Video

Ben Driscoe, June, 2010

I gave a 40-minute talk on biochar recently to the Kona Coffee Grower's Association (here on the island of Hawai'i).

10 minutes of it got uploaded: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=42gr_1whjc8

It covers the basic carbon cycle, biochar's agricultural use, interaction with nutrients and microbes, reversing fossil fuel use, appropriate sources of renewable biomass.. my sources of information are, basically, this mailing list, and my own experiences making and using biochar.

I also gave the historial terra preta story, talked about various ways to make char, interaction with compost, how to charge with various nutrients including urine, and other stuff that didn't make it into the 10 minute clip.

-Ben
Also see Ben's super awesome Biochar Notes page: http://ahualoa.net/ag/notes_biochar.html

Dr. N. Sai Bhaskar Reddy, Andhra Pradesh, India
December, 2009

CNN has covered the Good Stoves and Biochar Communities Project activities at
Peddamaduru Village, Jangaon, Andhra Pradesh, India. Loc:
http://maps.google.com/maps/ms?ie=UTF8&hl=en&msa=0&msid=112402491982270899100.00\
0477486235a389cd656&ll=17.599889,79.29966&spn=0.023071,0.038581&t=h&z=15

This project started in May 2009.
14 farmers have applied Biochar compost in their respective trial plots of 10x10
meters, 30 Magh CM woodgas stoves were facilitated. The efficient biochar
production technology facilitation will be done soon.

For photos from the field see: http://picasaweb.google.com/saibhaskar.gsbc

Dr. N. Sai Bhaskar Reddy
http://www.e-geo.org | http://www.biocharindia.com | http://www.goodstove.com

MAKING BIOCHAR: with Peter Hirst of New England Biochar

Many thanks to George Packard of Parrot Creek Productions, Warner, New Hampshire for some really fine work. This is the short version of greater works in progress. Very well done by George and much appreciated.

Peter Hirst

Peter Hirst, Pony Farm in Temple, New Hampshire, on May 9, 2009.

Follow the link for some great video from the recent Biochar Roundtable at the Lodge at Pony Farm in Temple, New Hampshire, on May 9, 2009.

Pony Farm Biochar Workshop

http://thinkingglobalactinglocal.com/biochar-workshop-may-9-2009.html

Agrichar Video
Australian Broadcasting Corporation, 2007

Video on Agrichar, International Agrichar Initiative conference (April 2007), BEST Technologies, and use of agrichar in Australia.

http://www.abc.net.au/science/broadband/catalyst/asx/Agrichar_hi.asx

How to Make Charcoal
Robert Flanagan, SAFFE, January 30, 2008

I've just been playing around with my natural draft stove to see how easy it would be to use it for cooking and making charcoal http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y5OAkmum7gU&feature=channel_page .
I fed some extra fuel in the side so show the pyrolysis reaction taking place.

Update on Biochar Trials in Hangzhou, China

Robert flanagan, SAFFE, Hangzhou, China, August 28, 2007

Ready to Eat in 59 Days

Biomass to charcoal in a flash
By Dave Koga — The Honolulu Advertiser, July 28, 2007
Michael Antal and Flash Carbonizer
University of Hawai'i professor Michael Antal Jr. explains flash carbonization, a process that uses heat and pressure to turn green waste into charcoal that can be used as a cleaner-burning alternative to coal.

See also:

• Kingsford licenses Hawaii charcoal patent
• HNEI Website http://www.hnei.hawaii.edu

NETL Carbon Sequestration Video
NETL,USDOE, YouTube July 2007

Current sequestration costs are in the range of 1-$300/ton of carbon emissions avoided. The goal is to reduce the cost of carbon sequestration to $10 or less by 2015.

NETL Carbon Sequestration

The U.S. Dept. of Energy's National Energy Technology Laboratory profiles a research program to capture and sequester Carbon Dioxide in underground rock formations.

Charcoal Making Videos
YouTube, July 2007

SAFFE, Huangzhou, China Renewable Carbon Negative Energy

ioherbalalchemy, USA, Making Charcoal

Making Charcoal in Ivory Coast, West Africa March 18, 2007 ML Murphy