Please find below a summary recently issued by maccybiochar: maccybiochar is a not-for-profit volunteer group set up to convert tree litter from local households, landowners and businesses to biochar and thereby capture carbon, offset and reduce greenhouse gas emissions and create voluntary carbon offsets to trade. Registered users have the greenhouse gases produced by their […]
A Community Biochar Centre is proposed for Macclesfield, South Australia that will convert dry organic waste from local households, landowners and businesses to biochar and thereby capture carbon, offset and reduce greenhouse gas emissions and create voluntary carbon offsets to trade. Biochar is a form of charcoal and is good for the soil, good as […]
Where a household seeks to offset the greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions of its electricity consumption on a weekly basis the production and capture of biochar can be used to offset the emissions associated with the generation of that power. A typical 2 person household consuming 156 kWhr of electricity per week only needs to make […]
CAN DIRT SAVE THE EARTH? Letter from Tom Miles, Chairman, International Biochar Initiative, 24 April 2018 Much of the discussion on these forums assumes that more biochar is better, that high concentrations of biochar must be applied to get results. But often it is more effective to use less biochar in combination with the usual […]
Extract from a letter from Tom Miles, Chairman, International Biochar Initiative, 7 July 2017. Sustainable agriculture and soil fertility have been central to the terra preta/agrichar/biochar development since the beginning of the current development efforts (2003-2017). Carbon sequestration was much touted as a potential source of funding for biochar production and use but never the […]
On 30 June I finally used my new Maccy-Kontiki kiln to make biochar from my tree litter down in the meadow. The following observations may be of interest: 1. Overnight rain had wetted the wood but the day was sunny and mild with only a slight breeze. So I did not bother with any wind […]
Introduction: The Kon-Tiki charcoal maker is a relatively new design of charcoal maker currently being adopted widely by the biochar fraternity. It is effectively an above ground open fire pit. The main advantages are simplicity of design, tolerance to shape and size of feedstock, and char volume potentially as large as the container volume itself. […]
Back when blacksmiths were still in business there were charcoal makers in and around Macclesfield who used the abundant timber resources of the area to make charcoal for the blacksmiths in the town and beyond. A local landmark by the name of Retort Hill is said to be the site of a charcoal making operation […]
REPORT OF WORKING BEE carried out on 17 June 2016 at Blewitt Springs, South Australia. PRESENT: Gareth Carrel: Vigneron Greg Marlu: Biochar producer Matt Quinn: Compost producer Brian Lewis: Biochar blogger PURPOSE OF WORKING BEE: To build 3 biochar production kilns based on Greg Marlu’s adaptation of a top lit updraft gasifier kiln. This kiln […]
Refer attachment to view results of biochar analysis: Analysing Biochar _Wet & Dry_