hemp presentation
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Environmental Network Week 3Presented by Zach Schaab
Today’s Agenda
Short Informational on Hemp
Discussing UB’s Hemp Event presented by UBEN
Planning and Organizing for UB Hemp Event
Design Problems
Discussing New Ideas/Possibilities
All About Hemp
What is Hemp? Hemp is a variety of
Cannabis Sativa This is not a drug. It
contains > 1% THC Hemp can grow 18
feet tall and is the biggest cash crop in the world
What Can Hemp do for Us?
Hemp is the most useful plant in the world if not the universe.
Popular Science came out with an article in 1938 calling hemp the new Trillion Dollar Crop
Hemp can be grown in every state in the United States including Alaska.
O What Hemp Can Do
Why Hemp Should be Legal
Fuel Because of the genetic make up of Hemp it can
be used an as extremely efficient Bio-Fuel Hemp fuel releases water vapor when burned
Paper Substituting today’s paper products with Hemp
Paper would stop deforestation across the planet Hemp paper is stronger and more durable than
regular paper
Why Hemp Should be Legal
Hemp as fiber Hemp is one of the strongest
fibers known to man. Its fibrous stem can replace
any single fabric that we use today Betsy Ross sewed the very
first American Flag from Hemp
Hemp replenishes instead of depleting soil It can be grown over and
over, each time renewing the soil
Why Hemp Isn’t Legal
Politics Because Hemp can replace 90% of the things we
wear today big Corporations have the lobbying power to keep Hemp far away from the Legislature
The same reason follows with the Logging Industry, Cosmetic Industry, Industrial Textiles (Carpets, Flooring, Rope, Twine, Brake Liners, Caulking, Canvas, and Tarps), Consumer Textiles (Hand Bags, Shoes, Fibers, Denim, Apparel and Diapers), Building Materials (Insulation, Cement, Mortar, Plywood), The entire Food industry, and even the God dam oil Industry
Why Hemp Isn’t Legal
Reefer Madness Caused a frenzy among
all of your grandparents Hemp was unfairly
grouped with Marijuana as a drug and was cast out by the public and the law in the United States of America
Government played the biggest role in twisting the public eye away from Hemp
Anyway…
Hemp Week at UB – September 23- 27 Hopefully a few head shops will be coming to
campus to sell what they have Hemp sales are great but the actual club has to
participate in something
What can UBEN to do advocate for the legalization of Hemp?
- Tabling, Petition to NYS Legislature, and Education
- Hemp bracelet making?
Design Problems
Giving Tree Design will not be put on the T-Shirts because of Copyright issues. What now? What about this design?
New Ideas
Open to discussion for new ideas
Lets hear what you have to say about Hemp Week at UB Tabling Ideas Thoughts, Comments