Many of the participants in our workshop presented in the Scaling Biochar Forum Oct. 13-14, 2020. In particular, this talk by Dr. James Amonette provides a summary of the Biomass to Biochar: Maximizing the Carbon Value workshop.
In addition to the workshop overview, five presentations were given at the Forum that summarize the key sector-focused recommendations made by the workshop working groups. These are:
- Gloria Flora: Environmentally Friendly, Ecosystem-Informed Biochar Kiln Design for Sustainable Practices
- Jim Dooley: Maximizing the Net Carbon Content of Biochar at Distributed and Community-Scale Production Sites.
- Tom Miles: Large Scale Biochar Production.
- Mark Fuchs: Integrating the Biochar/Compost Industries—Carbon Drawdown for Profit
- Dr. Kristin Trippe: Developing a Nationwide Framework for Evaluation and Predicting Agronomic Responses to Biochar-Based Amendments.
Other participants in the workshop also gave presentations at the Forum.
- Josiah Hunt: Keynote: Dark Earth for a Bright Future: The Big Picture View on Biochar
- Kelpie Wilson: A Carbon Conservation Corps to Restore Forests With Biochar
- Jim Archuleta: Toward Sustainable Forest, Farm and Urban Management: Biochar’s Place Within Landscape Reallocation of Organic Matter
- Debbie Dumroese & Carlos Rodriguez-Franco: Using Biochar for Abandoned Mine Lands and Forest Restoration
- Gloria Flora: Building a Sustainable Biochar Industry
- Josiah Hunt: Leveraging Existing Infrastructure in California to Sustainably Produce 250,000 Tons of Biochar Per Year within 5 Years.
- Brennan Pecha: NREL Perspective: High Temperature Conversion of Wood and Waste to Fuels and Biochar at the National Renewable Energy Lab
- Tom Miles: Building Capacity in Biochar Advocacy and Educational Organizations: IBI, USBI, CBA, SBI, Etc.
- Carlos Rodriguez-Franco: Biochar’s Role in the Green Economy and It’s Potential for Climate Change Mitigation