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Hemp House Becomes South Africa’s Most Sustainable Building
June 29, 2011 – South Africa has tapped into the eco-mine of sustainable building material: hemp. Tony Budden, an avid hemp advocate in South Africa, has been on the hemp soapbox for years—the versatile superplant can be converted into countless materials, including paper, textiles, biodegradable plastics, and fuel. Budden paired up with Dutch architect Erwin…
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Momentum Grows in Call for Hemp to be Legalised in South Africa
April 24, 2011 – Support for an online petition entitled “Hemp Now”, calling for the immediate legalisation of industrial hemp, has snowballed with more than 300 signatories and more signing on by the day. The Hemp Now campaign wants hemp – a type of cannabis plant that does not have the intoxicating THC compound found…
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South Africa: High Hopes for Hemp House
March 23, 2011 – South Africa’s building industry has taken another step forward. High up on a hill overlooking the sea in Noordhoek, Western Cape, stands the House that Hemp Built. The first of its kind in South Africa, the building was constructed almost entirely of materials that could be grown on a few hectares…
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South African Hemp/Cannabis Activist Missing
February 28, 2011 – A South African humanitarian and marijuana activist whose cultivation case was recently thrown out of court has been missing for more than 72 hours under suspicious circumstances. Peter Charles Freeman Miller has been well known as a cannabis and industrial hemp activist in South Africa for a number of years. Peter…