The biochar solution : carbon farming and climate change /

The biochar solution : carbon farming and climate change /

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Bibliographic Details
Author / Creator:	Bates, Albert K., 1947- author.
Imprint:	Gabriola Island, BC, Canada : New Society Publishers, [2010] ©2010
Description:	1 online resource : illustrations, maps, portrait
Language:	English
Subject:	Charcoal. Soil amendments. Carbon sequestration. Agriculture -- Environmental aspects. Climatic changes. Climatic changes. Agriculture -- Environmental aspects. Carbon sequestration. Charcoal. Soil amendments.
Format:	E-Resource Book
URL for this record:	http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/11246118

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ISBN:	9781550924596 1550924591 9780865716773 0865716773
Digital file characteristics:	data file
Notes:	EPUB format lacks an index present in the PDF format. Includes bibliographical references and index. Access restricted to LAC onsite clients. Online access with authorization.
Summary:	How the dirt below our feet can save us from extinction.
Other form:	Print version: Bates, Albert K., 1947- Biochar solution. Gabriola Island, BC : New Society Publishers, ©2010 9780865716773

Table of 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.