Author name: Jeremy Thomas | Environmentarian

Founder of Environmentarian and digital partner of the Hemp Building Directory. I help hemp builders and suppliers strengthen their online presence through websites, content, and digital strategy. Passionate about sustainable building and making hemp more visible in the marketplace. Always open to conversations about growing the hemp industry online. “You can’t halt progress but you can make it more sustainable” ; Jeremy Thomas

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AHM Hemp Wall Panels Proven Through Research and Ready for Market

/ Hempcrete Education and Learning, Hemp Building News and Info, Hemp panels, New South Wales hemp builders (NSW), Sponsor Member / 3 minutes of reading

After three years of rigorous research and testing at the UTS, AHM has reached a significant milestone in the development of hemp construction in Australia. Its prefabricated hemp wall panel system has now validated strong structural integrity, thermal performance and environmental credentials, marking an important step toward scalable, low-carbon building solutions suited to Australian conditions.

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Building Back Better: A Hempcrete Home Designed for Fire, Comfort, and the Future

/ Hemp Structures, Complete Hemp Structures, Hemp Building Architects and Designers, New South Wales hemp builders (NSW) / 5 minutes of reading

On the South Coast of New South Wales, where bushland meets the sea and the scars of the 2019 Black Summer fires are still visible, a quiet but powerful rebuilding story is unfolding.

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Vittoria Hemp House Build: Inside the First Three Videos

/ Hemp Structures, Hemp Building News and Info, Hemp Building Videos, Hemp Structures In Progress, Hempcrete Installer, New South Wales hemp builders (NSW) / 4 minutes of reading

The Vittoria Hemp House Build is now well underway, and the first three videos from site give a clear, grounded look at what hempcrete construction actually involves, not theory, not hype, but real people, real weather, real work. Filmed in Vittoria, just outside Bathurst in regional New South Wales, these videos capture the early stages

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New Zealand clears path for hemp growth

/ Hempcrete New Zealand, Hemp Building News and Info, International Hemp Building News / 2 minutes of reading

New Zealand’s government has approved a sweeping overhaul of industrial hemp regulations, scrapping the current licensing regime and replacing it with a lighter-touch system designed to reduce costs, unlock investment and align oversight with the crop’s low risk profile. The government set the THC limit for hemp at a full 1.0%.

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Looking to buy, sell, or promote hemp building products or services?

/ Hemp Building Directory Classifieds, Hemp Building News and Info / 2 minutes of reading

Looking to buy sell or promote hemp building products or services? Post your add here and it will go into the regular news feed and to our 500+ strong Newsletter. Our classifieds section is a great place for the Australian hemp building community to list materials, services, land, tools, equipment, jobs, and project opportunities. Example

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Sergiy Kovalov and a Life Built with Hemp

/ International Hemp Building News, Hemp Builders, Hemp Building Architects and Designers, Hemp Building News and Info, Hempcrete Education and Learning, Hempcrete Engineers, Assessors and Consultants, Hempcrete Installer, Tasmania hemp Building (TAS) / 4 minutes of reading

When people talk about hemp building pioneers, Sergiy Kovalov’s name inevitably comes up. A civil engineer by training and a builder by conviction, Sergiy’s journey into hemp construction didn’t begin in a laboratory or a boardroom, it began, improbably, at a party in Tasmania.

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Zac Efron’s Northern Rivers Hemp Home by Joost Bakker

/ Hemp Structures In Progress, Hemp Building Architects and Designers, Hemp Building News and Info, Hempcrete Education and Learning, New South Wales hemp builders (NSW) / 3 minutes of reading

Hollywood actor Zac Efron is putting industrial hemp firmly in the Australian spotlight, with his ambitious off-grid home in the NSW Northern Rivers set to showcase one of the most comprehensive uses of hemp ever seen in a single residential build.

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Hempwood Innovation: Turning Waste Streams Into Carbon-Smart Building Materials

/ Hemp Building News and Info, International Hemp Building News / 3 minutes of reading

Boardwurks Biocomposites, based in Florida, is transforming agricultural byproducts and reclaimed industrial waste into high-performance hempwood construction panels designed to outperform conventional particleboard and MDF.

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