As a follow up to the online conversation, "Thinking of Japan: how can biochar help to remediate radioactive and contaminated soils?"

http://www.justmeans.com/-Nuclear-Forest-Recovery-Zone/47319.html

 

The Nuclear Forest Recovery Zone

"The enormity and unprecedented nature of this combined natural and human-made disaster will require a massive and completely novel approach to management and remediation.  And with this comes a never before seen opportunity for collaboration, research and wisdom."

These are the words of Paul Stamets, mycologist.

 His short essay explains how an ecological approach can use mushrooms and native deciduous trees to literally "suck up" the radioactivity from a nuclear fallout area which eventually leads to capturing with intent to refine the radioactive mushrooms into ash [or Biochar?] and thus trap in glass or other materials, rendering it inactive.

Watch his TED talk on 6 ways mushrooms can save the world...
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XI5frPV58tY

  Perhaps this forestry approach, coupled with Industrial-scale Zero Emission Carbon Refineries... and with some elbow grease and a lot of seeds and mycelium...

  Lloyd Helferty, Engineering Technologist

  Principal, Biochar Consulting (Canada)

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  President, Co-founder & CBI Liaison, Biochar-Ontario

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