[Terrapreta] Promoting biochar in an era of high food prices

[lou gold]

I imagine you've already thought of the following but just in case here are
a few  thoughts.

(1) A press release to the biggest media list that you can find. Don't rely
solely on the Internet. Take something like the marvelous page at treehugger
and push it at the the conventional print and electronic media through
direct emails. Give it a major "address world food crisis and fight GW"
slant. Push the idea that this is the way the industrial world can help the
developing world toward sustainabilty.

(2) Do the same as in (1) to every world hunger organization.

(3) I presume that the next biochar initiative conference will include a
major section on linking biochar to reducing world hunger. That would
attract lots of media.



On Wed, Apr 16, 2008 at 8:12 PM, Biopact <biopact at biopact.com> wrote:

>  Maybe it's a good idea for the "biochar community" to use the debate
> about the acute global food crisis as an occasion to point to the potential
> of biochar to enhance agricultural productivity, especially in the tropics.
>
> Not sure how we could do this, but the time is ripe to point to the
> potential benefits of biochar when it comes to boosting yields of basic
> crops like maize, rice and cassava.
>
> Anyone any suggestions on how to get more news out?
>
> Cheers, Lorenzo
>
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