BIOENERGY AGRO-FORESTRY PROGRAMS
Preparation for Plant-a-Biofuel-Tree Campaign 2009
Groundwork has been finalised for tree-planting in the
upcoming monsoon season by CleanStar Trust's first campaign
implementation partner NARAD, based in Thane district,
Maharashtra. Details to come in next newsletter!
1st Anniversary for
Plant-a-Biofuel-Tree Pilot 2008
The start of the 2009 rainy season marks 1 year since the
pilot project was launched in Rui village, Beed district.
Most trees have established well, however peak temperatures
of 44 C have badly damaged about 10%.
Mobile Oil Processing
Unit Seeks Pilot Funding
CleanStar Trust
recently completed the business
plan and design for the first Mobile Oilseed Processing Unit (MOPU).
Pilot implementation will require Rs. 15 lakh ($30k) and generate a 10%
IRR over 7 years while creating 100 new
jobs for rural women and displacing 6,000 litres of diesel.
Email us for more details on the MOPU pilot funding opportunity >>
AWARENESS & ADVOCACY
World Environment Day in
Pune - June 5th & 6th 2009
Archana
Devar and Shashank Verma participated in a lively panel
discussion on climate change issues and solutions at the
Infosys campus in Pune.
CleanStar Trust later
organized the screening of Academy award winning
documentary "An Inconvenient Truth" featuring Nobel
Laureate Al Gore, at Post 91.
3,500 km Climate
Solutions Road Tour uses Jatropha Oil from CleanStar Site
Oil
produced from Jatropha seeds collected by women at
CleanStar's field sites helped power the 3,500 km Climate
Solutions Road Trip from Chennai to Delhi.
The oil was used directly
in a truck fitted with conversion technology supplied by
Regenastar.
The trip was organised by
the Indian Youth Climate Network.
Read Article by Thomas Friedman of the New
York Times >>
KNOWLEDGE SHARING & NETWORKING
4th IUCN World
Conservation Congress, Barcelona
Seva
Fumoux was invited to represent CleanStar Trust at the first
Women Environmental Entrepreneurs Fair. She made
several new contacts for CleanStar Trust, including a formal
partnership with Zimbabwe-based NGO Environment Africa.
Oxford India Business
Forum 2009, New Delhi
CleanStar Trust was the "Sustainability
Partner" for this high profile event that brought
together India's leading thinkers and doers in the fields of
Health and Environment.
Read more about the
Oxford Business Forum here >>
CII-ITC Sustainable
Development Summit, New Delhi
The Centre of Excellence launched its partnership with
CleanStar Trust by making a contribution towards our tree-planting
programs on behalf of each registered attendee to
its annual Sustainability Summit.
ORGANISATIONAL
DEVELOPMENT
CleanStar Trust Grows in India & the UK
Archana
Devar became our India coordinator last February. With
training in management and experience in corporate
relations, Archana has been actively building our network of
supporters and volunteers across India.
Ivana
Gazibara recently joined CleanStar Trust in the UK to help with Corporate
Outreach and Development. She's an LSE graduate with
extensive experience in sustainability consulting and
business development.
Alastair
Wolfe joins the UK team after completing 6 weeks in India
learning about CleanStar Trust's operations and meeting
potential partners. He brings relevant academic skills in
Environmental Sciences and Corporate Social Responsibility.
CleanStar Studies
Emerging Sustainability Standards
Jaeda Harmon, an
independent consultant based in Mumbai, generously
volunteered her time to help CleanStar Trust study how to
apply the emerging "Climate Community & Biodiversity
Alliance" (CCBA) standards to our work.
This valuable insight will
help us design and certify programs in compliance with the
rigorous and holistic standards.
Learn more about the CCBA standards >>
WE WELCOME YOUR
FEEDBACK!
Please email us at
info@cleanstartrust.org.
Thank you for your support.
The CleanStar Trust Team
