Biochar Multimedia

IBI is showcasing external videos and podcasts featuring biochar--click on any of the links below for more information.

Videos

The Promise of Biochar by Lily Films: This 11 minute film was produced for IBI in preparation for the December 2008 UNFCCC Conference in Poznan Poland and provides an excellent overview on biochar.
Bellona Foundation: Film of Bellona Foundation Biochar side event at UNFCCC Copenhagen meetings from December 2009.
CharGrilled: Landline, May 2009. The role of biochar in carbon capture and Australian politics.
Ecopolis on the Discovery Channel: UC Berkeley Prof. Daniel Kammen narrates the program and expresses his support for biochar.
Engineer on turning sewage into charcoal: BBC News, March 2009. Video interview with German engineer Helmut Gerber as he demonstrates his pyrolysis machine.
How to make your plants grow faster: BBC News, March 2009. Video interview with Dr Bruno Glaser from Bayreuth University in Germany as he shows results of his experiments with biochar.
Il bio-segreto di Eldorado. The bio-secret of Eldorado. 12 March 2009, Nòva. Two video interviews here: one with inventor Nat Mulcahy demonstrating his pyrolyzing biomass stove, and one with Franco Miglietta, a researcher at the Institute of Biometeorology, CNR, in Florence, Italy, showing his biochar field trials.
The Australian Broadcast Corp (ABC) Catalyst segment on Agrichar, August 2007. Much of the program was filmed during the 2007 Conference in Terrigal, NSW, Australia.

EarthSky, February 2010. Short science podcast on biochar featuring Johannes Lehmann
Le charbon vert, May 2009. Radio France International interview in French with Guy Reinaud, President of Pro Natura International
Biochar with Steve Brick, May 2009. IBI Executive Director Steve Brick discussess biochar on a weekly podcast "Two Beers with Steve".
Charcoal May Help Improve Soil Quality, April 2008. National Public Radio (NPR) Researchers say that adding charcoal to soil may provide more benefits for long-term soil quality than compost or manure, United States.
More Carbon for Soils More Carbon for Crops - Carbon Negative Farming with Bio Char, March 2008. Beyond Zero Emissions interviews Dr Lukas Van Zwietan, senior research scientist of the Austrialian NSW Department of Primary Industries (DPI).