Thursday, August 5, 2010
The Green Rush
A compelling look at the lives of some not-so-ordinary farmers, The Green Rush is a chronicle of the trials and tribulations of a unique group of marijuana farmers in Northern California. A must see film.
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Sunday, August 1, 2010
Tuesday, July 27, 2010
Hemp Phytoremediation Program Can Help With Gulf Oilspill Crisis
Wisdom dictates that especially when in a crisis, use effective solutions applied at the level of cause. Since our environmental problem is too much pollution, from the Gulf of Mexico to the Great Lakes, from Maine to Hawaii, the solution is to use strategies that effectively remove the pollution.
We all know that hemp was helpful in cleaning up the toxins around Chernobyl, and with a bit of planning by a mastermind alliance, can be used to clean up the environmental mess again.
An immediate end to hemp prohibition will allow us to use this biomass champion in a hemp phytoremediation program. "Phytoremediation can be defined as the decontamination of soil, sediment or water using plant growth. Industrial hemp, Cannabis sativa L., is renowned for its ability to grow rapdily. In one growing season, fibre hemp can yield 250 to 400 plants per square metre, with each plant reaching up to 5 metres in height. As a result, hemp has been identified as a plant with the potential to serve as a phytoremediator."
The same way hemp was used to clean up the toxins around Chernobyl, we should be using hemp to clean up the toxins from the Gulf of Mexico "oil spill" (more like a volcano) and other environmental crisis situations.
The McGraw-Hill Companies reported in 2000 "Overall, phytoremediation has great potential for cleaning up toxic metals, pesticides, solvents, gasoline, and explosives."
February, 2000: Chernobyl (Ukraine) - Using Plants To Clean Soil
"Phytoremediation is a process that takes advantage of the fact that green plants can extract and concentrate certain elements within their ecosystem. For example, some plants can grow in metal-laden soils, extract certain metals through their root systems, and accumulate them in their tissues without being damaged. In this way, pollutants are either removed from the soil and groundwater or rendered harmless."
"In 1998, Phytotech, along with Consolidated Growers and Processors (CGP) and the Ukraine's Institute of Bast Crops, planted industrial hemp, Cannabis sp., for the purpose of removing contaminants near the Chernobyl site. Cannabis is in the Cannabidaceae family and is valuable for its fiber, which is used in ropes and other products...
Overall, phytoremediation has great potential for cleaning up toxic metals, pesticides, solvents, gasoline, and explosives. The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) estimates that more than 30,000 sites in the United States alone require hazardous waste treatment. Restoring these areas and their soil, as well as disposing of the wastes, are costly projects, but the costs are expected to be reduced drastically if plants provide the phytoremediation results everyone is hoping for."
To understand how to use hemp to solve our environmental problems, read the book HEMP FOR VICTORY: A GLOBAL WARMING SOLUTION by Richard M. Davis, founder and curator of the USA Hemp Museum.
Sunday, July 25, 2010
Light and Learn - Hemp For Victory Books Study Guide
LIGHT and LEARN
HEMP FOR VICTORY STUDY GUIDE
HEMP FOR VICTORY STUDY GUIDE
Hard copies at Amazon
The USA Hemp Museum has embarked on a citizens initative HEMP FOR VICTORY program, beginning with education, to empower the goal of ending hemp prohibition and empowering the use of this miracle plant. These books are subject based museum tours of the Environment, Medical and Economics rooms.
Author and USA Hemp Museum founder Richard M. Davis said "The last truly successful program this country ran was the Hemp For Victory program. Since we've been legislated to death where even interacting with nature is deemed criminal, it is up to we the people to present the case for why we should be using the hemp solution. We believe the fastest fix is the people demanding an Executive Order from the president.
Light and learn Hemp For Victory is a simple teaching tool designed to spread the who, what, when, where and why of the power hemp plant. The first three book in the series, A GLOBAL WARMING SOLUTION, THE WONDER HERB and THE TRILLION DOLLAR CROP are available in both hard copies at Amazon.
Each book has an opening webeo, a 5 class session breakdown of the material with room for a lab and celebration/presentation of projects closing class. Please consider sharing ideas of what each class observes.
Happy Hempucation.
Book/Lesson #
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Relevant Pages
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Theme
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HEMP FOR VICTORY: A GLOBAL WARMING SOLUTION | ||
Class 1
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Pages 1-66
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Relationship between hemp and environment
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Class 2
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Pages 67-119
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How government policy helps or hurts
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Class 3
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Pages 120-157
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Hempowerment tools
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Class 4
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Pages 158-179
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Industrial Hemp reports
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Class 5
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Pages 180-230
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1913 US Dept. of Agriculture Yearbook
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Class 6
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Lab work
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Papers, plants, exhibits in development
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Class 7
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Papers and Celebration
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Presentation of semester projects and party.
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HEMP FOR VICTORY: Vol. II THE WONDER HERB | ||
Class 1
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Pages 1-45
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Overview what is medical hemp
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Class 2
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Pages 46-100
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How can it help as medicine?
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Class 3
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Pages 101-165
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Ways to incorporate medical hemp
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Class 4
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Pages 166-217
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Medical hemp and the law history
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Class 5
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Pages 218-250
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Readings and studies
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Class 6
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Lab work
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Papers, patients other exhibits
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Class 7
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Papers and Celebration
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Presentation of semester projects and party
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HEMP FOR VICTORY: Vol. 5 THE TRILLION DOLLAR CROP | ||
Class 1
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Pages 1-55
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HempOnomics
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Class 2
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Pages 56-97
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Why use hemp to prosper Pt. 1
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Class 3
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Pages 98-144
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Why use hemp to prosper Pt.2
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Class 4
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Pages 145-213
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How to use hemp to prosper
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Class 5
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Pages 214-250
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Trillion Dollar Crop’s big picture
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Class 6
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Lab work
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Papers, exhibits, etc.
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Class 7
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Papers and Celebration
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Presentation of semester projects and party
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Saturday, July 17, 2010
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