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CLIMATE CHANGE WARRIORS UNITE
Call to Action by David Reynolds Welcome to the website for Maccy Biochar [Macclesfield SA, Australia]. We’re hoping that you’re here to learn more about biochar and we’re hoping that you’re going to MAKE biochar in your own community. While it’s nice for us to supply biochar to people, it’s of greater value to our…
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ACTION PLAN
ACTION PLAN FOR BACKYARD SOLUTIONS FOR GLOBAL WARMING by David Reynolds 1. Store and dry Leaves, twigs, fruit tree prunings, rose and shrub prunings or any non-treated wood available (dropped limbs, off=cuts of woodwork projects etc) until you have as much as you can store. Wait for them to dry. 2. Separate Twigs and leaves…
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BIOCHAR FIXES CARBON
The world has a carbon problem. Some places (the atmosphere) have too much of it. Other places (soil and farmland) have too little carbon. Biochar is the ONLY way to fix the carbon cycle that benefits people and nature. Biochar fixes carbon by taking it out of the atmosphere and putting it into soil and…
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Parliamentary Enquiry into Biochar
The Natural Resources Committee is conducting an enquiry into biochar to help the SA Parliament frame a policy on biochar that will provide guidance to government and industry on how to maximise the potential benefits of biochar for the environment and for sustainable agriculture. Maccy Biochar was invited to make a submission and that is…
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Sustainable AG & Biochar – Natural Partners.
Notes for presentation to the SA Sustainable Agriculture Network 12 April 2022. KEELING CURVE: Maccy Biochar is a volunteer community group based in Macclesfield, SA established in 2019 and now comprising about 50 members. Our objective is to help fight climate change by increasing carbon drawdown by making carbon negative biochar and using the biochar…
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OUR FIRST TONNE OF CO2
Many thanks to all those members and others who have helped get us started and on the way to making Maccy carbon neutral! At the end of our first season we have captured our first tonne of carbon dioxide and made in excess of 1000 litres of biochar. While 1 tonne of CO2 may not…
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BIOCHAR OPEN DAY SUCCESS
Saturday 27 July saw sunshine again in Macclesfield after a spell of rain. Perfect day for making biochar! Up at the Recreation Grounds the Maccy Biochar group demonstrated a simple method of making biochar using two flame-capped open kilns. Two small kilns demolished a 6×4 trailer with cage full of tree litter in about 3…
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Proposal for Biochar Centre
A Community Biochar Centre is proposed for Macclesfield that will convert dry woody biomass (eg: tree litter, off-cuts etc.) from local households, landowners and businesses to biochar and thereby capture carbon, offset and reduce greenhouse gas emissions and create voluntary carbon offsets to trade. Biochar is a form of charcoal and is good for the…
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Support proposal for biochar centre
A Community Biochar Centre is proposed for Macclesfield that will convert dry woody biomass (eg: tree litter, off-cuts etc.) from local households, landowners and businesses to biochar and thereby capture carbon, offset and reduce greenhouse gas emissions and create voluntary carbon offsets to trade. Biochar is a form of charcoal and is good for the…
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How much biochar is needed to offset your electricity GHG emissions?
You can offset the greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions of your electricity consumption by the production and capture of biochar. A typical 2 person household consuming 156 kWhr of electricity per week only needs to make 30 kg of biochar to offset the GHG emissions caused by the production of that electricity. The calculation involves 3…