The biochar solution : carbon farming and climate change / Albert Bates ; foreword by Vandana Shiva.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Bates, Albert K., 1947-

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Agriculture--Environmental aspects.

Agriculture.

Carbon sequestration.

Charcoal.

Soil amendments.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (225 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Gabriola Island, BC : New Society Publishers, c2010.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

How the dirt below our feet can save us from extinction

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.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9781550924596

1550924591

OCLC:

704517125