Hemp

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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

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.

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

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?

Lotus has bucked the industry trend of concentrating mainly on tailpipe emissions and overhauled its whole manufacturing process to build a new type of 'green' car - the hemp-based Eco Elise.