HEMPCRETE FOR CONSERVATION

Posted on February 3, 2021 by Graham Durrant

I was accepted to attend hempitectures HempCrete contractor training class in Ketchum, Idaho.

April, 2021. 

What I will learn, document my experience and share here.

Forming Tools & Materials

Mixing equipment…

• Sketch, journal, or take pictures during your adventure. If you'd like to share any of this with the group during our virtual campfire on Tuesday, please either email it to me ahead of time or feel free to just bring it with you.
• Identify one plant, insect, or animal during your adventure. Seek…

Goals:

#1 Build veterans green buses to demonstrate sustainable energy solutions for man made or natural disaster responses and rebuilding efforts.

#2 Build Veteran green homes, barns, and indoor farms using sustainable energy solutions, shipping containers and Hempcrete. 

#3 Start Veterans Green Biofuel production and fleet conversions.

#4 Incubate Veteran Green Businesses.

Barriers: to goal #1

25k raised 35k needed

Progress:

Purchased…

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Chainsaw work and tree felling are more dangerous than fighting fires, policing the worst neighborhoods or even fighting in wars.  The chainsaw is a tool and the potential weapon of your own destruction. Trees are like real big slow bullets that by your own hand and gravity alone will kill or disable you of life. …

Personal protection equipment must be warn at all times on an active job site. 

Construction helmets are required when working around heavy equipment, in doors or under trees with potential falling hazards.

Eye and face protection is required when preforming certain manual tasks, operating hand or power tools or working in areas that require it.

Gloves and long sleeved shirts are required when preforming certain manual tasks, operating hand or power tools or working in…

Thanks for your interest in volunteering with Motor City Blight Busters of Detroit.

Check our calendar of volunteer events and sign up or let us know what dates you are interested in and we will add it to the calendar.



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To get your groups…

In the last couple of days I've met with a couple of local contractors, certified construction and demolition training program directors, as well as large scale developers and real-estate investment people from California.

They heard about what we were doing during a community meeting and wanted to get a tour of the Motor City Blight Busters Artist Village. Farm City, Veterans Villages and of course Large Marge.

It was interesting to talk to folks at different levels of the…

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Building Blocks for Sustainable Communities

Thursday, October 30, 2014, 3:00-4:00 Eastern

Join EPA's Smart Growth Program for an overview of free technical assistance available to communities through EPA's Building Blocks for Sustainable Communities Program. On October 23, EPA announced a…

In April of 2014 We joined forces with Motor City Blight Busters of Detroit. Together, we are building Veterans Green Housing, Job Training & Small Business Incubator with Farm City, Artist's and Veteran's Villages in the Old Redford district of Detroit.

We were looking for a firehouse to rebuild and found an entire community instead.

You remember we are wanted to find a firehouse to park the bus and create and…

We were paid a visit by a delegation from the Haitian Government's Department of Commerce yesterday. It was an honor to show off The Veterans Green Bus Sustainable Disaster relief vehicle at Veterans Village Detroit. They were very interested in our use of used cooking oil to power the bus and the solar powered refrigeration system. We have given…

We have spent the remainder of the challenge grant funds from The Home Depot Foundation on more tools and supplies for our growing team of veterans.



Here is the final report of what it has produced.



Purchased: In April of 2014 we used the grant on hand tools. bench grinder, hammer and drywall drills, framing, skill and chop saws ladders and personal protect equipment to address the work needed to be done on the Veterans Village after signing a 3 year lease to purchase…