Biochar
What is carbon sequestration?
Category: FAQs, Guides
Carbon sequestration, is the process of naturally or artificially capturing and storing carbon dioxide emissions. These emissions come primarily from…
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Using biochar
Category: FAQs
No matter how it is presented, adding biochar to any existing soil introduces some level of change. The benefits of…
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Can biochar be made at home?
Category: FAQs
Producing biochar/charcoal at home is not recommended without specialist knowledge and equipment. The process is dangerous and it can be…
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Is charcoal the same as biochar?
Category: FAQs, Guides
Carbon is one of the most commonly found elements in nature. It can be found in a variety of different…
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What is Biochar?
Category: FAQs, Guides, Videos
The definition of biochar is a type of charcoal which is produced from organic and forestry wastes. This is then…
Read More Emerging uses for biochar
Category: Guides
Biochar is a type of charcoal that is made from biomass through a process of pyrolysis. Pyrolysis is the thermochemical…
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Restoration of Peat Bogs
Category: Guides
Peatbogs or Peatlands are carbon-rich wetlands which occupy 10% of the UK land area and could contain as much as…
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Carbon Capture & Storage
Category: Guides
Carbon capture and storage (CCS) is a process used to prevent carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions from entering the atmosphere. CCS…
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Biochar's place in decontamination & remediation
Category: Guides
Biochar’s naturally high surface area is a useful instrument for land and water clean-up if utilised correctly. It can be used…
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Using Biochar in Green Roofs and Living Walls
Category: Garden and Home, Guides
Can you use Biochar in Green Roofs? The loss of green space and shading is a significant factor in increased…
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Feed your soil - The Biochar Revolution
Category: News
When my great grandfather “Ole Doxtad” ploughed the virgin Nebraska prairie of Dakota County in 1885 those rich loess soils…
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Seed Compost: The Ultimate Guide
Category: FAQs, Garden and Home, Guides
Peat Free Seed compost is one of the most underrated growing media in current use, and is also called Cutting…
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Beginner’s guide to container gardening
Category: Garden and Home, Guides
Tubs and pots are a fantastic way to brighten up any garden and are a great option for those who…
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Moisture consistency is the key for effective compost
Category: FAQs, Garden and Home, Guides
Over-watering a plant or seedling over a prolonged period of time is a perfect way to ‘rot off ‘ roots…
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Carbon Gold warns of inferior imitations as demand for biochar booms
Category: News
Organic farmers have long been the pioneers of new growing methods that maintain productivity without a cocktail of chemicals. And…
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Promising results from European biochar trials
Category: Commercial Grower, News
“When it comes to plant disease, prevention is always going to be better than curative measures. Costs increase with each…
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Crops that don’t cost the Earth
Category: News
Half of all nitrate fertiliser never gets taken up by a plant, not even by weeds, it just washes into…
Read More Grow organic, save the planet
Category: News
Solving global warming was never going to be easy, but it would be a heck of a lot easier if…
Read More The Ivory Foundation projects – Southern Africa
Category: Uncategorized
A number of biochar projects have sprung to life in Southern Africa each one making and using locally produced biochar…
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Biochar, bringing soil to life
Category: Case Studies
Biochar has been the subject of numerous trials over recent years and Craig Sams discusses how biochar can help farmers…
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Tei Tei Taveuni regenerate island’s soils with locally produced biochar
Category: News
Tei Tei Taveuni is an NGO formed by a group of farmers with an interest in sustainable farming, soil regeneration,…
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Daily Telegraph: Why peat-free composts should be top priority
Category: Garden and Home
Fantastic article in the Daily Telegraph Gardening supplement today about why peat-free composts should be a top priority for gardeners…
Read More Counting Carbon
Category: News
The planet is heating-up and humans are the cause. There was a time when only ‘green’ campaigners were urging temperature-reducing…
Read More Biochar compost to help save water in Crabtree & Evelyn’s 'Avant Garden' Chelsea Fringe pop-up
Category: Garden and Home
Carbon Gold, the world’s leading biochar company, has provided biochar-based compost for an innovative pop-up herb garden to celebrate the…
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Get your seeds off to the best start this season with biochar
Category: Garden and Home, News
As the 2013 growing season begins, with hopes for more sunshine and less rain then 2012, gardeners, allotment holders and…
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How biochar can stop nutrients leaching from your soil
Category: Garden and Home, News
Biochar can be used to stop nutrients leaching from your soil, as discuused by Simon Manley, CEO of Carbon Gold,…
Read More First commercial trials of biochar show it’s better than peat
Category: Commercial Grower
9 November 2012: The UK’s first-ever commercial biochar trials with professional horticulturalists have shown that biochar helps to boost root…
Read More Less talk, more action as Carbon Gold has the solution to the peat problem
Category: Commercial Grower, Garden and Home
Government and growing media experts continue to debate how to phase out the use of peat in the horticultural industry,…
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Gardeners should end their love affair with peat - Guardian Environment blog
Category: Garden and Home, News
Mining peat unlocks stored carbon into the atmosphere, and there are far better alternatives to help your garden grow writes…
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Craig Sams responds to biochar critics, The Guardian
Category: News
8 September 2009: Craig Sams responds to critics of the nascent biochar sector. He writes: ‘We need to make sure we…
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