Our Goal
Industrial hemp is currently illegal to grow and produce in the United States, outside of research endeavors. The multi-level impacts possible with the legalization and integration of industrial hemp production into the American economy could provide a sustainable alternative to a number of current unsustainable products, materials, and practices. Our arguments for industrial hemp legalization in the United States and its potential impacts to sustainability are addressed in four categories:
Historical and Political, Agricultural, Pharmaceutical, and Construction Practices/Materials.
Our goal was to research these categories and provide an argument detailing how industrial hemp integration could beneficially impact sustainability within each.
Historical and Political, Agricultural, Pharmaceutical, and Construction Practices/Materials.
Our goal was to research these categories and provide an argument detailing how industrial hemp integration could beneficially impact sustainability within each.
Our Team
We are a group of students from the University of Texas Arlington minoring in Environmental and Sustainable Studies through the School of Urban and Public Affairs. This website is the result of our course, Sustainability and Collapse taught by Dr. Scott Ingram, wherein teams were asked to develop a research question and argument concerning issues of sustainability and collapse that can be informed by the past. We chose industrial hemp as our topic because of it's relevancy to contemporary and historical issues of sustainability.
Ben Livingston
Ben is an undergraduate student at the University of Texas at Arlington majoring in Architecture and minoring in Environmental and Sustainability Studies. Upon completion of his undergraduate degree, he plans to enter a graduate program in architecture. |
Stephanie Sottana-Gatica
Stephanie is studying for a bachelors degree in Interior Design from the School of Architecture at University of Texas Arlington. She will also complete her minor degree in Environmental and Sustainable Studies in May 2015. |