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July 2020

We'd like to take this opportunity to welcome our newest subscribers and followers to our Hemp Eco Systems Newsletter. 

We won't be harping on COVID19, although its the new reality. You can keep informed through other news channels in that regard. 

Twenty-Twenty has been nothing but turmoil and confusion for most of the world's population. Getting torn between political, economical, scientific as well as personal opinion that imposes rules on everyone's livelihoods.  

Hemp Eco Systems have not stopped. During the twenty-twenty turmoil we were awarded with one of the 1000 efficient solutions from the Solar Impulse Foundation. This was an incredible achievement by our team, and we wear the badge very proudly.

Continue reading to see where we are, and what we've been up to...

HES USA: our new footprint 

Spearheaded by our newest partner and comrad, Finlay Sabin, we've created our official footprint in the USA. A few words from Fin:

"After learning more and more about the uses and benefits of HempLime I was given the greatest opportunity in my life. The opportunity and the goal are one in the same. To educate and inspire people about the benefits of HempLime insulation. To teach people about home building and to shift the priority to natural, safe, healthy alkaline homes. Most home buyers are not aware of the quality of materials that go into a home and are not versed on the benefits of HempLime insulation." 

The second HempLime Starter Kit is about to leave the port in Europe, and will be landed State side in the coming weeks. Corona has not stopped the camaraderie in our industry, it has fuelled it. The realisations we're all coming to regarding the health of our loved ones is now the #1 priority. Indoor health for our lungs, protection from nano particles, frequency waves and 5G are some of the hot topics at the moment.

Living within your HempLime walls, there will be no more concern.

HES USA potentially working together with the USHBA

We understand the importance of working with partners in the US Hemp industry to get over this hurdle of material certification and feel that in order for each of us in this sector to get the most benefit, we need to join forces.

We want to assist the USHBA in fast tracking this process by providing our test results which we’ve already invested $100k+ into, in Europe. As well as share our method of ensuring consistent mixing on site in order to achieve a uniform result and optimal performance.

Some of our tests include:

Thermal Conductivity (R-value is calculated from this)

Fire Resistance

Water vapour permeability

CO2 absorption

Strength tests 

CO2eq

We're looking forward to the collaboration, and will keep you all in the loop of the progress we make in this industry together.

HES-Switzerland

HES-Switzerland is in full force doing the renovation of a three storey building. The HempLime work is now complete, with underfloor radiant heating. We imported the magnificent finishing touches from our artisanal Latvian team, who have shown our Swiss team the magical methods by the HempLime experts.

The quiet little Swiss village of Yvonand has witnessed the beautiful hemp-building evolution.

Enjoy reading one of Jorgen Hempel’s original stories titled: 

"A story about a Tree" which he has written for our Newsletter this month. Jorgen is the founder of Hemp Eco Systems.

A STORY ABOUT A TREE

by Jorgen Hempel

They inhabit our forests, rise to majestic heights, or crawl into the shadows of those dominating, as we do. We see them in the hills and in the valleys; they grow scarce on the mountain side and in abundance in the tropics. They ask for nothing but a bit of water, and nurse our climate. Different to other living things, they have no enemies. Except man.

And then they give us wood to keep us warm and structures with which to build our houses. If you draw a balance (an imposed condition in a regulated and controlled society like ours), you end up with the conclusion that the Tree we talk about could be no less than our best friend.

For thousands of years it served us, and our choices could have extended that for another thousand years.

When you told me that you have no enemies (but that of man) I agreed.

"But you must have competitors your Majesty," is what I said to the highest tree I could find.

"I do," answered the Tree, "but for the time being I prefer to ignore them."

But one day things changed, big machines rolled on the fields next to the forest

“Don’t touch my territory, “ cried the Tree.

“Have no worry,” answered the man on the machine, "all we do is sow grains for a new forest... "

If you're interested in getting HempLime to your region, please contact us through our website.

Workshops and trainings will be available once social distancing and lockdown subsides, however, watch this space for our

Online Training course. We're working on something phenomenal, and can't wait to share it with you all.

In the meantime, get your hands on our Introduction to HempLime Manual, to give you a taste of whats to come.

Hemp Eco Systems: our quality assured products

We have been in the Hemp Building business for long enough to know what products to use and what products not to use.

We spent twenty years fine tuning the products we wanted our teams to utilise, and can guarantee their quality.

If we don't sell it, we don't endorse it.

Our specialist HES-mixer, is a specific HempLime Mixer which has been manufactured specifically to our spec. 

The Hemp Hurd we use is not just any Hemp Hurd from any farmer, it's specifically cultivated and shredded to the exact texture and form needed to ensure a quality build.

Hydrated lime has to be of the highest quality. Luckily for everyone, this resource is available widely and at a good price and standard too. If your country is not so fortunate to have Hydrated Lime available, we're able to source the best.

HES-Plus volcanic mineral is our trade secret. This mineral is what makes your project stick out from the rest...

"All HES-Mix is HempLime, but not all HempLime is HES-Mix"