Air quality can easily be one of the most important and yet largely neglected topic that we don’t discuss on a daily basis. We tend to think of outdoor air quality, especially when thinking of smog in bigger cities, yet so often we forget the indoor air we breathing in. It is a must-have though if we truly care about our health, and well-being. Let me share with you what makes me think this way.
Let’s talk building materials, chemicals and mold.
If you have never thought about it (like me sometimes back), it is time to consider what your house or apartment walls are made from. If it is concrete, or gypsum, it is most likely absorbing oxygen and in exchange can release a good amount of harmful chemicals and hide some invisible mold, too. Good news, as always, you have a choice to use sustainable fibers, like industrial hemp, that generates oxygen, no chemicals involved in growing the plant or creating building mixture, and it is also mold-resistant.
Hemp product solutions need your buy in so they can fully support your physical health: Choose chemical-free building materials.
Your body is living in complete alignment with its surrounding, which can also mean that by that time that fungus or mold appears on your wall, your body already developed some kind of reaction to it, like asthma, allergy, cancer, depression. So it does matter how well-regulated the air is around you, having the right technical equipment (cf. humidifiers) might not bring you the optimal results. In contrast, hemp as a natural fiber, is proven to have excellent thermoregulating properties, and can create healthy indoor air as well as create some savings on energy costs, too.
“it has thermal regulating properties which allow it to absorb moisture and heat and thedistribute that heat or moisture over time, so what you’re left with is a very even indoor air temperature. You have even indoor humidity levels regardless of what’s happening outside.”
says Jennifer Martin from HempStone who is an experienced design/build professional with extensive experience using hempcrete. Opportunities and the list of creative product solutions from hemp that can improve your health are endless. You can get hold of some hemp acoustic panels (1), walls (2), build houses (3), make furniture items (4) and use hemp bedding (5) so you can control what your breathing in and create an antibacterial, healthy indoor air quality to protect your health and allow your immediate environment to contribute to your physical and mental well-being. The choice is yours!
Hempily Yours,
Beatrix 🙂
