“Bringing it Home,” which covers hemp uses from green building to clothing, will be screened by One Island Saturday in Holualoa.
“Bringing it Home,” which covers hemp uses from green building to clothing, will be screened by One Island Saturday in Holualoa.
The film tells of a father’s search to find the healthiest building materials, which leads him to the completion of the nation’s first hemp house. Hemp with lime is a nontoxic, energy efficient, mildew, fire and pest resistant building material. The drawback — although research is legal in some states, hemp remains off-limits to almost all U.S. farmers. Industrial hemp is a nonpsychoactive plant, grown in 31 other countries that makes thousands of sustainable products and offers solutions for global warming, nutrition, poverty and deforestation. Here in the U.S., hemp could be a money-making crop for farmers and create jobs. But why can’t we grow it here? “Bringing it Home” tells the story of hemp: past, present and future and a global industry that includes textiles, building materials, food products, bio-plastics, auto parts and more.
The film will be screened from 6-9 p.m. at Lightwave Pavilion in Holualoa. Email hawaii@oneisland.org for directions.
The film will also be screened July 30 in Kohala, Sept. 15 in Honokaa and Sept. 16 in Hilo.