PROTECT
OUR EARTH - Use Hemp.
The U.S. alone uses approximately 68 million trees each year to produce paper and paper products (The Paperless Project, 2014), and produces more than 42m metric tons of plastic waste a year. One acre of hemp could replace as much paper as four to ten acres of trees over a 20-year cycle.
In 1 year a mature tree will absorb more than 48 pounds of carbon dioxide from the atmosphere and release oxygen in exchange. The production and incineration of plastic will add more than 850 million metric tons of greenhouse gases to the atmosphere. Logging and producing plastic are the main contributors to greenhouse gasses.
Since 1980, the U.S. has sustained 258 weather and climate disasters where the overall damage costs reached or exceeded $1 billion (including adjustments based on the Consumer Price Index, as of January 2020). The cumulative cost for these 258 events exceeds $1.75 trillion.
68M
Trees Logged Each Year
800
Volunteers
140
Conservation Programs
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Earth for Us to Protect
About The Rocky Mountain Hemp Project
The Rocky Mountain Hemp Project is a non-profit organization bringing awareness of hemp and its uses, and our goal is to bring change to the world to fight climate change by focusing on some of our largest greenhouse contributors. Using alternative natural resources, our goal is to replace paper and plastic waste starting with Colorado by 2025.
Upcoming Projects to Fund
Click below learn about & support other partnered environmental non-profit organizations and projects such as the National Forest Foundation, The Nature Conservancy, Arbor Day Foundation, Natural Resources Defense Council, Environmental Defense Fund, and Conservation International.
