Online Trainings
Improve Your Biochar Education From Home, At Your Own Pace
IBI’s online education programs aim to foster a knowledgeable community of biochar leaders well-equipped to grow the industry while addressing some of the greatest challenges of our time.
Explore our current and upcoming asynchronous trainings for both emerging and seasoned biochar professionals.
IBI Online Training Course
Biochar Training for Environmental Sustainability and Economic Development is an intensive training series on all aspects of biochar, presented by leading biochar experts.
The course is an intensive, 19-module training series that provides an in-depth, scientific overview of the biochar industry. Course content focuses on biochar production technologies; physicochemical properties; standards, classification, and certification; biochar effects when used as a soil amendment; biochar carbon persistence in soils, carbon accounting, and climate change; and commercialization of the biochar industry.
Biochar Intensive Online Courses
Virtual Graduate Lecture Series
Access the full recorded sessions and presentations from 2025 Virtual Graduate Lecture Series
Suggested Biochar Familiarity: Emerging and Seasoned Professionals, Experts
The 2025 Virtual Graduate Lecture Series brought together a global academic community to share insights, foster collaboration, and deepen understanding of biochar’s transformative potential. You can watch the recordings – and take the class – at any time! With a fast-emerging industry, this opportunity facilitated cohesive biochar knowledge-sharing between graduate programs to optimize academia experiences around biochar.
The series features lectures from top graduate professors and researchers covering diverse topics in biochar science and application.
All About Biochar Course: A Contemporary Industry Overview
Grow your understanding of the biochar industry, and earn a certification for your learning.
Suggested Biochar Familiarity: Emerging, Biochar-Curious, Intermediate Professionals
This multi-module, interactive online course blends key recorded takeaways from IBI’s Biochar Academy with online articles and peer-reviewed research to provide a contemporary overview of the biochar industry for emerging biochar professionals. Features a guided learning journey with quizzes and reflections to deepen comprehension and opportunities to engage with peers in the biochar community through comments and message exchange.