familiarity, ease of construction, ease of use, and locally available materials. We are concerned with introducing something too foreign, complicated, or expensive. It is a very poor area, with relatively recent immigrants from the Andes and elsewhere in Peru. </span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin:0mm;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><o:p> </o:p></p><p style='margin:0mm;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><span style='font-family:"Lucida Grande","serif"'>I imagine it will be possible to find metal workers, I'll have to check with my collaborators. I work with a great team of locals whose full time job it is to study a population of bears and also assist with community-based conservation initiatives.</span> <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin:0mm;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><o:p> </o:p></p><p style='margin:0mm;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><span style='font-family:"Lucida Grande","serif"'>In a perfect world, we'd like the community to move away from wood, since it is becoming scarce in this Dry Forest environment and includes many endangered tree species. However, we understand this will take time and some will always choose wood for cooking because of flavor. </span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin:0mm;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><o:p> </o:p></p><p style='margin:0mm;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><span style='font-family:"Lucida Grande","serif"'>In terms of ag residues, corn is the most common crop you'll find at lower elevations. Many women use corn cobs to supplement their open fire stoves already, and you often see corn husks burning on the side of the road, or being fed to cows. There are lots of cows, chickens, pigs, and some donkeys and I'm not sure what they do with their feces, if anything at all. Rice becomes the primary crop as you move up in elevation. There are also lots of beans. Other things that grow there are sugar cane, avocados, mangoes, watermelon, bananas, passion fruit. I don't know if you can do anything with trash, but there's lots of that! Mostly plastic, of course. </span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin:0mm;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><o:p> </o:p></p><p style='margin:0mm;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><span style='font-family:"Lucida Grande","serif"'>We are constantly seeking funding for the project (it is all grant funded), so at the moment we do not have funding to build or distribute any significant amount of TLUD stoves. However, I'm happy to start writing grants that fit this idea and we can certainly start exploring. I'll be traveling to Peru mid-March and hope to check up on the alternative cooking initiative, among other things (this is one of many initiatives in the region). I'm not sure what your situation is, but you are always welcome to join me in Peru to explore the feasibility of TLUD stoves in the region. Or, I'd be happy to collect any additional information you might need while I'm there. I travel to Peru about twice a year and the project is ongoing for the foreseeable future. </span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin:0mm;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><o:p> </o:p></p><p style='margin:0mm;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><span style='font-family:"Lucida Grande","serif"'>Let me know your thoughts! I'm excited to see what may come of this. </span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin:0mm;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><o:p> </o:p></p><p style='margin:0mm;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><span style='font-family:"Lucida Grande","serif"'>Cheers, </span><o:p></o:p></p><p style='margin:0mm;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><span style='font-family:"Lucida Grande","serif"'>Samantha</span> <o:p></o:p></p><p style='margin:0mm;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><o:p> </o:p></p></div></body></html>