Cr eat i on of a Bi oeconomy

Contents

3 Message f r om t he Aut hor

4 I nt r o

5 Dol l ar s & Sense

6 Mad?

10 I ndust r i al Evol ut i on

hen my husband and I began working on this project 5 years ago we never imagined the magnitude of the undertaking. At the time, the U.S. economy was in free-fall and the public was looking for answers.

We had to close the doors on two successful companies. We provided offshore manufacturing services and distributed three projects of my husband's invention, while developing Vietnam and Laos.

Literally, overnight everything we worked for was gone. We found ourselves with 4 kids looking for a way to survive. I imagine along with the rest of the middle class families we were looking at WHY the U.S. economy fell so quickly. Everyone was fed up. Protesters took the streets with such discontent and vigor unseen since the late 60's.

We were also looking for a way to ensure this never happened to our family again. The job market was dry, and there was very little need for Southeast Asia business expertise.

There were stories circulating in the media in 2009, demonizing bamboo and the chemically intensive processes used in the manufacturing of apparel and linen by Chinese companies.

We had done some work with the Mekong Development Project in Vietnam that essentially established bamboo as a cash crop for rural areas and it as showing promise.

I guess you can say, that this was the turning point for my husband and I. Knowing the good bamboo was facilitating in these rural areas caused my husband to ask the question "What else can we make with bamboo?"

We quickly discovered it grew in the Southeast U.S.. We also discovered over 5,000 uses for bamboo and a 250 million dollar a year market in the U.S. being serviced by China.

My husband has a deep knowledge of manufacturing and product development. He immediately went to work developing new manufacturing processes for bamboo that could cost efficiently compete with fossil fuel products.

He started looking for crops that showed the same benefits, climate tolerances, and uses of bamboo. Industrial Hemp was the natural match. However, it too was illegal to grow in the U.S.

Why were these two plants considered illegal when we were dumping tens of millions in subsidies to inefficient crops like corn to make bio-ethanol?

I had been active in Medical Marijuana advocacy and the empowerment of women so I immediately knew the answer. Bamboo and Hemp were a very real threat to Oil, coal and wood industries.

Further research supported my reasoning. Images of Occupy and mass sit-ins steeled my resolve for change. I had two crops that could change the world, I knew the people that were protesting wanted things to change, and I knew by the documentaries I was watching what was wrong was obvious.

The protesters, organizers, authors, and media took great care in presenting the issues to incite mass civil unrest, but no one was stepping forward with a viable solution. I would find myself yelling a the TV screen as a sports fan would do watching the Superbowl. The futility was apparent to me, but no one was seeing how misdirected their energies were.

What had began as the establishment of bamboo as a viable cash crop, morphed into the creation of a bioeconomy.

I decided at the moment, I had to show them options. It seemed incredulous that I could be the only person seeing an answer to all of the problems. All the scholars, commentators and experts kept citing dubious government, and the need for renewable energy.

The problem is much deeper than that. It hasn't been kept from the public to prevent panic an inevitable mass rioting that accompanies such ephihanies. It has been kept from the public to hide the answer.

Here is the result of our work. It is our hope that you will see the answers too.

-Amanda Clayton-Stevens

From the Authors

Amanda Clayton -Stevens

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Bef or e you cont i nue, you must agr ee and accept one basi c pr i nci pl e or t he sol ut i on wi l l never make sense t o you. Money. You must have t he abi l i t y t o separ at e f act f r om f i ct i on, and passi on f r om i nt el l ect . We wr i t e t hi s book f r om an economi c aspect and our t heor y i s devoi d of t he backr oom deal i ngs of New Wor l d Or der s and t he l i ke. We do not choose t o suppor t nor deny t hei r exi st ence. Maybe t hi s i s because when f aced wi t h t he enor mi t y of such a pl ot ; we have no evi dence t o suppor t ei t her t heor y.

In tr oduct ion

When mi l i t ar y st r at egy i s appl i ed t o busi ness pr act i ce, t he t r ut h becomes i ncr easi ngl y cl ear as you wi l l see her e. Al l t hat has happened and cont i nues t o happen i s t he deat h t hr oes of i ndust r i es del ayi ng t he i nevi t abl e downf al l by any and al l asset s t hey possess. Pr ot ect i on of mar ket shar e and met hods on whi ch t o f eed i t r esul t s i n t he pr of i t s t o ext end sol vency.

I n l aymen?s t er ms, busi nesses woul d not exi st t oday l ef t t o t hei r own means t o sel l a pr oduct f or a hi gher pr i ce t han whi ch t hey acqui r e i t .

They need hel p i n t er ms of f avor abl e l egi sl at i on, no cor por at e t axes, and subsi di es wi t h t he backi ng of a power f ul mi l i t ar y t o mai nt ai n t hei r power .

Money f l ows i n ever y di r ect i on.

However , one mai n f act or exi st s. I t st ar t s wi t h each of us gl obal l y. Ever y t i me we make a pur chase, we al one sust ai n unsust ai nabl e cycl es r esul t i ng i n our own mass sui ci de.

You have numer ous met hods i n whi ch t o choose your demi se but you ar e equal l y l i mi t ed t o t he r esour ce i n whi ch t hey or i gi nat e. Pol l ut i on, hunger , dr aught , moder n i l l ness, war , and even t he f ood you eat has been i nf ect ed wi t h t he poi son.

Dol lar s & Sense

Mad? You have been exposed to images of extreme weather, hunger, animals covered with oil, and human suffering. However, the solutions you are given are limited to your signature on a petition and the dollars you donate.

e ar e at War wi t h t he r esour ces ki l l i ng us and t hi s pl anet .

What began as a sour ce of ener gy f or l i ght and heat f or

t housands of year s needed t o di ver si f y. Oi l and coal f aced i nsol vency as el ect r i ci t y gai ned popul ar i t y.

Begi nni ng i n t he 1930?s, Consumer pr oduct s cont ai ni ng f ossi l f uel s t ouched ever y aspect of our l i ves. Pl ast i c pr oduct s, st eel , wat er bot t l es, appl i ances, el ect r oni cs al l ar e pr oduced as a bypr oduct s of f ossi l f uel s. Fr om t he medi cat i ons you t ake and f ood you eat t o your I Phone; i t ?s al l der i ved f r om f ossi l f uel MATERI ALS.

Now, f ossi l f uel s ar e al l ar ound you. They ar e ki l l i ng your f ami l y and t hi s pl anet .

You ar e t hi nki ng about t hese r esour ces i n t er ms of power ar en' t you? The huge angr y gr ay cl ouds of pol l ut i on begi n pumpi ng i n your mi nd' s eye.

You' r e r i ght . However , t he

pr obl em i s much bi gger t han t hat .

Di d you st op t o l ook at t he Smar t phone you ar e vi ewi ng t hi s on? Or t he l unch wr apper s, cups, dr i nk bot t l es and bags you have been t hr owi ng away al l day? Di d you envi si on t he aspi r i n you t ook at l unch?

Ther e ar e uses f or t hese pol l ut i ng r esour ces f ar beyond t he car you dr i ve or home ener gy use.

As t he Nat i onal Academy of Engi neer i ng once st at ed, ?The pr oduct s f r om pet r ochemi cal s have pl ayed as gr eat a r ol e i n shapi ng t he moder n wor l d as gasol i ne and f uel oi l s have i n power i ng i t . ?

( sour ce: exxonmobi l chemi cal . com)

Pet r ochemi cal s ar e a 2. 3 TRI LLI ON dol l ar i ndust r y. Gal l ons of oi l ar e di ver t ed f r om gas st at i ons t o your home at a hi gher pr of i t mar gi n.

I n many r espect s consumer pr oduct s ar e mor e danger ous t o our envi r onment t han t he use of f ossi l f uel s f or power gener at i on.

Consumer pr oduct s made f r om f ossi l f uel s have r ecur r i ng

envi r onment al i mpact s:

- Gr eenhouse gases ar e r el eased dur i ng t he r ef i ni ng pr ocess,

- t oxi c secondar y chemi cal s ar e combi ned dur i ng pr oduct i on of t he mat er i al s,

- t hose mat er i al s ar e pr ocessed agai n t o make t he pr oduct ,

- t he pr oduct i s used, - di sposed of i n l andf i l l s.

Recent l y t he use of pet r ochemi cal s i n consumer pr oduct s and f ood has been l i nked t o ment al and physi cal di sease.

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"We ar e losing the war for our people and planet to fossil fuels. "-Amanda Clayton Stevens

Look beyond the energy, Fossil Fuels are in EVERYTHING

"Only 200 chemicals of the 80,000 used in pr oducts ar e r egulated by the FDA. -Amanda Clayton-Stevens

Feel f r ee t o t ake a l ook ar ound. As you sur vey t he damage caused by our moder n soci et y and pur sui t of pr of i t , pl ease ask your sel f one quest i on. What bot her s you mor e? The possi bi l i t y you wer en?t consi der ed i n t he gr and desi gn of our l i near economy? Or maybe you wer e consi der ed and di smi ssed anyway?

I t i s a ver y r el evant quest i on. I t const i t ut es evi l peopl e and cor por at i ons t ar get i ng you per sonal l y. I t put s a f ace on t he bandi t and i t makes t he comi ng bat t l es i n t hi s war ver y per sonal i f you wer e consi der ed and gi ven a deat h sent ence. I t i nvokes emot i on and your passi on. I t al so pr edest i ned you t o be per suaded by anot her ar gument or t o f i ght back j ust f or t he sake of doi ng so. I t may sol i ci t t he need f or r eact i on out of desper at i on. To j ump on t he f i r st opt i on t hat comes your way, and di smi ssi ng i t j ust as qui ckl y i f i t appear s t o be t he cur e, but l et s us down monument al l y.

When l ooki ng at our cur r ent pr obl ems i t i s t he cause of t hi s mess and t he cur e. Somewher e i n our pur sui t of gai n, we abol i shed mor al i t y. We cont i nued t o buy and f or got t o pay at t ent i on t o what we wer e act ual l y payi ng f or beyond our own per sonal gai n. Now t he ef f ect s of our pur sui t ar e t oo much t o bear . Good t hi ng t oo. Ever y message t ar get ed t o our consci ence l i mi t s our abi l i t y t o r eal l y do anyt hi ng about i t as an i ndi vi dual , we may onl y donat e or j oi n ot her s. Ver y f ew peopl e can er ect a wi nd t ur bi ne, or t r avel wi t hout t he use of f ossi l f uel s. Even f ewer who l i ve an i ndust r i al i zed count r y can go mor e t han a f ew hour s wi t hout a f i x. Fossi l f uel s ar e ever ywher e.

Opi ni ons var y f r om si ni st er pl ot s t o t ake over t he wor l d t o t he devi l ?s own hand i n t he cr eat i on of our f ossi l f uel dr i ven economi es. The host as wel l as t he cur e r emai ns money. The sympt oms and t r eat ment s became an i ssue of l ower i ng cost s whi l e i ncr easi ng sal es r esul t i ng i n t he desi r ed ef f ect : Pr of i t .

We must expand our f ocus beyond ener gy, and l ook at t he mat er i al s we use t o bui l d t he sol ar panel s and wi nd t ur bi nes. We can bui l d t hese sol ut i ons wi t h al t er nat i ve mat er i al s. We can st ar t wi t h bamboo and hemp.

Pi ct ur e a Lego set you pl ayed wi t h as a chi l d. Now t hi nk about how many wonder f ul t hi ngs you coul d bui l d wi t h t hat l ego set . Bui l di ngs, car s, wi ndmi l l s, br i dges, r oads, space shi ps, t oys, peopl e. The combi nat i ons ar e phenomenal .

As you concent r at ed wi t h al l your mi ght t o ar r ange t he pi eces i nt o your vi si on di d you ever once st op and t hi nk. Can I use somet hi ng el se t o bui l d t hi s? No. You mer el y went on ar r angi ng t he pi eces at a f ever i sh pace eager t o see t he f r ui t s of your l abor .

The same t hi ng happened wi t h st one, coal , oi l , wood, dur i ng our evol ut i on. We made t hese wondr ous di scover i es and t hen devel oped ways of maki ng t hese mat er i al s usef ul . Mor e i mpor t ant l y, we made t hese cr eat i ons desi r abl e and someone pai d f or t hem, so we made mor e and mor e unt i l t hey became embedded i n our cul t ur e and i r r epl aceabl e.

Her e l i es t he sol ut i on. We MUST change t hat LEGO and bui l d wi t h somet hi ng el se.

Appl y Pr essur e - I t Wi l l Bl ow Up i n Your Face

We ar e i n an enor mous economi c pr essur e cooker , wi t h i nf l at i on on t he r i se and sal ar i es on t he f al l .

The push f or envi r onment al r egul at i ons woul d wor k i n t heor y. I f you wer e mot i vat i ng a mar ket t o shi f t t o avai l abl e al t er nat i ves. I f you do not of f er mar ket accept ed al t er nat i ves t o a f ossi l f uel der i ved pl ast i c bot t l e, you have onl y achi eved a hi gher pr i ced pl ast i c bot t l e. The cost s need t o be absor bed by t he pr oducer or consumer . I f t he pr of i t i sn?t t her e; t he pr oducer wi l l i ncr ease t he pr i ce. The consumer has nowher e t o t ur n because al l t he pl ast i c bot t l e manuf act ur er s use t he same mat er i al s.

Gover nment keeps our soci et y i n a per pet ual st at e of sel f dest r uct i on. Pol i t i ci ans accept pr of i t s gener at ed f r om depl et i ng r esour ces t o pr ot ect i ndust r i es. Depl et i ng r esour ces t hat come wi t h addi t i onal cost s i n nat i onal heal t hcar e, envi r onment al di sast er s, and pr ot ect i on of t he r esour ces t hat keep pr of i t s and pol l ut i on gr owi ng i n t andem.

I ndust r i es t hat pr ovi de pr oduct s ki l l i ng us sl owl y.

"We wi l l NEVER wi n t he war on f ossi l f uel s unl ess we expand our f ocus beyond r enewabl e ener gy t o t he

mat er i al s we use. "

-Amanda Clayton-Stevens

Industrial EvolutionThe shift from a fossil fuel economy to a bio based economy .

r guabl y, t he needed change f r om a l i near economy t o a ci r cul ar economy wi l l be gr adual and based on one si ngl e f act ; pr of i t abl e commer ce. Pr of i t s f uel gover nment el ect i ons, l obby f or vot es, and pr ovi de t he needed f undi ng f or new

t echnol ogi es. Unt i l t he r enewabl e busi ness model i s pr oven vi a publ i c accept ance, consumer spendi ng, and pr of i t abl e equi t y, we wi l l cont i nue on t hi s col l i si on cour se wi t h an ext i nct i on event .

Ther e i s a sol ut i on. I ndust r i al EVOLUTI ON.

Taki ng t he " gr een" quest i on out of t he consumer pur chase by pr ovi di ng a l ower cost pr oduct made of bi omat er i al s i s our key obj ect i ve. Usi ng bamboo & hemp t o pr oduce mat er i al s f or consumer pur chase put s

t he sol ut i on i n ' our ' hands. Li t er al l y. The i mpl i cat i ons of a sudden shi f t i n consumer buyi ng pat t er ns wi l l speak l ouder t han a " Mi l l i on Man Mar ch" on Washi ngt on, D. C.

By addr essi ng t he mat er i al s we use t o bui l d, we can st ar t smal l and cr eat e a scal abl e i ndust r y t hat wi l l show an enor mous i mpact on our economi es, we can r ever se cl i mat e change, r epl eni sh soi l s, l ocal i ze manuf act ur i ng cr eat i ng j obs, and move out of t hi s mass pr oduct i on model t o i nspi r e i ndi vi dual i t y.

How? Cost of t he mat er i al s t o bui l d bi o pr oduct s vs. f ossi l f uel s cost l ess i n ever y aspect . I t i s cheaper t o bui l d wi t h mat er i al s gr own t han i t i s wi t h mat er i al s mi ned or dr i l l ed.

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"Protest is only part of the solution.

Your dollars will bring change faster than picket signs.

Here is your power for change.

Here is your alternative."

-Amanda Clayton Stevens

The cost of mat er i al s t o bui l d bi o pr oduct s vs. f ossi l f uel s i n ever y way. I t i s cheaper t o bui l d wi t h mat er i al s gr own t han i t i s wi t h mat er i al s mi ned or dr i l l ed. The hi gher cost s of bui l di ng and manuf act ur i ng wi t h f ossi l f uel s ar e:

- Geogr aphi c pr oxi mi t y t o sour ces. A Bi o Economy i s gr own anywher e, Oi l , coal and ot her f ossi l f uel s ar e i n i sol at ed ar eas.

- Cost of pr ot ect i on of r esour ces. War- Cost of use of r esour ces. Pol l ut i on,

i nt oxi cat i on, heal t hcar e, cancer , di sease, envi r onment al di sast er s, unempl oyment .

- Cost of pr oduct i on of r esour ces. Over ext ended suppl y chai ns, pol l ut i on, i nt oxi cat i on, heal t hcar e, cancer , di sease, envi r onment al di sast er s, and pover t y.

- Cost of mar ket i ng. Peopl e ar e not mot i vat ed t o spr ead t he wor d about t he new pl ast i c pet r ochemi cal f or f r ee vi a soci al medi a. Fossi l f uel s needs t o pay f or adver t i si ng.

We can compet e wi t h l ow cost l abor count r i es. We can bui l d i ndust r i es and manuf act ur e her e.

The Theor y of I ndust r i al Evol ut i on descr i bes var i ous met hods t o achi eve bot h bi o and ci r cul ar economi es i nt r oduci ng a gr adual shi f t f r om f ossi l f uel s t o or gani c pr oduct s. Fuel ed by consumer t r ansact i ons, l ower cost mat er i al s such as bamboo and hemp; t aki ng t he ?gr een? quest i on out of t he consumer pur chase i s t he success f act or . I f compar ed i n al l aspect s of a pr oduct ?s l i f e cycl e a pr oduct const r uct ed of bi omat er i al s i s a l ower cost , hi gher qual i t y pr oduct t han t he f ossi l f uel compet i t or .

A Bi oeconomy wi l l be r eal i zed t hr ough a combi nat i on of soci al and economi c pr essur es:

- Pr i ce and depl et i on r at e of cur r ent r esour ces. - Job cr eat i on i n t he Uni t ed St at es.- Pol i t i cal pr essur e f or l and and communi t y

pr ogr ams. - Cr owdf undi ng.- Evol ut i on of t he " Soci al l y Consci ous Consumer "- I ncr ease i n di sease and ment al di sabi l i t y r at es

di r ect l y at t r i but ed t o pet r ochemi cal consumpt i on.

- Accept ance of t he " Buy t he Vot e" st r at egy t o depl oy count er st r at egi es.

We pr ovi de t he st r uct ur e and st r at egy t o est abl i sh t he bi oeconomy t hr ough publ i c par t i ci pat i on. An act i on f or t he ar mchai r war r i or .

A gr ound up const r uct i on of an economy bui l t on t he mer i t s of l ower cost , sust ai nabl e r esour ces.

Thr ough publ i c awar eness t o t oxi ci t y i n consumer pr oduct s combi ned wi t h consumer or i gi nat i ng sol ut i ons an i ndust r i al evol ut i on i s i nevi t abl e.

An evol ut i on i s upon us. A der i vat i ve of a wi der human i nt er act i on vi a soci al medi a and t he i nt er net . I mmedi at e soci al i nt er act i on i s awakeni ng t he gl obal popul at i on t o t he power of t he consumer dol l ar , cl i mat e change and an under st andi ng of how moder n commer ce pl ays a r ol e i n our ever yday l i ves. Cont i nued vi r al di st r i but i on of soci al i nj ust i ces, envi r onment al of f ender s, and a br oken pol i t i cal syst em wi l l enr age and empower t he aver age ci t i zen and cause a r edi st r i but i on of weal t h unseen si nce t ur n of t he l ast cent ur y.

You ar e mor e power f ul t han you t hi nk. Once you r eal i ze i t and appl y your power t o beat i ng an enemy t hat i s ki l l i ng us al l ; we can wi n.

However , we must act as i f we ar e at War .

I f we appl y mi l i t ar y st r at egy t o expl oi t our enemy' s weakness on sever al f r ont s, we can br i ng f or t h a new economy t hat pr ovi des pr osper i t y at l i t t l e cost .

Real i ze Your Power .

May you become an ar mchai r war r i or of t he hi ghest cal i ber .

"Economic, political, social, technical and envir onmental issues will usher in the new economy "-Amanda Clayton-Stevens

Ther e i s a per f ect st or m appr oachi ng f or change. Al l el ement s l ead t o t he need f or new r esour ces, t o end pover t y, war and hunger .

Renewabl e ener gy i s a smal l par t of t he sol ut i on. WE ar e empower ed when f ocusi ng on pr oduct s. Speci f i cal l y, t he

chemi cal s and mat er i al s used t o pr oduce t hem. The pot ent i al oppor t uni t i es ar e huge.

Ni net y- si x per cent of al l U. S. manuf act ur ed goods use some sor t of chemi cal pr oduct , and busi nesses dependant on t he chemi cal i ndust r y account f or near l y

$3. 6 t r i l l i on i n US GDP.

WE cont r ol what pr oduct s we buy. We cont r ol t he demand f or f ossi l f uel s, and now t her e ar e vi abl e al t er nat i ves t o al l ow us t o change commer ce.

Welcome to the Evolution.

of f ossi l f uel s i s wi t hi n your r each.

The evol ut i on cont i nuesA Bioeconomy