Fwd: Biochar Workshop, Saturday, March 19th
PLACE for Sustainable Living
DATE: Saturday, March 19, 2016
TIME: 1:00pm-6:00pm
COST: $50
TO REGISTER: Please go to our website and click on our gold "DONATE" button on the middle of the page. Once in paypal, please make payment and add a note: "BIOCHAR Workshop".
IF THERE ARE ANY DIFFICULTIES, please email us with "BIOCHAR Workshop" as a note.
ABOUT THE WORKSHOP Jump into the fiery world of applied biochar with this immersive workshop for land managers, gardeners, farmers, policy makers, soil builders, and climate activists. See examples of wastewater filtration, rooftop farming and vertical gardening using biochar.
Topics covered:
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How to make biochar and biochar kilns
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Sustainable procurement of feedstocks
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Biochars' potential and role in atmospheric CO2 reduction and climate stabilization
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Optimizing biochar production (pyrolysis) for beneficial properties
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Emissions analysis from wildfire, RX burns and gasification
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Biofiltration and bioremediation applications
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Usage of biochar as a soil amendment, cation exchange capacity, adsorption
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Domestic uses
INSTRUCTORS
Bear Kaufmann: Chief Science Officer at All Power Labs, Bear has a deep interest and knowledge base in energy and sustainable power generation on the individual user scale. He has orchestrated numerous studies on the efficacy of characterized biochar. Bear's main focus at ALL Power Labs is developing control systems, engineering and design review and conducting research to inform and motivate product development.
Amanda Joy Ravenhill: Amanda is the Director of Project Drawdown. She brings her passion and expertise in environmental and social justice to the organization’s solution-based approach to addressing climate change. Prior to Project Drawdown, Amanda was a Professor of Sustainable Business at Presidio Graduate School.
Nik Bertulis: Nik is a designer, builder and teacher who loves making and using biochar. He is currently design coordinator at PLACE For Sustainable Living where he has built char kilns and rocket mass heaters. Nik enjoys studying fire ecology and recently co-founded the California Center for Natural History. He has a B.A.S. in Ecological Design from Colorado College.
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