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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Episode 12 – Greg Hart, Mangarara FarmWell-known regenerative farmer Greg Hart joins Dylan to talk about his 20-year journey away from fossil-fuel-dependent farming and toward a tree-filled, biochar-boosted system. Greg shares how silvopasture, on-farm slaughter, and charring of bones are … Continue reading →
Dylan, BNNZ admin has produced some nice content covering his time at this years National Fieldays: … Continue reading →
20 Jun 2026 Char Chit Chat – biochar and more from New Zealand Dylan’s first face to face podcast with an update from Phil in Ashhurst about what he is up to (S1E2 featured Phil). We had just returned from … Continue reading →
Scoop has picked up our PR on the Fieldays (thanks Phil). I’ve sent it in a few directions so will share here when/if it gets some more airplay. BNNZ needs help with public engagement over the four days. Last year … Continue reading →
“Katerina has been involved in biochar in New Zealand since the ‘early days’ – one of the pioneers who saw it as a practical way to sequester carbon in response to excess carbon in the air. She talks about her … Continue reading →
Congrats to Thabiso & his team. Lets grow the community & contractor scale operations around NZ. Check out the Napachar blueprint: https://groups.io/g/BNNZ/message/1120 And while I have your attention… You should have received a direct email on making a MfE submission … Continue reading →
Dylan has followed up his reporting on the old ALS video (poached by me) with this interview. Really nice interview and worthy of a deeper dive… check out her work here with Monique Jansen… … Continue reading →
Onion Road Farm https://www.youtube.com/@CharChitChat … Continue reading →
https://www.happenfilms.com/films/being-the-change-at-85 Helen waves the flag for us in this entertaining short film. It also has a version of ‘where’s Wally’ but in this case its the BNNZ chair! Helen has also been a guest on Dylan’s CharChitChat Also cut from … Continue reading →
