Fwd: Delivery Status Notification (Failure)
Lloyd Helferty
Hello everyone,
It looks like biochar.ca has been finally scuttled and closed. We had quite an existence, having had our very first meeting of the original Canadian biochar Initiative (CBI) Steering Committee in December 2008 in Montreal (at McGill University), and subsequently having about fourteen (14) meetings of the original Board of Directors (until about March 2010), after which we re-established ourselves for a 2nd attempt (New CBI) around October 2011, which lasted until about August 2012.
Although we had kept the biochar.ca website active in
the hopes that we might eventually resurrect the organization, it
seems that biochar.ca is now (finally) gone and the (national)
Canadian Biochar Initiative is truly no longer in existence... and
is now but a figment of our memories.
But of course, on ward and upward we go! Biochar Ontario still exists as a (somewhat) functional representative for the Biochar industry in Ontario, and there is certain activity in both Alberta and Quebec and probably also British Columbia and even in the Atlantic Provinces and in the rest of the Prairies as well (Sask and Manitoba).
Of course, without a functional 'National' organization anymore it is getting more and more difficult to figure out who is doing what in each Province, and so we have certainly become a much more 'siloed' country when it comes to knowing what is happening in each Province (I have only some "legacy" contacts from my time on the CBI Steering Committee, and certainly do not spend significant amounts of time trying to keep up-to-date on the various Regional activities outside of Ontario anymore, as I had done in years past).
So where are we?
We might still be able to say that we have a "Canadian Biochar Industry" in some respects, and although it may be smaller than we had once expected it might be by this time (about eight [8] years after out first meeting), some people might also be surprized by the progress that has been made in this country.
But who actually knows? We don't have a functional "Industry" or "Trade Association" right now to collect this kind of Industry information, nor do we have have anyone in government "tracking" what is actually happening in the nascent 'Industry' in Canada (as far as I can tell). The IBI may have some information, but it is almost certain that they have only limited information, given that they have quite limited capabilities (staffing), and they need to "look after" (track) activities that are happening in the Entire World (including in places like the USA and Mexico, China, Europe, India, South America, Africa and Australia etc., where the biochar industry has apparently evolved ~ and continues to evolve ~ at a more rapid pace).
Thus, I have three [3] requests for the recipients of this email:
1. I would ask that you change your address book(s) to reflect the fact that lhel...@biochar.ca is no longer functional, and ask that you change your primary email address for me to: lhel...@biochar-consulting.ca
2. I would ask all former "members" (and supporters) of the
original Canadian Biochar Initiative to please provide me with a
quick update of their activities (if any) and/or their assessment
of what is happening in their own (local / regional) "backyard"
(area / Region / Municipality / Province) so that I can get some
idea of what is happening in Canada at this point in time [a
'snapshot' of activity in early 2017].
(This information should be useful for our "archives".)**
3. Join our *new* Canadian Biochar Initiative (CBI) discussion group at:
https://groups.google.com/d/forum/canadian-biochar-initiative
email: canadian-bioc...@googlegroups.com
** Alternately, if you do not wish to send update information directly to me you may wish to join the CBI discussion group (above) and post an update or query or comment for other members to read.
note: This new CBI Google group can henceforth be our "archive"
for Canadian biochar-related activities so that we have something
to refer to when one day "historians" might wish to look back at
what we have accomplished.
Regards,
Canadian Biochar Initiative
Engineering Technologist & Principal, Biochar Consulting (Canada)
www.biochar-consulting.ca
CED (Chief Ecosystem Director), Project Development Director & Sustainable Society Consultant
Energime University (Canada) ~ System Leader and Sector Expert for the "Climate Smart" Platform
Promotions Manager, Climate Smart Agriculture Youth Network (CSAYN)
Founder, "Future Farming" group
Co-manager, Sustainable Agriculture Group
Chair, Community Sustainability (CoSWoG), A working group of Science for Peace
President, Co-founder, Biochar-Ontario
Manager, Biochar Offsets Group
Advisory Committee Member, International Biochar Initiative (IBI)
48 Suncrest Blvd, Thornhill, ON, Canada
905-707-8754
CELL: 647-886-8754
Skype: lloyd.helferty
-------- Forwarded Message --------
| Subject: | Delivery Status Notification (Failure) |
|---|---|
| Date: | Sat, 14 Jan 2017 18:35:59 +0000 |
| From: | Mail Delivery Subsystem |
| To: | LHelferty |
Delivery to the following recipient failed permanently:
lhel...@biochar.ca
Technical details of permanent failure:
DNS Error: 8347936 DNS type 'mx' lookup of biochar.ca responded with code NXDOMAIN
Domain name not found: biochar.ca
----- Original message -----
DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed;
d=gmail.com; s=20161025;
h=subject:to:references:from:message-id:date:user-agent:mime-version
:in-reply-to;
bh=hG5RAKZx4NhyjRJN1Q9u6g13WRTSIuzyzizKRTK+DOs=;
b=VIt6CpJyEIv8dlANMj+gHremXC69wt4OqUHZPoMkPy70GGVJeeEnJQtZENKaP4Cpbg
+e/8Uq3vebl3Sr+GUjMgwIE/pzBHVDI+DRmBcq+EJ+6G4pK71BUSmxqDJWRcT7eOXdFF
IGdwVyJqtJXaA4+clXoR9Zw9i7yE2m0N+u5l3cuNai7Z30eBhbEKZAb8N9Av7aM4lP7x
FQLESbG/tfyGqV9eudkiecMjic6ACPNMPGJeucR87XLnccXrv+tYKyzBXBvjRU08/xVZ
LALGgbyRc2pm+yvun+pfG7zBSueHB6z8jk/fPMtOyV1DVsUir3MfOtH3H6GzrdQtWlhI
QXzw==
X-Google-DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed;
d=1e100.net; s=20161025;
h=x-gm-message-state:subject:to:references:from:message-id:date
:user-agent:mime-version:in-reply-to;
bh=hG5RAKZx4NhyjRJN1Q9u6g13WRTSIuzyzizKRTK+DOs=;
b=jYgBfxypbYcJ+WwKcgK/N+3JgkXpPuodETW9blz18Kg2/OQNUhIl8amtUONQ8MUpC+
dlRI9yQMMGY9azix39CA/5qRskdIYyJzHt2fAcyI/OoTEvm7QrnIHRi2nXkEiSIYyys5
3i7Fw7CGpx+FcLc6xzws93sJrwUxHqb7p6PSFJI+zS7VxHOw/I8zReZrlsLhz+hLimP6
dzkVwKN4HfI9AkVIIfbtNMwNYr9zrhH03lUmW4xT9rLJ665/MyAjmSHZUiZXxP6er/WQ
WXdowJzX5oY9xc6p8p+yYy4DN7ujF5MAjmmKr0xFVhbPf5cjUqVUr1R+yZElm/904bOr
Xn3Q==
X-Gm-Message-State: AIkVDXJdWSk1Hf9Pa/zo3/BLaLnc+SGhFSr+wkqbzKGeDxIbMD+3XgJGV4B9rO9n0kTCOA==
X-Received: by 10.36.228.203 with SMTP id o194mr9191525ith.106.1484418958876;
Sat, 14 Jan 2017 10:35:58 -0800 (PST)
<snip>
Ronal W. Larson
--
You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Biochar Ontario" group.
To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to biochar-ontar...@googlegroups.com.
To post to this group, send email to biochar...@googlegroups.com.
Visit this group at https://groups.google.com/group/biochar-ontario.
For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
Lloyd Helferty
Ron,
Not to worry. We still have our "Canada East-West Team" working
somewhat 'behind-the-scenes' trying to organize events and
activities.**
** The East-West team (so far) includes myself (from Biochar
Ontario), Don Harfield (from the Alberta Biochar Initiative),
AirTerra Inc. (Alberta), Passive Remediation Systems Ltd. (PRSI,
BC), British Columbia Biocarbon Ltd. and a representative from
Chemists w/o Borders (Canada).
Hopefully soon we will also have some companies [producers] from Quebec, Ontario, Sask, Manitoba and the Atlantic Provinces -- and probably more from British Columbia and Alberta -- supporting the creation of a new Canadian Biochar "Trade Association" ~ which may possibly come to fruition at a meeting that is being planned for this spring in Alberta.
Next steps? Possibly the resurrection of a pan-Canadian "Biochar Offset Protocol" (to be delivered under the new Federal Carbon Tax and Ontario Cap-and-Trade Program), possibly modeled on the Alberta Offset Protocol (originally developed by Prasino Group, Calgary).*
http://americancarbonregistry.org/carbon-accounting/methodology-for-biochar-projects
http://www.biochar-international.org/protocol
Recall:
Biochar ABI Intent to Develop Protocol 18082014 (3)
INTENT TO DEVELOP ALBERTA OFFSET SYSTEM
QUANTIFICATION PROTOCOL FOR BIOCHAR GHG OFFSETS FROM AVOIDED EMISSIONS & CARBON SEQUESTRATION
August
12th, 2014
Climate
Change Central
P.S. Thanks for joining the new Canadian Biochar Initiative
Google Group!
https://groups.google.com/d/forum/canadian-biochar-initiative
Regards,
Lloyd Helferty, Engineering Technologist Principal, Biochar Consulting (Canada) www.biochar-consulting.ca System Leader and Sector Expert for the "Climate Smart" Platform & Project Development Director, Energime University http://energimeuniversity.org/ A member of The Energime Family of Companies "Education, training, knowledge and empowerment for responsible environmental management and resource sustainability." Not-for-profit Tax Exempt Status: 501(3C) DLN 17053330310044 lloydh...@energime.com
48 Suncrest Blvd, Thornhill, ON, Canada 905-707-8754 CELL: 647-886-8754
Skype: lloyd.helferty -- Promotions Manager, Climate Smart Agriculture Youth Network (CSAYN) * LEAVE NO ONE BEHIND * http://csayouthnetwork.wordpress.com http://www.fao.org/climate-smart-agriculture https://www.linkedin.com/grp/home?gid=6756248 -- Founder, "Future Farming" group http://www.linkedin.com/groups/Future-Farming-4815612 -- Steering Committee coordinator, Canadian Biochar Initiative (CBI) www.biochar.ca http://www.linkedin.com/groups?gid=1404717 -- Chair, Community Sustainability (CoSWoG), A working group of Science for Peace https://www.linkedin.com/groups/8413199 https://groups.google.com/forum/#!forum/coswog -- President, Co-founder & CBI Liaison, Biochar-Ontario http://groups.google.com/group/biochar-ontario http://www.biocharontario.ca -- Manager, Biochar Offsets Group: http://www.linkedin.com/groups?home=&gid=2446475 -- Advisory Committee Member, International Biochar Initiative (IBI) www.biochar-international.org Think big and don't listen to people who tell you it can't be done. Life’s too short to think small. — TIM FERRISS
Lloyd Helferty