As part of the development of an ecological project on Lake Kariba, we are financing biogas that uses organic waste to generate cooking gas. It uses fresh cow dung and water to produce cooking gas. This biogas provides 80% of the cooking gas. The by-product is used as manure in their gardens. This reduces or stops the use of firewood as an energy source. We encourage local people to take a responsible and sustainable approach by stopping cutting trees for firewood in order to save the trees. In the same area, the people around have a lot of cattle and cow dung is going to be wasted. The cow dung used (from biogas) can still be used for their fields or gardens, eliminating the use of artificial fertilizers that pollute our soils and rivers.
In the near future, the goal is to build larger biogas tanks in the villages. The additional gas can be harvested and sold to nearby towns. It will also encourage city dwellers to stop using charcoal as an alternative energy source.
Each passenger thus contributes to the ecological development of this project.