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Environmental Education
Little is known about industrial hemp and many misconceptions prevent hemp from reaching its potential as a catalyst for our planet's sustainability. Hemp is a sustainable source of fabric, food, bio-fuel, paper and natural beauty products. It is grown without polluting toxic chemicals. In partnership with the Federal Government’s ECO Canada, Hemp & Company has recently added an environmental education program that will provide access to information for consumers, students and the public who seek to discover more about the sustainability of industrial hemp. This represents only part of our response to urgent requests for businesses to develop deeper, more responsible practices. Education for sustainability, from both a business and an environmental health perspective, is seen as a link in working to resolve tension between perspectives.
Environmental Excellence
The opening H&C Vic West on Craigflower Road in Victoria was outfitted with recycled flooring, shelving, and antique furniture. H&C's staff recycles boxes, cans, cups, and paper, and makes a special trip every month to recycle plastic collected from products and packaging. Some packaging material is given to a local glass shop that re-uses it for shipping fragile items. Every Hemp & Company store uses and distributes biodegradable bags. At Hemp & Company, business and environment are not mutually exclusive, we practice a triple bottom line. Environment is not an expense, a fad, or a fashion and, as stewards of the earth, everybody benefits from a sustainable perspective.
Community
In an effort to involve community and celebrate environmental excellence, every month, a local artist features their work at our Vic West location. The focus of each show is encouraged to highlight a relationship with the environment and the public is invited to be a part of the opening event. The artwork is then displayed in the store for the remainder of the month, inspiring new perspectives and dialogue. Hemp & Company encourages a strong local economy by buying from other businesses selling products with sustainability in mind. Hemp & Company on Craigflower Road is a distribution outlet for The Soap Exchange: a service in Victoria that reduces waste and damage to the environment by reusing packaging and providing 100% biodegradable cleaning products. This is one of many examples of Hemp & Company supporting a business with a shared value system.
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