The Gigaton Gifts
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The Gigaton Gifts Elton Sherwin Executive Director Carbon Zero Institute [email protected] A Project of The Carbon Zero Institute
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The Gigaton Gifts. A Project of T he Carbon Zero Institute. Elton Sherwin Executive Director Carbon Zero Institute [email protected]. Background . Almost 3 billion people use polluting, inefficient stoves and open fires to cook their food. Hurts Families. - PowerPoint PPT Presentation
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The Gigaton Gifts
Elton SherwinExecutive DirectorCarbon Zero Institute
A Project of The
Carbon Zero Institute
Background
Almost 3 billion people use polluting, inefficient stoves and open fires to cook their food
Hurts FamiliesFine particles lodge deep in the lungsKills 3 million women and childrenMore deaths than malaria
Hurts the Community
Trees are cut Soil erodes
Soot heats the airLands on snow and glaciers
Hurts the Planet
Kerosene LampsMake the Situation Worse
About 1 ½ billion people use kerosene lamps
Creates more soot and carcinogensDangerous
I was born in a village where there were no tap water and electricity. I was using kerosene lamps to study at night. They are very convenient, but also very polluting. You have red eyes very quickly and black nose.
Mawuna Remarque Koutonin
Gigaton Gifts ProgramObjective
Empower shoppers in rich countries to make a meaningful difference in places where– $9 plants 50 trees– $35 is an extreme kitchen
makeover
Gigaton Gifts
GigatonGifts.com – Stoves, trees or solar
lights Africa, Haiti, etc. • Launch countries:
Madagascar, Haiti, Ethiopia
– $6 to $25 Gifts: Birthday, anniversary, holiday• E-cards friend or
relative
$6-25
$12-$25
$18-$165
2014
GigatonGiftsLong-term Vision
• Plant a billion trees• Eliminate open and
inefficient cooking fires • Eliminate kerosene lamps
Carbon Zero Institute
Promote Large, Innovative SolutionsFacilitate Gigaton Scale Projects
• Catalyst for big projects with no advocates• Innovative partnerships with NGOs• Innovative partnerships with business
Focused on climate change
10,000 years of CO2
Net ZeroMid Century
Board of DirectorsDonald Kennedy, PhD• President Emeritus Stanford University• Editor in Chief, Science, 2000-2008• Commissioner, U.S. FDA, 1977-79
Jon Foster• CFO of LS9, Inc., (advanced biofuels and biochemicals)• Board of Directors of the California Clean Energy Fund (CalCEF)• White House Office of Science and Technology Policy, 1995-1997
Marion O’Leary, PhD• Consultant for the Carnegie Institution for Science.• Previously, Dean of the College of Natural Sciences and Mathematics
California State University, Sacramento
Lisa Van Dusen• Director, Partner Engagement & External Relations, SV2• Co-directed Leadership Palo Alto, 2012-13• Creator & Host, First Person, interview series of SV change makers
Executive Team
Elton Sherwin, Executive Director• 30 years of business experience• IBM, Motorola and venture capital• Twelve board seats, including DrillMap • Author and authority on the business
economics of climate change
Craig Wesley, Co-founder• Board of directors of Energy Efficient &
Sustainability Consulting (EES)• President of Southwall Films (recently sold)• A LEED® Accredited expert in energy efficiency
The Carbon Zero Institute
Real Solutionsto
Protect the Climate
www.CarbonZeroInstitute.org
10,000 years of CO2
FAQs
Frequent Questions• Who plants the trees?• Who designs and builds the cookstoves?• Who designs and builds the solar lights?Answers• Carbon Zero partners with and funds NGO’s
who have a track record of success in each of these areas.
