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Dr. Johannes Lehmann to Give Biochar Seminar Aug 20, 2010

Submitted by Tom Miles on August 12, 2010 - 3:19pm
Last updated August 12, 2010
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Dr. Johannes Lehmann to Give Biochar Seminar

Friday – 20 August 2010, 1:00 – 4:30pm
Burlington, Vermont
Sheraton and UVM Conference Center
870 Williston Rd., S. Burlington, Vermont 05403 (802) 865-6600

See A Furture for Biochar in Vermont (pdf) announcement for detail

The ʻBiochar Vermont Initiativeʼ has asked Professor Lehmann to focus his comments on this question:

Is the strength of what is thus far known about biochar sufficient to initiate a significant investment to study the manufacture, use and efficacy of char applications
TO RESERVE A SEAT AT THE SEMINAR, YOU MUST PAY IN ADVANCE
Cost is $20 per person. Please make checks payable to: ‘Biochar Vermont Initiative’, c/o
Thom McEvoy, 705 Spear St., S. Burlington, VT 05403. Registrations WILL NOT be confirmed,
but those who pay in advance are guaranteed a seat. If you’re feeling lucky, we will accept
registrations at the door but the price is $25 per person.

Biochar 2010: U.S. Biochar Initiative Conference, hosted by Iowa State University

Submitted by Erin Rasmussen on July 7, 2010 - 4:30pm
Last updated July 27, 2010
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Erich J. Knight, March 2010, updated July 2010

Biochar 2010:U.S. Biochar Initiative Conference,


Conference Proceedings are now Available Online

hosted by Iowa State University on June 27–30.

More info: http://www.biorenew.iastate.edu/events/biochar2010.html

PASA's 19th Farming for the Future Conference

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PASA's 19th Farming for the Future Conference

February 4-6, 2010
Penn Stater Conference Center Hotel

http://www.pasafarming.org/conference2010/

Note this Saturday presentation:

An Introduction to Biochar as a Soil Amendment
Julie Major, International Biochar Initiative (IBI)

From the welcome by Brian Snyder:
" The past year has been one of financial hardship for many Americans, both farmers and non-farmers alike. But very little momentum has been lost in terms of building food systems that feature more locally and sustainably raised farm products. Everywhere I go I hear about new farmers’ markets and existing ones going year-round, bigger CSA memberships, more stores buying from local farmers and restaurants featuring local food, and the list goes on.

"But we are all increasingly aware that sales of local food are only part of the solution to the overall challenges we face as a society. There is a much larger reason why we farm, and a more significant responsibility we acquire in choosing to serve our own communities as a priority. Ultimately, our local focus has a global significance, in learning how the peoples of the world can be fed and the natural environment restored from the brink of an unfolding disaster at the same time."

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Fourth USDA Greenhouse Gas Conference: Positioning Agriculture and Forestry to Meet the Challenges of Climate Change

Submitted by Tom Miles on June 6, 2007 - 5:16am
Last updated June 06, 2007
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Fourth USDA Greenhouse Gas Conference: Positioning Agriculture and Forestry to Meet the Challenges of Climate Change
February 6 - 8, 2007 - Baltimore Marriott Camden Yards, Baltimore, Maryland

Conference Program

13: Soil Carbon: Part I - Interactive Discussion

Australia leads the way in a new approach to removing carbon dioxide from the atmosphere

Submitted by Tom Miles on April 20, 2007 - 9:04pm
Last updated April 20, 2007
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Australia leads the way in a new approach to removing carbon dioxide from the atmosphere
Stephen Joseph, Best Energies, Australia, February 7, 2007

Australia has been selected as the host of the first International Conference on the use of Agrichar (also known as Bio-char), to be held between 29th April and 2nd May, 2007 in the sea-side resort of Terrigal, just a few hours drive from Sydney.

Canadian conference on "Greenhouse Gases: Mitigation and Utilization" 8-12 July 2007

Submitted by Duane Pendergast on February 16, 2007 - 11:23am
Last updated February 17, 2007
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Canadian conference on "Greenhouse Gases: Mitigation and Utilization" 8-12 July 2007
Duane Pendergast, February 16, 2007

I recently received a conference notice of potential interest to Terra Preta researchers and developers.

The conference scope provides for papers on the carbon balance, CO2 sequestration in soil and biomass, mitigation of N2O and methane, enhanced agriculture and forestry, regulatory frameworks for carbon capture and
storage and science for policy development and public understanding.

CHEMRAWN-XVII and ICCDU-IX Conference on GREENHOUSE GASES Mitigation and Utilization
8-12 July 2007 Kingston, Ontario, Canada

www.chem.queensu.ca/greenhouse/

2009 North American Biochar Conference

Last updated December 08, 2009
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Conference Poster

The 2009 North American Biochar Conference will be the first major biochar conference held in the United States. The keynote speakers for the conference will be Secretary of Agriculture Tom Vilsack and Dr. Susan Solomon, Senior Scientist, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration. The Center for Energy and Environmental Security (CEES) at the University of Colorado at Boulder is the lead sponsor and organizer of the conference. The conference is co-sponsored by the International Biochar Initiative (IBI).  Scheduled to run from August 9 to 12, 2009, the conference is designed to advance our understanding of the policy, business, scientific, and technical opportunities and issues implicated by the large-scale usage of biochar as both a sequestration agent and soil amendment.

 More information on the conference, registration, and lodging options are posted on the conference website at: Americas Regional Conference August 2009.

Additionally, the site has information on a call for abstracts covering all aspects of biochar from scientists, engineers, users, producers, students, policy analysts, and policy makers. 

 

Sponsorship interests as well as other questions are welcome and should be sent to biochar@colorado.edu.

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Energy & Agricultural Carbon Utilization: Sustainable Alternatives to Sequestration

Submitted by Tom Miles on January 21, 2007 - 11:28am
Last updated January 21, 2007
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Energy & Agricultural Carbon Utilization: Sustainable Alternatives to Sequestration
University of Georgia, Athens, Georgia, June 10-11, 2004

Oral Presentations

Discovery and Awareness of Anthropogenic Amazonian Dark Earths (Terra Preta)
Bill Denevan - Prof. Emeritus, University of Wisconsin at Madison, Madison, WI USA

Explorations of Pre-Columbian Agricultural Landscapes in the Amazon
Clark Erickson - Associate Professor of Anthropology, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA USA

The Secrets of Making Terra Preta Soils

I INTERNATIONAL WORKSHOP ON ANTHROPOGENIC TERRA PRETA SOILS, MANAUS, BRAZIL, 13-19 JULY 2002.

Submitted by Tom Miles on January 20, 2007 - 9:41pm
Last updated January 21, 2007
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I INTERNATIONAL WORKSHOP ON ANTHROPOGENIC TERRA PRETA SOILS [NOVOTEL], MANAUS, BRAZIL, 13-19 JULY 2002.
Organized by INPA, EMBRAPA, UA, MPEG, USP

Program

Publications

Amazonian Dark Earth Soils (Terra Preta and Terra Preta Nova): A Tribute to Wim Sombroek

Submitted by Tom Miles on January 20, 2007 - 8:11pm
Last updated January 21, 2007
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Amazonian Dark Earth Soils (Terra Preta and Terra Preta Nova): A Tribute to Wim Sombroek
18th World Congress of Soil Science, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA July 9-15, 2006

Sponsor: WCSS
Presiding: Antoinette Winklerprins, Michigan State University
Convenor: William I. Woods, University of Kansas

544a Macromolecular Speciation of Organic Matter in Black C rich Anthrosols: Insight from 13C CP-MAS NMR and Synchrotron Based C (1s) NEXAFS and FTIR-ATR Spectroscopy.
Dawit Solomon, Cornell Univ, Johannes Lehmann, Cornell Univ, Janice Thies, Cornell Univ, Biqing Liang, Cornell Univ, James Kinyangi, Cornell Univ, Flavio Luizão, Instituto Nacional de Pesquisa da Amazonia INPA, Jan Skjemstad, CSIRO Land and Water

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