Biochar Promise: Healthy Soil
October 24, 2024 at 2:00 pm PST
Spokane Conservation District – Virtual Free
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Healthy soil is key to a healthy city. Discover an old technique, available to everyone, that creates soil fertility. Join the discussion needed to make this available here in Spokane. Confirmed presenters: Albert Bates, author: "The Biochar Solution: Carbon Farming and Climate Change" and "Burn: Using fire to Cool the Earth, with Kathleen Draper" as well as many other books; Kelpie Wilson, author of the soon to be released, “The Biochar Handbook: A Practical Guide to Making and Using Bioactivated Charcoal” and inventor of the Wilson Kiln Julie Anderson from the Washington department of commerce, and John Webster of the International Biochar Initiative,.and Gobiochar.
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Biochar is one of the methods that can be used to speed up soil health and then support it over long periods. What will it take for us to bring it here in quantities large enough to make the difference we need?
October 24, 2024 at 2:00 pm PST
Spokane Conservation District – Virtual Free
Register by clicking Here
Healthy soil is key to a healthy city. Discover an old technique, available to everyone, that creates soil fertility. Join the discussion needed to make this available here in Spokane. Confirmed presenters: Albert Bates, author: "The Biochar Solution: Carbon Farming and Climate Change" and "Burn: Using fire to Cool the Earth, with Kathleen Draper" as well as many other books; Kelpie Wilson, author of the soon to be released, “The Biochar Handbook: A Practical Guide to Making and Using Bioactivated Charcoal” and inventor of the Wilson Kiln Julie Anderson from the Washington department of commerce, and John Webster of the International Biochar Initiative,.and Gobiochar.
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Biochar is one of the methods that can be used to speed up soil health and then support it over long periods. What will it take for us to bring it here in quantities large enough to make the difference we need?
The Program
Host: Kathryn Alexander MA, with a life-long focus on nature and a collator of the values the Earth lives by, Kathryn brings over 20 years of change and leadership expertise. Author of the book, “What’s it Mean, Shifting to Green” and designated as a ‘woman to watch’ in sustainability by the Boulder Weekly. Kathryn is a Regenerative Living coach, in her firm, Bridge To Partnership. She is currently the Chief Strategist for Soil Smart-Soil Wise, an organization working to make cities resilient as 'sponge cities' through the support of the local biotic pump.
Host: Kathryn Alexander MA, with a life-long focus on nature and a collator of the values the Earth lives by, Kathryn brings over 20 years of change and leadership expertise. Author of the book, “What’s it Mean, Shifting to Green” and designated as a ‘woman to watch’ in sustainability by the Boulder Weekly. Kathryn is a Regenerative Living coach, in her firm, Bridge To Partnership. She is currently the Chief Strategist for Soil Smart-Soil Wise, an organization working to make cities resilient as 'sponge cities' through the support of the local biotic pump.
Albert Bates, is a member of the intentional community and ecovillage movements. A lawyer, author and teacher, he has been director of the Global Village Institute for Appropriate Technology since 1984 and of the Ecovillage Training Center at The Farm in Summertown, Tennessee, since 1994. A former attorney, he argued environmental and civil rights cases before the U.S. Supreme Court and drafted a number of legislative Acts during a 26-year legal career. He proposes a carbon-oriented agricultural revolution that could double world food supplies while simultaneously building soil fertility and lowering atmospheric and oceanic concentrations of carbon. Bates suggests that, if sourced cautiously, biochar energy systems could eliminate fossil fuel dependency, bring new life to desertified landscapes, purify drinking water, and build carbon-negative homes, communities and economies.
Kelpie Wilson, is founder of Wilson Biochar Associates and a mechanical engineer, writer, and consultant with a background in renewable energy and forest protection. Currently, she specializes in biochar technology and market development. As Communications Editor and Project Development Director for the International Biochar Initiative (IBI) between 2008 and 2012, Ms. Wilson managed the public process and document development to publish the first international standards for product definition and testing. Kelpie Wilson, author of the soon to be released, “The Biochar Handbook: A Practical Guide to Making and Using Bioactivated Charcoal” and inventor of the Wilson Kiln
Julie Anderson - Director of Agricultural Innovation, Washington State Department of Commerce
Julie Anderson is focused on the recruitment, retention, and expansion of Washington’s forest products and agritech industries. In this work, she places special emphasis on rural development, regenerative practices, and industrial symbiosis. Julie and the other members of Commerce’s Industry Sector Development unit partner with companies, research institutions, government agencies, and tribes to create markets, address issues, and align public policy
John Webster - Director of Communications for the US Biochar Initiative since August 2022. USBI volunteer since early 2021.
- Biochar producer in Salt Lake City, Utah. A "pioneer" of biochar production in Utah. Commercial pyrolysis system. Offers biochar and biochar blended products as well as nation-wide sourcing.
- Life-long environmentalist with over 30 years experience in product management, product ownership, team leadership, and executive communications.
- Experienced at developing new markets with proven excellence in customer relationship skills, vendor negotiations, product development, & sales initiatives.
- Biochar producer in Salt Lake City, Utah. A "pioneer" of biochar production in Utah. Commercial pyrolysis system. Offers biochar and biochar blended products as well as nation-wide sourcing.
- Life-long environmentalist with over 30 years experience in product management, product ownership, team leadership, and executive communications.
- Experienced at developing new markets with proven excellence in customer relationship skills, vendor negotiations, product development, & sales initiatives.