By Marisa, on March 4, 2010, at 3:41 pm
 Fire, Or Gasification? by zaskem on Flickr Date published: 03rd March 2010
Publication: Science Network WA
Editor: David Satterthwaite
Author: Marisa Wikramanayake
Title: Biochar breakthrough benefits environment and energy
Link to full article: Biochar breakthrough benefits environment and energy
Excerpt:
A PERTH company has developed a process that will deliver water supplies, renewable energy for the power grid and increased crop yields, while potentially addressing issues of soil salinity and fertility.
Project Rainbow Bee Eater Pty Ltd has been working on biochar processes, which uses pyrolysis to convert waste plant material into charcoal that can be buried in the soil. The addition of charcoal changes the soil temperature, pH and can lead to increased crop yields while the process of pyrolysis creates plentiful gas and water.
Read more here…
By Marisa, on February 25, 2010, at 3:33 pm
Hi everyone,
I have been a bit busy as I have been run off my feet, doing some editing work for Diabetes WA who publish the magazine diabetes matters. The magazine is only for members such as people who donate to the organisation so that it can continue to support people with diabetes.
My role is to edit all the articles that come through for the journal. You can check out the website here.
But I’d thought I’d post and let you all know that no, I’m not dead. I’m just busy trying to do work despite the fact that most of the people I need to work with have not come back from their annual leave yet.
There will be a list of good books, a music review and quite a few book reviews and a few articles or two in the not too distant future. So hang in there. 
Thank you to all those who email me or comment.
Cheers, Marisa.
By Marisa, on February 4, 2010, at 7:02 pm
Marisa Wikramanayake is a freelance journalist for Science Network WA. In this article she writes about Dr Todd Gaines research into weed species’ resistance to glyphosate, a popular herbicide.
By Marisa, on January 15, 2010, at 12:05 am
This life is hard. It is difficult. I see my family once a year on average since I live away from them and when I do see them, I am caught up with deadlines for stories or with finding more clients. In these economic times, freelancing will get you money where you can’t get it from part time or full time employment but it will also require you to be extremely well organised so that there is a relatively steady flow of cash coming in.
By Marisa, on January 9, 2010, at 1:23 am
Marisa Wikramanayake reviews Russian author Boris Akunin’s second novel in the Pelagia crime fiction series: Pelagia & the Black Monk. This review was previously published on Blogcritics.com
By Marisa, on January 1, 2010, at 12:00 pm
Marisa Wikramanayake is a freelance writer and editor based in Perth, Western Australia. In this post, she provides a detailed worksheet on how to set an hourly rate while taking into account living and business expenses, tax rates, superannuation, savings, profits, and annual and weekly income. Other freelancers need only put in the figures where required.
By Marisa, on December 25, 2009, at 12:00 pm
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As an editor, I see grammar/spelling/style mistakes and errors all the time in everyone’s work. Everyone’s work. Some of the editing work I do is for the Centre for Policy Development in Australia — they have a journal called Insight for which a lot of policy makers and academics write [...]
By Marisa, on December 22, 2009, at 5:17 am
Marisa Wikramanayake reflects on the past year – her first year as a freelancer and what she has learnt and achieved.
By Marisa, on December 3, 2009, at 8:40 pm
Marisa Wikramanayake reviews Moneen’s latest album The World I Want To Leave Behind for RTR FM, a Perth community alternative radio station. Moneen is a alternative rock band. Marisa Wikramanayake is a freelance writer, journalist and editor based in Fremantle, Western Australia.
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“Marisa is a fast, professional and very skilled editor - great at improving the flow and quality of prose on a tight deadline. A pleasure to work with.”
— Miriam Lyons, Centre for Policy Development, Victoria
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