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Gem of a Book, June 19, 2002
This review is from: The Hemp Manifesto: 101 Ways That Hemp Can Save Our World (Paperback)
Sometimes it is only through the pithy insights of a pocket book or manifesto that the world can fully understand an issue. Such is certainly the case with this Cannabis Sativa, as most of the American people - especially the DEA - seem to have trouble understanding the practical value of industrial hemp _and_ the spiritual and medicinal value of its psychoactive sister, Marijuana. I say America, because the rest of the Western World is already catching on (hemp is being grown in Canada in and all over Europe now), whereas China, Japan, and many other eastern countries never forgotten this miracle crop. Yes, miracle crop. Hemp can be put to just about any use: It can be made into wood, paper, clothing, fiberglass, canvas, twine, rope, soap, shampoo, cosmetics, oils, paints, inks, putty, and coatings. It is also perhaps the most important food crop, as it stands supreme as the planet's single most nutritious source of protein and essential fatty acids. It can even be made into auto fuel!! (Visit Colorado's Rocky Mountain Institute's website for information on this long-known property of many carbohydrates.) Moreover, hemp treads much lighter on the planet, as it usually does not require pesticides or herbicides (indeed, it is used as natural herbicide); and its fast-growing roots and self-mulching leaves can even rejuvenate undernourished and eroding soils. In effect, by converting to hemp paper and woods products instead of felling old growth and dwindling indigenous rain forests, and furthermore by using hemp to retain soil composition in areas were erosion is advancing (hemp can grow just about anywhere), we could begin to restore declining ecosystems. Without understatement, hemp could lend a much-needed hand in saving the planet. This book was a real eye-opener. In terms of price, expediency and insight you can't go wrong.
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12 of 13 people found the following review helpful:
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The BASICS: Letting you know how hemp can save the world, November 9, 2000
This review is from: The Hemp Manifesto: 101 Ways That Hemp Can Save Our World (Paperback)
Hemp Diapers to prevent land feilds, Hemp roots extracting heavy metals out the earth, hemp to prevent landslides, hemp for fiberglass, hemp for food, hemp for paper, hemp for oil (no more worlds), hemp for insulation, hemp for clothes, hemp for paint, hemp for ground covers, hemp can do A lot and this book will let you know what hemp can do. THE MANY MANY things that hep can do are awsome. this books breaks it down. SO if you wannna know how hemp can save us GET THIS BOOK PEACE AND LOVE
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This is Hemp' s cute, little but informative pamphlet/book, June 26, 2000
This review is from: The Hemp Manifesto: 101 Ways That Hemp Can Save Our World (Paperback)
They've included everything from the more common "saving the forest","sustainability,and the "hempmobile" to the less common "hemp humus" and "tantra" uses. you're not going to convince enyone of anything with this book, but it definitly a fun and informative look at the hemp issue. Designed to fit the pocket of a pair of hemp jeans, the hemp manifesto lists 101 ways that hemp is making a positive impact on society. Icluded are all the fascinating facts about the plant--how the Declaration of Independence was written on hemp paper, how the U.S. government grows marijuana and supplies it to eight people free of charge; how hemp seeds are the most compete source of protein and essential fatty acids nown in the vegtable kingdom; and many more. The Hemp Manifesto gives people the most important weapon in the fight for a healthy future: the truth.
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