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CARBON PROJECT

Eternal Flame cooking bags

Gold Standard · GS23519 · Lesotho

All projects Open in the registry
Credits issued
0
tonnes CO₂-equivalent
Credits retired
0
—
Remaining
0
issued and not yet retired
Status
In the pipeline
Listed

About this project

69% of Lesotho’s population live rurally and cook on open fires. Cooking this way is hugely consumptive of wood, water and time. The purpose of the project is to reduce the negative impacts of cooking using biomass in Lesotho. Traditional foods such as beans require long cooking times, meaning large amounts of wood. A typical Lesotho household cooks continuously for 5 hours each day. Fuel wood harvesting is hard, tiring and repetitive work often done by young women. This limits opportunities for education and independence, and exposes women to risk of assault. Harvesting also impacts local habitats and exposes soil to irreversible erosion. Water must also be collected, much of which is lost during the traditional cooking process. In partnership with local women, we are making heat retention cooking bags. Instead of hours of continuous cooking, the bag only requires the cook to bring food to the boil then place the hot lidded pot into the bag. This reduces cooking time from hours to 25 minutes. 79% less fuel wood is required, equating to CO2e reduction of around two tonnes per bag per year. 80% less water is required as water no longer boils away during cooking, which also means nutrients are not lost, improving the nutritional value of the food. Ultimately, the cook saves 1500 hours per year. It is no overstatement to say this changed lives in our pilot program. Women began craft making, trained to manufacture the Eco Cook Bags, or are growing and selling food.

The record

Project ID
GS23519
Registry
Gold Standard
Type
Cookstoves · Household & Community
Removal or reduction
Reduction
Methodology
—
Developer
Eternal Flame Worldwide Ltd · 1 project
Country
Lesotho
First vintage
—
Crediting period
2025-10-01 to 2030-10-01
Estimated yearly credits
13,850
Scale
Small Scale · Standalone
Sustainable Development Goals
Goal 13: Climate Action · Goal 3: Good Health and Well-Being · Goal 5: Gender Equality
Data from
Berkeley VROD v2026-08 + Gold Standard registry

Community involvement

householdswomen
Basis: Project description (Gold Standard registry). This lists who the project describes working with; it is not a check of benefit-sharing.
Sustainable Development Goals claimed: Goal 13: Climate Action · Goal 3: Good Health and Well-Being · Goal 5: Gender Equality

Status and timeline

Registry status
Listed (In the pipeline)
First credits (vintage)
none yet
Crediting period
2025-10-01 to 2030-10-01
Credits issued
0 (retired 0)

Location

Country only The registry gives the country only, so the project is not drawn on the map

The registry gives Lesotho as the location, so this project is not drawn on the map. It is counted in the country totals.

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0
Credit totals and status are as compiled in the Berkeley Voluntary Registry Offsets Database v2026-08 (CC BY 4.0) and change as the registries update. Please check the registry record before you quote a figure.
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