Join us for an amazing educational event to learn more about
permaculture techniques and how biochar and compost blends fit into
commercial and/or backyard garden soil management and carbon
sequestration strategies. Two amazing teachers, Matt Powers
(ThePermacultureStudent.com) and Cuauhtemoc Villa (Bokashi, soil
health, and biochar inoculation master) will get you up to speed on
permaculture techniques and how best to prepare and use biochar to
improve soil and make it more productive. SBI's Raymond Baltar will
give a brief overview of how you can make biochar yourself and where
you can acquire it, in small garden or truckload quantities. We have
also invited Khadija Khansia from the Local Carbon Network, a biochar
outreach and marketing initiative by All Power Labs in Berkeley, to
discuss development of local, distributed networks for biochar and
biomass energy production. Why Soil Is the KEY to Climate Restoration
with Matt Powers Deep dive into permaculture soil science and
solutions with Matt Powers! Learn how soil is the lynchpin in our
regenerative future - in our environment, climate, economy, food,
health, and more! Learn practical habits and lifehacks to add
permaculture to your daily life, garden, business, and future! Learn
how we can speed up our carbon sequestration efforts by 10x!! Educated
1:1 by Dr. Elaine Ingham along with dozens of experts in fields
related to soil, Matt brings a diverse and nuanced perspective to soil
and permaculture that is unique, advanced, and catching-on - come see
the spectrum of soil solutions! Biochar Inoculation and Application
Techniques with Cuauhtemoc Villa Mr. V, as he likes to be called, has
been teaching kids and adults for years about bokashi and how easy it
is to improve and maintain very productive soil. A talented and
natural teacher with an amazing ability to merge indigenous knowledge
and ways with modern techniques, we are so lucky that Mr. V is willing
to travel down from Portland to share his knowledge with us. He will
be: Showing gardeners how to best charge biochar depending on soil
conditions. Selecting compost to charge biochar for different growing
stages in the garden. Demonstrating how to use compost tea for
charging biochar. And demonstrating how to use biochar to make a
unique soil amendment from Japan referred to as Bokashi. Bokashi
(fermented Organic Matter) utilizes effective microbes (EM) that
ferment organic matter in the soil making nutrients more bio-available
for the plants. Khadija Khasia, Director of All Power Labs' Local
Carbon Network Project, will discuss this awesome project and how
building interest in production and use of biochar on the community
level is one of the important strategies to scale its use and help
protect food security around the world. The Workshop Fee is $20
General Admission, and $10 for Students with a Student ID. Please
register here, and spread the word to your networks if you think there
may be interest. This event is a fundraiser for the Sonoma Biochar
Initiative, which is dedicated
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