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Prakti Featured for International Day of Clean Air for Blue Skies - Let Me Breathe
Prakti was featured on Pluc.tv for the International Day of Clean Air for Blue Skies. Clean Cookstoves are an absolutely crucial part of improving air quality worldwide!
“This is Really Amazing!” Why Public Health Professionals Love the Prakti Air
Asif Ahmed, The assistant project officer of Calcutta Rescue who has worked for 24 years in 90 slums explains why he is so excited about the Prakti Air! His excitement is contagious and so is his upbeat attitude!
WHO Fact Sheet: Household air pollution and health
In this article, the World Health Organization (WHO) discusses the serious health impacts that stem from cooking on biomass cookstoves. The WHO uses its strengths in research and surveying to provide precision statistics and visualizations to highlight the severity of the issue.
Let’s stop dumping cookstoves in local communities. It’s time to get implementation right
This article published in the National Library of Medicine delves into the serious issue of adoption in the cookstove sector. Despite, having the technology to improve cookstoves for 7 decades, there has not been a meaningful shift in stove usage globally.
Three Billion People Cook Over Open Fires ― With Deadly Consequences
In Guatemala, locally made cookstoves are helping combat toxic smoke—but economics and tradition keep many people from using them.
Prakti-I Liked It, I Bought It!
Follow Jyothi, a Prakti customer, as she cooks some delicious tomato chutney, Indian dosas, and French crepes, on a Prakti wood cookstove.
Prakti Cooking Show-Green Papaya Curry
Our good friend Kripa came to visit, and showed us (in Tamil!) how to cook a delicious and healthy green papaya curry, using a Prakti cook stove!
Prakti Cooking Show-Desi Videsi
Ever watched a Dutch man speak Hindi whilst cooking on a life saving cookstove? Look no further!
Prakti Air in Action
In this video, you can see the magic of how Prakti Air works in the field. When you turn the Prakti Air on inside of a traditional stove, the fire type changes dramatically.
Prakti Air Feedback, Himachal Pradesh
We interviewed people in our most recent pilot in Himachal Pradesh about what they thought of their new Prakti Air stoves!
Running with DMC pt. 2
For me, walking into the slum at Dakshineswar Metro Colony (DMC) was like visiting an elite college for the first time. For the months leading up to my arrival there I had been running chulha (traditional Indian wood-burning stove) tests nearly every day…
What is Prakti Air?
The Prakti Air is a device that fits into many different kinds of stove bodies. It functions by blowing air into a fire, resulting in a dramatic decrease in emissions and an increase in fuel efficiency. This patented technology solves many challenges in the cookstove industry, such as cost, adoption of technology, and firepower.
Running with DMC pt. 1
Learnings from field testing of Prakti Air in Kolkata, India, May 4th, 2022
We have partnered with Calcutta Rescue (CR), an Indian registered charity working to improve the lives of the poorest people in and around Kolkata. CR's close relationships with urban slums and our experience with stove technology are a perfect match for Prakti Air field testing.
What Makes Prakti Different?
Cooks around the world love Prakti stoves. They are best-in-class for usability, thermal efficiency, pollutants emitted, affordability and fuel consumption. Our singular focus on deeply understanding our users' struggles and problems enables us to make excellent stoves.