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Volunteer tasks suitable for experts


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To read an introduction about what HEDON is and how you can help as a volunteer, click here. There is also a page with voluntary tasks for anybody here.

[top] [end]Tasks which will take up to half an hour

[top] [end]Identify and contact community groups from our HEDON Groups

Use HEDON Regional group? lists to search and contact those who are working on the same place as you and have a mutual interest in key household energy sectors. And also Use HEDON Special Interest Group lists to search and contact those who have a mutual interest on key household energy sectors and become a part of creating a premier source of knowledge and voice

If you are interested in this, please contact Rona, Grant, Karabi or Magi on volunteer@..., describing what you would like to do.

[top] [end]Tasks which will take up to three hours

[top] [end]Write a Knowledge Base article on policy frameworks

We have set up a framework for an intended article called 'policy frameworks here: Policy Frameworks. This article should discuss policies effecting households and best practice in this sector - especially those that aim to support market creation, not create community dependence. If you have knowledge and/or expereince in this area, please contribute content, and consider becoming the page editor.

If you are interested in this, please contact Grant on volunteer@..., describing what you would like to do.

[top] [end]Prepare and improve materials related to household energy for use by educational institutes

By helping us with key topics on household energy that can be used as extra curriculum in educational institutes in developing countries, you can secure that these children can have a better on quality life as well as a cleaner environment to live in.

If you are interested in this, please contact Rona on volunteer@..., describing what you would like to do.

[top] [end]Help us to update the knowledge base article on traditional cooking devices

Give us your precious knowledge on what traditional cooking devices exist in developing countries, the technology or the fuels which are used, they different types of the cooking devices and whatever else you believe is suitable for HEDON website

If you are interested in this, please contact Grant on volunteer@..., describing what you would like to do.

[top] [end]Help us improve an article in knowledge base on ethanol

Spend some time to give us your precious knowledge on ethanol which is one of the liquid biofuels.

If you are interested in this, please contact Grant or Fran on volunteer@..., describing what you would like to do.

[top] [end]Tasks which will take longer than three hours

[top] [end]Help us to update the knowledge base article on grid electricity

Spend few time of your heavy programme to write an article on grid electricity which will provide knowledge to others who are not educated in this field but they would be very keen to learm more about it.

If you are interested in this, please contact Grant or Rona on volunteer@..., describing what you would like to do.

[top] [end]Help us to update the knowledge base article on Health Effects/Impacts on Health

Effects from the various pollutant sources on human health is a matter of great importance in everyday life. So please if you have any idea of what are the health effects from the various applications such as from traditional cooking stoves, from the use of conventional fuels or from any other application you might know!

If you are interested in this, please contact Karabi, Liz or Magi on volunteer@..., describing what you would like to do.

[top] [end]Create articles on renewable energy technologies in the knowledge base. You can choose one of them or write a bit on all topics

Renewable Energy topic is of great importance as they're coming from natural sources which means they are limitless.So if you spend some time to help us create and update the renewable energy sources such as solar energy, biomass, hydro power, wind energy would be an excellent opportunity for you and for us to develop and expand HEDON site.

If you are interested in this, please contact Grant, Rona or Fran on volunteer@..., describing what you would like to do.

[top] [end]Borrow us your knowledge by helping us to improve the application of different kind of fuels and their technologies in household energy in the knowledge base of HEDON site

Wood, charcoal, coal, LPG, kerosene, biogas are some of the fuels which can be used for cooking, heating and lighting in developing countries and not only. With your knowledge, this network of disseminating information across the world can be qualified and quantified.

If you are interested in this, please contact Grant on volunteer@..., describing what you would like to do.

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