I arrived in Bellingham, Washington on the threshold of an unprecedented atmospheric storm which left thousands stranded and thousands more evacuating their homes due to flooding and landslides.

“It has long been my dream to make a natural home and create a self-sufficient household, and now I’ve done it,” says Serbian hemp grower and do-it-yourself builder Vesna Alavanja as she gazes through her hemp field at a cozy 65 sq. m. hempcrete house outside of Belgrade.

Hemp building materials moved one step forward on the path toward certification in US building codes at a Rochester, NY hearing of the International Code Council last week.

Ukraine’s special place in the global hemp industry has moved into the spotlight during the military invasion by the Russian Federation that has caused untold death and destruction.

Have you ever put a horse to bed? Did you know that horses sleep lying down? Think about how much you love to put your head on your favorite, soft pillow…well, your horse feels the same way about its bedding. Horses and humans all know the value of a good night’s sleep.

A long-awaited digital carbon footprint calculator for building materials is expected to drop within weeks from a Canadian green builders group with a long history in carbon-sequestering hemp building.

An initiative in southern Italy aims to boost hemp growing to clean up polluted land while producing hemp stalks for processing into building materials and other fiber-based outputs.

Hemp building workshops are being hosted around the world in 2022. Here are a few upcoming events:

A North Dakota company has developed a building system based on inter-connecting pre-fabricated panels for the construction of single-story homes.

Hemp building pioneers in Ukraine and Poland have responded to the Russian invasion with courage and generosity.