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SXSW Interview: Jason Aramburu of Re:Char

By Nick Aster

In case you missed South by Southwest last week, we're working to bring the best sustainability thinking from the conference to you this week via some thought-leader video interviews conducted on the ground in Austin. View them all here.

Jason Aramburu is the founder of Re:Char, a company that empowers subsistence farmers in the developing world to enhance their crop yields and supplement their income while trapping atmospheric carbon and enriching depleted soils. Additionally, the company is launching a bio-char product in the United States that will help their efforts overseas. It's called "black revolution" and I had the change to ask Jason a little bit about it:

http://youtu.be/dHsaW58egGs

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Nick Aster is the founder of TriplePundit. Prior to launching 3p, Nick worked for Mother Jones magazine, successfully re-launching the magazine's online presence. He worked for TreeHugger.com, managing the technical side of the publication for 3 years, and has also been an active consultant for individuals and companies entering the world of micro-publishing. He also worked for Gawker Media and Moreover Technologies in the early days of blogging. Nick holds an MBA in sustainable management from the Presidio School of Management and graduated with a BA in History from Washington University in St. Louis.

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