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Buy locally-produced charcoal |
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| Coppice Products | list of local charcoal producers |
| The Guardian | tread lightly: buy British barbecue charcoal |
| Hampshire Coppice Craftsmen’s Group | network of small-scale charcoal producers in Hampshire |
Articles on small-scale charcoal burning |
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| Ashridge Timeline | make your own charcoal in an oil drum |
| Coppice Craftsmen’s Group (pdf) | standards for local charcoal production |
| Gardens by Design | making charcoal in oil drums |
| How to Make Charcoal | low-tech charcoal making in India |
| The Naked Whiz | how to make lump charcoal in an oil drum |
| Practical Action | factsheet on charcoal production, aimed at developing countries, but relevant anywhere |
| Prepper’s Will | how to make charcoal at home |
| WikiHow | basic charcoal burning instructions |
Manuals for larger-scale charcoal burning |
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| Charcoal Kiln Design | making charcoal: the retort method with a 55-gallon oil drum retort |
| Charcoal Production using a Transportable Metal Kiln | 1980 book by A.R. Paddon & A.P. Harker |
| Ecovillage Library | podcast: charcoal making for small enterprises |
| FAO | free online book: Simple Technologies for Charcoal Making – slanted towards developing countries |
Other info |
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| CBBQA | the internet BBQ FAQ |
| Industrial, Engineering & Chemistry Research | technical article on the art, science and technology of charcoal production |
| Pyrites.org | the story of charcoal – chemistry, history and environmental impact |
| Supreme Carbon | how to choose the best charcoal for a hookah pipe |
| Wikipedia | charcoal |
| Wikipedia | barbecue |
Charcoal history |
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| Forest Web | history of charcoal burning in the Forest of Dean |
| Real New Forest Guide | charcoal burners of the New Forest |
| Museum of English Rural Life | photo gallery of old pics of charcoal burning |
| Regia Anglorum | charcoal burning in Anglo-Saxon England |
| University of Reading | on charcoal |
| Wey Valley Charcoal Burning | history of charcoal burning in Surrey – plus general info and photos |
The biochar debate |
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| Biochar is charcoal used for carbon sequestration and soil improvement, but large-scale production will require an awful lot of land. Here are some pro- and anti- sites/articles, and you can find many more by searching online | |
| BBC News | biochar: is the hype justified? |
| Biochar Farms | providing information about biochar production |
| Biochar.info | list of biochar articles and research papers (all positive) |
| BiofuelWatch | list of biochar articles (all negative) |
| ETC Group | 147 small environmental organisations see large-scale biochar production as a threat to people, land and ecosystems |
| The Guardian | anti-biochar article by George Monbiot |
| The Guardian | pro-biochar article by Peter Read |
| International Biochar Initiative | not-for-profit supporting research into biochar |
| Natural Resources Defense Council (NRDC) | research paper that highlights the environmental risks of large-scale biochar |
| Permaculture Research Institute | beware the biochar initiative |
| Wikipedia | biochar |
