Joel Marriott, chair of the board for TOP Carbon Capture, started the company alongside his wife, Mary Mason, its president
than many traditional building materials, particularly given that it can be broken down and repurposed as part of a new hempcrete mixture. She also lists the material’s breathability, fire resistance, sound insulation, thermal regulation and ease of assembly among its perks.
For Mr. Marriott, some of the reasons for working with hempcrete are more personal. As a child, he was taken away from his home on the White Bear First Nation reserve in Saskatchewan as part of the Sixties Scoop,reconnecting with his family there as a young adult opened his eyes to the need for affordable, durable housing in Indigenous communities.
He hopes TOP Carbon Capture will be able to help by building resilient homes that people such as his uncle will not have to worry about replacing.[We’re] making sure that our homes are more affordable so that people don’t have to choose between heat, food and the future.”