Biochar

SMH: Wrestling with a climate conundrum

Posted on 21 Feb 2011
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IT'S maddening. We have brilliant renewable energy resources, brilliant innovators and a vast pool of superannuation savings looking for opportunities beyond our overvalued, over-analysed, ticket-clipped top 50 listed companies.

We also have growing recognition that climate change poses a unique risk to traditional investment management strategies - particularly here in Australia, where up to 40 per cent of a typical share portfolio might be concentrated in sectors such as resources, which are heavily exposed to a rising price on carbon.

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Adriana Downie talks about Best Energies pyrolysis gasifier and making bio char (Terra Preta)

Posted on 03 Jun 2008
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This morning on Beyond Zero we are interviewing Adriana Downey, Technical Manger at Best Energies. Her company is involved in pyrolysis, synthesis gas and biomass waste management. These provide benefits such as reduced waste, cleaner energy, improved soil quality and carbon sequestration; potentially music to our ears here at Beyond Zero.

Adriana Downey podcast

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More Carbon for Soils More Carbon for Crops - Carbon Negative Farming with Bio Char

Posted on 30 Mar 2008
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Beyond Zero Emissions interviews Dr Lukas Van Zwieten, senior research scientist at the NSW Department of Primary Industries (DPI). He's working hand-on in soil research focusing on Bio Char (Terra Preta de Indio / Agri Char)

Lukas Van Zwieten podcast

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Drawing down carbon - Johannes Lehmann of Cornell University talks Bio Char

Posted on 08 Mar 2008
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Johannes Lehmann, whose an associate professor of soil fertility management and soil bio-chemistry at New York's Cornell University. Prior to this he co-ordinated an interdisciplinary research project on nutrient and carbon management in the central Amazon for the Federal Research Institution of Forestry at the University of Bayreuth, Germany.

Johannes Lehmann podcast

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Tim Flannery talks bio char and why we need to move into the renewable age

Posted on 11 Jan 2008
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Beyond Zero talks with Tim Flannery about Terra Preta (bio char), his experience as 'Australian of the Year' and the current political climate.

Tim Flannery podcast

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