Hemp holds the key to a sustainable future | Amy Ansel | TEDxSeattle
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- Опубліковано 30 січ 2019
- The Hemp plant - marijuana’s sober cousin - is poised to revolutionize industry by taking the place of more toxic materials and putting us on a path to a cleaner, more sustainable world, says hemp advocate Amy Ansel. Noting the promise of hemp bioplastics that safely degrade, Ansel explains how hemp can also provide a cleaner, safer more sustainable substitute for paper, textiles, building materials, and even automobiles. From a 1500-year-old bridge in France made of hemp concrete to hi-tech autos that are lighter, stronger, and more fuel efficient, Ansel shows us how substituting hemp industrially can dramatically reduce pollution and conserve water resources while creating safer, stronger products. Amy Ansel had over two decades of IT program management experience at Microsoft before becoming an entreprener working to create a fresh and new program with purpose. She moved her attention to the industrial hemp industry, where her could employ her passion for sustainability. She has mapped her skills and systems over the budding agricultural industry with her partner, Tanya Hart, creating various pillars serving a global agenda in sustainable economies. Amy enjoys trying new things, disruptive technologies/bio innovation, playing cards and solving puzzles. A native of the West Coast, Amy resides outside of Seattle and enjoys spending time with 3 kids, 1 husband and 4 pets. This talk was given at a TEDx event using the TED conference format but independently organized by a local community. Learn more at www.ted.com/tedx
Cotton takes an incredible amount of pesticides and water. Hemp takes very little water and can be grown without pesticides. If hemp was never criminalized 80 years ago, the USA could have had a thriving industry employing millions of people.
Wow
if it wasn't banned the textile industry in the south wouldn't have collapsed. cotton farming is a poor man's game.
Ok there
@@MistressOP Exactly. Very well said.
Hemp industry is returning but the oil is not going away quietly.
"After twelve years of research, in 1941 Henry Ford presented a groundbreaking invention: his hemp fuelled and cellulose-plastic prototype car. The panels composed of 70% cellulose fibres proved to have the impact strength 10 times stronger than steel and the car was to run on hemp-ethanol." The big oil companies put a stop to his idea.
And also, there was a guy who made engines that can run on water. Even ocean water. But...the oil companies suppressed it too.
Du Pont and Roosevelt married in 1936, in 1937 was proposed the Marijuana Tax Act.
Sux that money "RUNS" everything now. And our future generations have to live with our mistakes 😢
We need that free electricity that Nik Tesla wanted to....🤔
She forgot to add how hemp plants produce 10 times the oxygen ten times faster than trees...think about this in the long term! And short term everyone!
What about carbon absorption? Does it take in carbon just as quickly?
@@walkthroughonthego2476 it does. It takes in over its weight in carbon.
Fraud. Amy knows about Hibiscus Cannabinus, yet doesn't tell the truth. You all have been led the wrong ways, but you also had the freedom to know better yourselves. You all are the reason things are so bad right now, your fake war for industrial hemp has literally pulled everyone and everything backwards. How about you get right and be responsible ?
AMEN
WOW WE NEED OXYGEN
It was a privilege to have our hempcrete homes featured in this Tedx Talk - Thank you Amy!
I've been to find a Hempcrete builder in North Carolina !
Hempcrete
See if your state allows you to grow your own and find a processor.
Guess you don't now about Hibiscus Cannabinus. Now you do
Did your homes use poured hempcrete, or bricks. I'm really really hopeful about bricks like the Just BioFiber product. The assembly of a home should be, IMHO, much simpler than when using the forms.
My husband used these CBD products from Weedborn and is very pleased.
Great speech and she didn’t even mention one of the most important aspects- biodiesel and ethanol fuel from hemp. We could be energy independent and we could stop polluting the air and world with hemp fuel.
R.C. Yes!
It’s the key to a healthier better future! We as citizens of this world have to support hemp it is a plant that is beyond useful its necessary
Algae is a far more efficient feedstock for biofuels. Hemp requires fresh water and land and tractors and processing chemicals, etc. And the oil harvested is very little compared to the mass.
Hemp doesn't even compare to flax in its usefulness.
But hemp is good at replacing wood pulp for paper and food packaging. The fibers are strong but brittle and given its fast growing can affordably replace plastic products in many applications. NOT be plastic, replace it.
@@keithcallen2844 Hey Keith!! Could you recommend some books and some studies that prove that
"Algae is a far more efficient feedstock for biofuels" than Hemp
and that "Hemp doesn't even compare to flax in its usefulness"?
I really need to see these informations because almost every book about hemp show us that
- cannabis is the number 1 for biofuel
- cannabis beat flax in terms of usefulness.
Please send me some facts, I need to study!
@@manoelnoelmarafiga3280 cannabis is not 50% oil by mass. Algae is.
Cannabis is an annual crop,algae is a daily crop.
Cannabis requires arable land and fresh water, algae doesn't.
Just search algae biofuel and you'll find lots of hype, dig deeper and you'll find lots of science.
Also consider that when we manage our carbon cycle we need sequestration as well as renewable resources.
I'm a fan of hemp, just not as a fuel source, the numbers can't work.
I want to say, this IS a good presentation. The speaker did a fine job. Its just maddening, frustrating that this is decades too late and what has been done to hemp now falls short of what it could be unregulated and in the hands of all the people.
Agreed
ok folks i said all i can say if u want me. back say so i am the voice of reason
Yes, but it's now completely off the Controlled Substance Act and it's going to be an exciting ride to see the planet change in a very short time because of it! When everyone knows what it can do, then the people will definitely change the legislation so anyone can grow it and use it just like corn.
thats what you get for living in a fascist oligarchy
Fraud. Amy knows about Hibiscus Cannabinus, yet doesn't tell the truth. You all have been led the wrong ways, but you also had the freedom to know better yourselves. You all are the reason things are so bad right now, your fake war for industrial hemp has literally pulled everyone and everything backwards. How about you get right and be responsible ?
Original Levi jeans were made of hemp-clothe and their logo of 2 mules pulling them apart really happened as a sort of old school commercial. The mules couldn't pull the jeans apart because of their strength. Thats why OLD Levis can still be found and go for big money.
You think big corporate wants that....?
The emperor wears no clothes?
Linen is even stronger apparently! Still no comparison to the 25,000 different sustainable Hemp uses. Fossils are the past Hemp is the Future 💚
@@marcmcdonald48 Hey Marc!! Could you tell me where you find that linen is more stronger?
There's a lot of information about hemp being superior to linen... now I need to understand that....
Fraud. Amy knows about Hibiscus Cannabinus, yet doesn't tell the truth. You all have been led the wrong ways, but you also had the freedom to know better yourselves. You all are the reason things are so bad right now, your fake war for industrial hemp has literally pulled everyone and everything backwards. How about you get right and be responsible ?
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WOW Amy Ansel, Ive longed for the world to fully understand exactly what you are telling the world today.. you are AMAZING AMY hope this video gets at least 100 Million views FAB!!!!
Fraud. Amy knows about Hibiscus Cannabinus, yet doesn't tell the truth. You all have been led the wrong ways, but you also had the freedom to know better yourselves. You all are the reason things are so bad right now, your fake war for industrial hemp has literally pulled everyone and everything backwards. How about you get right and be responsible ?
AMEN!!!! Hooray for this new revolution on this miraculous ancient plant!! The hemp community has finally been heard!!!
Fraud. Amy knows about Hibiscus Cannabinus, yet doesn't tell the truth. You all have been led the wrong ways, but you also had the freedom to know better yourselves. You all are the reason things are so bad right now, your fake war for industrial hemp has literally pulled everyone and everything backwards. How about you get right and be responsible ?
The fact this has only 53K views in 2020 is insane
Fact that we are not growing Hibiscus Cannabinus is insane. How about you be better?
2021 people are still clueless
Welcome to YT's basement! Yes, someone up there in the googley-eyed aethers isn't going allgothymically with Y'all.
@@reforest4fertility imma share around then
@@oonamas I meant to write allgorhythmically with y'all. I'm unsure what you mean?
Hemp has always been the key. This is nothing new. It just needs to be implemented.
large companies don't want the competition, so they continue to criminalize it (◕︿◕✿)
Fraud. Amy knows about Hibiscus Cannabinus, yet doesn't tell the truth. You all have been led the wrong ways, but you also had the freedom to know better yourselves. You all are the reason things are so bad right now, your fake war for industrial hemp has literally pulled everyone and everything backwards. How about you get right and be responsible ?
@@adamotfsechler6098 I'm only going to reply by saying, WTF? I'm pretty good at cyphering out code, but you make little sense. And your telling others to get right?
@@forcesightknight Ok, so you don't understand, and? I'm about what is right and moving in that direction. You are obviously about nothing but talk. The talk of idiots at that. Hibiscus Cannabinus, simple
@@adamotfsechler6098 your special. That's obvious.
This is amazing plants. Let the world support the hemp industry
Amy talks with passion. It was motivating to hear. There are just a few factual errors. Hemp and marijuana are the same species, (Cannabis sativa) but a different variety. There is no equivalent of 'cousin' in the plant world. Amy mentions every part of the plant can be used but doesn't mention what roots can be used for. Importantly hempcrete is not load supporting like concrete. It is used as a solid wall for insulation and humidity control. Hempcrete can be used as insulation under floors but not as flooring. Good on her for getting up in front of such a large audience, the world needs more people like her.
Fraud. Amy knows about Hibiscus Cannabinus, yet doesn't tell the truth. You all have been led the wrong ways, but you also had the freedom to know better yourselves. You all are the reason things are so bad right now, your fake war for industrial hemp has literally pulled everyone and everything backwards. How about you get right and be responsible ?
Diesel motor patent states that this motor can run on hemp seed oil. Literally you could run your Mercedes Benz on pot seed oil. Think about it.
You think big-oil wants this.....??
It's not pot seed oil, it's hemp seed oil. Please know the difference and start helping the world unlearn 80 years of misinformation. Thanks.
WOW. So I gave several AWESOME examples of what hemp can do and you want to scold me like my 2nd grade English teacher.
Do me/the world a favor and stop preaching to the choir!!!!
Go out into the world and talk about hemp/cannabis and NOT me about "pot seeds" if you really want to help the world and NOT SCOLD ME. Thank you
She was right to correct you. Pot carries a negative connotation through generations of hate. Hemp is also entirely diffrent from marijuana.
Don't use marijuana it's cannabis!!
thats why this video didnt get many views
The main purpose of cannabis prohibition was industrial hemp, not the smoking herb, they just told you that so that you wouldn’t know about hemps potential to crush oil and lumber industry
Fraud. Amy knows about Hibiscus Cannabinus, yet doesn't tell the truth. You all have been led the wrong ways, but you also had the freedom to know better yourselves. You all are the reason things are so bad right now, your fake war for industrial hemp has literally pulled everyone and everything backwards. How about you get right and be responsible ?
Yep can't have that. Cause money is much better than the environment.
and cotton
The UK is not banning plastic in 2019 but banning plastic straws.
One step at a time. It will not work to just ban all of the plastic right away. that itself will cause a lot of problems.
I used the stalks from my plants last year and integrated them into the structure of my greenhouse, currently My plants are 9ft at the ceiling of my greenhouse again! Harvest is a month away, gonna heal a lot of people this coming year, feelin good about it too! Yep, i said heal. A building material that also passes for medicine. Smile, even recreational is medicinal!😊 thank the big green buffalo!
Makes me wanna cry, i wish i was born on a smarter planet, wtf is plastic,
we can start a smart planet! by sharing info, by starting our own iniciatives and tell the people that is possible to change minds and behavior :) and also an entire world
Change doesn't start with us, it starts with me, say that to yourself
But at the same time, we would not be where we are today without plastic. Nobody can deny that plastic has been very beneficial for us throughout the times.
@warren WTF foreal what kinda thinking is that !
@@itsfreerealestate6747 When you say "beneficial for us", "us" only refers to the minority rich countries. You, are not one of the millions and millions of children waking up every day to sort through sharp, contaminated, dangerous plastic to pay for food. You are not one of the billions of fish or other animals being killed by plastic litter. Our "recycled" plastic is being dumped into third world countries, landfills, or spilling into oceans. We must all come to terms with how privileged we are and how we affect life for those living out of sight from us.
Great speech! Thank you very much!!!
Amazing TEDx!! Mind blowing!! Life changing!!
Education is key. Strong talk from a strong woman.
The future is Hemp 💚
A powerhouse who stands behind her beliefs no matter what! love this woman.
Fraud. Amy knows about Hibiscus Cannabinus, yet doesn't tell the truth. You all have been led the wrong ways, but you also had the freedom to know better yourselves. You all are the reason things are so bad right now, your fake war for industrial hemp has literally pulled everyone and everything backwards. How about you get right and be responsible ?
Great talk Amy!!!!!
Fraud. Amy knows about Hibiscus Cannabinus, yet doesn't tell the truth. You all have been led the wrong ways, but you also had the freedom to know better yourselves. You all are the reason things are so bad right now, your fake war for industrial hemp has literally pulled everyone and everything backwards. How about you get right and be responsible ?
amazingly well said
Amy. You are incredible. I am just now learning about this miracle plant and I am so ready to take a big stand. I'm looking for a community to back me up. Anybody reading this want to collaborate with me? I am courageously ready to start a movement. Honestly. This is nuts that we have been ignoring these amazing benefits
Guess you never heard of Hibiscus Cannabinus. Well, Amy knows about it but has decided not to tell the truth that it is better to use for America. Now that you now, off you go to save the planet eh?
@@adamotfsechler6098 You do know that Habiscus canabinus is a type of hemp right. Hemp is a shorter way of saying the same thing you said.
Girl, you GO! Your talk got me so emotional and excited!
Shocking its 2019 and we're still begging for industrial hemp. Vermont was way ahead of the game, and pretty much got shut down. smh. The Great American Experiment is a flop because we are bad, bad dogs unless we are feeding lobbyists.
what do you mean "Vermont was way ahead of the game, and pretty much got shut down." ?
How did Vermont get shut down?
Fraud. Amy knows about Hibiscus Cannabinus, yet doesn't tell the truth. You all have been led the wrong ways, but you also had the freedom to know better yourselves. You all are the reason things are so bad right now, your fake war for industrial hemp has literally pulled everyone and everything backwards. How about you get right and be responsible ?
This is the perfect solution for our plastic waste pollution problem. I'm looking forward to this idea in using hemp as a better alternative. 💚
No it is not, Hibiscus Cannabinus is. Wake up
@@adamotfsechler6098 yes they are very similar, depends where you live what's allowed to be grown, but basically they both can help replace the fossil fuel industry so we must not argue amongst ourselves!!
Her voice is nice , strong, let's get it!
Fraud. Amy knows about Hibiscus Cannabinus, yet doesn't tell the truth. You all have been led the wrong ways, but you also had the freedom to know better yourselves. You all are the reason things are so bad right now, your fake war for industrial hemp has literally pulled everyone and everything backwards. How about you get right and be responsible ?
@@adamotfsechler6098 wtf
One of the best talks I've seen on hemp. Yes, deregulate it. Treat marijuana like alcohol with the same restrictions.
Fraud. Amy knows about Hibiscus Cannabinus, yet doesn't tell the truth. You all have been led the wrong ways, but you also had the freedom to know better yourselves. You all are the reason things are so bad right now, your fake war for industrial hemp has literally pulled everyone and everything backwards. How about you get right and be responsible ?
Hemp was planted around Chernobyl to remove radioactive contamination in a process called phytoremediation. It worked!
Excellent and passionate!
Are other countries making bottles and food container packaging?
@@tamiestewart5095 other countries are inventing yes with bioplastics however hemp-based bioplastics is a new technology and quite fascinating!
This is great information and I am forwarding it to congress right now, I am a very influential democrat US Senator however I have to remain anonymous. Thank you, we need to get more clear information about the full scale benefits of hemp and cannabis out there in ways that are easier to access, more wholesome and easy to understand, I see information but it is all vastly scattered and none of it is really in detail, this plant is WORTH thorough book research for medical purposes and energy.
Amy Ansel is good to have provided this and it will not be wasted, at least not in America! If Native Americans have taught us anything it is respect and not to waste.
the best ted talk ever .... thank you for doing this video ...
what a great speech with deep knowledge
MY MIND HAS BEEN BLOWN!!!!
Gosh, guess you don't know about Hibiscus Cannabinus
A grand speech. Wonderful Amy!
I am a hemp leader and it is my business and I am pleased with this presentation. I should say that hemp is not easy to grow or harvest and it does require pesticides. This year we were surprised by the insects that attacked our hemp. Corn borers, caterpillars and mites are just a few that like hemp. They are working on organic rated pesticides now. It is untrue that insects don't like hemp. As far as bioplastics, we must continue to do research but we are not there yet. Hemp is used in composite materials, but they have not yet created a true compostable hemp bio-plastic. Right now it must be mixed with some other material to have any shelf life and needs a catalyst material to compost. But research will get us there if we have the time and the commitment to get there. We all must fight for the right for hemp to be the industrial crop that we need to save the earth. Big Ag and Big Pharma are trying to take over the hemp market now. We must keep an eye on the bills our legislators are trying to pass under the radar. We all need to pay attention and take part in our State Governmental process. Most of these legislators are uneducated and do not understand what they are voting on. We need to educate them and get these laws passed correctly and protect the small farmers.
Make Hemp Grow Again!
Brilliant!
Love this lady
Why? she is a fraud that knows about Hibiscus Cannabinus but does not "educate" others about it. You should love me
Yes! No joke sustainability 🙏🌱👍
What a Exciting time too be alive and the answers are with Mother Nature and she is always giving and we take her for granted she does not need too change but we do . And must and will too survive . Hemp To day Yesterday and To morrow .
Excellent presentation
Good expose that should never need to be.
Inspiring stuff -- thank you.
Wonderful presentation. One more important use of hemp is Medical use. In Ayuveda it is called Vijaya and king of herbs.
If any ted talk should've received a standing ovation it was this one.
Grow hemp everywhere for everything
Beautiful and Brilliant
Green Buffalo....
Go green by growing green...
Fraud. Amy knows about Hibiscus Cannabinus, yet doesn't tell the truth. You all have been led the wrong ways, but you also had the freedom to know better yourselves. You all are the reason things are so bad right now, your fake war for industrial hemp has literally pulled everyone and everything backwards. How about you get right and be responsible ?
This video should have a lot more views
Hemp for the future, our future✊ 🌏🌎🌍♻️💚
Seriously...I'm crying
I was under the impression that Hempcrete was a non-load bearing material suitable for walls? She stated there was a bridge in France made of hempcrete from 17th century?? A bridge would definitly be a load bearing structure.
When I heard her mentioned Norway taxing petroleum products I had to laugh. I was on a flight from Amsterdam, the woman next to me was from Norway. She was explaining the significant revenue from exporting oil and how it reduces the individual taxes for all citizens and how great it is. And now Norway is going to go after products derived from oil? Interesting!
So much hemp was grown here in southern oregon that it's powerful aroma pissed a lot of people off. Trust me, 10,000 female plants smell strong! I love the smell of a couple of plants but this was too much. If we just plant outside the city and in rural areas, this would work better here. I know we can do this!
Medford, the new CBD capitol of the country. Check out craft hemp at East Fork Cultivars near rural Cave Junction.
HEMPCRETE!!!!!!!!!!! love it.
Henry VIII let farmers pay their taxes with hemp because it was that useful
It’s too bad the people who were in competition with the industry in our past made it illegal to compete with paper companies etc..
Does anyone know the production process of hemp plastics?
I am looking to source a small plastic film/bag packaging for a product that I produce. Would like the material to be clear, so the consumer can see the contents. What would be the best type of bioplastic to used that would break naturally?
I did some research and am having trouble finding a clear solution to this.
that was great!
Also need to consider the fact that hemp doesn’t grow all year around so it would require growing enough hemp for a whole year whereas trees can be harvested as you go. There’s a storage issue and a cashflow issue. I fear the only way for hemp to succeed is the outlawing of tree removal.
bravo!
Hemp products appear good to use. Thanks Dec3 2021 RPB
Some very eye opening claims. What I wanted mainly to hear was that hemp could replace our source of paper. I would love for us to stop cutting down trees.
I like her boots 👍🏻
Produces ten times more oxygen than trees grows on polluted land and cleans the land at the same time magical plant
We can talk about it. Make it happen!!
How can we get this on everyone’s recommended?
If its plastic, made in any way, are we sure its degradable and causes no long term problems on our health and in the nature? Also, is it reusable? And will the UK ban hemp plastic too? Or just oil based ones? I appreciate the answers, thanks!
WOW!
One thing we can do about the plastic that's already out there is burning in incinerator to create energy or we can turn it into liquid fuel
If it can replace fiberglass, then it could also be used for wind turbines. As long as they're bird friendly. Plus, if it's 10x stronger then steel than couldn't it be used structurally?
Ah! Cattail is one of the miracle plant. It can clean air 100 times more than hemp. And grow wild and fast. You can use every single part of the plant. I love every plant that I had study and each of then have special and unique properties that not other have it. Just enjoy all of them.
It’s now 2020 and the UK hasn’t banned plastics.
All my clothing is hemp, hemp sunglasses , bags ,hats,shoes and a hemp suit.. House hopefully next
Thank you!! As far as cannabis being the devil's weed, it's not the ccannabis which is the problem, it's the trauma which it uncovers, and the anger you get when you see how you and your ancestors were abused
100
Where do we start? Planting a Seed. - Kottonmouth Kings
Amazing
half my wardrobe is hemp. i want to build a hempcrete home but that option isnt available yet in my region of the world. but that will not happen in probably 5 or so years so things can change
Drownding
lol this was the first thing i noticed, almost put me in a bad mood for the whole video
I'm all for your message.... don't DON"T show up high af to sell it......
Does anyone know if hemp with be biocompatible? Like if hemp plastics could be used inside the body?
Great question! Cannabionoids are originally endogenous, but maybe the biodegradable nature would be a hurdle to overcome if used inside the body? Or maybe it could be tuned to stay in use for a certain time for the body to heal or do whatever and then it would degrade and be eliminated!? I bet this will be in the sights of the medical community, if not already
Hemp is amazing - I totally agree - it’s North Americas answer to Bamboo
Bamboo products r costlier than hemp materials
Jay Nepal 🇳🇵
Go green 🍁
It would be wonderful if we could all switch to growing this plant. for the sake of the next generations that have to clean up our mess.
The elements…..aether, fire, air, water, soil, rock, sand……hemp is an integrative solution.
Poised. The people have been posed for decades. Its just the lobbyists, unions and Wall Street haven't been. smh Oh thank you, master, thank you, thank you. smh
I’m going to be touring the country in The Veteran’s Green Bus on hemp Biofuels. We are based out of Michigan where we are setting up a US freedom Biofuels processor to produce our fuel for the tours. Our mission is to demonstrate sustainable fuel solutions in disasters for heavy equipment, generators and volunteer transportation. We are going need more fuel than we can produce ourselves so we are building a list of locations to to plan our tours logistics. Any help would be greatly appreciated.
Hemp YES HEMP
Let support 100% to replace petroleum products. Sample examples of the hemp product. Hemp is used to make a variety of commercial and industrial products, including rope, textiles, clothing, shoes, food, paper, bioplastics, insulation, and biofuel.
WOW ! a woman that makes 100% good sense in high heeled boots , I'm in love .
Did the uk and france actually ban plastic?
I was wondering the same thing. I haven't seen anything about it on the news
The Canadian Hemp Trade Alliance has been working with our members since 2003 to further the industrial hemp industry in Canada. We're looking forward to helping the industry ramp up and gain economies of scale to compete with the existing suppliers of un-sustainable products.
so how is that going?
I am ashamed both as a stoner and a science fiction writer that this video does not have any more views.
I paint with watercolors, I can use hemp paper.
We can change our building material to hempcrete.
We can build stronger plastics with hemp.
We can build our reactors with hempcrete on top of houses.
Like, the potential for a single plant is astounding. And yes there is far more options you can use for hemp, I am literally scratching just the surface.
This video needs 7 billion views if you ask me.
You should be really ashamed at yourself for not promoting Hibiscus Cannabinus
Hemp, hemp, HOORAYy!
I have many a kr hemp in Pakistan but I don't know how to make products or how to export hemp from Pakistan to America. Can you help me.