Environmental Network Week 3Presented by Zach Schaab

Today’s Agenda

Short Informational on Hemp

Discussing UB’s Hemp Event presented by UBEN

Planning and Organizing for UB Hemp Event

Design Problems

Discussing New Ideas/Possibilities

All About Hemp

What is Hemp? Hemp is a variety of

Cannabis Sativa This is not a drug. It

contains > 1% THC Hemp can grow 18

feet tall and is the biggest cash crop in the world

What Can Hemp do for Us?

Hemp is the most useful plant in the world if not the universe.

Popular Science came out with an article in 1938 calling hemp the new Trillion Dollar Crop

Hemp can be grown in every state in the United States including Alaska.

O What Hemp Can Do

Why Hemp Should be Legal

Fuel Because of the genetic make up of Hemp it can

be used an as extremely efficient Bio-Fuel Hemp fuel releases water vapor when burned

Paper Substituting today’s paper products with Hemp

Paper would stop deforestation across the planet Hemp paper is stronger and more durable than

regular paper

Why Hemp Should be Legal

Hemp as fiber Hemp is one of the strongest

fibers known to man. Its fibrous stem can replace

any single fabric that we use today Betsy Ross sewed the very

first American Flag from Hemp

Hemp replenishes instead of depleting soil It can be grown over and

over, each time renewing the soil

Why Hemp Isn’t Legal

Politics Because Hemp can replace 90% of the things we

wear today big Corporations have the lobbying power to keep Hemp far away from the Legislature

The same reason follows with the Logging Industry, Cosmetic Industry, Industrial Textiles (Carpets, Flooring, Rope, Twine, Brake Liners, Caulking, Canvas, and Tarps), Consumer Textiles (Hand Bags, Shoes, Fibers, Denim, Apparel and Diapers), Building Materials (Insulation, Cement, Mortar, Plywood), The entire Food industry, and even the God dam oil Industry

Why Hemp Isn’t Legal

Reefer Madness Caused a frenzy among

all of your grandparents Hemp was unfairly

grouped with Marijuana as a drug and was cast out by the public and the law in the United States of America

Government played the biggest role in twisting the public eye away from Hemp

Anyway…

Hemp Week at UB – September 23- 27 Hopefully a few head shops will be coming to

campus to sell what they have Hemp sales are great but the actual club has to

participate in something

What can UBEN to do advocate for the legalization of Hemp?

- Tabling, Petition to NYS Legislature, and Education

- Hemp bracelet making?

Design Problems

Giving Tree Design will not be put on the T-Shirts because of Copyright issues. What now? What about this design?

New Ideas

Open to discussion for new ideas

Lets hear what you have to say about Hemp Week at UB Tabling Ideas Thoughts, Comments