Cultural Displays
Published on Tuesday, February 19th, 2008
Ottawa Citizen - Ontario, Canada
Visit the world-famous Museum of Hemp in Berlin.
Hemp product plant perfect fit for Craik
Published on Monday, February 18th, 2008
StarPhoenix - Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, Canada
Home of the Field Festival held in a hemp field every summer, Craik, Saskatchewan is also getting a hemp factory. The factory CEO is a former head of Adidas North America.
A Collection of hemp clothing, footwear, and accessories.
Published on Saturday, February 16th, 2008
Helium - Andover,MA,USA
Common sense sometimes takes a little while - to really become, well, common. Alicia Black writes about how green is good.
A Collection of hemp clothing, footwear, and accessories.
Published on Thursday, February 14th, 2008
Why the tycoons fear hemp: From drugs to oil
Published on Monday, February 4th, 2008
Helium - Andover,MA,USA
Facts about hemp and the tycoons that hate it.
Stars Turn Out at New York Fashion Week
Published on Friday, February 1st, 2008
The Associated Press
NY charity event by nonprofit Earth Pledge featured eco-designes by over 20 designers. Where are all these eco-designers coming from?
Hemp and high fashion share the runway ahead of New York Fashion Week
The Canadian Press
Hemp at NY Fashion Week. Nice!
Doing Their Part to Help Save the Planet, in High Style
New York Times - United States
Hundreds of fashion designers are going green; including Donna Karan.
hemp information
Published on Saturday, January 5th, 2008
Hemp has been used in the production of clothing as early as 8,000 BC. Hemp is used for clothing, paper, building materials, sails, and to print money, among many many other uses. BMW and Mercedes use hemp composites in constructing door panels and dashboards for their automobiles.
Hemp and the environment
Hemp is great for the environment because as a weed, it requires little to no pesticides to grow. It grows very quickly (to about 10-20 feet in less than a year). Hemp also rejuvenates the soil it is grown in as opposed to depleting it.
It takes about a half-pound of chemicals to process a cotton shirt, whereas a hemp shirt requires almost no chemicals in its production. So you can see that purchasing a hemp garment instead of a cotton garment has a direct positive effect on our environment.
Hemp grows in other countries, why not the US?
The US currently makes no differentiation between hemp and marijuana. This has protected many big industries like pulp and paper, the cotton industry, and even oil companies from having to compete with such a versatile resource.
Hemp has the potential - as pointed out in Jack Herer’s book, to replace all of these industries and provide the resources that we need for our energy, paper, textiles, and proteins.
Take a look at some of the information found on this website. There is video, some excellent articles, and a large collection of related websites that provide some solid information about the environment and green living.
Additionally, take a look at the hemp garments offered, and the positive changes they make to our environment.
Hemp Revolution
Published on Saturday, December 29th, 2007
If hemp can replace fuel, plastics, and paper, make clothing, stronger cement and food, why is it illegal in the USA?
No, really, why?
Watch to find out. It’s kind of a long video, but well worth it if you want to know why such a versatile material is held at bay.
Part I: 33 mins
Part II: 39 mins