Hempcrete would be a remarkable addition to our building supplies. It’s inexpensive, strong, and way, way more sustainable. 

Why do the matter? Because I’m worried just just about my own life on this planet, I’m worried about the lives of all living things. We have to do better. There is a unexceptable chasm between have and have not, and there doesn’t need to be. 

Simple things like using rain barrels, decreasing the volume of space in the toilet reservoir, flush less often, turn off the sink while brushing my teeth, little things. I learned long ago that just a single grain of rice can tip the scales. 99 isn’t 100. 

In my opinion, people in the US simply do not care about others. They assume they are the most important and that only they matter. We are the global leader in consumption. We also throw away more then anywhere else. We are gluttons and it is an embarrassment. We, as a society, should be ashamed and embarrassed. We need to look in the mirror and realize that it is better to give then to consume. I’m embarrassed to say that I come from this place because of the way the majority acts. 

I’m most moved by the benefit to the soil. Soil is capable of sequestering millions of tons of carbon dioxide which would be really beneficial right about now. 

This wasn’t the first time I had heard of it. I work in the outside industry and the world of brilliant people have created stoves that you can backpack with the run off biomass as apposed to fossil fuels. Which is remarkable! 

Personal, yes! Very. What is it? It is that everything minus what I can grow in the summer months come from a farm be it local or far away. I’m fond of it because I’m passionately interested in not starving. I’m worried with both the fact that farm land is diminishing and that the types of agriculture we are undertaking in the US is very, VERY hard on the soil. And that causes me a lot of concern. Because like I said, I’m passionately interested in not starving.