Hanf – Maren Krings Photography

PhMuseum’s Incomplete Guide To Ecological Thinking

10 April 2025 The PhMuseum published the 2nd article of its editorial series in collaboration with MPB, Europe’s top camera reseller. The article examines photography dissemination in search of strategies to minimize its environmental impact. In conversation with curators, publishers, artists, designers, and researchers, PhMuseum assessed how ecologically-rooted methodologies can help imagine new curatorial procedures, opening […]

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Review of Cultiva Congress 2023 – Panel Discussion

02-20-2024 Cultiva Expo in Vienna is one of the oldest cannabis Expos in Austria for sure, but also in Europe. Last year I was honoured to be participating for the second time. After presenting H is for HEMP in 2022, I had the honor to share the stage with EIHA representative Francesco Mirizzi and the

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Book Presentation at SALEWA Headquarter in Bolzano, IT

10-24-2023 We invite you to join us for the book presentation: “Around the World with Hemp”, by Maren Krings, photographer, author & climate impact storyteller. on 10th November 2023, starting at 14.00CET, at Salewa World, 1st floor Waltraud Gebert Deeg Str. 4, 39100 Bolzano – Italy At 16:00 drinks and tour of the exhibition Alpenhanf360°

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Festival Recommendation for “Sustainability”

Presentation at the Frankfurt Book Fair 23´of H is for Hemp at 3:00 p.m. in hall 3.1 Stand J 109.
Festival Recommendation for Sustainability of the German Photo Book Award.

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From Poland to Bristol – third exhibition of the Sustainable Photobook by SPP, UK

08-29-2023 From 7 – 8 October 2023 you will have another chance to visit the SPP exhibition on “Sustainable Books”. This time it will be in Bristol, UK – Books On Photography / BOP-23 – Paintworks Event Space. For more details visit the website!

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PUBLICATIONS

The November issue of Rotary Magazine contained a photo story about Marens recent trip to Ukraine, to investigate if a green rebuilding of nations after war and natural disaster is a possibility.

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Radio Feature – RAI Südtirol, Forum Zukunft, (IT)

05-09-2023 Moderator Susanne Barta invited Valentine Troi, Werner Schönthaler and Maren Krings for a 50 minute radio feature for the format `FORUM ZUKUNFT´, to Bolzano. It was great fun and certainly another experience on the horizon of Climate Communication based on hemp! Thank you Susanne for the lovely day and invitation! And for all those

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Media coverage by Northeimer Neueste Nachrichten, DE

02-01-2023 Unternehmen aus dem Landkreis Northeim produziert nachhaltiges Papier . . . read further in the pdf.

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H is for Hemp is coming to the Azores (PT)

10-30-2022 The Portuguese Hemp Association invited me to speak at the Cannazores, the second format of an industrial hemp conference on the Azores. The Portuguese Islands, with a uniquely isolated geography are now starting to integrate hemp growing into their agenda of preserving the rare biodiversity and ecology on the islands. My keynote was delivered

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H is for Hemp at the “cult” Expo – Cultiva in Vienna (AT)

10-08-2022 After a change in location and organization the cult cannabis expo CULTIVA was back on from 7th till 9th of October in Vienna. This time it took place in the Marx Halle a more central location easily reached with public transportation. On the second trade fair day, H is for Hemp got a space

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A Case Study by SPP Networks (UK)

09-28-2022 The SPP Network reached out with some in-depth questions regarding the ideas behind H is for HEMP in regards to sustainable photo-book publishing. Read the full article under this link.

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Guest Lecture for ISSP Latvia on “Socially Engaged Art & Hemp”, LV

28-07-2022 With much joy did I follow the invitation of the ISSP Latvia, to be one of the guest lecturers during the “Summer School of Socially Engaged Art & Activism 2022”. The Summer School of Socially Engaged Ar & Activism was a week-long gathering for artists, activists, culture workers and creatives of various disciplines interested

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Book presentation (online) for Nutzhanf Netzwerk e.V.(DE)

22-07-2022 This event will be delivered in German! Online-Buchvorstellung “H is for Hemp” Am Freitag, den 22.07.2022, um 19:00 Uhr veranstaltet der Nutzhanf-Netzwerk e.V. eine virtuelle Buchvorstellung mit der Fotografin und Buchautorin Maren Krings. Maren wird einen Überblick auf verschiedene Reisestationen ihres Buches “H is for Hemp” präsentieren. Über sechs Jahre lang war sie für

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FILM (DE,EN,ES,FR)

The Hemp Project Teaser 2020

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Webinar “Lunch & Learn” with Myrna James (USA)

18-05-2022 Science journalist, Myrna James, has been interviewing many individuals actively involved in social, scientific and humanitarian issues for Her Many Voices Foundation for the format “Lunch & Learn”. Maren was one of her guests and presented the making off the book H IS FOR HEMP as well as the transformational journey she underwent as

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Keynote at Latvian Hemp Market “Kanepju Tirgus” (LV)

01-05-2022 Just as the last snow had melted away and just days after returning from her 5 week long promotional book tour from the United States, Maren delivered her keynote at the Hemp Market “Kanepju Tirgus”, in Latvia. Obelisk is one of the few hemp farms in eastern Latvia, growing hemp and making top quality

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Live on Radio Woodstock (USA)

22-04-2022 On Earth Day 2022 Maren Krings got invited to give a live interview at Radio Woodstock. Together with Melissa Gibson from Hemp & Humanity and moderator Aja Whitney, the three women discussed The new book H IS FOR HEMP, Maren’s own environmental journey behind it as well as the power of learning Indigenous Traditional

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Webinar with Aicila Lewis for BiCurean (USA)

11-04-2022 Aicila Lewis spoke to Maren Krings about her new book H is for HEMP and how this encyclopaedia can be used in a common effort to mitigate the climate crisis. Maren is a Climate Impact Storyteller who believes in science and thinks in im Business as Unusual is the new podcast series by BiCurean

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Sabine Spitzer-Thüringer Allgemeine Tageszeitung

Thüringer Allgemeine – Buch Premiere in Denver

04-07-2022

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Latest Development on the Hemp Project

07-03-2020 For those who know – as well as for those who don’t – this is an update towards the project I have been working on for four years. Four years ago my journey started accelerated by one little plant: HEMP. What has happened since? When will the book be ready? What will it be

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Wie läuft das Crowdfunding?

11-15-2018 zur Nachlese im Interview mit dem Hanf Magazin –––––– The magazin “Hanf Magazin” got in touch with me this week to ask about the running crowdfunding, here is the interview (in German)

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The GOOD NEWS Newsletter

11-06-2018 Aren’t we thriving for the good news in a way? Of course the bad ones are catchier, but negativity isn’t something to dwell in, hence I have started the Hemp Newsletter, that is somehow becoming the GOOD NEWS. If you want to follow up on this weeks read, please check out the newsletter under

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Hemp is making us smile – keep the message spreading!

10-30-18 The list of supporters for my campaign on Indiegogo is growing and I am grateful for all the help and support! Click here to read the latest version of the newsletter about hemp!

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Hemp – A carbon sink and its rediscovery as an agricultural crop

Discover hemp’s tremendous potential to transform societies and industries — with unmatched, sustainable solutions for food, medicine, building materials and textiles — fighting and mitigating climate change. Hemp has been the world’s most forbidden plant, due to containing Tetrahydrocannabinol (THC), a psychoactive substance, mostly known as Marijuana. During 70 years of prohibition most knowledge about

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The news on hemp

07-05-2018 As many people know, I have been getting more and more involved in the hemp topic over the past two years. Considering all the great things this plant can do for us as people as well as for the health of our planet, I see it a greater mission to work hard on the

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Online Journal publication on hemp

04-07-2018 My quest on hemp has been going for almost 2 years now and first results are being produced. At the moment I am in Zürich, Switzerland at the trade fare “Criterion” with four of the players of my hemp story: Werner Schönthaler (Hempstone), Alpenpioniere, Ecopassion and Glärnisch Textil. Really the well known company “Freitag”

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Special exhibition on hemp at the “Criterion” fair in Zürich

03-20-2018 From April 5th – 8th the ambitioned trade fair “Criterion” will take place in Zürich. Act different and do better is their claim. Hence it came at no surprise that the special exhibition this year will focus on hemp. I will be presenting my current state of work on the book on hemp on Sunday April

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Hanf – Samen für eine neue Welt

06-27-2017 Hemp seems to celebrate a certain renaissance at the moment. The ancient plant has finally been rediscovered for all the brilliant qualities it has! Without wanting to be in the middle of a hype I discovered hemp for myself a year ago in the beautiful South Tyrollean village of Tschengls… and this is where the adventure

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