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Dismayed by the the lack of hemp on this site

Rob | 07.11.2007 11:31 | Climate Chaos | Ecology | Indymedia | London | World

this is regarding the serious lack of hemp in the environmental movement. although it would also help just about every other grassroots movement. i would have thought that being alternative media, there'd be something on hemp. i was especially surprised by the sister site  http://climateimc.org/
which throws up 1 article in a search for "hemp". a search on greenpeace is similarly depressing. www.foe.co.uk is a little better. it seems there's more in the mainstream. eg. www.theecologist.org

it's grows practically anywhere, reduces atmospheric carbon, reverses soil erosion, uses no chemicals and produces: paper, clothes, high protein food, rope, building materials, the number one bird food, omega oils (3,6&9), oils (including biodiesel), plastics, paints and varnishes amongst 1,000s of other uses.

it has been suppressed since about 1937 when the likes of dupont & william randolph hearst did their best to demonise it for their own selfish ends. you see, it threatened the heavy chemical use in competing industries such as cotton, paper & plastic. it also gave people control of their energy supply. mr diesel, the inventor of the diesel engine first ran it on peanut oil and hemp works just as well.

check out the free book at www.jackherer.com
 http://www.jackherer.com/chapters.html

 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hemp
 http://www.theecologist.org/archive_detail.asp?content_id=175
 http://www.theecologist.org/archive_detail.asp?content_id=420
 http://www.theecologist.org/archive_detail.asp?content_id=190

as a side issue LETS can help us too:
 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Local_Exchange_Trading_Systems

Rob

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Display the following 6 comments

  1. wow thanks for the info — g
  2. It's also been written out of history. it was heavily used for 1000's of years — Rob
  3. DIY... — rasputin
  4. What about nettles? — Stinger
  5. Hemp honey - don't even go there! — Bernie
  6. nettles — Rob

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