Source: registerguard.com
Redirect architects to design and build Eugene’s new City Hall using industrial hemp, hempcrete or panels. Maximize resources and ecological values proactively addressing climate disruption, energy and housing crises. Catalyze resilient economies utilizing hemp, non-mind-elevating cannabis (not marijuana).
Hemp, the future in building, can be used today for construction under alternative building procedures.
Hempcrete, made of stalk hurds and lime or magnesium oxide, is 15 percent the weight of concrete. It’s fireproof, rodent proof and termite proof. It’s water and mold resistant. And non-toxic.
Wood or steel provides framing. Hempcrete interiors are cooler in summer, warmer in winter. Buildings can last centuries and sequester carbon.
Exteriors resemble stucco, interior walls plaster. Painting is optional. Hemp provides a material universe: roof tiles, insulation, bricks, plastic and carpet.
Since 2014, industrial hemp can be grown experimentally in states such as Oregon that have legalized industrial hemp. Locals could grow and process hemp, the 1800s premier agricultural crop, for a trillion-dollar bio-regional job-producing industry.
Meanwhile, crowd-fund to help transport materials here.
KATHY GING
Eugene
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