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Biochar.... to save the Planet? http://www.biochar-international.org/ibi2008conference.html

Posted on September 12, 2008

I have just attended the International Biochar conference in Newcastle (http://www.biochar-international.org/ibi2008conference.html). Newcastle is a lovely city with a real buzz to it and very friendly people even if you have to listen a bit carefully to understand what they're saying. But it is a really great place. I last visited Newcastle some nine years ago to be interviewed for a...

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