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Thanks for the Conference updates! I noticed Lloyd Helferty used the "silver bullet" analogy for biochar. I've had good responses from using the term "silver buckshot," but I can't recall where I first heard that. Thanks again!

ok, I have a question for you regarding biochar and metagenomics - would you know if there are any established projects going now using metagenomics to characterize the biomes of the various biochars across the world? I have a particular scientific interest but do not want to discuss it on an open site. is there a way to have a private convo on this site? If not, i am at nika dot boyce at gmail dot com.

[biochar] Biochar Practical Guide- Request! Yes, Dr. Reddy has posted his work to the TP list, also this was just posted to the new yahoo Biochar disscusion; to biochar show details 3:16 AM (22 hours ago) from [email]pgkuria@gmail.com[/email] Dear All, This is my first contribution to the list. I have been following the discussions very keenly and very enlightened by the very detailed and professional inputs. - Recently a funding agency in Finland (SIEMENPUU) Foundation,([url]www.siemenpuu.org[/url]) put aside a small grant of around 8,000 Euro to support small trials on Terra Preta in India. This is a one of- funding and they dont have any funds for such work since their focus is currently in other aspects and with a limited group of focus partners in Asia, Africa and Americas. For this particular fund, the implementing partners are small NGOs working with local communities within their India programme. The small grants are basically to support: 1. The Technical aspect of turning biomass into char (purchase or conversion of stoves) 2. A small amount of money towards the using the char in field trials 3. Follow up and sharing of that data and results from the field work. Question to the group- - Those doing similar experiments or work in India- is there a map that we can probably locate them? For example a google map? - Considering that this is going to be such a big issue (food security, CCS, biodiversity etc), is there a small reference manual on the practical issues to consider when introducing the concept to rural communities? The idea here is something that can be used by semi-literate groups- who would form the majority of char users. The information from these field experiments will be shared through- this network and the following portals [url]http://www.e-plies.org[/url] (please use it as well if you have some info to share - [url]http://e-plies.org/?q=project/terrapreta[/url] [url]http://www.udongo.org[/url] [url]http://www.shalinry.org[/url] Good week ahead Peter __._,_.___ Messages in this topic (1) Reply (via web post) | Start a new topic Messages | Files | Photos | Links | Database | Polls | Members | Calendar MARKETPLACE