Assessing Methane’s Potency and Long-Term Effects on the Environment by Kat Sarmiento When talking about climate change and/or global warming, the greenhouse effect is inevitably brought to the table. The greenhouse effect is a natural phenomenon that happens in order … Read More
As the Earth’s climate continues to change, its impact on various aspects of our lives becomes increasingly evident. One area significantly affected by these changes is agriculture, with shifting weather patterns posing challenges to farmers and threatening our global food … Read More
by Kat Sarmiento It’s becoming increasingly important for all companies to take responsibility for their impact on the environment and strive for a more sustainable future. One way we can achieve this is through embracing the recommendations of the Task … Read More
We began our Environmental Progress News as a way to share positive steps that were being done to address climate change. Our focus has always been biochar. Biochar Growing as a Frontrunner Solution What is biochar? Arti‘s video gives a … Read More
Guest Post Edited by: Andrew Dunn Written by: Amy Galloway By adopting a more eco-friendly lifestyle, homeowners can make a big difference in the battle to help protect the planet. But what does eco-friendly actually mean? To put it simply, being eco-friendly … Read More
Big Results in 2022! Our Biochar Project has grown by leaps and bounds this past year. Below is a recap from our Vice President Jason Highberger. He wrote “It’s kind of funny now but at the start of the year … Read More
Environmental Action by Dr. D. Michael Shafer Yes. Here is how your town can cool the planet and save money doing it. The earth is heating up at an unprecedented rate. Tropical diseases are appearing in American cities. Every summer is … Read More
Easy 5 Step Method Directions How do you know how much biochar you are making? Dry it weighs one thing. Wet it weighs another. How are you supposed to know what the moisture content it? Luckily, for all intents and … Read More
What you will need How to make your trench Lay the sheet of roofing metal on flat ground where you want to make your trench. Using a stick, outline it by drawing all around its edges. Set the roofing sheet … Read More
By Michael Shafer We suffer two scourges: haze and social inequality. Are they connected? Yes. Must they be? No. Both the haze and social inequality that afflict the North can be dealt with in a single largely costless – indeed, … Read More
Fire season – fueled by Global Warming? Have you noticed the increase in forest fires over the years? It is not your imagination, it is just another sign of the impact global warming is having on our environment. Over the … Read More
Warm Heart was invited to participate in a Social and Community Support Project in Chiang Mai at a local public park. Shangri-La donated biochar to the local municipality for improving their landscaping, in particular a patch of dirt that will … Read More
Bringing it down! In March of this year, we announced Biochar Life successfully completed the European Biochar Certification (“EBC”) standard for Artisan Farmer accreditation audit with the Ithaka Institute. Biochar Life is among the first organizations in the world to … Read More
Sustainable Transportation is Our Future Reducing our Dependency on Fossil Fuels There are so many contributing factors to climate change, and each problem area needs to be clearly identified and solutions applied if we are going to succeed in reducing/reversing … Read More
Harnessing the Power of the Sun August is the hottest month of the year. Temperatures continue to rise, reaching new highs, bringing extreme heat waves, increased fire activity, and drought as the soil bakes and dries out. Thousands and thousands … Read More
Global Warming – A blessing in disguise? Rather than view it as a disaster about to strike, how about we look at it as a wake up call that we can do better? When you think about it, the things … Read More
What is Carbon? Too much carbon is being blamed for causing global warming. What exactly is carbon? Watch this video “Keeping Up With Carbon” to get a better grasp of what carbon is and where the problem is. Decarbonization: What … Read More
Climate action at its best! We hope you are inspired by our new videos and join us in our Biochar Movement! Young Smart Farmers Biochar Compost
How Affluent is Your Lifestyle? by Carol Culver De Leo Each and every one of us has our own unique carbon footprint based on our lifestyle choices. The way we choose to live our lives has an impact on our … Read More
Carbon Overload Think of it this way. You are filling your bathtub for a nice relaxing soak. Let’s say your cell phone rings, you step outside to answer the call and get distracted. Your tub continues to fill and begins … Read More
Marking a Milestone The Big News! Biochar Life, PBC, (“Biochar Life”) an impact venture of Warm Heart Worldwide (“Warm Heart”) is pleased to announce the completion of their European Biochar Certification (“EBC”) standard for tropical farmer accreditation audit with the … Read More
Release date: 7 March 2022 Breaking news: Biochar Life’s new accreditation sets the groundwork for pioneering collaboration with smallholder farmers in the battle against climate change. Biochar Life, PBC, (“Biochar Life”) an impact venture of Warm Heart Worldwide (“Warm Heart”) … Read More
How can we improve this world we all share? Our world needs to change. How we live. How we treat one another. How we balance human needs with the environment and all the life we share our earth with. Unfortunately, … Read More
New Year Resolutions Many see the beginning of the New Year as a time to make a commitment to improving their lives through New Year’s Resolutions. Quit smoking, lose weight, get more exercise, read more, reduce my carbon footprint, the … Read More
December is a time for family and friends to gather together. People celebrate in many ways over the holiday season, depending on their cultural or religious beliefs. But everyone shares the spirit of the season. It is a time for … Read More
We want to share with you a most magical time here in Phrao for our children at Warm Heart! Sandee, who is an 8th grade student at Verso, an innovative International School in Bangkok, volunteers her time helping the children … Read More
Our newsletter format is still in a metamorphosis stage! This month’s issue provides a simplified overview of climate change and how it affects all of us. It is important to first understand what changes are occurring and why, and what … Read More
Global crop waste burning – micro-biochar; how a small community development organization learned experientially to address a huge problem one tiny field at a time “The world’s 2.5 billion poorest people – small farmers living at the far fringe of … Read More
A Few of Our Favorites We are working on big changes to our Environmental Newsletter which we will reveal in our November issue. Stay tuned! This month we are highlighting our favorite articles and features from 2021. We hope you … Read More
October 31 – November 12 world leaders will meet at the COP26 UN Climate Summit for the purpose of “Uniting the world to tackle climate change“. We are running out of time and more than “talking” needs to be done … Read More
Biochar Training at Mikuyu Prison Farm, Zomba, Malawi October 4, 2021 Our team in Malawi has been working on putting together a biochar training program for the Mikuyu Prison Farm in Zomba, Malawi for a few years. The prison grows … Read More
Tackling Climate Change Head On Carbon sinks are one of the most productive solutions for tackling climate change. This month’s articles explore: Why “Keep Carbon” in the Soil?How Do We Convince Farmers to Stop Burning?Africa: Turning a Major Problem into … Read More
September 20, 2021 A giant step in solving the smoke problem Our goal has always been to stop the smoke that comes from the agricultural burning of crop waste. Here in Thailand, we have worked with farmers teaching them how … Read More
Stories of Inspiration When we first started our Environmental Progress Newsletter our focus was on shining a beacon of hope by sharing stories of progress in finding and enacting solutions to global warming. Our area of activity is in biochar … Read More
Get Thrifting! By Petra Nordal, Age 16 One of the most trendy and accessible ways to be sustainable is thrifting. The fashion industry is 10% of the entire population’s carbon emissions. Transportation of clothes, manufacturing, throwing them away all contribute … Read More
Carbon Removal One Drop Too Many When I was a child, i loved frogs. I was so happy the day I finally caught one! I took him home with me to keep him as a pet. I had no place … Read More
July 4th marks the beginning of our 13th year of building sustainable community development in Phrao and our local surrounding area. We had such a successful 12th year in spite of all the pandemic impacts we have all felt. We … Read More
Agroforestry Project Update It’s time to start adding biochar in the soil. We put biochar around the newly planted trees to keep water, moisture, and nutrients for trees. Learn more about our Agroforestry Project.
Strong Communities Make a Better World Every community has an opportunity to address local issues that are contributing to climate change. The challenge is identifying the problem and then applying a solution. When members of a community come together great … Read More
May 23, 2021 Not a Typical Year Thailand typically has 3 seasons: Winter (Nov – Feb), Summer (Mar – June), and Monsoon Rainy Season (July – Oct). Our summer has been very hot this year. Local weather conditions influenced by … Read More
It is wonderful how people have responded to awareness of how bad plastic is for our environment. One of the biggest achievements has been the reduction in the use of plastic bags, and other one-time use plastic products that are … Read More
May 3, 2021 Moving forward – in School and Online Chiang Mai is back in pandemic lockdown as of May 1, but school plans and tuitions are still moving forward. Our high school and university students are finishing up their … Read More
Celebrating Earth Day 2021: Restoring Our Earth Why do we need to restore our earth? Our universal abuse of natural resources has created an imbalance in nature, contributing to the beginning of extinction. Over the last 100 years over 500 … Read More
April 7, 2021 Our children are looking forward to the year-end “summer” break”. It’s hot and the skies are dark with smoke from crop burning and forest fires. The children were all wearing masks because of the smoke before COVID made them … Read More
Stop the Smoke 2021 Once again we are headed into smoky season in Northern Thailand, India, and China, as farmers harvest their crops and burn the crop waste in open fields. Warm Heart’s Stop the Smoke campaign focuses on removing … Read More
March 6, 2021 Steady Progress With your gifts to date and monthly commitments, we have over 70% of the first-year’s budget in place. We are moving forward. The equipment has been selected and our first teacher identified, The English curriculum is being tested with a … Read More
Smoky Season is Around the Corner According to the UN report, “the share of small-scale food producers in terms of all food producers in countries in Africa, Asia and Latin America ranges from 40 to 85 per cent”. If you … Read More
2020 – Looking Back – And Forward! Everyone has experienced the impacts of the pandemic that swept across our world in 2020. For some the effects were disastrous, while for others it may have just been an inconvenience. Science is … Read More
We can not even begin to describe our deepest gratitude for your support with the purchase of our school bus! All we can say is Thank You! Thank You! Thank You! We can now transport all of of children safely … Read More
Small farmers around the globe produce a significant amount of gases that add to the problem of global warming. It is an important problem in the complexity of factors that feed climate change. The good news is this problem has … Read More
Effects of Global Warming on Land and Sea When you hear the term “Global Warming” you may mistakenly assume that local temperatures will rise. What you need to understand is that global warming does not refer directly to your local … Read More
Art Contests C Has participated in several of our art contests. 2016
Age: 17 Grade: 9th Recent Report Card Attitaya is now in 9th grade. She finished 8th grade with a strong GPA of 3.45, and with 7 “A” ’s in total. She is doing well in all her core subjects – … Read More
History 2016 In 2016 we had a flu epidemic run through Warm Heart (fun times!). A was a sickie – but not so sick that he ever stopped worrying about his little brothers, B and C. That is what makes … Read More
We Are Not the First Sapiens to Experience the Impact of Climate Change Just the first with the capacity to respond to it! The climate change that we face today is not the first that has fundamentally altered life on … Read More
When we started Warm Heart in 2008, we were unsure about a lot of things, but one thing we knew with certainty was that children deserve all the love, kindness, and opportunities that this world has to offer. That belief … Read More
We would love to buy a brand-new school bus to tote our 45 kids back and forth to school! But our plans are more realistic. December 1st is Giving Tuesday. We are launching our School Bus fundraising campaign on this … Read More
Malthus’ Revenge or Human Creativity to the Rescue? By Dr. D. Michael Shafer, Co-Founder of Warm Heart Worldwide Massive fires are burning out of control in the American West. The Greenland ice cap is beyond repair. With one exception, world … Read More
We were absolutely delighted when City Life Magazine published an article about our Peace Now art contest! We feel the benefits of this activity for the children are multilevel. Fun exposure to Art Creative outlet Encouragement to explore and improve … Read More
This year has brought unprecedented challenges, demonstrations of extraordinary strength, moments of jarring failures, a realization of the things we take for granted, and – perhaps most importantly – a showing of the resilience of the human spirit. As people … Read More
Aftermath of COVID-19 The pandemic has had a huge impact on how we interact with one another. Our world has become more reliant on internet communication than ever before. This month we are going to take a lighter look at … Read More
Age: 13 Grade: 5th The school year ended mid-March, just as the COVID 19 lockdown started. Pim went to her mountain village to stay with her family and came back in June for a July 1 school opening. The students are … Read More
Current World Crisis vs Growing Future Crisis: Climate Change Covid-19 – Not the First, Nor the Last Throughout history, disease outbreaks have ravaged humanity, sometimes changing the course of history and, at times, ending entire civilizations. Dating back as far … Read More
“Inherit, retain, and continue to create sustainable highhill land” On July 22, 2020 the Shangri-la/Warm Heart biochar project donated 10 tons of biochar to the Recover Forest Project in Mae Wak. In attendance at this climate action activity was the … Read More
It is alway heart warming when people reach out from around the world and share how they are using the technological information we provide. Each life we are able to touch and change makes every effort worthwhile! After viewing our … Read More
Lockdown does not mean shutdown! We said, “Do something to Stop the Smoke!” Shangri-La Did! Keeping up with Gabriele Lombardo, General Manager of the Shangri-La Hotel in Chiang Mai, Thailand, is hard. The wiry Sicilian never stops and never stops … Read More
It already feels so wonderful to be loved by your neighbors. But here at Warm Heart we get a truly special kind of love. I think the best place to start describing that love has to be the random gifts. … Read More
I’ve made a friend here. We have so much in common. We can both go from very outgoing to shy in seconds. Just about the only time we come out from our hiding places is to eat. And you know … Read More
Age 14 Grade 9 Recent Report Card He is maintaining his GPA at 1.62 but needs to spend more time on homework and reading. Hobbies: Playing games Interests: Games, studying Wishes: A secret thing Dream: Game Caster Worries: About studying … Read More
Today I went to the Old City for the first time since February. What I saw there shook me beyond comprehension. This whole time my life at WarmHeart has not changed at all. The days are still filled with work … Read More
