Char Chit Chat

Education EN ↓ 30 episodes

Char Chit Chat is created by Dylan Graves and explores char in New Zealand and beyond. The podcast aims to interview a range of people involved in biochar, activated charcoal, carbon anodes, and so on. The main subject will tend to be biochar as that is most accessible and scales from individuals making char in their woodstove over the winter to large industrial pyrolysis units outputting several tonnes per day. Biochar is also a great soil conditioner and improver and so is relevant to gardeners and farmers alike. An introduction and overview of Biochar: https://www.sces.org.nz/biochar

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CCC S1E5 with Ben Elms (Dr Compost) 20.03.2025 55:09

Ben is known as Dr Compost and works in education, landscape design, permaculture, and with biochar. He is also treasurer for Biochar Network New Zealand . We chat about who Ben is, what he does, and heaps about his biochar passion. Links to topics mentioned: Wanaka Wastebusters Dr Compost NZ Tree Crops Ithaka Institute Frank Strie Ring of Fire kiln by Kelpie Wilson

CCC S1E4 with Joany Grima (The Good Carbon Farm) 08.03.2025 36:19

Joany is one of the founders of The Good Carbon Farm and we chat about how she got into biochar, the work her charity is involved in, and what she looks forward to for the future. The Good Carbon Farm on LinkedIn and Instagram . Projects mentioned in the chat: Oke school gardens (https://oke.org.nz/) Restoring Takarunga Hauraki (https://www.rth.org.nz/) Slash for Cash, Tolaga Bay (https://www.slas...

CCC S1E3 with Dennis Enright (New Zealand Biochar) 11.02.2025 31:53

Dennis Enright is Managing Director of New Zealand Biochar Ltd and promotes organic and sustainable growing practices, and the role that biochar can play in such systems. He has over 40 years of experience in agriculture and horticulture that ranges from researcher to commercial producer. In addition, he has sat on the committees of various local and national organic organisations in NZ as well as...

CCC S1E2 with Phil Stevens (Slow Farm) 02.02.2025 1:05:02

This episode with Phil covers where he is from, how he got into char, his favourite method of making it, what he uses char for on his lifestyle block, benefits of char, interesting new research about decontamination of pfas using char and iron, what he thinks is needed for biochar to go mainstream, and his role with Biochar Network New Zealand. https://slowfarm.co.nz/ Biochar Network New Zealand S...

CCC S1E1 Intro to host (Dylan of Passionate Permies) 02.02.2025 12:57

A short introduction to the host of Char Chit Chat - Passionate Permie DylanOur website: https://passionatepermies.wordpress.com/ Listen to more from Dylan: 31 July 2024 Reskillience: https://podcasts.apple.com/au/podcast/retire-by-35-with-dylan-graves/id1723090226?i=1000663884860 9 May 2024 Quorum Sense: https://www.quorumsense.org.nz/content/podcast/38-transforming-waste-into-biochar-with-dylan-...