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NEXTSTEP: Char it myself
I've been absolutely floored by all the people posting about Jason Arambaru, the founder of re:char. I've been studying Terra Preta and bio-char since my experiences in the rainforest of Peru, it was almost like the Holy Grail of sustainable farming. To hear that there are people like Jason implementing it on a replicable, practical scale fills me with hope.
So I'm not only going to contact Re:char and see if I can participate, I'm going to do it myself! I recently met a lady at one of our volunteer days for Growcology that is doing her thesis at the local university on Biochar and pyrolisis. So I called her today and am inviting her over to our space to do some experiments and prototypes. She already sent me some information from Biochar International, and I'm going to make some!
She says the mulch and sticks we have from our botanical gardens and farm would be perfect for biochar, and that we just need a metal drum that we can seal to make it.
So re:char and Terra Preta, here we come! I'm making my first batch in a paint can today, then I'll find a metal drum on craigslist.
image source: Wikipedia
So I'm not only going to contact Re:char and see if I can participate, I'm going to do it myself! I recently met a lady at one of our volunteer days for Growcology that is doing her thesis at the local university on Biochar and pyrolisis. So I called her today and am inviting her over to our space to do some experiments and prototypes. She already sent me some information from Biochar International, and I'm going to make some!
She says the mulch and sticks we have from our botanical gardens and farm would be perfect for biochar, and that we just need a metal drum that we can seal to make it.
So re:char and Terra Preta, here we come! I'm making my first batch in a paint can today, then I'll find a metal drum on craigslist.
image source: Wikipedia
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Comment by Ayala Sherbow on March 8, 2010 at 10:12pm
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so much good stuff reflected here:
- replicating what already works instead of reinventing the wheel
- doing, not just thinking and reading
- using what you already have and do and taking it up a notch
- making new partnerships and collaborations.
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Comment by Wintermute on March 8, 2010 at 10:37pm
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Rock on
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Comment by Nick Heyming on March 8, 2010 at 10:41pm
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I just hope I don't get too much tar, she said that can be a problem...
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Comment by Yemisi Ajumobi on March 9, 2010 at 1:33am
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Fantastic move showing an entrepreneur in action. You've been successful at incorporating much of the lessons from Learn1 and Act 1 and are setting a good example for us all on the network to start acting already. +15 for entrepreneurship has been awarded to you by Alchemy.
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And yet somehow I can't seem to pass those missions... I need a mentor!
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Comment by Patricio Buenrostro-Gilhuys on March 9, 2010 at 2:46am
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Good job!!!
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Comment by John Evans on March 9, 2010 at 3:15am
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The great thing about this, in my view, is downward scalability. i.e. you can make it in a paint can if that's all the "fuel" you have. That makes it easy for a lot of people to adopt.
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Exactly, I'm hoping to identify the limiting factors, and issues that arise at different scales. They already warned me they had 'tar' in their paint can, which is a potentially toxic byproduct, so I'm going to see if there's research on how to avoid that.
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One interesting thing about terra preta is that it almost always contained significant amounts of broken pottery...
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Comment by Bongumusa on March 9, 2010 at 9:03am
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strong and bravery
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