BDL 's shea project and Jeremy's photographs on display at local Vashon Island Baking Company

Meet the women who make your shea butter soaps and shampoos halfway across the world in Northern Ghana

Originally published in GeekWire as "How cleaner cookstoves are sparking an environmental and societal revolution."

We have finalized a pilot design, finished the first 10 locally manufactured shea roasters, and have 2 new partners.

An Engineer’s perspective on BDL and Hands for Peacemaking initiative

Kenya’s Cookstove Manufacturing Company Sets Eyes On Somaliland And Rest Of Africa

It’s been a big part of my and others’ lives here on Vashon; continuing the work is important to us.

Keeping production local benefits the entire community - Emilio's time in Uganda

Cooper's internship experience at BDL during the Summer of 2021

UW engineers to make cookstoves 10 times cleaner for the developing world

The story of Paul Mean's Ghana trip and how a truck confirmed the importance of BDL's work.

Burn Design Lab is in partnership with the UW Clean Cookstove Lab to build more efficient stoves for East Africa.

Hands for Peacemaking intern Kate Atwell traveled to Buena Vista, Guatemala, to gather user testimonials.

Brandy Tang, BDL lab manager, retells her experience in Ghana after the trip had been postponed twice before due to COVID

Clean, efficient cookstoves from UW-industry partnership to be manufactured in Kenya

Jeremy, project manager and lead engineer for the shea roaster project, captures the team's recent trip to Ghana.

This Thanksgiving, give thanks for the simple things we take for granted

Arturo Sullivan, mechanical design engineer, accounts his first experience in Kenya while working on the Kuniokoa.

Scaling the local manufacturing and access to BDL's improved shea roasters in Ghana with our new partner, SAYeTECH