Biochar is neither green nor not, but methods make it so
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Trapezoidal Kon-Tiki kiln design
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Trapezoidal Kon-Tiki kiln design
Biochar is neither green nor not, but methods make it so
Read moreTrying out a garden shredder for grinding char.
Lessons from the Biochar Road Show
Read moreInterview of Gray Shaw and Susan Nolan for KMUD’s “Burning Issues” program in March 2020, covering points presented during their “Biochar Road Show”
Read moreWater retention can buffer droughts caused by climate change
Read moreThis fascinating and wide-ranging interview on Native American landscape practices was produced for the Institute for Sustainable Forestry and aired on KMUD (Redway, CA).
Read moreI wrote and presented a half-hour radio program as part of ISF’s Sustainable Forestry Journalism Project, centered on girdling Douglas-firs for ecological restoration and fire safety.
Read moreMother Jones published a feature article in December 2019 about solutions to climate change with NO mention of biochar. It was mainly about the need for R&D in alternatives to fossil fuel. Pyrolysis was mentioned, but only in conjunction with new tree plantations. So, I wrote and set them straight.
Read more“T Gray Shaw do you mind commenting on what we could do to manage forests to mitigate and control what seems like a growing issue in the west?”
Read moreThe crop looks good—deep green and perky, no drooping or yellowing, better than it has looked in years. This (2019) was the year we went "all in," using biochar as an amendment for every plant.
Read moreIn July 2019, I presented a poster at a national biochar conference in Fort Collins, CO, composed of most of the content on this website.
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