Terra Preta in the news

[Michaelangelica]

Video - Breaking News Videos from CNN.com

Let me know what it is like
I haven't got a fast enough connection to view it.

[Michaelangelica]

An interesting simple way of making char and the value of char as energy
Japanese revive method of recycling tree bark - International Herald Tribune

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Originally Posted by Michaelangelica

Video - Breaking News Videos from CNN.com

Let me know what it is like
I haven't got a fast enough connection to view it.

At first this didn't load for me, then I searched the CNN video page for "biochar" and it came up OK. Nice to see this making the MSM in this way. Fairly brief story, yet captures the main points. It says it "remains to be seen" whether this can work in the "real world", though they do show nice scenes of tests in Australia.

[Michaelangelica]

Biochar - agrichar - Terra Preta
By Anna(Anna)
Here's a very informative video about bio char and how it can improve the soil and reduce carbon.
Living a Simple Life - Living a Simple Life

Terra Preta - environmental info post
By Kira(Kira)
As we know from archaeological carbon-14 dating processes, charcoal lasts a long time; (terra preta was actually "discovered" by archaeologists trying to figure out how the Amazon, with its depleted tropical soil, could have supported ...
Kira - Kira

James Galloway on Nitrogen
By arclein(arclein)
The mere fact that terra preta retains fertility in a rainforest environment additionally supports this conjecture. What we lack is a good scientific work up that can be used by all proponents. The reason that this mechanism works is ...
Global Warming - Global Warming


The burning of grass - winter and pre-summer in India.
By Dr. N. Sai Bhaskar Reddy(Dr. N. Sai Bhaskar Reddy)
It is common to see patches of grass and the undergrowth in the forest areas bruning in several parts of grass lands and decidious forest areas in India. This results in intentional / accidental production of tonnes of bio-char and some ...
Terra Preta Info - Terra Preta Info

EPA Overstating Chesapeake’s Progress
Black Earth - A look at Terra Preta / Biochar. * The Turning Of The Worm - Further exploration of the world of soil. * Better Living Through Green Chemistry - Who needs fossil fuels when you can make bioplastic ? ...
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[Michaelangelica]

A "lost" Amazonian tribe found
Indian tribe discovered in Brazil | The Courier-Mail
I wonder how they escaped disease and how they garden (vegetable ? gardens were seen from the air)

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Originally Posted by Michaelangelica

A "lost" Amazonian tribe found
Indian tribe discovered in Brazil | The Courier-Mail
I wonder how they escaped disease and how they garden (vegetable ? gardens were seen from the air)

That's some of the coolest news I've read in a while!

[Michaelangelica]

Glad you like it.
Some more bits and pieces I haven't had ag ood look at yet.
Freeman Dyson on Global Warming
By arclein(arclein)
3. Instituting the terra preta protocol on all our croplands to maximize the efficiency and expansion of the soil base. Tackling the deserts will be a much more challenging task and can certainly wait until we have the rest of this ...
Global Warming - Global Warming

Question for you seasoned growers... AKA Stinky & Co.
By NaughtyDreadz
So, as I was watching the Discovery Science chanel as one does, when a special on this brazilian type of soil called Terra Preta (Black Soil). Being brazilian and having this interest in new grow mediums (obvious... :smokebong Well. ...
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We've got talk of a Hamilton tyler in nuclear.
By johnnyshi
Charge it, please Some think biofuels are the future of transportation, but if you're like me you believe most consumer vehicles in the future will be plug in hybrid or pure electric. Terra Preta Soils Carbon Negative Bio fuels, ...
The force said it had spent the money - http://read100.com/hotwebdo

[Michaelangelica]

from the TP list
The CBC has a Science Program, "Quirks and Quarks". Among other things,
their show today ran a section on Terra Preta.
See:
CBC Radio | Quirks & Quarks | May 31, 2008

[Michaelangelica]

Adriana Downie talks about Best Energies pyrolysis gasifier and making bio char (Terra Preta)
Adriana Downie talks about Best Energies pyrolysis gasifier and making bio char (Terra Preta) | Zero Emissions Climate Change Global Warming Solution

Ends with link to BEST's website

Scott Bilby: Adriana, I would like to say thank you for the interview this morning. It's been very informative and several times I must admit I have learnt things that I didn't know before and I'm sure our audience is wiser for you coming onto the program.

Adriana Downie: If they would like to know more information, we have a website BEST Energies, Inc. | Clean Energy from Biomass Waste Resources - Slow Pyrolysis - Essential Technologies Powering Biofuels - Creating green energy products - Madison, Wisconsin | Cashton, Wisconsin and there are some links there to articles that have a bit more information about terra preta and agrichar in soils and the pyrolysis technology.

[erich]

Farmers bringing message to the Food Crisis Summit in Rome expelled
Grain - Barcelona,Spain
Those involved in the action have been meeting with other civil society organisations at the Terra Preta* civil society forum, parallel to the FAO Summit. ...



GRAIN | Farmers bringing message to the Food Crisis Summit in Rome expelled