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Author Bates, Albert K., 1947- author.

Title The biochar solution : carbon farming and climate change / Albert Bates ; foreword by Dr. Vandana Shiva
Published Gabriola Island, BC, Canada : New Society Publishers, [2010]
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Description 1 online resource : illustrations, maps, portrait
Contents Book I. Losing the Recipe. Chapter 1. The Roots of a Predicament -- Chapter 2. Sombroek's Vision -- Chapter 3. Conquistadors -- Chapter 4. El Dorado -- Chapter 5. The Great White Way -- Chapter 6. The View from the Bluff -- Chapter 7. Confederados -- Chapter 8. Hartt's Breakthrough -- Chapter 9. City Z -- Book II. Agriculture and Climate. Chapter 10. Making Sand -- Chapter 11. The Moldboard -- Chapter 12. Changing the Paradigm -- Chapter 13. The Amazon and the Ice Age -- Chapter 14. Predicting Climate's Meander -- Book III. Capturing Carbon. Chapter 15. Carbon Farming -- Chapter 16. Understanding Soil -- Chapter 17. The Soil Food Web -- Chapter 18. The Role of Ruminants -- Chapter 19. Compost -- Chapter 20. Tea Craft and Designer Biochar -- Chapter 21. From Biochar to Terra Preta -- Chapter 22. Making Charcoal -- Chapter 23. Stove Wars -- Book IV. Gardening the Earth. Chapter 24. Milpas -- Chapter 25. Chinampas -- Chapter 26. Trees -- Chapter 27. The Power of Youth -- Chapter 28. Greening the Desert -- Chapter 29. Sahara Forest -- Chapter 30. Drey's Challenge -- Book V. At the Turning Point. Chapter 31. The Biochar Critique -- Chapter 32. Carbon Trading -- Chapter 33. The International Biochar Initiative -- Chapter 34. Permaculture Marines -- Chapter 35. Carbon-Negative Communities
Summary How the dirt below our feet can save us from extinction
Notes EPUB format lacks an index present in the PDF format
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index
Subject Charcoal.
Soil amendments.
Carbon sequestration
Agriculture -- Environmental aspects.
Climatic changes.
Fertilizers.
Charcoal
Fertilizers
Climate Change
fertilizer.
climate change.
charcoal (material)
TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING -- Chemical & Biochemical.
Fertilizers
Climatic changes
Agriculture -- Environmental aspects
Carbon sequestration
Charcoal
Soil amendments
Form Electronic book
ISBN 9781550924596
1550924591