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Hemp Biofuel: What it is, it’s Potential, and Why it Hasn’t Taken off Yet
As our concern for climate change continues to escalate, the search for identifying renewable clean energy sources continues to astonish those of us in the hemp industry. Why is no one talking about the most obvious and life changing sustainable option that already...
Hemp: Low-Hanging Fruit for Climate Change Fight
The Chemurgic principles of George Washington Carver and Henry Ford can stimulate the imagination, “anything made from a hydrocarbon can be made from a carbohydrate” and “grow our oil don’t drill for it.” But replacing fossil fuels with hemp is an expensive...
Eating Our Way to Extinction
“The documentary future generations will be wishing everyone watched TODAY.” ~ Leonardo DiCaprio Eating our Way to Extinction takes audiences on a cinematic journey around the world, from the depths of the Amazon rainforests to the Taiwanese Mountains, the Mongolian...
TED Talk: Why Not Hemp Now?
Hemp advocate Amy Ansel says the Hemp plant — marijuana’s sober cousin — is poised to revolutionize industries by taking the place of more toxic materials and putting us on a path to a cleaner, more sustainable world. https://youtu.be/Qkb_TT685tM
Elon Musk to Give $100 Million
We're doing flips here at HempingtonPost to see this article regarding Elon Musk preparing to give $100 Million to the First Person Who Can Create This Climate-Saving Technology. As CEO my first thought was how could Elon not know about the power of Hemp for cleaning...
The Environmental Importance of HEMP for Climate Change
The Earth's resources must be used at a rate at which they can be replenished. However, there is now clear scientific evidence that humanity is living in an unsustainable fashion, and that an unprecedented collective effort is needed to return human use of natural...
Holy Smokes! Meet The Nuns Who Grow Weed
Article by Marian Venini, originally published on El Planteo. Although they do not belong to any religious order, the Sisters of the Valley’s devotion is unquestionable. Also known as the “Weed Nuns”, these women are dedicated to growing cannabis and selling medicinal products derived from it. Based in Merced (which means “mercy”, by the way), California, the […]
Research Shows Batteries Made From Hemp Are Superior to Lithium, Graphene
Could industrial hemp be part of the future of battery powered vehicles? Fresh research into the efficacy of hemp batteries says yes. There is indeed precedent for this. An iteration of Henry Ford’s original Model T was partially composed of hemp ‘bioplastic’ and powered by hemp biofuel. In 1941 Ford presented what should have been […]
Moroccan Students Build Off-Grid ‘Hemp House’ Made Almost Entirely From Hemp and Solar Panels
A team of students in Morocco have successfully developed an environmentally sustainable home made almost exclusively from hemp and solar panels. The building was erected as an entry into the SUNIMPLANT project’s ‘Solar Decathlon’, a competition organized by the United States Department of Energy and Morocco’s Centre de recherche en Energie solaire et Energies nouvelles […]
Cannabis and Honey Bees
Hemp and Honey Bees are two of the most popular social topics in the world right now – and why shouldn’t they bee? They’re two of the most powerful contributors to better overall human health and happiness. CBD from Hemp provides seemingly endless potential to human health with its neuroprotective and anti-oxidant qualities. Honey bees provide […]
Hemp: The Natural Response to Plastic Pollution
The current rate of plastic production is about one billion tons in three years. That is what a 2016 article in ScienceDaily says, quoting a University of Leicester study. Plastic is inert and hard to degrade. So it becomes a toxic techno-waste that has severe polluting effects on the earth’s biodiversity A National Geographic report […]
How Hemp Can Reduce Carbon Dioxide in the Air
Carbon footprint: a phrase we hear almost as often as we hear global warming and climate change. Not surprising, as all of them are connected. Climate change is a threat to the future of planet earth. Global warming is one of the major factors behind climate change. Increased carbon emission is one of the core […]