[Terrapreta] Fw: Request for advisory help re possible bio-charapplications, in Swaziland

[Sean K. Barry]

Hi Craig,

This sounds like a very interesting project!  I think that this charity you speak of has all of the things needed to make a real stab at developing Terra Preta soils, "carbon negative" energy, and valuable research results for the development of Terra Preta as a renewed technology.  I would invite you to join the 'terrapreta' list and we can help you find or provide some of the resources you might need to make this a reality.

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Sean K. Barry
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From: Rick Davies<mailto:rick.davies at gmail.com> 
To: terrapreta at bioenergylists.org<mailto:terrapreta at bioenergylists.org> 
Cc: craig at bulembu.org<mailto:craig at bulembu.org> 
Sent: Thursday, September 20, 2007 7:03 AM
Subject: [Terrapreta] Request for advisory help re possible bio-charapplications, in Swaziland


Hi all 

Can anyone on this email list help Craig in Swaziland, with technical advice (of all relevant kinds)? There seems to be an important opportunity here.

If you can please contact Craig directly (he is not on the terrapreta email list) but also please cc your email to the rest of us on this email list. 

I have pointed out to Craig that I am only an interested bystander, and not a good source of technical advice on my own.

regards, rick davies
www.mande.co.uk<http://www.mande.co.uk/>

---------- Forwarded message ---------- 
From: Craig Jamieson <craig at bulembu.org<mailto:craig at bulembu.org>>
Date: Sep 15, 2007 1:39 AM
Subject: Biochar
To: editor at mande.co.uk<mailto:editor at mande.co.uk>


Hi Rick,



I saw you were a sponsor at the IAI conference in Australia earlier this year and that you are interested in applications of pyrolysis / biochar for the benefit of poor rural communities in Africa and Asia. Have you managed to find any such projects to get involved in? I am working for a small charity in Swaziland called Bulembu Ministries (www.bulembu.org<http://www.bulembu.org/>) which is helping to regenerate a rural village in the highlands, that used to be owned by a British mining company. I came from the UK 6 weeks ago to volunteer for a few months in the field of agriculture and renewable energy.



The charity owns some forestry and a timber mill, and so has access to 150 tons waste wood per day. I'm wondering about the feasibility of using this for carbon negative energy – especially as we are also trying to make the village more self-sufficient in fruit and vegetable production, so we could use the biochar to improve the soils. Finally, we get visitors and volunteers coming from all over the world who may be prepared to pay some money to offset their carbon emissions. These factors of availability of wastes, proximity to energy demand, agricultural market for biochar and carbon credits are, I imagine, fairly unusual in one development project and are all within the control of the one charity. I feel that could swing things in our favour practically and economically. However, one of my friends who attended the Australian conference, said that there is still quite some research needed in this area. I would be interested to know your considered opinion on this since you obviously have more experience than I do in this field.



Kind regards,



Craig Jamieson 



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