For two billion people, cooking is a daily hazard. Women prepare meals using biomass fuels over open fires, exposing themselves and their families to dangerous levels of toxic smoke. The daily search for fuel degrades the local environment and allows little time for outside work, education, or rest, leaving women and girls trapped in a cycle of economic hardship and poor health.

We want women and their families in the developing world to live better, healthier lives because they have access to cleaner-burning cookstoves.

By 2035, BDL aims to improve the lives of 10 million additional households, or approximately 50 million individuals! Read about our impact and how we aim to accomplish this below.

We improve lives and protect the environment by researching, designing, and developing cleaner-burning cookstoves.