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Dwelling on Drawdown – Draining the Swamp
Follow Kathleen Draper's biochar home building project to learn more about how she has stashed carbon in every nook and cranny of her new home!
The Potential for Biochar to Enhance Sustainability in the Dairy Industry
This 24-page white paper on biochar and the dairy industry is authored by the Ithaka Institute and Cornell University.
Effect of Wood Biochar Amendment to Sand on Leachate Water Quality with Repeated Dairy Manure Application: A Soil Column Study
This publication from the National Cooperative Extension explains results of a biochar filtration application. The effects of amending sand soil columns with hybrid poplar biochar made by a slow pyrolysis process at 450°C at va
Biochar and applications of biochar in stormwater management
From the Minnesota Stormwater Manual:
This page provides information on biochar. While providing extensive information on biochar, there is a section focused specifically on stormwater applications for biochar.
Washington State University Pyrolysis and Biochar Publications
Visit this page for an index to a number of high quality biochar research reports and publications by the WSU Center for Sustaining Agriculture and Natural Resources (CSANR).
Contents include:
Sustainability Seminar Series: The Ingenuity Of Biochar For Soil & Water Health
Healthy food and water are matters of national urgency, security and resilience, especially during the Covid 19 pandemic.
Scaling Biochar Forum October 13&14, 2020
This Webinar series organized by the Sonoma Biochar Initiative and the California Biochar Association took place over two mornings on October 13 and 14.
A Field Guide to Biochar Water Treatment
This ebook describes a low-cost DIY drinking water treatment system using biochar to remove chemical pollutants.