2012 US Biochar Conference *Call for Papers*!!

The Board of Directors of the *Sonoma Biochar Initiative*, is now open
to organizations and individuals to submit an abstract of your work in
Biochar for the upcoming /*USBI national conference*/ at *Sonoma State
University* in Rohnert Park.

  The 2012 USBI Conference is to be held from *July 29th to August 1st*
in the center of Sonoma County�s world-class wine country.

The two [2] areas of focus are on:
1. the practical use and production of biochar at the community level and
2. what will be needed to bring biochar into the mainstream. This
includes economic models and marketing strategies, policy innovations,
agricultural implementation techniques, cutting edge soil science, etc.

The online address to submit abstracts is:
http://www.2012.biochar.us.com/present
The deadline for submitting abstracts is February 10, 2012

Please also register to attend the conference at:
http://2012.biochar.us.com/
SBI is offering significant savings for Early Registration as well as
very affordable food and lodging rates to stay on campus in the "Biochar
Village" they will be creating.

Regards,

   Lloyd Helferty, Engineering Technologist
   Principal, Biochar Consulting (Canada)
   www.biochar-consulting.ca
   48 Suncrest Blvd, Thornhill, ON, Canada
   905-707-8754
   **NEW CELL: 647-886-8754 NEW**
      Skype: lloyd.helferty
   Steering Committee coordinator
   NEW Canadian Biochar Initiative (New CBI)
   President, Co-founder&  CBI Liaison, Biochar-Ontario
     Advisory Committee Member, IBI
   http://www.linkedin.com/groups?gid=1404717
   http://www.facebook.com/group.php?gid=42237506675
   http://groups.google.com/group/biochar-ontario
   http://www.meetup.com/biocharontario/
   http://grassrootsintelligence.blogspot.com
    www.biochar.ca

Biochar Offsets Group:http://www.linkedin.com/groups?home=&gid=2446475
A nation that destroys its soil, destroys itself.
  - Franklin D. Roosevelt