CUERE Fall 2024 Seminar Series
Jim Doten, Carbon Sequestration Manager, City of Minneapolis
Location
Online
CUERE Fall 2024 Seminar Series – Online Event
Date & Time
October 11, 2024, 2:00 pm – 3:00 pm
Description
UMBC, Center for Urban Environmental Research and Education (CUERE) Fall 2024 Seminar Series is free and open to the public. It is held Fridays at 2pm. All events are virtual.
Jim Doten
Carbon Sequestration Manager, City of Minneapolis
"The Minneapolis Biochar Program: An Equity-Based Approach"
Abstract
Biochar is a cost-effective, scalable, carbon-negative technology having ecological/environmental benefits. At the same time climate change affects everybody, but its impact is not felt equally. Rather it is disproportionately felt by society’s most vulnerable populations. The Minneapolis Climate Equity Plan incorporates biochar as a tool to build climate resilience in environmental justice communities. This presentation will cover the goals and implementation of the Minneapolis Carbon Sequestration Program including climate equity.
Bio
Jim Doten is a licensed Professional Geologist with 38 years of experience in the environmental field. In addition to his undergraduate degree in Geology, Jim has a Master of Business Administration and a Master of Science in Environmental Policy and Management. He has over 22 years of environmental consulting experience. For the past 14 years he has been with the Minneapolis Health Department where he has been a pioneer in municipal biochar use. Jim spent a year in southern Afghanistan with the Army National Guard as a Hydrologist on an Agri-Business Development Team. It was during this time that he first explored biochar to improve soil health. Jim has continued his biochar journey with the City of Minneapolis where he is Carbon Sequestration Program Manager.
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