What is biochar? Biochar is a super charcoal made by heating any biomass – for example, corncob, husk or stalk, potato or soy hay, rice or wheat straw – without oxygen. All of the cellulose, lignin and other, non-carbon materials … 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
The cheapest, easiest way for small farmers across the developing world to make biochar from crop waste and why it is important that they do Small farmers in the developing world burn 21 gigatons of crop waste annually. Burning just … Read More
We are training smallholder farmers an alternative way to dispose of their crop waste. A method that is more profitable for them, and important for our climate because it reduces and brings down CO2 levels. Most effective climate action we … Read More
From a climate change perspective, the coolest thing about biochar is that it is pure carbon equal to 40 percent of the carbon removed from the air through photosynthesis. Today making biochar is the only proven, scalable, ready-to-rock means to … Read More
Smoke from crop waste burning is definitely a problem. This method is used all around the world by small farm holders who are trying to eke out a living through farming. The solution for this problem is very simple. Once … Read More
How do you tackle the problem of convincing farmers to stop burning their crop fields after harvest? There is no simple solution to the problem. Getting to a cooler climate, cleaner air and rural development one step at a time … Read More
