[Stoves] Development and Dissemination in Sri Lanka: the Anagi Story

[Tom Miles]

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 >(by the way it is called Yareta, grows 2 cm per year and is considered an
endangered species). 

See wikipedia: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yareta

It looks like it would be collected as a moss. 

>But beyond that, Ananda's testimony is impressive. To think that stove has
been in use 20 years. To know 
>that the users made adaptations to reinforce it and extend it's life time
and increase it's usability. 
>Looking at the clay stove in the Anagi story, it is not so impressive, it
looks delicate. Actually it 
>appears similar to the mud "K´onchas" built here.  

Is this a tyical k'oncha (also q'oncha) (Doris et la k'oncha)?
http://www.escolapios.es/bolivia/fotos/Album%20de%20Cocapata/Gente/slides/Do
ris%20et%20la%20k'oncha.htm

Or is there a different form?

>I wonder if there is a way to get one of the Anagi stoves into Aprovecho's
lab for comparisons?  That is why >Ananda's comments caught my attention so
much.

Larry mentioned that Aprovecho alumnus Laurie Childers may have been
involved in the beginnings of the Anagi project. Maybe they already have
one. We'll check. 

Thanks

Tom