Hemp House: South Africa's Most Sustainable Home Made From An "Illegal Narcotic"
source: http://inhabitat.com/hemp-house-south-africas-most-sustainable-home-made-from-an-illegal-nar...
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Because South African authorities do not distinguish between hemp and the euphoric THC-laden "dagga" plant, its benefits as a super-sustainable building material have largely gone untapped. Until now - a tireless hemp advocate, Tony Budden joined forces with Dutch architect Erwin van der Weerd from Perfect Places to build South Africa's first seven-roomed hemp house in Noordhoek. The home is designed to showcase hemp's incredible potential as a building material and convince the government to remove obstacles for widespread commercial development of one of the most resilient, versatile, and fast-growing carbon sinks on earth.
Read more: Hemp House: South Africa's Most Sustainable Home Made From An "Illegal Narcotic" | Inhabitat - Green Design Will Save the World http://inhabitat.com/hemp-house-south-africas-most-sustainable-home-made-from-an...
Read more: Hemp House: South Africa's Most Sustainable Home Made From An "Illegal Narcotic" | Inhabitat - Green Design Will Save the World http://inhabitat.com/hemp-house-south-africas-most-sustainable-home-made-from-an...
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damush
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I could not live in one as the government would jail me for smoking my own home.
- 11 months ago
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