AWARD YEAR
2015
CATEGORY
Community
GOALS
Affordable & Clean Energy
KEYWORDS
biogas, energy, backpacks
COUNTRY
Germany
DESIGNED BY
(B)energy
WEBSITE
http://www.be-nrg.com
(B)energy Biogas Backpacks
Enabling locals to produce, sell and use clean cooking fuel — transported in giant backpacks.
The most effective social change work takes a step away from charity towards empowerment, providing participants with tools to improve their lives in a longstanding and gratifying ways. (B)energy are franchising their biogas products, alongside a simple business model, to ambitious people in rural Africa, Asia and Latin America, enabling local entrepreneurs to produce and sell the clean cooking fuel. Biogas is an eco-friendly alternative to high pollution, unsustainable options such as fuel wood or charcoal. It is created from organic waste including animal dung, kitchen waste, human faeces and agricultural residue. (B)energy sell a range a products which cover production, sale and use of biogas, enabling local suppliers and customers alike to utilize this safer, cleaner option.