Category Archives: agrichar/biochar/terra preta

Recipe for Biochar ( Science Daily)

Posted on March 26, 2012 by

Read at : http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2012/03/120322131508.htm Cooking Better Biochar: Study Improves Recipe for Soil Additive ScienceDaily (Mar. 22, 2012) — Backyard gardeners who make their own charcoal soil additives, or biochar, should take care to heat their charcoal to at least 450 … Continue reading →

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Biochar from water hyacinth (Stephen KLABER)

Posted on January 6, 2012 by

Here is a special message on the use of biochar : ACON Soil Analysis “My friend Salim Shaban in Kenya is experimenting with biochar that he makes from water hyacinth.  He sent me a report of soil samples where the … Continue reading →

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Three French examples of social business, three commercial firms oriented in humanitarian affairs, symbolised by three bags of seeds (Google / The Sunday Leader)

Posted on July 17, 2011 by

Read at : Google Alert – desertification http://www.thesundayleader.lk/2011/07/03/solidarity-as-the-next-source-of-profitability-for-all/ Solidarity As The Next Source Of Profitability For All By Kamaya Jayatissa Sunday Leader The first kit is a bag of “super-vegetable” to fight starvation and desertification in country-sides. This concept was … Continue reading →

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Peoples of the Amazonian rainforest amended their soil using biochar (Google / Chinook Observer)

Posted on April 21, 2011 by

Read at : Google Alert – desertification http://www.chinookobserver.com/special_sections/living_green/the-miracle-of-biochar/article_0d900d82-6bb2-11e0-87ae-001cc4c002e0.html The miracle of biochar A ‘primitive’ solution gains high-tech acceptance STORY AND PHOTOS BY CATE GABLE FOR LIVING GREEN Several years ago, Vera Karnofski read a fascinating article in an old Scientific … Continue reading →

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Biochar is potentially a mitigation option for reducing the world’s elevated carbon dioxide emissions (Science Daily)

Posted on March 30, 2011 by

  Read at : http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/03/110318102245.htm Can Biochar Help Suppress Greenhouse Gases? ScienceDaily (Mar. 28, 2011) — Nitrous oxide is a potent greenhouse gas and a precursor to compounds that contribute to the destruction of the ozone. Intensively managed, grazed pastures … Continue reading →

Posted in agrichar/biochar/terra preta, Climate / climate change, greenhouse gases

The Biochar Solution (Book) – (Google / Coal Geology)

Posted on January 26, 2011 by

Read at : Google Alert – desertification http://coalgeology.com/the-biochar-solution-carbon-farming-and-climate-change-sustainable-agriculture/10936/ The Biochar Solution: Carbon Farming and Climate Change (Sustainable Agriculture) Written by Editor Manufacturer: New Society Publishers List Price: $17.95 Sale Price: $9.95 Availibility: Usually ships in 24 hours Free Shipping Available

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Biochar takes carbon out of the air and puts it in the soil, where it makes the soil fertile (New Carbon Economy)

Posted on September 24, 2010 by

Read at : http://www.newcarboneconomy.info/page6.php Biochar Explained Biochar is the modern version of an ancient Pre-Columbian technology invented by native Amazonian peoples to enhance soil fertility. A form of charcoal, it is created by pyrolysis (burning in low oxygen conditions) of … Continue reading →

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Senegal: more crops with the innovative Super Vegetable Garden program (New Carbon Economy)

Posted on September 24, 2010 by

Read at : http://www.newcarboneconomy.info/page9.php Senegalese Farmers Using Innovative Garden Project to Boost Productivity with Biochar Amanda Fortier | Dakar21 April 2010 Farmers in the Senegalese village of Keur Madaro are producing more crops with the innovative Super Vegetable Garden program … Continue reading →

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Charcoal, Biochar and Global Warming (Science Daily)

Posted on August 13, 2010 by

Read at : http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2010/08/100810122030.htm Charcoal Takes Some Heat Off Global Warming: Biochar Can Offset 1.8 Billion Metric Tons of Carbon Emissions Annually ScienceDaily (Aug. 12, 2010) — As much as 12 percent of the world’s human-caused greenhouse gas emissions could … Continue reading →

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Is Biochar the Answer for Agriculture? (SciDev)

Posted on August 9, 2010 by

Read at : SciDev. http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2010/08/100802073945.htm Is Biochar the Answer for Agriculture? Long-Term Study Digs Up New Information on Biochar’s Ability to Reduce Nitrous Oxide Emissions from Soils ScienceDaily (Aug. 9, 2010) — Scientists demonstrate that biochar, a type charcoal applied … Continue reading →

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