Cannabis as a renewable
natural resource

Permakannabis is an audiovisual project that consists of an educational documentary about cannabis. The idea began more than 15 years ago in order to facilitate the understanding of its versatility as a renewable natural resource.

For this purpose, we identified 5 main uses:

1 Nutritional use2 Medicinal use3 Adult use (recreational/creative)4 Industrial and/or artisanal use5 Spiritual and/or ritual use

This synthesis will allow us to share our point of view in a holistic and didactic way, explaining the importance that hemp has had in the development of important civilizations of the planet and the multiple benefits of increasing its worldwide production in a responsible and sustainable way.

Supported by graphic art, animations and sound design, we will address the issues from the perspective of permaculture, a design system that seeks the harmony of ecosystems to be productive, healthy and permanent in time, necessarily considering environmental, economic and social factors within their organization.

Cannabis, due to its low water consumption compared to other crops and great adaptability to different types of climates and soils, fits perfectly into the definition of an eco-friendly farming, so its potential usefulness is obvious in small-scale projects, such as eco villages or isolated rural communities, while offering a wide range of possibilities for producing biodegradable products at an industrial level.

This noble plant has been demonized and banned in many countries during the last 90 years due to political and economic interests, but history and archeology show that it has been cultivated for thousands of years for different purposes by different cultures around the world, being considered in many of them a sacred plant and used ceremonially.

Given the evident environmental and social crisis that is observed globally, we believe it is necessary to consider cannabis as a resource with unique characteristics that can help improve the quality of life of people in different countries around the world, mainly in vulnerable communities with scarce resources. For that, we believe that the first step is to overcome ignorance with education. That is our main goal.