New hope for tackling ash dieback as researchers claim charcoal treatment makes trees more resilient “A fungal disease that is strangling the life out of Britain’s 80 million ash trees could be thwarted by the discovery of a natural soil … Continue reading
Yearly Archives: 2016
Future Requirements for Soil Management in New Zealand Here’s a potentially important report that flew in under the radar (for me, anyway). It is 136 pages which i have yet to read… but the first thing I did after download … Continue reading
http://www.biochar.co.kr/index2.asp … Continue reading
The NZ Emissions Trading Scheme has been in operation since 2008 to mixed reviews. The government’s view seems to be generally positive, it having met our technical obligations to date. Much of the business and farming community probably support the … Continue reading
Healthy Ground, Healthy Atmosphere: Recarbonizing the Earth’s Soils Nice article – a ‘must read’ if you are into soils. And NZ is a partner in 4 per 1000. This is strange based, on our current farming practices. So I wonder what … Continue reading
The 15th International Conference on Sustainable Energy Technologies (SET 2016) will take place in Singapore from 19th to 22nd July 2016, hosted by the National University of Singapore (NUS). I’ve been collaborating with NUS on biochar development in Singapore and … Continue reading
http://www.businessawardseurope.com/vote/detail-new/the-award-for-environmental-corporate-sustainability-1/15785 … Continue reading
Modern Farmer magazine has picked up on a new publication on biochar coming from Sam Dunlop out of Massey. There online article is HERE Closing the Loop: Use of Biochar Produced from Tomato Crop Green waste as a Substrate for … Continue reading