Hemp Voices: Lisa Sundberg, Indigenous Habitat Institute
Lisa Sundberg serves as the CEO of the Indigenous Habitat Institute (IHI), Trinidad, CA
Grants will Fund Long-Awaited Initiatives
I am of Native Yurok descent and a member of the Trinidad Rancheria in Northern California. I am a visionary, activist, a bit of a strategist and love doing service for our community, especially during ceremony time.
My biggest success was helping develop an industry sector in Indian gaming in the early 90’s. I’ve taken a few pages from these play books and applied them to our work in the hempcrete/hemp industry.
We were recently awarded a grant from our community called Redwood Region RISE from an anonymous donor. This grant finally provides Indigenous Habitat Institute with the funding freedom needed to advance several long-awaited initiatives.
Specifically, we will be able to:
Work directly with Saint Astier, a major player in France who have already accomplished the 4-hour burn rating, earthquake and U-value test (R-Value). They are experienced in prefabricated walls and a great partner as we build out an industry model for regions starting in my back yard of Humboldt County in Northern California.
Our architects will be creating home designs to develop a small-scale panel production model.
We will be building a 400 sq. ft. cabin to be built at Sue-Meg State Park. This location is personally meaningful to me, as my mother served on the board that helped create a traditional Yurok Plank House village there. The cabin will use cladding inspired by the plank house.
Email: LisaSundbergInc@gmail.com
Phone: (951) 833-8888
