Save Trees, Improve Lives
Can you imagine being exposed to smoke every day?
A problem that we deal with sporadically is the daily lives of more than 1 million families in Honduras who rely on open fires to cook their meals.
These fires burn more wood than necessary, contribute to deforestation, and create unhealthy—even deadly—conditions inside their homes.
HOW CAN YOU HELP?
Offset your carbon footprint by helping us install clean cookstoves for Honduran families. Choose the plan that fits you best.
RESTORE
Cut emissions equal to taking five cars off the road
$10.00/mo
*Funds 1 stove /yr
11 tons lifetime offset
Saves ~20 trees
Equal to 50,000 miles not driven
NOURISH
Cut emissions equal to 50% of the average U.S. household
$20.00/mo
*Funds 2 stove /yr
22 tons lifetime offset
Saves ~40 trees
Equal to 102,500 miles not driven
SUSTAIN
Cut emissions equal to 100% of the average U.S. household
$30.00/mo
*Funds 3 stoves /yr
43 tons lifetime offset
Saves ~60 trees
Equal to 155,000 miles not driven
*Stated benefits assume 1 year of participation in the plan selected, and 5 year useful life of stove.
HOW IT WORKS…
Your Subscription’s Impact
Funding stoves will fund clean cooking projects and cut emissions equal to all or part of the average American’s carbon footprint. In addition, TWP’s projects restore degraded lands and sequester emissions already in the atmosphere.
By using natural ecosystems to draw down emissions, TWP aims to restore habitat for all life too.
Stoves Lower Emissions
Across the globe, about 2.5 billion people use an inefficient and unventilated wood or charcoal stove for cooking, which is a leading cause of premature death in developing countries and a significant source of greenhouse gas emissions.
By funding stoves, we help fund clean cooking projects that cut indoor air and climate pollution creating a double win: immediate health and safety benefits for families in need, and less greenhouse gas emissions that contribute to climate change.
WHY PARTNER WITH US…
At TWP, we want to not only build climate resilience across generations, but do it in a way that helps people with the fewest resources adapt to a changing climate.
TWP’s cookstoves reduce firewood use and carbon emissions in Honduran kitchens, and provide co-benefits like cutting fuel expenses in half and reducing women and children’s exposure to toxic air in their home.
We protect and restore ecosystems that create wildlife habitat, reduce erosion, improve water production, and keep forests healthy to draw down CO2 emissions in the atmosphere.
We’re here to answer all your questions.
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When you support stoves, we fund clean cooking projects in developing countries. Clean cooking projects reduce the amount of firewood required to cook and reduce resulting emissions.
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Around the world, about 2.5 billion people still rely on the equivalent of a campfire for cooking, using fuel like wood or charcoal. When a fuel efficient cookstove is installed, it can reduce fuel use by 50%. The fuel and emissions reductions from these stove installations are measured in labs and in the field, allowing TWP to confidently quantify emissions reductions equal to or greater than your purchase.
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A carbon offset is a reduction in greenhouse gas emissions or an increase in carbon storage equal to one metric tonne of carbon dioxide emissions. In the case of clean cookstoves, the emissions reduction can vary based on fuel type and stove type. As an example, a typical cook stove installation has an emissions saving benefit of 10 metric tonnes (or 10 carbon offsets) or greater over a five year period.
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YES! Trees, Water & People is a registered 501(c)(3) organization and will send you a tax deduction statement at the end of every year. In 2026 individuals taking the standard deduction can also deduct $1,000 in charitable contributions and couples can deduct up to $2,000.
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To solve climate change, we are advocates of an “all of the above” strategy. Climate change won’t be solved just by clean cook stoves or just by solar panels or just by electric vehicles - it will take a comprehensive approach to keep our planet within a 1.5 degree temperature change, as recommended by the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change. TWP provides an easy solution to making a big impact to reduce carbon emissions today, but we would still urge you to take actions to directly lower your emissions and advocate for climate friendly policy at all levels of government.
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Every stove that TWP installs has a real impact on the lives of the people who receive them in their homes. Because the stoves have been tested in a lab and the field to show emissions reductions, and ongoing stove use and performance is monitored, TWP can demonstrate how emissions reductions happen with each stove.
When facing a challenge as urgent and far-reaching as climate change, it’s natural to look for seemingly efficient, single-issue solutions. At Trees, Water & People, we’ve learned that the most effective climate action is just the opposite—it grows outward, addressing environmental challenges alongside health, quality of life, and community resilience.