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</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--></head><body lang=EN-US link=blue vlink=purple><div class=WordSection1><p class=MsoNormal>Ron, <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>The newly formed Pacific Island Biochar Association is very versatile. They have been making biochar and charcoal products including soaps, great coffee, coffee liquor (“Tanna Lua” as in Kalua from the island of Tanna) etc. <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><a href="https://www.facebook.com/pg/Vanuatu-Craft-Association-582929152161942/posts/">https://www.facebook.com/pg/Vanuatu-Craft-Association-582929152161942/posts/</a><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>They are likely making biochar in a variety of devices including charcoal making stoves. <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>They are well advised by Ruy Anaya who managed the very successful Biochar for Sustainable Soils (B4SS) project. You can find some great videos of that project on their website and on the webinar that Ruy presented for IBI. <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><a href="https://biochar.international/">https://biochar.international/</a><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Tom<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Tom Miles<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Chair, International Biochar Initiative<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Biochar-international.org<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><a href="mailto:tmiles@trmiles.com"><span style='color:#0563C1'>tmiles@trmiles.com</span></a><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><img border=0 width=301 height=217 style='width:3.1309in;height:2.2619in' id="Picture_x0020_1" src="cid:image001.jpg@01D591BD.50336690" alt="Logo Finalsm"><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><div><div style='border:none;border-top:solid #E1E1E1 1.0pt;padding:3.0pt 0in 0in 0in'><p class=MsoNormal><b>From:</b> Stoves <stoves-bounces@lists.bioenergylists.org> <b>On Behalf Of </b>Ronal Larson<br><b>Sent:</b> Saturday, November 02, 2019 6:33 PM<br><b>To:</b> Discussion of biomass cooking stoves <stoves@lists.bioenergylists.org>; Tom Miles <tmiles@trmiles.com><br><b>Cc:</b> stoves@bioenergylists.org<br><b>Subject:</b> Re: [Stoves] Charcoal stoves for Pacific Islands<o:p></o:p></p></div></div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Tom:<o:p></o:p></p><div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span class=apple-tab-span> </span>Since I believe your Australian conference was a biochar conference, I hope a few of the answers were that charcoal-making stoves are to be much preferred over charcoal-using stoves - especially in Vanuatu.<o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal>Ron<o:p></o:p></p><div><p class=MsoNormal><br><br><o:p></o:p></p><blockquote style='margin-top:5.0pt;margin-bottom:5.0pt'><div><p class=MsoNormal>On Oct 31, 2019, at 11:06 AM, Tom Miles <<a href="mailto:trmilesjr@gmail.com">trmilesjr@gmail.com</a>> wrote:<o:p></o:p></p></div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><div><div><p class=MsoNormal>At a conference in Australia last week delegates from Vanuatu asked for clean burning charcoal stoves. What charcoal stoves would you recommend for a marine environment?<o:p></o:p></p></div><p class=MsoNormal>-- <o:p></o:p></p><div><p class=MsoNormal>T R Miles Technical Consultants, Inc<br>1470 SW Woodward Way<br>Portland, OR 97225<br><a href="mailto:tmiles@trmiles.com" target="_blank">tmiles@trmiles.com</a><br><a href="http://www.trmiles.com/" target="_blank">www.trmiles.com</a><o:p></o:p></p></div><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:12.0pt'>_______________________________________________<br>Stoves mailing list<br><br>to Send a Message to the list, use the email address<br><a href="mailto:stoves@lists.bioenergylists.org">stoves@lists.bioenergylists.org</a><br><br>to UNSUBSCRIBE or Change your List Settings use the web page<br><a href="http://lists.bioenergylists.org/mailman/listinfo/stoves_lists.bioenergylists.org">http://lists.bioenergylists.org/mailman/listinfo/stoves_lists.bioenergylists.org</a><br><br>for more Biomass Cooking Stoves, News and Information see our web site:<br><a href="http://stoves.bioenergylists.org/">http://stoves.bioenergylists.org/</a><o:p></o:p></p></div></blockquote></div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div></div></body></html>