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Words n photos on energy access, comms, travel, volunteering. Work with UN Foundation. NatGeo Traveler of the Year 2014.

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Joined March 2009
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More than 2 billion people still cook with fuels harmful to their health & the environment. Some of these are kerosene/wood/animal dung/crop waste/coal. We need to scale up clean cooking around world to achieve the universal access target in 2030. 👉bit.ly/3N46yKi #SDG7
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Continuing to celebrate 10 Years of Impact, @cleancooking is excited to launch its redesigned website: CleanCooking.org CCA’s website is the #cleancooking sector’s go-to resource for the latest news, research, jobs, and more. #CCA10 Visit now: ow.ly/A5SZ50G6squ
Join us for a conversation with @HillaryClinton on July 20 to celebrate #CCA10 years of expanding access to #CleanCooking and call for greater action to reach #SDG7. Don’t miss it! ow.ly/Ucaf50FqnW8
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Yes! 10 years after it helped launch the @UNFoundation's Clean Cooking Alliance, the U.S. government announced today it is re-committing to the @CleanCooking to help mitigate #airpollution & #climatechange. #LeadersClimateSummit #EarthDay ow.ly/syHC30rFjok
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The Clean Cooking Explorer (CCE), a new interactive geospatial data platform, is being developed by CCA, in partnership with @WorldResources. This first-of-its-kind tool will provide data needed to support #cleancooking transitions. Learn more⬇️ ow.ly/BeSp50DUkrZ
If you’re stuck at home this weekend and have a window or yard consider counting birds for fun! No really! birdcount.org/ #birding
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"Clean cooking is truly the best investment we can make for a healthier humanity & a healthier planet," says @cleancooking Ambassador & world-renowned chef @chefjoseandres, advocating for greater support for #cleancooking in @TIME's new #TIME2030 series. time.com/5930092/sustainable…
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Writer friends -- want to spend the month of May writing in Crested Butte, CO? Check out this writer-in-residence program:
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This is a powerful, visual story of the damage of living with air pollution. No one is spared, but the poor are hit so much harder, particularly from cooking emissions: nytimes.com/interactive/2020… #cleancooking
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Congratulations to @CleanCooking Leadership Council member @GinaEPA on her historic appointment as the first-ever U.S. domestic climate adviser. So great to have such inspiring leaders supporting #cleancooking and the climate. washingtonpost.com/climate-e…
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Big thanks to @NatlParkService and Ranger Kim Chamales for mailing Wyatt his Jr Ranger badge from Crater Lake! Made his day.
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A new report shows that over 300,000 infant deaths in 2019 were caused by household #airpollution from cooking with solid fuels. This is unacceptable. Greater investment & support for #cleancooking is urgently needed to tackle this crisis. Read more: ow.ly/ldbC50BYPKf
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I get ‘missing travel’ and wanting to see the sights. But spending seven hours on a flight to nowhere during a pandemic?! No thanks! cnn.com/travel/article/fligh…
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Congrats @DanSpoko and @FP21org on a much needed effort to use better data to improve US foreign policymaking.
I'm proud to announce @fp21org, a new think tank set to challenge the status quo on how the U.S. makes foreign policy. Today, we released our inaugural report, "Less Art, More Science," which lays out a framework for an evidence-based foreign policy. fp21.org/less-art-more-scien…
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