Reminder! One Week from Today.
New
this month: one of our IBI members has put together an 11 page summary
of recent sewage sludge and biochar peer reviewed academic research.
This packet will be available only to IBI members and those that
register for this webinar!
International Biochar Initiative - Educational Webinar Series
Sewage Sludge & Biochar
April 26, 2017 • 1:00- 2:30pm ET (United States)
As
the world's population continues to increase, our need to find
sustainable methods of managing human waste becomes increasingly more
important. Carbonizing waste through pyrolysis or gasification offers
some significant advantages over other common waste management practices
including substantial reductions in the overall volume of waste,
nutrient recovery, renewable energy production, reducing GHG emissions
related to wastewater management, immobilization of toxins, to name a
few.
Dr.
Saran Sohi,
an academic from the University of Edinburgh, will provide an overview
of scientific research being conducted on the topic of biochar derived
from sewage sludge, including the potential for recovery and re-use of
Phosphorus.
Jeff Hallowell, CEO of Biomass Controls, has been
collaborating
with the Gates Foundation for several years where their technology is
being used to carbonize human sewage in India. Jeff will share an
overview of the project including lessons learned, challenges and the
vast opportunities, especially for remote communities, to convert human
waste into biochar.
This webinar will be of interest
to wastewater treatment managers both in the developed and developing
world, biochar producers, researchers, climate researchers and more. An
interactive Q&A period will follow at the end of the Webinar.
Questions may be submitted during the event or prior to it via email:
webinars@biochar-international.org
Cost?
Free to IBI Members or $40 for non-members
To Register:
Registration includes access to the slides and a recording of the webinar.
IBI Members register here (go to the upcoming webinars section). Your event link will be emailed to you after successful confirmation about your membership status.
Non-IBI members register
here.
Presenters:
Dr. Saran Sohi
Dr. Sohi leads the soil science dimension of the UK Biochar Research Center (UKBRC) which was launched in 2009.
The
Centre is based in the University of Edinburgh, within the School of
GeoScience and emerging out of the Scottish Centre for Carbon Storage.
Collectively
the UKBRC addresses biochar production technologies, the function of
biochar in soil, potential carbon-equivalent gains from
pyrolysis-biochar systems, and scoping socio-economic opportunities and
issues (including regulation and land-use).
Jeff Hallowell
Jeff
has over 30 years of experience in the computer technology industry
with companies such as Xerox, Oracle, Netscape and United Healthcare.
As the former President of ClearStak for five years, Jeff worked on
pollution reduction and improving efficiency on hydronic and forced air
heats, wood boilers, pellet burners, biochar kilns and wood stoves. His
experience includes the development and modification of automatic
controls for each biomass system including Biomass Controls' patented
Pollution Control Device and Intelligent Biofuel Controller. Currently
Jeff is working on several projects including rolling out human
excreta-to-biochar processing systems that provide a suitable sanitation
option to meet the needs of the urban poor as part of the Reinvent the
Toilet Challenge with the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundaiton. He was
also the Project Manager for the Relocate, LLC project to process human
solid waste to biochar in the arctic climate of Kivalina, Alaska.
Moderator: Kathleen Draper
Kathleen is a member of the IBI Board and Chair of IBI's Information Hub. She is also the US Director of the
Ithaka Institute for Carbon Intelligence.
The Institute is an open source network focusing on beneficial carbon
sequestration strategies which simultaneously provide economic
development opportunities both in the developed and developing world.
She is an editor and writer for
The Biochar Journal,
sponsored by the Ithaka Institute. Kathleen also works with various
different universities and individuals on projects that are
investigating the use of biochar in cement and other building and
packaging products to develop products with lower embodied carbon which
can be made from locally available organic waste. She has written
extensively about various topics related to biochar and is a co-author
of the book "Terra Preta: How the World's Most Fertile Soil Can Help
Reverse Climate Change and Reduce World Hunger".
For more information:
What questions do you have about biochar quality and use? Please send your questions by April 23
rd to
webinars@biochar-international.org. For more information or if you have any questions about registration please email Vera Medici at
vmedici@ttcorp.com.
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membership page to help support IBI.
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