CEO MESSAGE
 

Dear Members and Subscribers, 

I hope you had a good Christmas despite the havoc that the Omicron strain is now delivering to our plans. Let's hope it's a better year than the last two and is downgraded to an endemic soon. 

Just in time for Christmas, our ANZBC21 Proceedings is available on our resources page as a public e-download and also available on our events page to purchase as a hard copy. We have issued the proceedings with its own ISBN to help with citation into other papers and reports worldwide. ANZBIG is therefore now a self-publisher and will consider issuing to our code of practice and other reports as generated. 

In the background, our summer intern Imogen Bate from Monash University, is finalising her double degree and helping with branding and documentation for ANZBIG's Carbon Drawdown Certification as well as the charitable arm that we will announce in 2022. 

Thank you to those who completed our member's survey (an extended reminder), we will use the feedback to reinvent our 2022 strategy for engaging you as members and drawing in all the stakeholders to the emerging and important industry for the ANZ economy, society, and environment. 

Enjoy the final drawdown edition for the calendar year and may 2022 be yours and biochar's best-ever year! With NET ZERO 2050 commitments rolling out across the globe, we are well placed to now reap the benefits of many years of hard work and dedication from the team. 
 

Best Chars, 
Don Coyne
CEO
execdirect@anzbig.org
+61459175729

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Simon Dawkins
Eric Brocken
 

Individual Member Thomas Lindley at Bamboo Creations
Burringbar, N.S.W. 



Thomas Lindley founded Bamboo Creations Australia 20 years ago which began as a cut flower market garden bound for the Japanese exotic flower market. The open aspect of the 10-hectare site allowed too much wind around our precious flowers and as a result, he planted bamboo originally as a windbreak. He soon began to notice that not only did this wonderful drought-resistant plant serve as shelter from the wind but also reduced the number of frosts we experienced. It became an Eco-friendly, holistic bamboo experience! Thomas has co-designed and built a pyrolyser where he will start making bamboo biochar and wood vinegar. 

Imogen Bate  

Hello fellow biochar enthusiasts! My name is Imogen Bate and I am ANZBIG's summer intern for 2021/22. I have just completed my Bachelor of Science and Bachelor of Global Studies at Monash University and look forward to beginning my honours year in February 2022. My studies of Environmental Science and International Relations have shown the importance of finding practical and achievable solutions to the many environmental challenges we are already facing. Thus far, my experience at ANZBIG has been invaluable as I am learning the intricacies of growing an organisation in a highly technical and dynamic industry. I look forward to seeing where ANZBIG goes next and the evolution of the biochar industry!

LinkedIn Profile: www.linkedin.com/in/imogenbate
Email: imogen.bate@gmail.com

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*Blue Carbon Ecosystem Restoration Grants

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This report identifies the role that the bioenergy sector can play in Australia’s energy transition and in helping Australia to further reduce emissions.