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CARBON SCIENCE: SCIENCE CULTURE WORKSHOPS EXCITE LEARNING

‘An artist, a farmer and a scientist walk into a bar …’ is a quirky title for an amazing process of learning and discovery. The idea, that these three people can engage in conversation around common subjects led to the Carbon Science: Carbon Culture Workshops at The Living Classroom…

SCIENCE TEACHERS COME TO LEARN AT THE LIVING CLASSROOM (TLC)

Last week a compliment of twelve teachers visited The Living Classroom (TLC). They were from schools across the region, and from as far as Mungindi, Gunnedah and Glen Innes. They were there to consider the new Secondary Science Curricula. The focus of the new curricula is ‘discovery’, finding out about…

FROM THE SOIL CARBON WORKSHOP – ‘C-ING IS BELIEVING!’

May 18 and 19 saw nearly 70 guests attend the ‘Soil Carbon – the diamond in the rough!’ Workshop held at The Living Classroom (TLC) in Bingara. The Workshop, funded through the Murray-Darling Basin Regional Economic Diversity Program, intended to showcase how soil carbon rebuilds soils, invigorates ecology and…

SOIL CARBON: THE DIAMOND IN THE ROUGH!

Bringing our soils ‘back to life’ and improving their health and productivity is a challenge for our farmers. One solution lies in soil carbon. Increased soil carbon makes soil more productive, and farms more valuable. More carbon enhances mineral capture and storage, better retention of water and healthier plants and animals. The…

‘THE DIAMOND IN THE ROUGH’ – ‘THE CARBON FARM’ IN BINGARA NSW.

Perhaps it is of no surprise that Bingara in northern NSW is venturing into the relatively new area of Carbon Farming. Near to Bingara, a little over a century ago, the World’s hardest naturally occurring diamonds were discovered. Diamond, like coal, charcoal and graphite is elemental carbon. Carbon, in…

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