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Sustainable Green Lake Meeting (and Biochar!) August 18th

What do you think? (3 Comments) July 29, 2009 at 7:29PM

How many times did you hear this today: “Is it hot enough for ya?” Maybe it’s got you thinking about global warming. Perhaps the headline “Is Biochar a Quick Fix for Global Warming?” in today’s The Daily Green (remember, no relation) caught your eye. See biochar in action at Sustainable Green Lake‘s upcoming monthly meeting as SeaChar‘s Art Donnelly cooks food while producing biochar: August 18 at 6:30pm near the Bathhouse and west beach swimming area. It’s a potluck event so bring some food, your own dinnerware, and come by foot, bike, or bus if you can.

Want more Biochar even sooner? There are events coming up at South Seattle Community College in West Seattle tomorrow night and Saturday:

Join SeaChar.Org, SSCC and Char For Change: Thursday, July 30th thru Saturday, August 1st for three days of events focusing on Biochar, the World “Stove” movement and FUN! Biochar is an emerging technology for carbon cycle and environmental services management. The carbon negative strategy is a potentially powerful tool for locking up substantial amounts of CO2 while increasing the health and productivity of soils and waterways. Contact Art Donnelly with Seattle Biochar Working Group, (206) 612-3018, art.donnelly(at)seachar(dot)org.

All the details are available on SeaChar’s calendar.

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  • terrymock

    Sustainable Land Development Goes Carbon-Negative
    SLDT Magazine – August, 2009
    http://www.nxtbook.com/nxtbooks/sldt/0809/#/18

    Located in the headwaters of the Port Orford Community Stewardship Area in Southern Oregon, Ocean Mountain Ranch (OMR) overlooks the newly-designated Redfish Rocks Marine Reserve and the largest remaining old growth forest on the southern coast in Humbug Mountain State Park. OMR is planned to be developed pursuant to a forest stewardship management plan which has been approved by the Oregon Department of Forestry and Northwest Certified Forestry under the high standards of the Forest Stewardship Council (FSC). OMR is also serving as a pilot program and is expected to achieve carbon negative status through the utilization of low impact development practices, energy efficient buildings, renewable/clean energy systems, distributed waste management systems, biochar production, and other practices.

    The land development industry is uniquely positioned to utilize best management practices to take advantage of emerging ancient and new biochar technologies to help address a multitude of pressing environmental, social and economic concerns by balancing the needs of people, planet and profit – for today and future generations.

    Sustainable Land Development International – http://www.SLDI.org

  • terrymock

    Sustainable Land Development Goes Carbon-Negative
    SLDT Magazine – August, 2009
    http://www.nxtbook.com/nxtbooks/sldt/0809/#/18

    Located in the headwaters of the Port Orford Community Stewardship Area in Southern Oregon, Ocean Mountain Ranch (OMR) overlooks the newly-designated Redfish Rocks Marine Reserve and the largest remaining old growth forest on the southern coast in Humbug Mountain State Park. OMR is planned to be developed pursuant to a forest stewardship management plan which has been approved by the Oregon Department of Forestry and Northwest Certified Forestry under the high standards of the Forest Stewardship Council (FSC). OMR is also serving as a pilot program and is expected to achieve carbon negative status through the utilization of low impact development practices, energy efficient buildings, renewable/clean energy systems, distributed waste management systems, biochar production, and other practices.

    The land development industry is uniquely positioned to utilize best management practices to take advantage of emerging ancient and new biochar technologies to help address a multitude of pressing environmental, social and economic concerns by balancing the needs of people, planet and profit – for today and future generations.

    Sustainable Land Development International – http://www.SLDI.org