Cam Smith has kicked off a facebook page for ABE. Its work in progress and I’m a bit of a duffer when it comes to facebook… so hopefully this link works: https://www.facebook.com/allblackearth/info/?tab=page_info We also hope to give this ABE site … Continue reading
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
New Zealand’s post-2020 climate change target … has been announced and can be viewed from the MFE website via the linked headline above. You may think this cause for celebration but for me it is rather depressing. Its not the … Continue reading
From Kathleen Draper at the Biochar Journal… An invitation to join us for CHARdays: June 18 – 21 Hello biochar community – We’d like to invite all of your to join us for the first (hopefully annual) CHARdays event from … Continue reading
I’m forwarding from this NZ Herald link… not directly related to biochar (sorry – showing my colours) Hot Air – climate change politics in New Zealand is an award-winning feature length documentary which argues that corporate interests have prevented successive … Continue reading
Hans-Peter Schmidt was in Nepal during the earthquake working on biochar projects. Please take a look at his story… Dear all, In the following article I try to share both impressions and some of the despair experienced last week in … Continue reading
If Glenn MacIntosh does not scare you in this 30mins then you are a fairly hard core climate change sceptic. We have a frightening and depressing outlook based on his review and my assessment of human nature. But I hear … Continue reading
My first post for 2015 is depressing and scary but Albert offers hope from 24mins… … Continue reading
What do NZ and Belgium have in common? Both countries are talking about Shit. But the stories are very different with the Belgium article much more positive and it includes biochar. From Gareth Morgan… Is New Zealand heading up shit creek? “Holy … Continue reading
Kathleen Draper was recently in Oz to talk about her work with biochar. She was a guest speaker at the Mullumbimby bio-charfest (some reports on the fest from their facebook page). She has worked extensively with biochar in vineyards… a link … Continue reading