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IBI Biochar Academy

Join the Community of Global Biochar Practitioners at IBI’s Annual Training

IBI’s Biochar Academy is an in-person, multi-day, hands-on workforce development course designed to equip emerging and future biochar professionals with the knowledge and tools necessary for success in the biochar industry.

The IBI Biochar Academy is your chance to immerse yourself in all things biochar. Hosted annually in a different region around the world, the training is led by biochar experts and practitioners with regional knowledge. The Academy provides a unique opportunity to quickly connect with and contribute to scaling the biochar industry.  

This unique experiential learning program blends presentations and demonstrations with hands-on practice, and features multiple site visits to engage with real-world biochar production and application.

Interested in hosting a Biochar Academy in your area?

2025 IBI Biochar Academy: Thailand

IBI is thrilled to partner again with ECHO Asia to deliver IBI’s 2025 Biochar Academy at their Small Farm Resource Center in Chiang Mai, Thailand from 24 February – 1 March, 2025.

By emphasizing peer-learning and networking, the Biochar Academy fosters innovation and strengthens the global community of biochar practitioners through place-based learning at host locations around the world.

Registration is now closed. Interested in sponsoring the event? 

Participants of the Biochar Academy will:

Hear from biochar experts to gain insight into the current and future state of biochar research, commercial activity, and opportunities
Make biochar using low-tech methods and identify a wide variety of applications for biochar
Discuss the relationship between biochar and climate change mitigation
Recognize the growing number of biochar production technologies, their co-products, scaling potential and more
Grasp the carbon removal marketplace and opportunities for biochar producers and farmers
Network with other biochar stakeholders working in research, farmer education, carbon removal markets, biochar production and market development
It has been an incredible week of learning and sharing so far at the International Biochar Initiative Biochar Academy at Canandaigua, New York. What a great opportunity to connect with like-minded people from over 20 countries and learn more about the biochar industry, production technologies and explore a wide variety of applications for biochar.
Chirag B. Virani
Co-founder, Sparkle Innovations

Explore Previous and Future Biochar Academies

19 June 2024

Biochar Learning and Collaboration in South East Asia

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13 July 2023

Training the Future of Biochar Industry

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16 September 2024

2025 Biochar Education Coming to Your Location

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Become a sponsor to support the Academy’s scholarship fund!

This is your chance to help the International Biochar Initiative build the biochar workforce and support the industry’s growth. As a sponsor, you will not only make biochar education and training resources more accessible to future biochar professionals but will also have bespoke marketing benefits to get visibility with IBI’s highly relevant and global audience. 

To learn more about the sponsoring opportunities, please contact info@biochar-international.org.