Hempzine | April 2007 | Issue #10 - EARTH DAY
In this issue:
• Community Events
• Art Opening - Earth Day Art, 28 Artists
• Article - Take Action, Write a Letter!
• Featured Products
• Hemp in the News - Green Your Sex Life
• Hemp Multimedia - Hemp Video, new podcast episode!
• Shift Natural Fashion - Join Us in Fernwood!
COMMUNITY EVENTS
Anniversary EarthDay Give Away!
1 - ONE YEAR ANNIVERSARY @ H&C Vic West
2 - SECOND ANNIVERSARY @ SHIFT Natural Fashion
7 - SEVENTH ANNIVERSARY @ H&C Lower Johnson
Get a FREE tote bag with any purchase over $25 OR $5 dollars for the bag with any purchase.
During EarthDay week, starting Friday April 20, 2007
Shambhala Tickets Available - Victoria and Nelson
Hemp and Company - 547 Johnson Street, Victoria, BC OR Hemp and Company - 502 Baker Street, Nelson, BC
All ticket prices do not include GST or service fees.
There will be 8500 tickets made available for Shambhala Music Festival Ltd. 2007 on August 8 – 15th at the Salmo River Ranch.
Environment Justice Camp – UVIC May 13-May 19
Come and explore the issues of justice and justice-making in the web of relationships within society and with the natural world. Oriented towards specific environmental challenges affecting us on the West Coast of Canada, participants will join together in small and large groups to reflect, explore and have fun.
Hosted by the Anglican Diocese of BC, the camp will embrace a broad, multi-faith perspective. It is an intergenerational and interdisciplinary event that will inspire, regenerate, challenge and empower participants.
Participants from across Canada will travel to various locations on Vancouver Island and come to grips with local issues through immersion in environmental projects and learning centres. These hands-on experiences will be combined with periods of reflection, study and community-building. For info and registration, please explore www.justicecamp.org.
FoodRoots Sustainable Feast
Saturday April 7 , 6:00 pm
Victoria, BC
Garry Oak Room - Fairfield Community Centre
1335 Thurlow
www.foodroots.ca
Tickets $25 available at:
• Vic West Farmers Market
• HEMP AND COMPANY
• SHIFT NATURAL FASHION
Vegan in Victoria?
The Victoria Vegan
www.thevictoriavegan.com
A new publication from Friends of Animals
Networking - Greendrinks
On Tuesday April.10th - earlybirds wanting quiet conversation may arrive anytime after 4:00pm before
the crowd arrives and noise levels build up.
Victoria, BC
5-7pm - Queen Mother Cafe
407 Swift Street
ART OPENING
Official Earth Day Art Show at Hemp and Company - Victoria
Earth Day Art Show presented by Hemp & Company and Greensquare Studio.
Celebrate Earth Day with Art! EarthDay Art Show 2007 features nature-and-conservation inspired works by 28 regional artists. Artworks will be displayed in Hemp & Company stores in downtown Victoria and Vic West.
Join us and meet the artists at the Artist Receptions on April 21st (At Craigflower from 4-6) and April 22nd (At Johnson Street from 4-6), For more info and an online preview of the artworks, please visit www.hempandcompany.com/art.php - Show dates are April 4 to May 2.
ARTICLE
Take Action!
Send a letter to the government
Let them know about the role industrial hemp plays in a sustainable economy
Transition to a Sustainable Economy with Canandian Industrial Hemp
TAKE ACTION WITH YOUR LETTER NOW
Dear Minister,
I am writing with regard to the government's commitment to transitioning to a sustainable economy.
I am a resident of _____ and am concerned about the future of a local living economy and the health of the environment.
It is my opinion that the government can do more to stimulate a transition to a sustainable economy. Industrial hemp should be considered a viable solution during this transition.
I request that the government invest in the construction of an industrial hemp textile facility in Canada. Currently no textile manufacturing facility exists in Canada and no industrial hemp textile manufacturing facility exists in North America. Hemp textiles have to be imported from other countries, and this is not feasible in a sustainable economy.
To ensure that Canadians and their environment are properly protected from the harmful effects of toxic substances, I advise that government investments are made into research for developing industrial hemp processing methods that do not require the use of chemicals.
In order to conserve Canada's ecological integrity, I would like to see the government place requirements on industry, specifically pulp and paper mills in BC and the rest of Canada, to utilize the pulping of Canadian industrial hemp when making paper and paper products.
For the automotive sector, I request that government incentives are made available for Canadian farmers who grow industrial hemp for the purposes of processing bio-fuels made from Canadian industrial hemp.
I would like to see the control and regulation of industrial hemp move from the Department of Health to the Department of Agriculture, as it is an agricultural crop not unlike wheat, or corn.
In order to encourage fiscal reform, I request that a shift is made of the federal government's current subsidies to the oil and gas sector towards sustainable businesses.
I would like to be assured that more is being done to develop seed diversity within Canada.
I hope you see the important role that industrial hemp has to play in this new economy and the future of our environmental health.
I urge you, in your role as Minister of the Canadian government to take action.
Sincerely,
SEND YOUR LETTER NOW
FEATURED PRODUCTS
Hemp and Company (Victoria)
Maha Devi Arwen Shirt |
Efforts Mens bamboo/cotton T-shirt
$24.95 |
HEMP IN THE NEWS
Mama's Got a Squeezbox - On Greening Your Sex Life
26 March 2007
GRIST
HEMP MULTIMEDIA
Hemp Song/Video on Myspace - thanks to David, a valued customer
VIDEO - TREE OF LIFE by Human and the Other Humans
check it out
What is a Podcast?
Very simply, it's a way of broadcasting audio, video, text or image files. Our Hemp and Company podcast contains only audio files, covering thoughtful lectures based on industrial hemp. A Podcast is a media file that is distributed by subscription (free) over the internet using syndication feeds, for playback on mobile devices and personal computers.
What is a Feed?
A feed is a list of episodes (and their URLs) of the show that may be accessed. This list is published in RSS format ('Really Simple Syndication') which provides other information, such as publishing date, titles of the episode, and accompanying text descriptions of the series and each of its episodes.
H&C PODCAST - Hemp History Part Three
Listen to the latest episode of a lecture series by Bill Finley on Hemp History
SHIFT NATURAL FASHION
Come Visit Us in Fernwood!
