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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Turf master brings know-how to Yarrow Stadium main pitch project – Council Could we see the Allblacks playing above AllBlackEarth one day soon? Now, if we could get the national team to offset their rather large carbon bootprint via CDR … Continue reading →
I’ve attended one of the virtual HWEN road shows and today, a followup Q&A session. I managed to squeeze in two short biochar related Qs from my phone. Both Qs were answered by Dr Jacqueline Roweth: 1.) “Biochar can be … Continue reading →
I’m reliably informed that this episode of CC demonstrates biochar production and discusses applications from about 15:30min … Continue reading →
Indigenous people, kaitiakitanga and biochar The image above relates to a previous article from Peter. Here is a search on his site for ‘biochar’. … Continue reading →
Thanks to Bill Quinn, OrganicAg for hosting us again in his organic marquee. Our last effort was 2018. We were kept busier this year and I’m sure more folk were aware of biochar than in 2018. Thanks to BNNZ committee … Continue reading →
Betsy was #8 signup to the ABE newsletter way back in 2013 and attended our Chaos Springs workshop in 2018. Doing great work in her community. HibiscusMatters April 2021 (page 17) … Continue reading →
If you can make it to this years… Living Wood Fair 17 & 18 April 2021 East Takaka – Golden Bay Then check out the biochar workshop at 3pm on Saturday. … Continue reading →
I missed this story in January but was reminded by a link in the IBI January newsletter (linked in the ABE January newsletter) https://www.stuff.co.nz/environment/climate-news/124046340/new-zealands-first-known-microforest-a-tiny-step-towards-fighting-climate-change “To condition the soil, Davis and Clarken have devised a way to make biochar, a charcoal-like … Continue reading →
‘Our man in Wellington’ has released a new paper on biochar. This has been prepared to update policy folk in the capital… fingers crossed that it will be seen by receptive eyes. Check it out here: https://winsleys.wordpress.com/2020/02/14/economic-opportunities-for-biochar-in-new-zealand/ … Continue reading →