As you may already know, at the heart of Bleubird is a passion for protecting the planet we love. We have always planted one tree for every order, however, over the course of the past 3 years, we have been working on a larger, more trackable project, which offers multiple benefits to both environmental and humanitarian causes.

Bleubird in Malawi is a passion project in which we as a team, alongside Mulanje Mission Hospital can see a direct impact on the lives and environment in Mulanje and beyond.

 

The majority of Malawian families (currently 90%) cook on an old-school 'Three Stone Fire' which sits in the middle of the living area.

It’s dangerous and inefficient. Uses three to four wood bundles a week which takes 3-5 hours collecting, and the open fires cause health issues, inhalation problems and burns, especially to younger children.

The Changu Changu Moto has been a humble response to this issue – it’s a simple cookstove, originally developed by Ripple Africa.

Changu Changu Moto translates directly to ‘Fast Fast Fire’.

Working alongside the team at Mulanje Mission Hospital, we have been enabling families to make the switch away from the traditional cooking method, towards the Changu Changu Moto.

There are multiple benefits to making this switch, including a 66% reduction in household wood use, which not only helps tackle deforestation and CO2 emissions but also helps families save valuable time and labour.

In contrast to the Three Stone Fire, the Changu Changu Moto Cookstove keeps the flame enclosed within the cookstove, allowing for a safer method of cooking, and reducing smoke inhalation and burn incidents among younger children. It’s a simple mud brick and mortar mix. It uses natural materials, water and sunlight and takes just an hour to make.

We have a target of 30,000 stoves to build within the next two years.

Our Climate Pledge

We commit to reduce absolute scope 1 and scope 2 GHG emissions by 50% by 2030 from the base year 2024, and to measure and reduce our scope 3 emissions. Our base year carbon footprint it 64.34 tCOe. This is the equivalent to 14 cars driven for 1 year.