| Although industrial hemp is very well known all | | | | Spain and this resulted in many agricultural |
| over the world even in the United States where it | | | | workers leaving the country and settling outside |
| is banned there are some countries that are | | | | of the countryside of Spain and making new lives |
| starting to utilize the incredible properties of this | | | | in the city. |
| amazing eco-product. In Spain for example newly | | | | I think that we should put major consideration into |
| built ecological homes are being made from | | | | looking into this product as a substance that can |
| industrial hemp. The outer walls of these | | | | be used in homes all over the world. Think of the |
| eco-homes are being made from a substance | | | | savings that it would bring by not needing to use |
| called eco-bricks which is also manufactured in a | | | | regular insulation products to keep us warm or to |
| part of Spain under the name Cannabric. The | | | | keep us cool. In addition to this certain areas in |
| material Cannabric is made from the fibers of | | | | Canada are starting to wake up to the incredible |
| industrial plant and the combination of line and | | | | properties that Cannabric has and are actually |
| mineral materials. | | | | using Cannabric as an insulation product for the |
| These materials are just as fire resistant as stone | | | | insides and outsides of old stone homes that |
| bricks but the beauty of this material is that it | | | | cannot do the job that this substance can. |
| doesn't require any added insulation at all on the | | | | Another pioneer in the production of industrial |
| outside or inside of the walls so it is perfect for | | | | temp as a building material is a man known as |
| keeping the home warm in the winter time as | | | | Steve Allin who coincidently has a new book out |
| well as cool in the summertime and when the | | | | on this material which is called "building with hemp". |
| minerals are added they also give the Cannabric | | | | Steve has come out with his own hemp brick but |
| it's extra strength as a material. To finish this off | | | | he does not collect Cannabric. The name he gets |
| the lime is added in as a binder, and it's job is to | | | | to it is Hemphab. This incredible material can be |
| hold these materials together as a brick but the | | | | changed and molded into many different shapes |
| lime also has another function. It is also used as a | | | | and finishes. This gives Hemphab a great |
| filler material that basically protects the Cannabric | | | | advantage over other building materials as it is |
| against any entry of water by rain or by any | | | | very eclectic in the ways that you can use it |
| pipes in the wall, plus it also provides an added | | | | around your home. |
| strength protection for the fibers against the | | | | Cannabric isn't the only material made from |
| fungal attack or a parasite attack. Industrial hemp | | | | industrial hemp that can be used as a building |
| was nothing new in this part of Spain as it has | | | | material. They are also learning how to make |
| been used for many materials dating back to the | | | | paints from industrial hemp. Industrial hemp paint |
| Franco regime many hundreds of years back. The | | | | has many superior advantages over regular paint |
| only negative thing about the industrial hemp being | | | | and some of its advantages are that it has a |
| made during this time was that it took a lot of | | | | superior coating that is very durable and can keep |
| jobs from the agricultural workers in that area of | | | | its coat from eroding over time. |