Hope for the Ash Tree – A novel application of biochar for UK woodlands

Earthly Biochar是一家英国生物炭供应商，致力于通过以合理的价格提供高性能，可持续的产品来应对气候变化。自2018年推出以来，它一直在讨论一种强大的土壤改良剂，直到最近，这种改良剂一直被科学和园艺所忽视。迄今为止，该公司已帮助数百名国内园丁和土地管理者从在土壤中使用有害化学产品过渡到投资于对植物和地球都友好的更有效、长期的解决方案。Earthly是英国领先的生物炭初创公司。Earthly开发了市场上第一个国内生物炭窑，是英国唯一能够提供生物炭和相关碳信用额的生物炭供应商。该公司在英国进行了最大规模的生物炭商业试验，并在农场、地方政府公园和专业苗圃中实施了生物炭。Earthly与KTN有着长期的关系，并获得了多笔小额赠款。该团队通过青年创新者奖和后续步骤获得了创新英国的公共资金。他们以研究为主导，并致力于将生物炭作为一种可访问的碳捕获形式进行规模化的使命。Earthly的创始人已经申请了设计基础竞赛，以推进新的产品概念。该项目将把一个新的生物炭产品想法变成一个经过测试的最小可行产品，准备商业化和资金。该产品旨在支持疾病对快速传播的真菌感染的抵抗力，这可能会导致英国树种的不可逆转的损失。在规模上，该解决方案将支持学术研究，可能保护一个物种，并独立资助生物炭的生产，作为一种经过验证的碳捕获和储存形式。应对气候紧急情况是地球生物炭的核心，洛蒂认为它可以成为解决方案：“最近的IPCC报告说，我们还有8年时间，直到最严重的气候变化是不可逆转的。生物炭是人类有史以来面临的最大威胁的众多解决方案之一。让我充满希望的是，生物炭还有很多其他的好处，沿着还有碳捕获和储存，让它成为现实应该不会太难。我希望我的工作能激励其他人选择另一种解决气候变化的方法，并在为时已晚之前充分发挥其潜力。'

Earthly Biochar is a UK biochar supplier, committed to combating climate change through making high-performance, sustainable products accessible at affordable prices. Since its launch in 2018, it's been starting conversations about a powerful soil amendment which has, until recently, been somewhat overlooked by science and horticulture. To date, the company has helped hundreds of domestic gardeners and land managers to make the transition from using harmful chemical products in their soil to investing in more effective, long-term solutions friendly to both plants and the planet.Earthly is the leading biochar startup in the UK. Earthly developed the first domestic biochar kiln on the market and is the only biochar supplier in the UK able to deliver biochar and the associated carbon credits. The company has conducted the largest commercial trials of biochar in the UK and has implemented biochar on farms, local authority parks and professional nurseries. Earthly has a long-standing relationship with the KTN and has won multiple small grants. The team has won public funding from Innovate UK through the Young Innovators Award and the Next Steps follow on funding. They are research led and on a mission to scale biochar as an accessible form of carbon capture.The founders of Earthly have applied for the Design Foundations Competition to take forward a new product concept. The project will turn a novel biochar product idea into a tested minimum viable product, ready for commercialisation and funding. The product aims to support disease resilience to a fast-spreading fungal infection which could see the irreversible loss of tree species in the UK. At scale, the solution will support academic research, potentially conserve a species, and independently fund the production of biochar as a verified form of carbon capture and storage.Tackling the climate emergency is at the heart of Earthly Biochar and Lottie believes it can be the solution: 'The recent IPCC report says we have 8 years until the worst of climate change is irreversible. Biochar is one of the many solutions to the greatest threat humanity has ever faced. What gives me hope is that biochar has so many other benefits, along with carbon capture and storage, that it shouldn't be too hard to make this a reality. I hope my work inspires others to pick another solution to climate change and bring it to its full potential before it's too late.'