As with the early stages of any technology, early adopters spend a lot of time and energy trying to persuade others to adopt as well. For the purposes of this site we are calling that kind of activity, ‘advocacy’; we could have called it evangelisation, activism, lobbying or some other term that suggests enthusiastic support for an idea and some dedication to spreading it.
This part of the site is dedicated to those who would like to learn more about what kind of advocacy is happening in other areas and to help bring together the efforts and strategies, identify the most effective people or strategies to engage when trying to convince others that biochar may be worth investigating in a particular field, practise or organisation.
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Biochar in Agriculture: Insights from Luke Breedon’s Nuffield Farming Report Luke met up with a number of NZ biochar practitioners on his world tour. He has now presented his report. He has produced a nice video to introduce his study tour … Continue reading →
Nice story, beautifully told in 12 minutes, and we even get some biochar wisdom in the middle! … Continue reading →
IMPORTANT ANNOUNCEMENT and request… Emails have been sent out to all non-member email addresses we have about our 2 new membership categories by the part time Admin for BNNZ (in his third month). Dylan Graves is working for BNNZ doing website … Continue reading →
John Wraight provided a news report on a similar event back in the January ABE newsletter. Please share the news. The organisers have provided details on the event which I have also shared in the BNNZ calendar. … Continue reading →
BNNZ crew met up with Rodrigo after the R2R conference. Hopefully his & Tom Miles’ presentation can be shared in the future. … Continue reading →
Not exactly prime-time viewing for our political leaders and I’m guessing they might be happy that not many folk will have seen it. This news on Denmark’s farming plans is probably a bit embarrassing based on their back-tracking from any … Continue reading →
Dylan does a deep dive on practical biochar applications along with some great permaculture education. … Continue reading →
https://youtube.com/watch?v=dstVlOVNYl0%3Fsi%3DJ7PC2PQmaC2LyliR … Continue reading →
Dr Peter Winsley’s latest WordPress article on biochar is timely. Hopefully it will draw plenty of discussion there. A search for ‘biochar’ on Peter’s WordPress page pulls 12 articles since 2019. His connection to biochar advocacy goes all the way … Continue reading →
Late notice – 7:30PM Thursday, 15 February BNNZ are opening up the first 2024 member lounge to anyone interested in meeting up with the biochar curious, advocates and experts. No fixed agenda. Access: https://bbb2.nzoss.nz/rooms/phi-q77-4zn/join Access code: usirbw … Continue reading →