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Biochar as a Business
June 5, 2026

Biochar as a Business

Check out this new online educational opportunity that will help build the in-field workforce we need to scale the production…
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News and Links
November 28, 2025

News and Links

As many of you know who have followed our almost 5-year pyrolysis system saga we received our Authority to Construct…
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Green Schoolyards Implementation Project
November 6, 2025

Green Schoolyards Implementation Project

In 2023 the Sonoma Ecology Center was awarded a CAL FIRE-funded grant to develop plans for landscape greening upgrades at…
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SEC and Napa Recycling Pyrolysis System Startup:  Upcycling Surplus Urban Woodchips
May 17, 2025

SEC and Napa Recycling Pyrolysis System Startup: Upcycling Surplus Urban Woodchips

On March 23, Sonoma Ecology Center, in collaboration with Napa Recycling and Waste, A Plus Tree, and Advanced Renewable Technologies…
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Bay Area Pyrolysis System Opening Day
April 18, 2025

Bay Area Pyrolysis System Opening Day

The Sonoma Ecology Center, in collaboration with Napa Recycling, A Plus Tree, and Advanced Renewable Technologies International (ARTi), are holding…
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2024 Highlights
March 6, 2025

2024 Highlights

2024 was another busy year for the biochar program at Sonoma Ecology Center. Here are a few highlights: We successfully…
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CAL FIRE Green Schoolyards Projects Use Biochar
December 31, 2024

CAL FIRE Green Schoolyards Projects Use Biochar

In October 2023 Sonoma Ecology Center received two planning grants from CAL FIRE to provide “greening” features and designs for…
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Biochar Bioswale Ribbon Cutting Event
October 24, 2024

Biochar Bioswale Ribbon Cutting Event

SEC participated in an educational outreach day at the VeggieLution Urban Farm in San Jose recently that included presentations on…
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Emissions Testing Update on Flame Cap Kilns and Conservation Burns
October 23, 2024

Emissions Testing Update on Flame Cap Kilns and Conservation Burns

The Sonoma Ecology Center (SEC) has been training foresters and agricultural producers how to process their surplus biomass into biochar…
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New Comprehensive USFS Report Comparing Burn Piles, Flame-Cap Kilns, and Air Curtain Burners for In-Forest Processing
August 7, 2024

New Comprehensive USFS Report Comparing Burn Piles, Flame-Cap Kilns, and Air Curtain Burners for In-Forest Processing

Check out this fantastic new resource with Kelpie Wilson as one of the lead authors! https://www.fs.usda.gov/rm/pubs_series/rmrs/gtr/rmrs_gtr439.pdf
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