Artist and Dycle founder Ayumi Matzusaka with one of her first fruit trees grown with terra preta. Photo by the author.
Terra preta made from diaper waste and biochar.
Dycyle buckets for creating terra preta. Photo by Ayumi Matzusaka.
Matzusaka has incorporated waste into her other work, such as a beer made from barley fertilized with human urine. Photo by the author. The "Kon-Tiki" kiln. Photo by the author.
Hot ashes leftover from creating biochar are used to heat a makeshift stove in a washing machine drum. Photo by the author. Eggs and mushrooms cook on the ashes.
A well-rounded feast made with leftover heat from the biochar-making process.
Matzusaka with her Future Beer.
