[USCC] Fw: carbon sequestration via composting

Tue Jan 22 21:28:33 CST 2008

Dr's Brown and Subler will be presenting at the USCC's 16th Annual Conference & Tradeshow in Oakland, CA, Feb 9-12, 2008. Sally Brown will deliver 
the Keynote speech entitled, "What Compost can do for the World: The Green House Gas & Sustainability Connection."

The session on Organics and Climate change, will include the following presentations: 
Greenhouse Gas Emissions, Climate Change, Composting & Organics, Dr. Sally Brown, Washington State Univ.
Carbon Accounting - What it is, why it matters to you. Scott Subler, Environmental Credit Corp.
The Influence of Feed Additives on Animal Wastes Management Enveironmental Impacts. Sandra Cointrea. The World Bank, Washington, DC

Scott Subler will also be moderating the session on Organics Diversion and Reducing Greenhouse Gas Emissions. Presentations will include the following:
Ten organics diversion programs you can implement to help you reduce GHG's. Matthew Cotton, Integrated Waste Management Consulting, Nevada City, CA
Community Development Process to Establish SSO Program to Reduce Costs & Carbon Emissions. John Madole, Jogn Christopher Madole Associates, MN
Carbon Offsets Enable Household Organics Recovery Prgrams to get off the Ground. J.D. Lindeberg, Resource Recycling Systems, Ann Arbor, MI

For more information, visit www.compostingcouncil.org 
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US Composting Council
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----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Tamara Thomas" <tnthomas at terre-source.com>
To: "'Compost Discussion List'" <compost at mailman.cloudnet.com>
Sent: Friday, January 18, 2008 2:18 PM
Subject: Re: [USCC] carbon sequestration via composting

> Brenda,
>
>            WORC just had their annual conference on just this topic.  It 
> is
> an area with lots of new information and changing understandings.  You
> should get the most recent info.
>
>
>
>            I recommend contacting Scott Subler of Environmental Credit
> Corp, Chad Kruger of WSU's Center for Sustaining Agriculture, and/or Sally
> Brown at Univ of Washington.  Sometime soon the presentations from the
> conference will be posted on WORC's website - www.compostwashington.org
> <http://www.compostwashington.org/>
>
>
>
> Good luck!
>
>
>
> Tamara Thomas, P.E.
>
> Terre-SourceLLC
>
> Helping Compost Happen!
>
> 360-336-3536 Office
>
> 360-336-3530 FAX
>
> 425-844-6068 Field
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>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Brenda Platt [mailto:bplatt at ilsr.org]
> Sent: Thursday, January 17, 2008 1:49 PM
> To: compost at mailman.cloudnet.com
> Subject: [USCC] carbon sequestration via composting
>
>
>
> I am writing a booklet tentatively called, Stop Wasting the Climate, and
>
> need some good citations on carbon sequestration via composting.
>
>
>
> Can any one point me to data showing how much of the carbon in composted
>
> organics typically gets sequestered in the compost product vs C02?
>
>
>
> I found one article that indicated approx. half the carbon is sequestered.
>
> This article cited Elliot Epstein's 1997 book, The Science of Composting,
>
> (pp. 487).  Can someone confirm this?
>
>
>
> Thanks in advance!
>
>
>
> Brenda
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>
>
> -- 
>
> Brenda Platt
>
> Institute for Local Self-Reliance
>
> 927 15th Street, NW, 4th Fl
>
> Washington, DC  20005
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> 202-898-1610 ext. 230
>
> www.ilsr.org
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>
>
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