The freely available BBC Horizon documentary ‘Secrets Of Eldorado‘ provides a good background to modern interest in biochar. This site has some popular video… http://biocharfarms.org/video/
Youtube on biochar will also keep you busy.
The video and media tags on the ABE site will also link to media content… https://soilcarbon.org.nz/tag/video/
Radio NZ has covered biochar a number of times… http://www.radionz.co.nz/search/results?utf8=%E2%9C%93&q=biochar … but nothing for over three years…
- Our Changing World – Biochar (2 June 2011, 11’17”): http://www.radionz.co.nz/national/programmes/afternoons/audio/2490508/our-changing-world-biochar
- Our Changing World – Biochar (26 May 2011, 25’36”): http://www.radionz.co.nz/national/programmes/ourchangingworld/audio/2490022/biochar
- Our Changing World – Fixing Carbon (23 October 2008, 13’36”): http://www.radionz.co.nz/national/programmes/ourchangingworld/audio/1763308/fixing-carbon
PureAdvantage article on biochar: http://pureadvantage.org/news/2016/06/28/biochar/
There is very little coverage of biochar in NZ mainstream or agriculture media. A dedicated page to historical coverage may be of interest in the future but for now, some of this coverage is linked below. Please get in touch if you would like to help with growing a media archive.
- NZGrower Vol.73-01, pg38 (Robin Boom)
- NZGrower Vol.73-01, pg39 (Robin Boom)
- NZGrower Vol.73-03, pg30
- NZGrower Vol.73-03, pg31
- Kiwiflier article (390-April 2018)
- Guardian Motueka 2018-06-06
- Biochar in OWNZ magazine
- Nelson Leader 17May 2018
- Nelson Grape&Wine Summer 17-18, pg 8 biochar article
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