Together with the Italian Biochar ICHAR Association, Starter is pleased to announce the 6th edition of the Italian Biochar School. In recent years, interest in biochar has grown thanks to its long-lasting CO2 removal potential that generates lasting environmental benefits. Today, its possibilities of use...
On 14 September, join IBI and the global biochar industry and research communities for networking and learning opportunities with peers in an interactive online setting. We are waiting for you! Info: https://biochar-international.org/webinars/save-the-date-ibi-mid-summer-meet-greet/?fbclid=IwAR1LXD2Na0YyFS_XNJFtUfc7zc5Gsgl_xIDqJG4F7zFBU-d4B640RNl7jSM...
Starter is pleased to launch the video on the pilot project for the introduction of biochar and ELSA pyrolytic CC stoves in the province of Bujumbura Rural, Burundi. The project was possible thanks to the support of The World Bank and with the contribution of...
There it is: our stove and technology transfer work of small-scale biochar systems has even inspired a novel! A surprising story, indeed. Thanks to our friend and extraordinary workmate Stefano Giovannelli, who pays homage to our work by dabbling in language, and tells a beautiful story...
Thanks to the support of the European Union and AVSI, and the contribution of experts from the Universities of Padua, Udine and Cornell University (USA), we are glad to announce that the local production of ELSA pyrolytic clean cooking stoves has started in Ngozi (Burundi)....
Starter is looking for a resource to be involved as field and operation manager in a project for the introduction of a biochar system in rural areas north of Burundi. The ideal candidate has a master's degree in technical-scientific disciplines: agriculture, environmental sciences, natural sciences,...
We thank the researchers Elisa Brusegan, PhD, and Massimo Triches, PhD for having dedicated their work to Starter’s Be.Bi and Biochar Plus projects and to ELSA stove concept, recognizing its potential for marginal communities: "ELSA is a simple device, which adapts to local conditions by...
For the first time, pyrogenic capture and storage (PyCCS) has been included into IPCC Report 2018 as one of the possible viable Negative Emissions Technologies (NET) for carbon dioxide removal, thus positioning biochar as one climate change mitigation options. On behalf of the Africa Biochar partnership...
The EU ACP Science and Technology II Programme published the Biochar Project results. Thanks to the coordination of the University of Udine (I) and carried out with the cooperation of Starter, the project produced and distributed more than 3.700 improved pyrolytic clean cooking stoves Elsa...
Tuesday February 19 Lucia Brusegan, Laura Bano and David Bluhm are invited in Washington by #TheWorldBank and #ESMAP to give a presentation on first achievements of the pilot project to introduce #biochar and #improvedcleancookstove ELSA in #Burundi. Starter experts will offer details and data gathered...
