BOULDER, Colo. - (Business Wire) EternaGreen™ a super-premium biochar product created by Mantria Industries, LLC, proudly announces their support of the first major biochar conference held in the United States – the 2009 North American Biochar Conference. The conference, scheduled to run from August 9-12 at the University of Colorado, (Boulder), is designed to advance understanding of the policy, business, scientific, and technical opportunities and issues implicated by the large-scale usage of biochar as both a sequestration agent and soil amendment. “When we learned of the conference, we immediately made the decision to participate as a Founding Sponsor,” said Mantria Industries, Co-Founder, Chairman and CEO Troy Wragg. “We are proud to participate in this endeavor and look forward to working with such a variety of academics in the field.”
As a recognized leader in the business of BioChar, Troy Wragg has been invited to speak and sit on a panel on the subject of “Bringing BioChar to Market.”
“Instead of talking about the possibilities, it is important to talk about what we are actually doing,” states Mantria Industries Co-Founder, Vice Chairman, President & COO Amanda Knorr. “Mantria Industries is commercializing BioChar. With an industrial-scale BioChar plant coming online in a couple of weeks, another plant scheduled to open in a few months, and a state-of-the-art fulfillment center also coming online, Mantria Industries is on the forefront of commercializing BioChar with its EternaGreen BioChar brand.”
Keynote speakers include the U.S. Secretary of Agriculture Tom Vilsack and Dr. Susan Solomon, Senior Scientist, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration. Additional speakers include Dr. J. Lehmann, Cornell University; Dr. S. Joseph, University of New South Wales; Dr. S. Brick, International Biochar Initiative; D. Reed, International Biochar Initiative: Dr. J. Amonette, Pacific Northwest National Laboratory; Dr. F. Agblevor, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University; Dr. J. Novak, U.S. Department of Agriculture, Agriculture Research Service; Dr. C. Steiner, University of Georgia; Dr. D. Page-Dumroese, USDA Forest Service; Dr. J. Major, International Biochar Initiative; Dr. D. Laird, USDA ARS; and P. Weisberg, The Climate Trust.
In addition to daily sessions on the science of biochar, the conference will also have a strong focus on the policy and economic dimensions of biochar. In light of the momentum for biochar gained at the 2008 United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change meeting in Poznan (COP-14), as well as the many changes in energy and agricultural policies heralded by the Obama administration, the policy component is considered critical to advancing biochar as a viable near-term solution to climate change—both domestically and internationally.
Plenary sessions in the policy track will occur each day of the conference, enabling soil scientists, policymakers, policy analysts, engineers, biochar producers and users, and students to collectively examine key policy issues ranging from the design implications of cap-and-trade systems to methodologies for verifying emission reductions from biochar application. Conference papers will be published in the Annals of Environmental Science, a peer-reviewed, open-access international journal for the environmental sciences.
The Center for Energy and Environmental Security (CEES) at the University of Colorado Law School is the lead sponsor and organizer of the conference. The conference is co-sponsored by the International Biochar Initiative (IBI).
Please visit http://cees.colorado.edu/ibi_2009.html for further information and online registration.
Mantria Industries is the Parent Company / General Partner of a series of companies focused on the creation and expansion of a powerful biotechnology called "Carbon Diversion".
Carbon Diversion, or CDI, utilizes the CDI Carbonization™ process, which was created after working with Flash Carbonization™ for two years, and expanding that process to be more efficient and commercially viable. Carbon Diversion offers one of the most efficient, clean, and fiscally responsible answers to reducing the waste and carbon emissions created by our modern society while producing BioCarbon, which consists of Carbon and Charcoal, Clean Energy and BioFuel, which can be used for energy producing applications. CDI is backed by over 30 years of research and development in state-of-the-art energy technology from the University of Hawaii Energy Lab.
Mantria Industries is a division of the Mantria Corporation – a diversified, $102 million company focusing on green community development, socially responsible investing, distressed real estate fund management, mortgage banking, renewable energy, and philanthropy. At the foundation is Mantria Green – a set of pioneering principles for developing premium land and real estate with carbon emission offsetting and environmentally conscious design. For more information, please visit www.mantria.com and www.EternaGreen.com.
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