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Part 1 of the Biochar movie "The Promise of Biochar" Video produced by the International Biochar Initiative (www.biochar-international.org ) and Lily Films (www.lilyfilms.com) for the The United Nations Climate Change Conference dis...

The Telegraph video on the speed with which Greenland's glaciers are melting!

Video produced by the International Biochar Initiative (www.biochar-international.org ) and Lily Films (www.lilyfilms.com) for the The United Nations Climate Change Conference.

Presentation of the potential of biochar to improve the fertility of poor soils, and to sequester carbon. Focus on Australia.

This is the trailer for the soon to be released video HOW TO MAKE GARDEN BIOCHAR. It shows how to make biochar out of waste material with simple tools and instructions.

How to make biochar with nothing but a barrel and some scrap wood.

USA version: As Congress debates the Farm Bill, QuantumShift highlights another reason for them to support organics. Research by the Rodale Institute reveals that sustainably-farmed soil holds up to 30% more carbon than conventional agriculture. Converting US farmland to organic on a wide scale would reduce CO2 emissions by as much as 10%. The extra carbon in the soil also increases food nutrients...

# 'Biochar' may reduce greenhouse gases, produce clean energy, help farming # Organic waste can be turned into valuable, renewable resources # Ancient farming method could improve crop yields # Experts: Biochar could reduce harmful global CO2 levels

Organic waste as fuel 2:44 Can biochar cut emissions and produce renewable energy? CNN's Andrew Stevens reports.

Denise Rojas takes us on a tour of her garden.

Don Slater explains the benefits of Biochar. The existence of an anthropogenic and carbon (C) enriched dark soil in different parts of the world and especially in Amazonia (Amazonian Dark Earths (ADE) or Terra Preta de Índio) proves that the predominant Ferralsols and Acrisols can be transformed into fertile soils. Charcoal formation and deposition in soils seems to be a promising option to transfer an easily decomposable biomass into refractory soil organic matter (SOM) pools. The production of charcoal for soil amelioration purposes (slash and char) out of the aboveground biomass (secondary forest and crop residues) instead of converting it to carbon dioxide (CO2) through burning (slash and burn) could establish a C sink and could be an important step towards sustainability and SOM conservation in tropical agriculture. www.biochar.org

Don Slater explains the benefits of Biochar. The existence of an anthropogenic and carbon (C) enriched dark soil in different parts of the world and especially in Amazonia (Amazonian Dark Earths (ADE) or Terra Preta de Índio) proves that the predominant Ferralsols and Acrisols can be transformed into fertile soils. Charcoal formation and deposition in soils seems to be a promising option to transfer an easily decomposable biomass into refractory soil organic matter (SOM) pools. The production of charcoal for soil amelioration purposes (slash and char) out of the aboveground biomass (secondary forest and crop residues) instead of converting it to carbon dioxide (CO2) through burning (slash and burn) could establish a C sink and could be an important step towards sustainability and SOM conservation in tropical agriculture. www.biochar.org

Don Slater explains the benefits of Biochar. The existence of an anthropogenic and carbon (C) enriched dark soil in different parts of the world and especially in Amazonia (Amazonian Dark Earths (ADE) or Terra Preta de Índio) proves that the predominant Ferralsols and Acrisols can be transformed into fertile soils. Charcoal formation and deposition in soils seems to be a promising option to transfer an easily decomposable biomass into refractory soil organic matter (SOM) pools. The production of charcoal for soil amelioration purposes (slash and char) out of the aboveground biomass (secondary forest and crop residues) instead of converting it to carbon dioxide (CO2) through burning (slash and burn) could establish a C sink and could be an important step towards sustainability and SOM conservation in tropical agriculture. www.biochar.org

On Thursday, May 21 University of Georgia Professor of Biological and Agricultural Engineering K.C. Das testified before the house Committee on Small Business. The hearing’s purpose was to discuss “the impacts of outstanding regulatory policy on small biofuels producers and family farmers including biochar carbon sequestration.”

If we could get farmers to turn all of their waste products of farming, the straw and so on, into charcoal, and either plow it back into fields or bury it in the ocean. We tend to forget that charcoal is nearly as inert as gold. It can be neither biodegraded nor does it oxidize in the atmosphere; it's almost completely inert, so it's a harmless thing that can be put in the soil and it represents the removal of carbon dioxide from the air. I don't know whether it's practical to do it, but ...