Last week, Years 11 to 13 Geography students had an evening of enrichment as they joined an online lecture from the Royal Geographical Society’s ‘Monday Night Lecture’ series.
Tom Heap, Rural Affairs Correspondent of BBC News, and Dr Tasmin Edwards, British climate scientist and lecturer at King’s College London, discussed the ideas and research behind Tom Heap’s book ‘39 Ways to Save the Planet’.
One of the ways the writer mentioned was the idea of biochar; He explained that biochar locks in much of the carbon captured by the trees and described biochar as ‘black gold’ to solving the current climate crisis. The pupils were surprised at the variety of biochar’s beneficial properties, but the idea has not been widely recognised or used by society as a solution for climate change.
“I enjoyed learning about the ways to ‘save the planet’ mentioned in Tom Heap’s book and felt the lecture inspired us all to learn more about potential solutions to climate change.” Fran, Year 13 Geography student
