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October 6, 2013
2013 North American Biochar Symposium
If you’re interested in the current state of biochar research and state-of-the-art production technology, the place to be October 13th through 16th is Amherst, Massachusetts where biochar scientists, academics, technologists and entrepreneurs from around the world will gather and exchange ideas. The Symposium website is: http://symposium2013.pvbiochar.org/. Check it out!
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June 12, 2013
Community Meeting Reminder—Tonight
Just a quick reminder that we are hosting a community meeting tonight at the Sonoma Grange, from 6:30 to 8:30 P.M., featuring Judith Harwood of the Mendocino Woody Biomass Working Group and Jason Aramburu of re:char. You can register online here: http://events.r20.constantcontact.com/register/event?llr=mausxnlab&oeidk=a07e7iq4sa59e54b840&oseq= or just come to the meeting. We are asking for donations at the […]
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May 9, 2013
June 12 Community Meeting Speakers
We have just confirmed two keynote speakers for our next Community Meeting on June 12th at the Sonoma Grange. First, Judith Harwood of the Mendocino Woody Biomass Working Group will be filling us in on their exciting activities and plans for a biochar production facility to be used for sustainable forestry management. Our second speaker […]
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May 8, 2013
May Meeting Postponed
SBI has been incredibly busy these last two months with grant proposals, educational outreach and Open Burn workshops. We have therefore postponed our May community meeting that was scheduled for May 8th until next month—June 12th. We will be featuring several great speakers—one of whom is Jason Aramburu of the re:char organization—and we will have […]
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May 2, 2012
Welcome Newest SBI Members
We would like to thank the following people for joining SBI and helping us to fulfill our mission of education and promotion of the biochar industry: Kelpie Wilson, Michael Wittman, Philip Small, Frank Shields, Adam Seger, Janet Laughlin & Renel Anderson.
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January 9, 2012
Three more members
We just added three more members to our group: Matt Banchero, a local arborist and biochar enthusiast; Laurie Gallian, Sonoma City Councilwoman and former mayor; and Oren Wool, organizer of the Sustainable Enterprise Conference and the Conference Director for the USBI Biochar Conference at Sonoma State University from July 29 to Aug. 1. Thank you […]
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December 20, 2011
New Members!
We’d like to welcome two new members to the Sonoma Biochar Initiative: Benjamin Colby of Swallow Valley Farm and Charles Berkstresser of TragaLuz. Thank you for supporting our efforts to educate Sonoma County residents and promote use of biochar to build healthy soils and redirect carbon.
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September 19, 2011
General Meeting
Our next general meeting is on Monday, Sept 26th 2011 at the offices of the Regional Climate Protection Authority in Santa Rosa.
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