From larskeller at gmail.com Sun Apr 1 22:40:24 2012 From: larskeller at gmail.com (Lars Keller) Date: Mon, 2 Apr 2012 05:40:24 +0200 Subject: [GSBN] Strawlbalebuilding in Norway In-Reply-To: <882F9A39A7F841CE8A9576F53B0679F1@PietLap> References: <882F9A39A7F841CE8A9576F53B0679F1@PietLap> Message-ID: As a contractor in the sustainable buildingsektor, I?ve conducted several SB-houses in Norway the last 20 years. This summer I?ve got two SB-buildings at the same time, which is one too much. I?ll never reach to be finished before October, which is the latest we can plaster outside uphere. Therefore I need some experienced builders, who can help me out. So if you?ll like to spend the summer in beutifull Norway, please take contact with: Piet Jensen, piet at pandabygg.no www.pandabygg.no -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... 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I would be very interested to hear any comments/suggestions etc. from any of you, who may take a look at it. And if anyone cares for the paper that has been written on the basis of this work, I share it happily, but it is very dry... If you prefer contacting me of list my email is: hojtpaastraa at gmail.com Looking forward to seeing you in Colorado :) Love Caroline -- Caroline, Tahir, Noah Friland 23, 8410 R?nde tlf. (+45) 40 76 19 80, skypename: caroline.meyer.white -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... Name: Your new house of Straw, 2012-04-09.pdf Type: application/pdf Size: 802665 bytes Desc: not available URL: From bruce at ecobuildnetwork.org Sun May 13 14:27:36 2012 From: bruce at ecobuildnetwork.org (Bruce King) Date: Sun, 13 May 2012 12:27:36 -0700 Subject: [GSBN] Just how big is natural building? Message-ID: Howdy, folks -- Anyone else out there wonder just how many people are knowledgeable about, interested in, and/or wild about natural building? Me, too, and I'd like to start to map the territory for a group conversation at the upcoming International Straw Bale Building Conference in Colorado in September. Which will of course really be about natural building in general. Here's just a first pass. I would really appreciate if you could fill me in on what's happening in your area or country. Organization location or base Membership (however "organized" (Even if you don't have "members", how many people receive you may or may not be) your mailings / ever wrote you a check?) CASBA California, USA ???? COSBA Colorado, USA ???? Ecological Building Network California, USA 1400 / 500 Natural Building Network ??? ???? ASRI Victoria, Canada ???? Builder Without Borders New Mexico, USA ???? Kleiwerks North Carolina, USA ???? I KNOW I'm forgetting organizations even here in North America, much less on the other side of various ponds, so please help me here. Results, once collated, will of course be public. Thanks! Bruce King bruce at bruce-king.com http://bruce-king.com/ (415) 987-7271 Twitter: @brucekinggreen blog: http://bruceking.posterous.com/ -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From chris at chrismagwood.ca Sun May 13 14:51:36 2012 From: chris at chrismagwood.ca (Chris Magwood) Date: Sun, 13 May 2012 15:51:36 -0400 Subject: [GSBN] Just how big is natural building? In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: <4FB010C8.3020609@chrismagwood.ca> Hi Bruce, You can add the OSBBC in Ontario to your list. We currently have about 200 paid members. There is also the natural homes Facebook page with 60,000 members world wide and over 800 on the "talking natural homes" page. This definitely gives some sense of the "interested" side of things. Chris On 12-05-13 3:27 PM, Bruce King wrote: > > > Howdy, folks -- > > Anyone else out there wonder just how many people are knowledgeable > about, interested in, and/or wild about natural building? > > Me, too, and I'd like to start to map the territory for a group > conversation at the upcoming International Straw Bale Building > Conference in Colorado in > September. Which will of course really be about natural building in > general. > > Here's just a first pass. I would really appreciate if you could fill > me in on what's happening in your area or country. > > *Organizationlocation or baseMembership* > (however "organized" (Even if you don't have "members", how many > people receive > you may or may not be)your mailings / ever wrote you a check?) > > CASBACalifornia, USA???? > COSBAColorado, USA???? > Ecological Building NetworkCalifornia, USA1400 / 500 > Natural Building Network??????? > ASRIVictoria, Canada???? > Builder Without BordersNew Mexico, USA???? > KleiwerksNorth Carolina, USA???? > > > I KNOW I'm forgetting organizations even here in North America, much > less on the other side of various ponds, so please help me here. > Results, once collated, will of course be public. > > > Thanks! > > Bruce King > bruce at bruce-king.com > http://bruce-king.com/ > (415) 987-7271 > Twitter: @brucekinggreen > blog: http://bruceking.posterous.com/ > > > > _______________________________________________ > GSBN mailing list > GSBN at sustainablesources.com > http://sustainablesources.com/mailman/listinfo.cgi/GSBN -- www.chrismagwood.ca www.endeavourcentre.org -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From forum at lamaisonenpaille.com Sun May 13 15:31:59 2012 From: forum at lamaisonenpaille.com (forum at lamaisonenpaille.com) Date: Sun, 13 May 2012 22:31:59 +0200 Subject: [GSBN] Just how big is natural building? In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: <4FB01A3F.7070702@lamaisonenpaille.com> Hello Bruce, The French SB Network has about 300 members. Au revoir, Andr? Le 13/05/2012 21:27, Bruce King a ?crit : > > > Howdy, folks -- > > Anyone else out there wonder just how many people are knowledgeable > about, interested in, and/or wild about natural building? > > Me, too, and I'd like to start to map the territory for a group > conversation at the upcoming International Straw Bale Building > Conference in Colorado in > September. Which will of course really be about natural building in > general. > > Here's just a first pass. I would really appreciate if you could fill > me in on what's happening in your area or country. > > *Organizationlocation or baseMembership* > (however "organized" (Even if you don't have "members", how many > people receive > you may or may not be)your mailings / ever wrote you a check?) > > CASBACalifornia, USA???? > COSBAColorado, USA???? > Ecological Building NetworkCalifornia, USA1400 / 500 > Natural Building Network??????? > ASRIVictoria, Canada???? > Builder Without BordersNew Mexico, USA???? > KleiwerksNorth Carolina, USA???? > > > I KNOW I'm forgetting organizations even here in North America, much > less on the other side of various ponds, so please help me here. > Results, once collated, will of course be public. > > > Thanks! > > Bruce King > bruce at bruce-king.com > http://bruce-king.com/ > (415) 987-7271 > Twitter: @brucekinggreen > blog: http://bruceking.posterous.com/ > > > > _______________________________________________ > GSBN mailing list > GSBN at sustainablesources.com > http://sustainablesources.com/mailman/listinfo.cgi/GSBN -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... 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There are also number of smaller (& I think mostly less active) natural building groups in the region open to anyone - such as Fingerlakes Natural Building (125 subscribers to email list), Brattleboro Natural Building, etc... ej Quoting Bruce King : > > > Howdy, folks -- > > Anyone else out there wonder just how many people are knowledgeable > about, interested in, and/or wild about natural building? > > Me, too, and I'd like to start to map the territory for a group > conversation at the upcoming International Straw Bale Building > Conference in Colorado in September. Which will of course really be > about natural building in general. > > Here's just a first pass. I would really appreciate if you could > fill me in on what's happening in your area or country. > > Organization location or base Membership > (however "organized" (Even if you don't have "members", how > many people receive > you may or may not be) your mailings / ever wrote you a check?) > > CASBA California, USA ???? > COSBA Colorado, USA ???? > Ecological Building Network California, USA 1400 / 500 > Natural Building Network ??? ???? > ASRI Victoria, Canada ???? > Builder Without Borders New Mexico, USA ???? > Kleiwerks North Carolina, USA ???? > > > I KNOW I'm forgetting organizations even here in North America, much > less on the other side of various ponds, so please help me here. > Results, once collated, will of course be public. > > > Thanks! > > Bruce King > bruce at bruce-king.com > http://bruce-king.com/ > (415) 987-7271 > Twitter: @brucekinggreen > blog: http://bruceking.posterous.com/ > > From jacksflat at gmail.com Sun May 13 18:40:07 2012 From: jacksflat at gmail.com (John Glassford) Date: Mon, 14 May 2012 09:40:07 +1000 Subject: [GSBN] Just how big is natural building? In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: G ' day Mate Do not forget AUSBALE which I formed in 2002 at the ISBBC 2002. I have no idea how many members as I am no longer active in AUSBALE. AUSBALE Maybe Frank Thomas current President or Bohdan Dorniak can answer the question. Kind regards Susan and John Glassford Huff 'n' Puff Constructions http://www.glassford.com.au 61 2 6927 6027 In Australia (02) 6927 6027 Mountains of the Moon Climb 2011 http://www.mountainsofthemoon.org -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From bruce at ecobuildnetwork.org Sun May 13 19:06:11 2012 From: bruce at ecobuildnetwork.org (Bruce King) Date: Sun, 13 May 2012 17:06:11 -0700 Subject: [GSBN] Just how big is natural building? In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: <5D54A68C-19B8-4C1C-9934-42E5BAF83CC1@ecobuildnetwork.org> Didn't forget AUSBALE, just knew I couldn't name every group so I didn't try. Many thanks to those who have replied, please give me/us more! Can anyone speak for AUSBALE? Bruce King bruce at ecobuildnetwork.org (415) 987-7271 On May 13, 2012, at 4:40 PM, John Glassford wrote: > G ' day Mate > > Do not forget AUSBALE which I formed in 2002 at the ISBBC 2002. > > I have no idea how many members as I am no longer active in AUSBALE. > > AUSBALE > > Maybe Frank Thomas current President or Bohdan Dorniak can answer > the question. > > Kind regards > Susan and John Glassford > Huff 'n' Puff Constructions > http://www.glassford.com.au > 61 2 6927 6027 > In Australia (02) 6927 6027 > > Mountains of the Moon Climb 2011 > http://www.mountainsofthemoon.org > _______________________________________________ > GSBN mailing list > GSBN at sustainablesources.com > http://sustainablesources.com/mailman/listinfo.cgi/GSBN -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From bdco at adam.com.au Sun May 13 20:15:36 2012 From: bdco at adam.com.au (Bohdan Dorniak) Date: Mon, 14 May 2012 10:45:36 +0930 Subject: [GSBN] Just how big is natural building? In-Reply-To: <5D54A68C-19B8-4C1C-9934-42E5BAF83CC1@ecobuildnetwork.org> References: <5D54A68C-19B8-4C1C-9934-42E5BAF83CC1@ecobuildnetwork.org> Message-ID: <007201cd316f$11625400$3426fc00$@adam.com.au> Hi Bruce Currently Ausbale has 30 members. Bohdan From: GSBN-bounces at sustainablesources.com [mailto:GSBN-bounces at sustainablesources.com] On Behalf Of Bruce King Sent: Monday, 14 May 2012 9:36 AM To: jacksflat at gmail.com; Global Straw Building Network Subject: Re: [GSBN] Just how big is natural building? Didn't forget AUSBALE, just knew I couldn't name every group so I didn't try. Many thanks to those who have replied, please give me/us more! Can anyone speak for AUSBALE? Bruce King bruce at ecobuildnetwork.org (415) 987-7271 On May 13, 2012, at 4:40 PM, John Glassford wrote: G ' day Mate Do not forget AUSBALE which I formed in 2002 at the ISBBC 2002. I have no idea how many members as I am no longer active in AUSBALE. AUSBALE Maybe Frank Thomas current President or Bohdan Dorniak can answer the question. Kind regards Susan and John Glassford Huff 'n' Puff Constructions http://www.glassford.com.au 61 2 6927 6027 In Australia (02) 6927 6027 Mountains of the Moon Climb 2011 http://www.mountainsofthemoon.org _______________________________________________ GSBN mailing list GSBN at sustainablesources.com http://sustainablesources.com/mailman/listinfo.cgi/GSBN -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From strawbales at bigpond.com Sun May 13 20:54:37 2012 From: strawbales at bigpond.com (Frank & Ingrid) Date: Mon, 14 May 2012 11:54:37 +1000 Subject: [GSBN] Just how big is natural building? In-Reply-To: <5D54A68C-19B8-4C1C-9934-42E5BAF83CC1@ecobuildnetwork.org> References: <5D54A68C-19B8-4C1C-9934-42E5BAF83CC1@ecobuildnetwork.org> Message-ID: <006101cd3174$84f616e0$8ee244a0$@com> Hello Bruce, Ausbale currently has 28 paid members, most of them professionals. We have many more (in the 5-hundreds) subscribers to the website and forum but not sure how you want to collect this data. BTW, Frank will be attending the ISBC in Colorado, and possibly Bohdan too. Cheers, Frank & Ingrid Yesterday-Today-Tomorrow, Strawbale Construction Ph. & Fax: 02 4443 5282 Mobile: 040841 5806 strawbales at bigpond.com www.strawtec.com.au From: GSBN-bounces at sustainablesources.com [mailto:GSBN-bounces at sustainablesources.com] On Behalf Of Bruce King Sent: Monday, 14 May 2012 10:06 AM To: jacksflat at gmail.com; Global Straw Building Network Subject: Re: [GSBN] Just how big is natural building? Didn't forget AUSBALE, just knew I couldn't name every group so I didn't try. Many thanks to those who have replied, please give me/us more! Can anyone speak for AUSBALE? Bruce King bruce at ecobuildnetwork.org (415) 987-7271 On May 13, 2012, at 4:40 PM, John Glassford wrote: G ' day Mate Do not forget AUSBALE which I formed in 2002 at the ISBBC 2002. I have no idea how many members as I am no longer active in AUSBALE. AUSBALE Maybe Frank Thomas current President or Bohdan Dorniak can answer the question. Kind regards Susan and John Glassford Huff 'n' Puff Constructions http://www.glassford.com.au 61 2 6927 6027 In Australia (02) 6927 6027 Mountains of the Moon Climb 2011 http://www.mountainsofthemoon.org _______________________________________________ GSBN mailing list GSBN at sustainablesources.com http://sustainablesources.com/mailman/listinfo.cgi/GSBN -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From mbennjr at mac.com Sun May 13 21:09:32 2012 From: mbennjr at mac.com (Maurice Bennett) Date: Mon, 14 May 2012 02:09:32 +0000 (GMT) Subject: [GSBN] Just how big is natural building? In-Reply-To: Message-ID: <1c6f511a-6b78-cea0-fca3-ec4171b7d064@me.com> CASBA currently has 74 paid memberships - down form more than 250 in 2007. We have 106 on our CASBA Google Members group (old members with whom we are keeping in touch -) This will be interesting Maurice? On May 13, 2012, at 12:27 PM, Bruce King wrote: > > > Howdy, folks -- > > Anyone else out there wonder just how many people are knowledgeable about, interested in, and/or wild about natural building? > > Me, too, and I'd like to start to map the territory for a group conversation at the upcoming International Straw Bale Building Conference in Colorado in September. Which will of course really be about natural building in general. > > Here's just a first pass I would really appreciate if you could fill me in on what's happening in your area or country. > > Organization location or base Membership > (however "organized" (Even if you don't have "members", how many people receive > you may or may not be) your mailings / ever wrote you a check?) > > CASBA California, USA ???? > COSBA Colorado, USA ???? > Ecological Building Network California, USA 1400 / 500 > Natural Building Network ??? ???? > ASRI Victoria, Canada ???? > Builder Without Borders New Mexico, USA ???? > Kleiwerks North Carolina, USA ???? > > > I KNOW I'm forgetting organizations even here in North America, much less on the other side of various ponds, so please help me here. Results, once collated, will of course be public. > > > Thanks! > > Bruce King > bruce at bruce-king.com > > http://bruce-king.com/ > (415) 987-7271 > Twitter: @brucekinggreen > blog: http://bruceking.posterous.com/ > > > _______________________________________________ > GSBN mailing list > GSBN at sustainablesources.com > http://sustainablesources.com/mailman/listinfo.cgi/GSBN -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From archilogic at yahoo.ca Mon May 14 03:35:31 2012 From: archilogic at yahoo.ca (RT) Date: Mon, 14 May 2012 04:35:31 -0400 Subject: [GSBN] Just how big is natural building? In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: On May 13, 2012, at 12:27 PM, Bruce, King of Sausalito wrote: > [numbers] I'd say that aside from the First World NatBuilders who are members of the associations mentioned by His High-ness and others, natural building is quite likely practised by most persons living outside of major urban centres world-wide and whose annual incomes are at or below subsistence level. As a wild-ass guess, I'd peg that number at somewhere between 1 and 3 billion people. That's BIG. Eh ? (I'd wager that the UN would have real good numbers on this.) And speaking of big numbers, I must apologise to el Lupo (aka The Straw Wolf, Huffy, John Glassford) for letting his birthday (May 11 ?) slip by again (as I did last year) without my giving him a digital slap on the back. If it was el Lupo's 68th birthday this year, then I am pleased to say that 68 is a very auspicious number... not as good as 88 mind you, but I'm making a note right now to not let that one slip by, by crikey. (I think that's Australian for "youbetcha" -- === * === AOD257 Rob Tom Kanata, Ontario, Canada < A r c h i L o g i c at Y a h o o dot c a > (manually winnow the chaff from my edress if you hit "reply") From jacksflat at gmail.com Mon May 14 04:14:50 2012 From: jacksflat at gmail.com (John Glassford) Date: Mon, 14 May 2012 19:14:50 +1000 Subject: [GSBN] Just how big is natural building? In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: RT thank you mate. In the back of a tuk tuk at the moment in Mai. Leaving for Aus in the morning. It had been a blast. Love Thailand with my Little Wolverine. Been to the Rotary Convention in Bangkok with 36000 Rotarians. Home to complete a large hall for the Steiner School in Gosford. My team has done a great job in our absense. This tik tuk is vety bumby and it is hot and humid here. Love the Thai people they can teach us what.sustainable means. So I join uou RT in your assesment add 66 million Thais to the list. BTW the Thai girls are HOT. The Straw Wolf On May 14, 2012 3:37 PM, "RT" wrote: > On May 13, 2012, at 12:27 PM, Bruce, King of Sausalito wrote: > >> [numbers] >> > > I'd say that aside from the First World NatBuilders who are members of the > associations mentioned by His High-ness and others, natural building is > quite likely practised by most persons living outside of major urban > centres world-wide and whose annual incomes are at or below subsistence > level. > > As a wild-ass guess, I'd peg that number at somewhere between 1 and 3 > billion people. > > That's BIG. Eh ? (I'd wager that the UN would have real good numbers on > this.) > > And speaking of big numbers, I must apologise to el Lupo (aka The Straw > Wolf, Huffy, John Glassford) for letting his birthday (May 11 ?) slip by > again (as I did last year) without my giving him a digital slap on the back. > > If it was el Lupo's 68th birthday this year, then I am pleased to say that > 68 is a very auspicious number... not as good as 88 mind you, but I'm > making a note right now to not let that one slip by, by crikey. (I think > that's Australian for "youbetcha" > > > -- > === * === > AOD257 > Rob Tom > Kanata, Ontario, Canada > > < A r c h i L o g i c at Y a h o o dot c a > > (manually winnow the chaff from my edress if you hit "reply") > ______________________________**_________________ > GSBN mailing list > GSBN at sustainablesources.com > http://sustainablesources.com/**mailman/listinfo.cgi/GSBN > -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From asbn at baubiologie.at Mon May 14 04:33:00 2012 From: asbn at baubiologie.at (asbn) Date: Mon, 14 May 2012 11:33:00 +0200 Subject: [GSBN] Just how big is natural building? In-Reply-To: Message-ID: Dear Bruce As we have just finished our new updated book about the European Straw Bale Network (ESBN), here are the European networks and networkers (don't forget them in the GSBN:-): Austria: ASBN: Austrian Strawbale Network, Austria. Website (german) www.baubiologie.at We have 5 members in the board, about 150 members in our forum and about 6.000 (different) visitors/month on our website Our (german) book was sold about 10.000times (1999 ? 2012) European Mailserver-list: amper.ped.muni.cz/mailman/listinfo/strawbale 599 mail-list-members (language: english) I don't have numbers for the following networks/networkers: Belgium: CasaCalida and Herwig van Soom Website (netherlands) www.casacalida.be, orca.skynetblogs.be Denmark: Lars Keller (contact: lars_keller-at-hotmail.com), Steen Moeller, Danish Organisation for Sustainable Building: www.lob.dk Czech Republic: Ecodum, Permalot Website: www.ekodum.ecn.cz, www.permalot.org England, Ireland, Wales, Scotland: Reset Development: Bee Rowan (Ex-amazonail) Web (engl.) reset-development.org; Strawbale Building: United Kingdom. Web (englisch) www.strawbale-building.co.uk; Straw Works: Barbara Jones (Ex-amazonails) Web (engl.) www.strawworks.co.uk Finland, Norway: Rolf Jacobson, Arild Berg www.naturligbyggeri.no/halmhus, www.gaiaarkitekter.no France: R?seau Fran?ais de la Construction Paille: Les Compaillons: Web (french) www.compaillons.eu; www.lamaisonenpaille.com Germany: Fasba: Fachverband Strohballenbau Deutschland. Website (german) www.fasba.de Hungary: Attila Meszaros Website: (hungarian) www.szalmahaz.hu Italy: Laboa website (italian): www.laboa.it Latvia: Edita Milutiene, Renewable Energy Information Consultation Center, Website (some parts in english): www.siaudunamai.lt The Netherlands: Strobouw Nederland Website (netherlands) www.strobouw.nl; www.sveweb.nl Poland: Grupa Cohabitat Website (polish): www.cohabitat.net Slovakia: ArTUR: Architecture for Sustainable Development Website (slovakian) www.ozartur.sk Spain: Red de Construcci?n con Paja Website (spanish) www.casasdepaja.org Sweden: newly founded Swedish network (26 members) contact: Collette Coumans, halmbalsverige-at-gmail.com Mit lieben Gr??en / best wishes Herbert Gruber -- asbn - austrian strawbale network ?sterreichisches Netzwerk f?r Strohballenbau 3720 Ravelsbach, Baierdorf 6 Email: asbn at baubiologie.at http://www.baubiologie.at > > Howdy, folks -- > > Anyone else out there wonder just how many people are knowledgeable > about, interested in, and/or wild about natural building? > > Me, too, and I'd like to start to map the territory for a group > conversation at the upcoming International Straw Bale Building > Conference in Colorado in September. Which will of course really be > about natural building in general. > > Here's just a first pass. I would really appreciate if you could fill > me in on what's happening in your area or country. > > Organization location or base Membership > (however "organized" (Even if you don't have "members", how > many people receive > you may or may not be) your mailings / ever wrote you a check?) > > CASBA California, USA ???? > COSBA Colorado, USA ???? > Ecological Building Network California, USA 1400 / 500 > Natural Building Network ??? ???? > ASRI Victoria, Canada ???? > Builder Without Borders New Mexico, USA ???? > Kleiwerks North Carolina, USA ???? > > > I KNOW I'm forgetting organizations even here in North America, much > less on the other side of various ponds, so please help me here. > Results, once collated, will of course be public. > > > Thanks! > > Bruce King > bruce at bruce-king.com > http://bruce-king.com/ > (415) 987-7271 > Twitter: @brucekinggreen > blog: http://bruceking.posterous.com/ > > _______________________________________________ > GSBN mailing list > GSBN at sustainablesources.com > http://sustainablesources.com/mailman/listinfo.cgi/GSBN From dusty at strawandtimber.com Mon May 14 07:54:05 2012 From: dusty at strawandtimber.com (Dusty Szymanski) Date: Mon, 14 May 2012 06:54:05 -0600 Subject: [GSBN] Just how big is natural building? In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: <002701cd31d0$a5d6f8a0$f184e9e0$@com> Bruce and the rest of the world, COSBA is Currently about 24 paying members and a contact list of over 500. We are working on rebuilding our memberships by reconnecting with old members and bringing in the new recruits with greater service and support of current needs. We are based out of Gunnison, Colorado. We are very excited about the upcoming International Straw Builders conference and all that it holds, surely a 'not to miss' event. We look forward to seeing you all! The future isn't what it used to be! Cheers Dusty Szymanski Executive Director, COSBA Register now for the International Straw Builders Conference at www.strawbaleconference.com From: GSBN-bounces at sustainablesources.com [mailto:GSBN-bounces at sustainablesources.com] On Behalf Of Bruce King Sent: Sunday, May 13, 2012 1:28 PM To: Global Straw GSBN Subject: [GSBN] Just how big is natural building? Howdy, folks -- Anyone else out there wonder just how many people are knowledgeable about, interested in, and/or wild about natural building? Me, too, and I'd like to start to map the territory for a group conversation at the upcoming International Straw Bale Building Conference in Colorado in September. Which will of course really be about natural building in general. Here's just a first pass. I would really appreciate if you could fill me in on what's happening in your area or country. Organization location or base Membership (however "organized" (Even if you don't have "members", how many people receive you may or may not be) your mailings / ever wrote you a check?) CASBA California, USA ???? COSBA Colorado, USA ???? Ecological Building Network California, USA 1400 / 500 Natural Building Network ??? ???? ASRI Victoria, Canada ???? Builder Without Borders New Mexico, USA ???? Kleiwerks North Carolina, USA ???? I KNOW I'm forgetting organizations even here in North America, much less on the other side of various ponds, so please help me here. Results, once collated, will of course be public. Thanks! Bruce King bruce at bruce-king.com http://bruce-king.com/ (415) 987-7271 Twitter: @brucekinggreen blog: http://bruceking.posterous.com/ -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From hojtpaastraa at gmail.com Mon May 14 09:27:58 2012 From: hojtpaastraa at gmail.com (Caroline Meyer White) Date: Mon, 14 May 2012 16:27:58 +0200 Subject: [GSBN] Just how big is natural building? In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: Hi, In Denmark, the National Organisation for Natural (organic is the direct translation) Construction (including builders of other trades than straw) currently has 185 paying members. Cheers Caroline 2012/5/13 Bruce King > > > Howdy, folks -- > > Anyone else out there wonder just how many people are knowledgeable about, > interested in, and/or wild about natural building? > > Me, too, and I'd like to start to map the territory for a group > conversation at the upcoming International Straw Bale Building Conference in > Colorado in September. Which will of course really be about natural > building in general. > > Here's just a first pass. I would really appreciate if you could fill me > in on what's happening in your area or country. > > *Organization location or base Membership* > (however "organized" (Even if you don't have "members", how many people > receive > you may or may not be) your mailings / ever wrote you a check?) > > CASBA California, USA ???? > COSBA Colorado, USA ???? > Ecological Building Network California, USA 1400 / 500 > Natural Building Network ??? ???? > ASRI Victoria, Canada ???? > Builder Without Borders New Mexico, USA ???? > Kleiwerks North Carolina, USA ???? > > > I KNOW I'm forgetting organizations even here in North America, much less > on the other side of various ponds, so please help me here. Results, once > collated, will of course be public. > > > Thanks! > > Bruce King > bruce at bruce-king.com > http://bruce-king.com/ > (415) 987-7271 > Twitter: @brucekinggreen > blog: http://bruceking.posterous.com/ > > > _______________________________________________ > GSBN mailing list > GSBN at sustainablesources.com > http://sustainablesources.com/mailman/listinfo.cgi/GSBN > > -- Caroline, Tahir, Noah Friland 23, 8410 R?nde tlf. (+45) 40 76 19 80, skypename: caroline.meyer.white -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From forum at lamaisonenpaille.com Mon May 14 14:23:37 2012 From: forum at lamaisonenpaille.com (forum at lamaisonenpaille.com) Date: Mon, 14 May 2012 21:23:37 +0200 Subject: [GSBN] Just how big is natural building? In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: <4FB15BB9.9030009@lamaisonenpaille.com> Salut Vital, Voici une belle liste de r?seaux que tu peut contacter Ciao, Andr? Le 14/05/2012 11:33, asbn a ?crit : > Dear Bruce > > As we have just finished our new updated book about the European Straw Bale > Network (ESBN), here are the European networks and networkers (don't forget > them in the GSBN:-): > > Austria: ASBN: Austrian Strawbale Network, Austria. > Website (german) www.baubiologie.at > We have 5 members in the board, about 150 members in our forum and about > 6.000 (different) visitors/month on our website > Our (german) book was sold about 10.000times (1999 ? 2012) > > European Mailserver-list: amper.ped.muni.cz/mailman/listinfo/strawbale > 599 mail-list-members (language: english) > > I don't have numbers for the following networks/networkers: > > Belgium: CasaCalida and Herwig van Soom > Website (netherlands) www.casacalida.be, orca.skynetblogs.be > > Denmark: Lars Keller (contact: lars_keller-at-hotmail.com), Steen Moeller, > Danish Organisation for Sustainable Building: www.lob.dk > > Czech Republic: Ecodum, Permalot > Website: www.ekodum.ecn.cz, www.permalot.org > > England, Ireland, Wales, Scotland: > Reset Development: Bee Rowan (Ex-amazonail) > Web (engl.) reset-development.org; > Strawbale Building: United Kingdom. > Web (englisch) www.strawbale-building.co.uk; > Straw Works: Barbara Jones (Ex-amazonails) > Web (engl.) www.strawworks.co.uk > > Finland, Norway: Rolf Jacobson, Arild Berg > www.naturligbyggeri.no/halmhus, www.gaiaarkitekter.no > > France: R?seau Fran?ais de la Construction Paille: Les Compaillons: > Web (french) www.compaillons.eu; www.lamaisonenpaille.com > > Germany: Fasba: Fachverband Strohballenbau Deutschland. > Website (german) www.fasba.de > > Hungary: Attila Meszaros > Website: (hungarian) www.szalmahaz.hu > > Italy: Laboa > website (italian): www.laboa.it > > Latvia: Edita Milutiene, Renewable Energy Information Consultation Center, > Website (some parts in english): www.siaudunamai.lt > > The Netherlands: Strobouw Nederland > Website (netherlands) www.strobouw.nl; www.sveweb.nl > > Poland: Grupa Cohabitat > Website (polish): www.cohabitat.net > > Slovakia: ArTUR: Architecture for Sustainable Development > Website (slovakian) www.ozartur.sk > > Spain: Red de Construcci?n con Paja > Website (spanish) www.casasdepaja.org > > Sweden: newly founded Swedish network (26 members) > contact: Collette Coumans, halmbalsverige-at-gmail.com > > Mit lieben Gr??en / best wishes > Herbert Gruber From forum at lamaisonenpaille.com Mon May 14 14:43:21 2012 From: forum at lamaisonenpaille.com (forum at lamaisonenpaille.com) Date: Mon, 14 May 2012 21:43:21 +0200 Subject: [GSBN] Just how big is natural building? In-Reply-To: <4FB15BB9.9030009@lamaisonenpaille.com> References: <4FB15BB9.9030009@lamaisonenpaille.com> Message-ID: <4FB16059.9@lamaisonenpaille.com> (Oooooops...... sorry for my other message intended for Vital; I forgot to delete the list addres) I agree that a big part of the world is building with natural materials. Yet I would not necessarily put them on the 'natural building account' as a very high percentage of them would only be to happy to get their hands on (even more) cement etc. Visiting places like India, Alg?ria and Maroc has lead me to believe that many a comen wo-man's dream is to build with high energy consuming materials. Andr? - judging the world from behind his keyboard - de Bouter From graeme at ecodesign.co.nz Mon May 14 18:50:27 2012 From: graeme at ecodesign.co.nz (Graeme North) Date: Tue, 15 May 2012 11:50:27 +1200 Subject: [GSBN] Just how big is natural building? In-Reply-To: <5D54A68C-19B8-4C1C-9934-42E5BAF83CC1@ecobuildnetwork.org> References: <5D54A68C-19B8-4C1C-9934-42E5BAF83CC1@ecobuildnetwork.org> Message-ID: Hi All The Earth Building Assoc of New Zealand, which now promotes the art and science of earth and natural building, has a paid up membership of around 80 (it has been up over 300) plus we have an email subscription of around 1000 for a free monthly electronic newsletter. www.earthbuilding.org.nz Ausbale also incudes NZ Natural Building is nearly as big as all outdoors I would say cheers Graeme Graeme North Architects 49 Matthew Road RD1 Warkworth tel/fax +64 (0)9 4259305 graeme at ecodesign.co.nz www.ecodesign.co.nz On 14/05/2012, at 12:06 PM, Bruce King wrote: > > > Didn't forget AUSBALE, just knew I couldn't name every group so I didn't try. > > Many thanks to those who have replied, please give me/us more! > > Can anyone speak for AUSBALE? > > Bruce King > bruce at ecobuildnetwork.org > (415) 987-7271 > > > > On May 13, 2012, at 4:40 PM, John Glassford wrote: > >> G ' day Mate >> >> Do not forget AUSBALE which I formed in 2002 at the ISBBC 2002. >> >> I have no idea how many members as I am no longer active in AUSBALE. >> >> AUSBALE >> >> Maybe Frank Thomas current President or Bohdan Dorniak can answer the question. >> >> Kind regards >> Susan and John Glassford >> Huff 'n' Puff Constructions >> http://www.glassford.com.au >> 61 2 6927 6027 >> In Australia (02) 6927 6027 >> >> Mountains of the Moon Climb 2011 >> http://www.mountainsofthemoon.org >> _______________________________________________ >> GSBN mailing list >> GSBN at sustainablesources.com >> http://sustainablesources.com/mailman/listinfo.cgi/GSBN > > _______________________________________________ > GSBN mailing list > GSBN at sustainablesources.com > http://sustainablesources.com/mailman/listinfo.cgi/GSBN -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... 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Sheeps Meadow, 2004 http://residentialarchitect.com/green-design/biophilic-design-could-save-millions-of-dollars.aspx?cid=RADS:051512 http://www.terrapinbrightgreen.com/ Laura Laura Bartels GreenWeaver Inc. 520 S. Third St., Suite 5 Carbondale, CO 81623 970-379-6779 www.greenweaverinc.com Register now for the International Straw Builders Conference at www.strawbaleconference.com -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... Name: clip_image002.jpg Type: image/jpeg Size: 3970 bytes Desc: not available URL: From jswearingen at skillful-means.com Wed May 16 17:09:30 2012 From: jswearingen at skillful-means.com (John Swearingen) Date: Wed, 16 May 2012 15:09:30 -0700 Subject: [GSBN] Biophilic Design Study Completed In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: (Laura's second link allows you to download the entire report....) John On Wed, May 16, 2012 at 2:51 PM, Laura Bartels wrote: > Dear GSBN community, > > I have had a fascination with biophilic design for years now and have been > waiting for this study by Terrapin to be completed. With five years of > study behind it, it offers very credible and convincing support to the > notion that bringing nature and natural elements into design is a critical > cost saving measure which supports health, productivity and learning. I > thought this group would appreciate seeing this link and having access to > the report. > > The concept of biophilia implies that humans hold a biological need for > connection with nature on physical, mental, and social levels and this > connection affects our personal well-being, productivity, and societal > relationships. ? Sheeps Meadow, 2004 > > > http://residentialarchitect.com/green-design/biophilic-design-could-save-millions-of-dollars.aspx?cid=RADS:051512 > http://www.terrapinbrightgreen.com/ > > Laura > * > > > Laura Bartels > GreenWeaver Inc. > 520 S. Third St., Suite 5 > Carbondale, CO 81623 > 970-379-6779 > www.greenweaverinc.com > > * > > > > > * > Register now for the International Straw Builders Conference at > www.strawbaleconference.com > * > > > _______________________________________________ > GSBN mailing list > GSBN at sustainablesources.com > http://sustainablesources.com/mailman/listinfo.cgi/GSBN > > -- John Swearingen Skillful Means Design & Construction 2550 9th Street Suite 209A Berkeley, CA 94710 510.849.1800 phone 510.849.1900 fax Web Site: http://www.skillful-means.com Blog: https://skillfulmeansdesign.wordpress.com -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... 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I thought this group would appreciate seeing this link and having access to the report. The concept of biophilia implies that humans hold a biological need for connection with nature on physical, mental, and social levels and this connection affects our personal well-being, productivity, and societal relationships. ? Sheeps Meadow, 2004 http://residentialarchitect.com/green-design/biophilic-design-could-save-millions-of-dollars.aspx?cid=RADS:051512 http://www.terrapinbrightgreen.com/ Laura * Laura Bartels GreenWeaver Inc. 520 S. Third St., Suite 5 Carbondale, CO 81623 970-379-6779 www.greenweaverinc.com * * Register now for the International Straw Builders Conference at www.strawbaleconference.com * _______________________________________________ GSBN mailing list GSBN at sustainablesources.com http://sustainablesources.com/mailman/listinfo.cgi/GSBN -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... 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