Submitted by tech108 on Sat, 03/14/2015 - 9:09pm
Hugh McLaughlin - Biochar: A Powerful Tool for Carbon Farming
Hugh McLaughlin, an engineer and expert in biochar and activated carbon, discusses the many applications of biochar for environmental improvement and its role in reversing global warming.
Submitted by tech108 on Sat, 03/14/2015 - 9:00pm
Michael Whitman - The City of Thousand Oaks is Testing Biochar
Have you ever wondered about a way to reduce water use, increase plant growth, and create long-lasting soil health without using toxic fertilizers or inorganic soil enhancers? Check out this informative overview of Biochar, an ancient soil amendment that is essentially charred organic material, with Michael Whitman founder the Southern California Biochar Initiative, at the City of Thousand Oaks Household Hazardous Waste Facility.
Submitted by tech108 on Fri, 01/09/2015 - 1:13am
Improving Agricultural Productivity and Economic Viability through Improved Understanding of Natural Systems
by Lynn Saunders
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Like the traditional cat’s cradle string game, the hydrological, carbon and nitrogen cycles are interconnected and any one change affects the whole. These complex cycles support life as we know it. Humans have intervened in these natural cycles for thousands of years and just as practices based on ignorance or limited knowledge have resulted in the degradation and collapse of natural systems, recent developments in agricultural practices are restoring natural processes and improving productivity while also reducing input costs.
In Australia, the Carbon Farming Initiative has been rewarding good agricultural practice with Australian Carbon Credit Units since 2011. By December, 2014, ten million ACCUs had been issued. Recent developments in satellite technology will soon make it possible to see both good and poor agricultural practice from space. Restoring life to landscapes will change agricultural land from a major source of emissions to a sink for greenhouse gasses.
Submitted by tech108 on Tue, 12/16/2014 - 12:58am
Cone Pit Biochar in 15 minutes - Albert Bates
Albert Bates video on using a simple pit to make biochar. Start small and place new fuel on top until you run out of fuel, then douse the fire with water.
Submitted by tech108 on Thu, 12/11/2014 - 6:24pm
Michael Wittman, CEO of Blue Sky Biochar discusses the benefits of biochar, how it's made and how to use it. He also talks about how you can make it yourself.
Submitted by tech108 on Mon, 09/01/2014 - 9:06pm
Join Biochar Bob as he crisscrosses Costa Rica
On the beach, in the jungle, and tucked in between mountains, biochar-producing cookstoves are making an impact in homes and soils across Costa Rica. These low-emission, high efficiency cookstoves can burn alternative fuels like farm waste or bamboo while simultaneously producing a biochar end-product.
Submitted by tech108 on Fri, 02/21/2014 - 7:10pm
A summary of the 2012 US Biochar Conference
Submitted by tech108 on Sat, 02/01/2014 - 8:44pm
The master list from Erich Knight
Submitted by tech108 on Mon, 11/11/2013 - 8:47pm
Biochar Bob IndieGoGo - Biochar Bob Goes to Costa Rica
Join Biochar Bob as he raises money to go to Costa Rica and make an educational film about the “Estufa Finca” (Farm Stove) project in Talamanca, Costa Rica.
Support the Biochar Bob IndieGoGo
http://www.indiegogo.com/projects/biochar-bob-goes-to-costa-rica
By teaching Costa Rican’s to use agricultural “waste” (fallen leaves and trees, discarded cocoa pods, etc.), instead of harvested trees as the cooking fuel for their farm stoves they are:
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