Biochar can be made at every place in the world, use a shovel a make a hole in the ground
(120 cm diameter and 60 cm deep) and start a flame curtain kiln
Kathleen Draper, Paul Taylor and Hans-Peter Schmidt
THE opportunity for Tassie to shine a few productive bright lights (Together, we have 8 K-T-TAS deep cone kilns so far…)
http://www.biochar-journal.org/en/ct/60-CHARdays-2015
CHARdays 2015
worldwide from 18th to 21st June 2015
The Ithaka Institute launches a global charring event for the biochar community (i.e. farmers, gardeners, industries, companies, academics) to showcase their char making talents and demonstrate to the world the carbon impact our growing community can have on climate change.
Our goal is to calculate how much biochar we are all able to create over this short period and then provide a rough estimate of the CO2 we will sequester once the biochar has been added to the soil or building materials or other long term use biochar products.
The biochar event will be held between two symbolic days in June:
June 18th is Live Earth Day, a day of global climate activism which will be broadcast across all major media platforms and supported by a year-long campaign in partnership with the world’s leading brands, NGOs and non-profits.
The initiative hopes to “bring together a billion voices to shine a global spotlight on the nations convening at the Climate Conference in Paris this year and deliver a single message to all leaders”.
The 21st of June is the solstice, also referred to as midsummer in the Northern hemisphere.
Many cultures have a long history of bonfires being held during midsummer festivals.
On midsummer in Berlin this year symbols of failed policy will be charred in a large Kon-Tiki kiln at the fallen Berlin wall just in front of the German Parliament.
To increase the impact we would like to encourage the biochar community to host your own educational Char event at some point during June 18th – 21st where you can teach your neighbors, friends and family the art and craft of making biochar.
If you are interested in participating in this global biochar event, to fire up your Kon-Tiki, your TLUD or your industrial pyrolysis equipment, and to sign with a pound or a ton of biochar, let us know and help us spread the word.
Ithaka’s Maddie Brown, [email protected], will be consolidating all of the information received and publish life in the Biochar Journal.
Please send Maddie the following details: charmakers name, country, feedstock, and volume of biochar produced.
We’d also like to know what technique was used and what the end use for the biochar is.
We’d love to share any pictures of your charring events via social media.
Prizes (in the form of zero footprint CHARtificates!) may be given for best pictures, biggest crowd, most unusual feedstock or end use and more!
Let’s show the world what a small community of dedicated char masters can do!
