Straw poll finds in favour of western Kenya's water and carbon solution

Guardian: Judy Sitati is going to a funeral. She is dressed in her best clothes and in her black handbag she carries a bottle of water. It is clear and safe – the product of a unique project financed by carbon credits. "I used to buy firewood to boil water. I would spend 150 shillings [about £1] a week. Now, I use the money to buy books, or sugar for tea, or soap," says Sitati, who stops to chat to volunteers from the carbon for water project on a rutted road in Kenya's Western Province. In April and...

URL: http://www.guardian.co.uk/global-development/2012/nov/29/straw-western-kenya-water-carbon
Enclosure: http://static.guim.co.uk/sys-images/Environment/Pix/columnists/2012/11/21/1353524636197/MDG--Lifestraw-filter--Ma-007.jpg