Field notes

The Journal

Plain explanations of the science behind what we do: biochar, carbon removal, and cleaner air, written for farmers, partners, and anyone breathing the haze.

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Free-range chickens on the swept concrete floor of a farmyard in Southeast Asia
·5 min read
Applications

Biochar Beyond the Field

The same material that improves a paddy also cleans a pig-farm pond and dries a poultry shed. One tonne of biochar, three jobs.

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Aerial view of healthy green farmland in rows
·7 min read
Carbon markets

How the Data Center Boom Can Clean Thailand's Air

Thailand is drawing billions in AI investment. Here is how that same money could fund carbon removal, cleaner air, and healthier soil at home.

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Close-up of black biochar granules, distinct from grilling charcoal
·6 min read
Explainer

Biochar Is Not Charcoal

Why the black carbon that rebuilds soil is not the charcoal on your grill, and why that difference decides everything for the climate.

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Crop residue burning in a field with smoke drifting across the land
·7 min read
Field note

PM2.5 Does Not Just Come From Cars

After the harvest, the fields burn. Where the haze really comes from, what it costs, and the alternative that turns smoke into stored carbon.

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Farmers transplanting rice seedlings by hand at the Nakhon Sawan trial field
·7 min read
On the farm

Biochar in Thai Rice Farming

What biochar does in a paddy, the honest methane nuance, the salt creeping under Isan, and why it still pays for the farmer.

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