Press

Brando Crespi in the press

Podcast conversations and magazine profiles on biochar, climate-smart agriculture, and the work behind Pro Natura International and Global BioCarbons.

Talk · BOMA Momentum 2020

How to return greenhouse gas levels to the 1950s

The climate strategy behind Global BioCarbons: biochar, agroecology, and carbon that stays put.

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Podcast · Green Disruptors

Turning Ashes into Assets: Brando Crespi's Vision for Bio-Based Climate Solutions

A conversation on turning wildfire-damaged biomass into biochar and biocarbons that could replace fossil-based carbon black in cement, plastics, and electronics, and on the role of systems thinking in a resilient climate economy.

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Magazine profile · Brainz Magazine · May 31, 2024

Brando Crespi: An Ecopreneur Pioneering a Greener Future with Biochar and Beyond

A profile covering his path from Pro Natura International to Global BioCarbons, the biochar work behind both, and his earlier co-founding of Polymateria.

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Podcast · Awarepreneurs · October 22, 2024

347: Lessons from the Amazon to Help Solve the Climate Crisis with Brando Crespi

An interview on what Pro Natura learned in the Amazon, the development projects behind it, and how biochar and climate-smart agriculture fit into climate work in the Americas, Africa, and Asia.

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Podcast · Radio Café, Down to Earth · November 30, 2022

Sustainable development, climate mitigation, and biochar

A discussion of Brando's work in communities damaged by extractive industries, and the case for biochar in climate mitigation and food production.

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