Hemp

Bodegas Dominio d’Echauz blends tradition and innovation in rural Spain

Architecture

Spanish winery built from hempcrete blocks to preserve ancient grapes

In the quiet Spanish countryside, a subtle architectural form is beginning to take shape. When completed, the Bodegas Dominio d’Echauz winery will serve as an archive, a laboratory, and a sanctuary dedicated to protecting endangered grapes.

Researchers detected levels of THC in milk from dairy cows fed with hemp

Psychedelics

Hemp-fed cows get high and produce THC-laced milk

New research has reported on the consequences of feeding dairy cows commercial hemp. Despite the hemp containing negligible levels of psychoactive THC the researchers detected significant behavioral changes in the animals and levels of THC in their milk.

A sustainable three bedroom home dubbed Flat House boasts a flat-pack design using hemp materials grown on the 20-acre property

Architecture

British architects build a low-carbon home using hemp

Practice Architecture has built a family residence using prefabricated panels made with hemp. The result is a sustainable three bedroom home dubbed Flat House, which boasts a flat-pack design using materials grown on the 20-acre property.

Green Built hopes to fund the development of its first tiny house prototype with a Kickstarter campaign

Architecture

High hopes for tiny house made from hemp

The cannabis plant isn't only useful for getting stoned. Green Built has high hopes that it can bring cannabis construction into the US mainstream with its sustainable tiny house built from hemp.

Researchers have developed a high-performance electrode material for supercapacitors from hemp inner bark fibers (Photo: Shutterstock)

Science

Hemp-derived carbon nanosheets help build cheap, high-performance supercapacitors

Using waste hemp fibers as the starting material, researchers at the University of Alberta in Canada have developed a high-performance electrode material for supercapacitors at one thousandth the cost of the more commonly used graphene.

Sports

Ramshackel trades grip tape for hemp skateboard carpet

Ramshackel FGT hemp skateboard grip is a more durable, renewable alternative for the skateboarding market.

OATS Shoes is launching a line of fully compostable sneakers

Environment

Compostable sneakers make a dirty fashion statement

OATS Shoes is launching a line of fully compostable sneakers.

Environment

The house made of hemp

America's first house made primarily of hemp has been built.

Researchers at University of Connecticut have found that industrial hemp has properties that make it attractive as a raw material for biofuel production

Environment

Hemp biofuel blazes competition

While the food versus fuel debate continues to put viable biodiesel production on the back burners it might just be Cannabis sativa that blazes the competition.

Automotive

Canada’s cannabis electric car is the epitome of a “green” vehicle

Motive Industries Inc. has announced the development of Canada’s first electric vehicle (EV) whose body is made from an impact resistant bio-composite material that is made from hemp mats.

Greenbutts LLC has created natural cigarette filters that break down in the environment to sprout grass shoots or flowers

Wellness & Healthy Living

Greenbutts cigarette filters sprout flowers when planted

Greenbutts manufacturers cigarette filters made from natural products that breakdown quickly in the environment and have no nasty chemicals like traditional filters.

Green guitars: Babusa (left), Flax (top) and MADA (bottom right)

Music

Green guitars: A guide to eco-friendly axes

When looking through the racks of my local guitar shop, why is it that the now familiar “environmentally-friendly” claims are conspicuous by their absence?