Carbon Academy

Mission

Carbon Academy is a a half-day workshop focused on issues around carbon. Each Carbon Academy workshop would be tailored to the intended audience, from undergraduates interested in soil to farmers looking to apply the principles in a practical setting. Participants would receive a certificate upon successfully completing workshop.

The mission of the Carbon Academy is to provide essential insights into soil carbon, carbon farming, on-farm carbon credit assessments, soil carbon measurement techniques (including remote sensing), and to explore broader topics such as policy, legal considerations, carbon as it relates to food security, societal carbon value, ecosystem services payments, and carbon market mechanisms.

Educational Resources

• What is the Carbon Cycle?
• 10 questions and answers about soil carbon and carbon markets

Events

• April 10, 2024: Carbon Academy Workshop for Ohio State Extension Educators

  • Carbon Farming: A New Crop: Rattan Lal 

  • Creating Forest Carbon Projects to Produce Carbon Credits: Roger Williams

  • Carbon Sequestration in Farmland and Co-Benefits: Asmita Murumkar

  • Policy Dimensions of Carbon Farming: How Institutional Factors Affect Practice Adoption: Matthew Hamilton

  • Bayer’s Carbon Program and our role in Regenerative Agriculture: Ross Bricklemyer

  • Panel Discussion and Q&A with Speakers: Moderated by Elizabeth Hawkins and Mike Estadt

  • Demonstration of greenhouse gas measurement: Klaus Lorenz 

• November 17, 2023: Carbon Academy Workshop for Undergraduates

  • Welcome to the Carbon Academy Workshop: Rattan Lal

  • Policy dimensions of carbon farming: How institutional factors affect practice adoption: Matthew Hamilton

  • Managing Soil Carbon for Addressing Global Warming: Rattan Lal 

  • Decision tools and models for carbon management: Asmita Murumkar

  • Carbon Farming and the Societal Value of Carbon: Rattan Lal

  • Demonstration of greenhouse gas measurement: Klaus Lorenz 

  • Closing remarks: Tania Burgos-Hernández