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iTRAp was created in 2022 to provide a practical and large-scale solution to both climate heating and soil erosion problems by providing affordable biochar to farmers. Biochar remains a costly product, limiting its large-scale use and benefits. iTRAp benefits from the +10 years of experience in biochar production technologies brought by ARTi, and temporarily, from its infrastructure and resources until iTRAp becomes a consolidated business. ARTi entirely supports this initiative given that the nexus between people who want to offset their carbon emissions and farmers who wish to implement this product in their soils has been a huge challenge so far. With iTRAp‚ platform, a global and easy practice can transform funds into valuable biochar directly delivered to agricultural producers at a minimal cost.

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Replaces/avoids GHGs (e.g., projects that replace sources of GHGs, such as the burning of fossil fuels for electricity, heat, transport, or other energy uses), Removes/stores GHGs (e.g., projects that capture, sequester, or otherwise enhance the "sinks" that accumulate and store GHGs)

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The iTRAp project empowers individuals and communities by allowing them to share how they are using biochar to combat climate change. They can share this information in a number of different ways. First of all, when an individual receives a donation of biochar, iTRAp offers the possibility to create a blog with its story and share it on social networks. These social networks have a connection with key entities such as the International Biochar Initiative, Practical Farmers of Iowa, Iowa Women in Agriculture, Lutheran Services of Iowa, and others that can offer their support and collaboration after reading about the individuals‚ activities. Furthermore, iTRAp is constantly participating in conferences related to climate change and sustainable agricultural practices; therefore, iTRAp can invite underrepresented communities to come along to these conferences and share their experience with biochar and how relevant it has been for their climate actions. This will increase their visibility and presence in events related to the climate movement. Additionally, iTRAp promotes the empowerment of individuals from different nationalities, ages, and genders through its team which is gender-balanced and intercultural.

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iTRAp is a spinoff project from ARTi (www.Arti.com), an international company that has been developing pyrolysis technologies, research and development projects, and carbon products through sustainable, healthy, and innovative processes since 2013. Our mission is to demonstrate the value of biochar as a green technology able to sequester CO2 from the atmosphere and bring life back into the soil. The potential of our biochar to sequester CO2 has been recognized by the XPRIZE Carbon Removal competition sponsored by Elon Musk and the Musk Foundation, among the top 60 best teams out of 1132 registered entrants. . Although iTRAp is currently only operating in the US, pathways to expand to other countries have already been outlined.

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