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Sea Shepherd's Laurens get his new HoodLamb

Laurens de Groot, Holland's own crew member from Sea Sheperd picked up his new Arctic Canno HoodLamb at the Hemp Works in Amsterdam today! If you don't know him already check out this youtube video of Laurens to find out about the great work he is doing for the ocean and the protection of whales, which he dedicated his life to! Watch Whale Wars on Discovery Channel and check out www.seashepherd.org to learn more about what is happening on our oceans and what you can do to help.

Captain Paul Watson Receives his new Bullet Proof Jacket

On Sat 31st of October Sea Shepherd hosted a Fund raising Dinner on the HMS Belfast which was part of the British Navel Fleet during World War II in London.  The best way to describe Sea Shepherd is to simply quote their mission Statement:*

Sea Shepherd's Mission Statement***
"Established in 1977, Sea Shepherd Conservation Society (SSCS) is an international non-profit, marine wildlife conservation organization. Our mission is to end the destruction of habitat and slaughter of wildlife in the world's oceans in order to conserve and protect ecosystems and species.

Sea Shepherd uses innovative direct-action tactics to investigate, document, and take action when necessary to expose and confront illegal activities on the high seas. By safeguarding the biodiversity of our delicately-balanced ocean ecosystems, Sea Shepherd works to ensure their survival for future generations."

During the evening certificates were given to fund raisers and one benefactor even donated 50,000 GBP to their worthy cause.  Hemp Hoodlamb presented a custom bullet proof arctic canno Hemp Hoodlamb jacket to help protect Captain Paul Watson. The highlight of the evening was the talk given by Captain Watson.

The Captain explained that most international treaties concerning Whales, other Sea Animals, and the ocean itself have proved to be completely ineffective. In one case, not one of the agreements made has ever been followed by the countries who signed the agreement. Therefore, Captain Watson takes a much more direct approach to enforcing the ban on killing Whales and other Sea Creatures. This direct approach can now be watched on Whale Wars which shows on both Animal Planet and Discovery channel. This approach has resulted in taking the profits away from the Japanese Whaling Fleet, who now owe the Japanese government millions of dollars. Hopefully, this coming season's effort by Captain Watson, the Crew of Sea Shepherd, and the rest of us who pass on this important message can completely stop this illegal and unwarranted killing of the intelligent Whales. To quote The Captain, "the killing of the Whales is no different from the poaching of protected animals on the Serengeti in Africa."  There is too much more information given by Captain Watson to quote here so please go to www.seashepherd.org to find out more and how you can help this worthy cause. Also many thanks to Steve Roest, Laurens de Groot, and the numerous other Crew and volunteers who helped make this possible.  Douglas Mignola

Deserted babes in HoodLamb...

Talith and Vera, two surfer babes on a mission; to drive 6000 kilometers through eastern Europe, Turkey, Syria and eventually end up and take a dip in the Red Sea in Jordan …for charity. This is the synopsis for one of the teams at the Red Sea Challenge 2009 - a HoodLamb powered adventure.

Red Sea Challenge is a charity race. Talith and Vera could handpick two special projects to travel in the name of charity for, and they selected: Kika and Sea Shepherd. Kika is an organization that supports the development of Cancer research for children. Sea Shepherd Conservation Society is an international non-profit, marine wildlife conservation organization that uses innovative direct-action tactics in their mission to fight ocean law violations (see post about the Sea Shepherd and WHALE WARS from 17^th of June).

Vera explains, “because of the crisis we didn't had the amount of money we thought we could give, but it was still 5500 euro “. Crisis or not, give what you think you can spare…At HoodLamb we did our part and powered the babes with survival gear for the chilly desert nights…

VIEW ALBUM right here: Deserted babes in HoodLamb

  

Hemp HoodLamb at the THC Expo in L.A.

Adam and Doug, founders and owners of Hemp Works, just got back from the THC Expo in L.A. A new trade show to showcase the beneficial aspects of Cannabis and many products made from Hemp. Hemp HoodLamb had a booth in the Hemp Pavilion, which highlighted the many qualities of Hemp, environmentally and industrially. It was also Adams 40th Birthday (Congratulations Adam!!) celebrated with great friends and family. Check out the photos!

It was great to meet up with so many new and old friends and see the whole pro-cannabis movement in the States is stronger then ever. The medicinal values of Cannabis and the many, many beneficial aspects of Hemp for food, clothing and fuel are becoming more and more recognized. Finally the skepticism towards hemp is wearing off and the media and governments are approaching hemp from a positive view point!

 

WALLBANGAZ in Brazil!!

São Paulo - Hip-hop group WALLBANGAZ consists of producer Alexandre Basa (São Paulo-Brazil) and MC's Zillion, Scorpio, and Scep (Rotterdam-Netherlands). Recently we powered our friends with hemp gear to support them on their musical adventures around Brazil. Their mission: perform, record an album, shoot a video, and meet up with fellow Brazilian creatives – a tour made possible in alliance with Caramundo foundation.

This week the boys from WALLBANGAZ performed live and did an interview at Acesso MTV, in São Paulo – Brazil - all pimped out in HoodLamb! 

Looking fine! BIG-UP from HoodLamb! We’ll be watching…

To be continued…