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Vans Get Dope

vibe.com — You might have a few other things on your mind before Earth Day comes around on April 22: Spring Break if you’re still rolling on your parents’ dime, Tax Day if you’re not. Either way, Vans has you covered for each occasion with the release of their Vans Authentic Hemp collection. These cannabis-cultivated shoes provide a kick of a different kind. More... (Hemp)

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Driving toward a cleaner energy future

news.cnet.com — BOSTON--The MIT Energy Conference, now in its fifth year, is the place to show off energy inventions and discuss how to tackle big-picture energy challenges. Among those presenting over the weekend was the University of Warwick in the U.K., which showed off this WorldFirst Racing car which runs on biodiesel from waste oils. The body itself is buil More... (Hemp)

Hemp Technology Launches New Hemp Insulation

industrytoday.co.uk — Hemp Technology, has announced the launch of Breathe™, an innovative new natural fibre insulation. The sustainably sourced product, which will play a key role in the nation's drive to zero carbon construction, was officially launched at Ecobuild, the world's largest sustainable construction event, at Earls Court, London, on the 2nd March 2010. More... (Hemp)

High-End Hemp Speakers Are All the Buzz

wired.com — John Harrison looks like an unmade bed, talks more than Larry King and says he sees sound as color. He makes speakers out of hemp, and to spend any time with him leaves you thinking he’s smoking some of the product. John Harrison looks like an unmade bed, talks more than Larry King and says he sees sound as color. He makes speakers out of hemp, and More... (Hemp)

PassivSystems works with ModCell to target the Building Schools for the Future programme

constructionnewsportal.com — ModCell® is one of the first products to make large-scale, carbon-negative building a commercial reality. The ModCell® system utilises the excellent thermal insulation qualities of straw bale and hemp construction to form prefabricated panels, made in a local Flying Factory™. This allows super-insulated, high-performance, low energy ‘passive’ schoo More... (Hemp)

Color? San Francisco boutique has that covered

sfgate.com — She maximized every inch of the tiny 350-square-foot space (now her office and design studio) for new, vintage and imported goods, including handwoven wool rugs made in India by Madeline Weinrib; organic hemp cotton tea towels by Hammocks & High Tea; faux bois wallpaper by Osborne & Little; and her own line of lacquer serving trays, side tables, ba More... (Hemp)

UK Schools Look to Go Greener

smartmeters.com — The eco-schools will be built using ModCell’s renewable, carbon capturing materials that lower heating costs by up to 85 per cent. The system employs the superior thermal insulation qualities of straw bale and hemp construction to form prefabricated panels. Additionally, PassivEnergy will supply an energy management system to reduce the buildings’ More... (Hemp)

Swedish hemp farmer awarded compensation

icenews.is — After a decade-long struggle, a Swedish hemp farmer from Halland has won a favourable court ruling which declared the state’s seizure of his crop illegal. For all the legal wrangling, which was heard in both Swedish and European courts, the man was awarded just SEK 10,000 (USD 1,500) compensation. In 2000, the application by the farmer to grow the More... (Hemp)

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EcoBuild should show it's not just in it for the green pound

guardian.co.uk — The UK's green building exhibition can't prove a shining example of sustainability until it turns off the halogen lights. But there was one glorious island of eco-sainthood in the middle of all this consumer madness and that was the UK Green Building Council, whose stand was lit by a tiny 40 watts in total, using four energy efficient lights. They More... (Hemp)

Livity Outernational Opening Flagship Store

apparelnews.net — Eco-fashion is more than a marketing concept for Al Gore fans. It’s a business model to build a thriving fashion company, said Isaac Nichelson, founder of the eco-brand Livity Outernational. Under the Livity banners reminiscent of Jamaican art, the store will sell fedoras, T-shirts, socks, underwear and rainproof snowboarding outerwear for men and More... (Hemp)

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