With some 14 years experience contributing to environment and development projects, Dr. N. Sai Bhaskar Reddy is an ardent campaigner for open source technology and Creative Commons, and against patents.

One of Dr. Reddy’s important achievements is designing a fifteen-inch Good Stove (www.goodstove.com), an open source, Creative Commons technology for the common good. Intended for use by tribal dwellers in India’s deep forests, as well as poor, landless and small farmers, Good Stoves contribute to climate change mitigation, health improvements, biomass conservation, etc. Dr. Reddy has declared a “one million Good Stoves” mission to be achieved in partnership with various stakeholders within the next five years. Requiring low costs, high efficiency and diverse designs, the world needs at least 0.5 billion Good Stoves, in order to meet the social, environmental, economic and cultural aspirations of communities living in developing world.

Dr. Reddy is also founder and CEO of Geoecology Energy Organisation (GEO), an initiative to mitigate climate change through adaptation. GEO’s membership is growing rapidly, and the knowledge created through its various initiatives is accessed by more than 500 people each day, and shared via over 200 web links. GEO also provides on-line support for hundreds of queries, and helps to build capacities with interested people, organizations, and agencies.

For more information, visit his website.