iHemp issue #15 May 2021 Fibre Construction | Page 35

Hempcrete 101 workshop
all over the Country . The hemp construction there was popular and the industry more developed . It occurred to me that if France could do it , New Zealand could do it too . New Zealand could have a sustainable and healthy building industry with locally grown materials .
“ Hemp could take the New Zealand building industry to a whole new level .
“ New Zealanders could actually grow their own homes in their backyards . Homes that are going to be healthy for us and our families , lasting hundreds of years .
We have a program called Educate to Regenerate ( kohuhemp . nz ). Where we plan to teach people everything there is to know about building with hemp . We ran a couple of Hempcrete 101 workshops last year and plan to get more going in the future .
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