Hempcrete and hemp insulation have multiple environmental benefits Industrial hemp has many benefits when used for making sustainable construction materials, including hempcrete and insulation. Hempcrete is a mixture of hemp fibres, water, and lime, which creates a strong and lightweight building material that has excellent insulation and air quality properties. It is also renewable, sustainable,… Continue reading Benefits of hempcrete and hemp construction materials
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Measuring impacts on the UN SDGs
What’s the purpose of the UN Sustainable Development Goals? The United Nations Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) are a set of 17 global goals adopted by the UN in 2015 as a universal call to action to end poverty, protect the planet, and ensure peace and prosperity by 2030. The SDGs cover a range of social… Continue reading Measuring impacts on the UN SDGs
Greenwashing FAQ
Greenwashing FAQ to help you understand the practice better Greenwashing is the practice of making false or misleading claims about the environmental benefits of a product or service. This can take many forms, such as exaggerating the recyclability of a product, or claiming that a product is “green” when in reality it is not. The… Continue reading Greenwashing FAQ
How hemp can solve the energy crisis
Hemp’s versatility can solve multiple energy problems Industrial hemp is a versatile crop that has the potential to play a significant role in meeting our energy needs. The plant can be used to produce a wide range of products, including biofuels, bioplastics, biomass, and building materials. Hemp biofuels One of the most promising uses of… Continue reading How hemp can solve the energy crisis
90% of rainforest carbon offsets are worthless – report
Paying to preserve rainforests may be doing more harm than good A nine-month investigation by the Guardian, the German weekly Die Zeit and SourceMaterial, a non-profit investigative journalism organisation, has concluded that over 90% of rainforest carbon offset credits sold by a leading supplier of such credits to VCMs (voluntary carbon markets) are useless. Worse,… Continue reading 90% of rainforest carbon offsets are worthless – report
Why 2024 is the year we start to close the Emissions Gap
The UN Emissions Gap is a measure of how much CO2 we need to remove from the air Nature is pretty incredible, most people would agree. But did you know that nature is doing so much of the heavy lifting around climate change, we’d already be doomed without it? On land, plants emit a lot… Continue reading Why 2024 is the year we start to close the Emissions Gap
Our master brand is Tao Climate
Tao Climate is the way to carbon neutral Tao Climate aims to solve the climate crisis by showing the way to rebalance our relationship with the sun. We’ll do this by returning the amount of CO2 in our atmosphere to pre-industrial levels, using various nature-based and technology solutions. We will consult and partner with companies… Continue reading Our master brand is Tao Climate
UN Hemp Report Review
The UNCTAD Report: Commodities at a Glance – Special Issue on Industrial Hemp (11/’22) The United Nations has published a very significant and exciting new research study on industrial hemp. Compiled by a team of experts for UNCTAD, the UN Conference on Trade and Development, this timely research study should be warmly welcomed by industrial… Continue reading UN Hemp Report Review
Hempcrete is on the rise (literally!)
Hempcrete added to US building codes In a very positive sign of the growing acceptance of the benefits of hempcrete in construction, hempcrete was added as an appendix to the US residential building code, which is used by 49 out of 50 states, and hempcrete will also be in the 2024 International Residential Code (IRC). According… Continue reading Hempcrete is on the rise (literally!)
Wow! UN report on industrial hemp
This is the first time an intergovernmental body issues a paper promoting the use of industrial hemp We welcome a very interesting and exciting publication by UNCTAD, the United Nations Conference on Trade and Development: a report on industrial hemp. This is the first time an intergovernmental body issues a paper promoting the use of… Continue reading Wow! UN report on industrial hemp