Resources

American Society of Agronomy
https://www.agronomy.org/membership/communities/biochar-agronomic-and-environmental-uses

Aqueous Solutions
Aqueous Solutions is a consortium of research scientists, field engineers, and ecological designers working to promote livelihood security, environmental and economic sustainability, and local self-reliance through ecological design and appropriate technologies in water, sanitation, and hygiene (WASH). They conduct field and laboratory research on decentralized, small-scale water treatment and ecological sanitation systems. They also provide technical consulting and project management services for sustainable WASH infrastructure development in collaboration with rural/remote, indigenous, and politically and economically marginalized communities in SE Asia. The video and print resources available at http://www.aqsolutions.org/?page_id=927 are intended to:

  1. summarize current results of collaborative field and laboratory research pertaining to the use of traditional kiln charcoals and gasifier chars in decentralized water treatment that targets SOCs
  2. provide instructional materials for construction and operation of small- and intermediate- scale gasifier char production units using local materials
  3. provide instructional materials for integration of biochar filtration into a multi-barrier small- and intermediate- scale water treatment systems constructed from inexpensive and widely available materials

Biochar Farms – Biochar Farms was established to provide practical, accessible, and objective information about biochar production and its application to soils. The potential benefits of biochar production are high – particularly in terms of mitigating climate change, improving soil quality, and producing renewable carbon-negative energy. www.biocharfarms.org

The Biochar Website www.biochar.org

The Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organization (CSIRO)
http://www.csiro.au/resources/Biochar-Factsheet.html

Canadian Biochar Initiative www.biochar.ca

Cornell University – Renewable Bioenergy Initiative http://www.cuaes.cornell.edu/cals/cuaes/ag-operations/curbi/biochar.cfm
Biochar Soil Management http://www.css.cornell.edu/faculty/lehmann/research/biochar/biocharmain.html

Flux Farm Scientific Research www.fluxfarm.com

Haiti Biochar Initiative http://biocharhaiti.wordpress.com/about/

The International Biochar Initiative (IBI) provides for the international exchange of information and activities in support of biochar research, development, demonstration and commercialization. It advocates biochar research and applications around the world.
http://www.biochar-international.org

Iowa State University http://www.cset.iastate.edu/research-projects/bio-char.html

Massey University, New Zealand Biochar Research Center
http://www.massey.ac.nz/massey/about-massey/news/article.cfm?mnarticle=biochar-research-centre-key-to-fighting-climate-change-17-12-2007

Michigan Biochar
http://michiganbiochar.com/blog-videos-and-courses/

New Zealand Biochar Network http://www.anzbiochar.org/

North American Biochar Conference 2008 http://www.regonline.com/builder/site/Default.aspx?eventid=684390

Northeast Carbon Negative Network http://www.carbon-negative.us

Ohio State University, Carbon Management and Sequestration Center
http://senr.osu.edu/cmasc/index.html

Pacific North West Biochar
http://groups.google.com/group/pnw-biochar?hl=en&pli=1

Pro-Natura International http://pronatura.org/index.php

REAP Canada http://www.reap-canada.com/library.htm

Rice University Biochar Group
http://biochar.rice.edu/Rice_Biochar_Group_/Home.html

Rice University, Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering
http://www.media.rice.edu/media/NewsBot.asp?MODE=VIEW&ID=11877

The Rodale Institute http://www.rodaleinstitute.org/search/node/biochar

Seattle Biochar Working Group (SeaChar) http://seachar.org/wordpress/mission

The STEPS Centre http://www.steps-centre.org/PDFs/Biochar_web.pdf

The Terra Preta Biochar Discussion List – Exploring the use of biochar (charcoal from biomass) to improve soils. Information on biochar properties, plants, soils, gardening, biochar production, etc. http://biochar.bioenergylists.org/

UK Biochar Research Center (UKBRC) http://www.geos.ed.ac.uk/sccs/biochar/

University of Adelaide, Australia http://www.adelaide.edu.au/search/search.html?handler=search&restrict=adelaide.edu.au&words=biochar+research&search.x=23&search.y=1

University of Florida http://www.clas.ufl.edu/users/azimmer/research_TP-biochar.htm

  1. Dept. of Agricultural and Biological Engineering http://abe.ufl.edu/Bingao/research/biochar_1.shtml
    Dept. of Geological Sciences http://www.clas.ufl.edu/users/azimmer/research_TP-biochar.htm

University of Georgia, Biorefining and Carbon Cycling Program
http://www.biorefinery.uga.edu/

University of Hawaii at Manoa, Hawaii Natural Energy Institute
http://www.hnei.hawaii.edu/bio.r3.asp

U.S. Biochar Initiative – A non-profit organization promoting the sustainable production and use of biochar through, research, policy, and technology. www.biochar-us.org

USDA Soil Tilth Laboratory http://www.ars.usda.gov/research/projects/projects.htm?accn_no=414740