Saturday and Sunday, October 10 and 11, 12 Noon – 8 PM PST both days
www.onlinehempfest.org – Free to view
World’s Largest Annual Cannabis Event Moves On-Line Due to Viral Pandemic
Seattle, WA – In a normal year the world’s largest annual cannabis event would be taking place on the Seattle waterfront, drawing 100,000+ attendees and featuring multiple stages and hundreds of vendors. This year the Seattle HEMPFEST has moved on-line with a two day livestreamed event featuring panel discussions and musical guests from all over America and beyond. The theme of the event is The Green Renaissance, as the event’s organizers present an argument that the cannabis / hemp plant offers more solutions to humanity’s growing problems than any other single renewable, natural resource.
“From renewable energy and safe, compassionate medicine to sustainable construction practices and nutritious food products, the cannabis plant is the one natural resource that can play a role in practically every issue we face as we experience the devastation wrought by climate change, “ says Vivian McPeak, Seattle HEMPFEST’s executive director. “Our panel discussions are jam packed with educational content from the nation’s leading experts.”
The 2 day event will feature panel discussions all day both days on one channel, and music performances, guest speakers, and keynote presentations on the other channel. TV travel guru Rick Steves will be making a presentation about ongoing efforts to expand cannabis legalization, and TV personality Jason Gann from the Wilfred series will be speaking about cannabis and its use for spiritual development. Music acts from Japan, Ukraine, and Chile will perform, as well as Grammy Award winning acts Rickie Lee Jones and Bone, Thugs N’ Harmony. In addition musical guests from all across America will be performing at Seattle’s MOB Studios, or livestreamed from other regions, and pre-recorded video including Nirvana producer Jack Endino’s band, Beyond Captain Orca.
Panel discussion topics include: Pediatric medicine and cannabis use, Race and inequity within cannabis, positive masculinity within the cannabis community, Hemp Construction: U.S. Innovations & Supplies in Critical Times, Hemp & Regenerative Agriculture: How to Heal the Soil While Healing the World, Cannabis and hemp as food, Prisoner advocacy, Cannabis, Entheogens, and Public Spiritual Health, and more.
Hemp is superior for super capacity batteries, being more efficient than graphene for hemp fiber battery storage. Hemp-crete concrete is carbon negative, non-toxic to the environment, mold and mildew resistant, and many times lighter than gypsum based concrete. Hemp -board composite aids carbon sequestration by reducing the consumption of tree wood. Hemp wood is currently used for flooring, furniture, accent walls, and countertops. And while it takes 50 – 100 years for an oak tree to reach maturation, it only takes hemp 120 days to be a useful resource.
Stores already stock hemp foods rich in protein and omega fatty acids such as hemp milk, hemp flour, and hemp oil. Cannabis is a crop that be grow on infertile soil preserving fertile, farmable soils for other food crops. Cannabis has been used as medicine for millennia, and is a safer recreational substance than alcohol or tobacco.
“Surprisingly, cannabis represents a multifaceted gateway to a more sustainable future,” says McPeak.
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