<div dir="ltr"><div dir="auto"><div dir="ltr">Dear Friends,<div><br></div><div>I am happy to share the summary report from our workshop on sustainable charcoal and charcoal briquettes - Advancing Sustainable cHarcoal Enterprises at Scale (AScHES) 2018. The AScHES Workshop gathered representatives from 20 established charcoal briquetting businesses from all over the world in Naivasha, Kenya for one week to share their experiences and best practices, learn about new advances, and find common ground to open dialogue and collaboration among a global community of charcoal briquette producers. Many of the participants found this to be a valuable experience as it gave them a chance to break away from their day-to-day and enjoy beautiful Naivasha with a group of like-minded people working on similar businesses and through similar challenges.</div><div><br></div><div>You can find the summary report and more information about AScHES at the <a href="http://d-lab.mit.edu/research/energy/biomass-fuels-cookstoves/asches-convening-charcoal-briquette-fuel-producers" rel="noreferrer noreferrer" target="_blank">MIT D-Lab website</a> (or <a href="http://d-lab.mit.edu/sites/default/files/inline-files/AScHES%202018%20Report%20spreads%20v11.pdf" rel="noreferrer noreferrer" target="_blank">direct download here</a>).</div><div><br></div><div>The AScHES organizing team is hosting a one-hour, open webinar to summarize the workshop and respond to questions on Friday 24 May at 9:00am EDT / 13:00 GMT / 16:00 EAT / 18:30 IST (calendar invitation attached to this email). You can join the webinar using this link: <a href="https://zoom.us/j/352393028" rel="noreferrer noreferrer" target="_blank">https://zoom.us/j/352393028</a>. Since we have a short time, please share any questions or comments in advance of the webinar by replying-all to this email.</div><div><br></div><div>We're also preparing to relaunch our successful business incubation and scale-up program, the Harvest Fuel Initiative. You can <a href="https://www.charcoalproject.org/unsustainable-charcoal-consumption-in-africa/" rel="noreferrer noreferrer" target="_blank">read more about the relaunch here</a>, and stay tuned for more information about how to join the new cohort of sustainable fuel businesses.</div><div><br></div><div><div>As always, let us know if you would like to join (or leave) the AScHES mailing list, or if you just want to discuss anything fuels. You can find more content from our work at <a href="http://d-lab.mit.edu/research/energy/biomass-fuels-cookstoves" rel="noreferrer noreferrer" target="_blank">MIT D-Lab</a> and <a href="https://www.charcoalproject.org/" rel="noreferrer noreferrer" target="_blank">The Charcoal Project</a>.</div></div><div><br></div><div>Your's in char,</div><div>Dan & the AScHES Team</div><div><a href="mailto:asches@mit.edu" rel="noreferrer noreferrer" target="_blank">asches@mit.edu</a></div><div><a href="http://d-lab.mit.edu">MIT D-Lab</a> | <a href="https://www.charcoalproject.org/">The Charcoal Project</a></div></div></div>
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