Energy Cures logo.JPGNew Jersey-based green-energy company E+Co just launched the Energy Cures Campaign, a campaign that focuses on fixing energy issues to help fight global poverty and its associated environmental problems.

Specifically, projects include providing fuel efficient cookstoves to poor families in Tanzania. Less fuel required for cooking means less money spent on fuel--which means another child can go to school. And less fuel also means that less wood is burned, helping fight against deforestation, soil erosion, and carbon emissions.

$100 (tax-deductible!) can provide five families with new cookstoves, and a savings (for them) of $35 a year--a significant amount.

Energy Cures is also working towards investing in creating clean, renewable energy sources in areas that often don't have access to electricity. Breaking the cycle of poverty and pollution with green tech--what better use? It also proves that green tech doesn't have to be high tech...