I am investigating a property in the tax foreclosure auction of a nearby county. It's a lot of about 1/4 acre with an existing house on it that is much larger...
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Derek Roff
derekroff
Nov 10, 2011 6:07 pm
Have you checked on whether you will be allowed to subdivide a 1/4 acre lot in that location? Many jurisdictions wouldn't allow it. A seasonal water table...
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Chris Green
pojeros
Nov 11, 2011 2:40 am
From the naturalhomes.org Facebook page: The "Pakistan Straw Bale and Appropriate Building (PAKSBAB) has entered GISTech-I's Innovative...
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kyounge1956
Nov 11, 2011 5:09 pm
I went to look at the property and gather information yesterday. I have checked with the local authority; it is inside the city limits, and it would be...
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Toby Weymiller
strawbalehok...
Nov 23, 2011 10:03 pm
Check it out. Straw bale houses bantered about wittily in The UK!! http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MwTOqG-84F8&sns=em Toby's iPhone clubbongo@... ...
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Chris Magwood
chrismagwood...
Nov 25, 2011 2:21 am
If anybody on this group is in or near Toronto on December 1st, you might be interested in this: On Thursday, December 1st, the Endeavour Centre is excited to...
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Angela
rotang66
Nov 25, 2011 4:24 am
I am wanting to build a straw bale in Kansas how can i find a builder, engineer etc.? Angela Rothweiler greenergirl@... Simple Food ...
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Ellis Hein
sbgaturnings
Nov 25, 2011 7:29 pm
Angela, Some thoughts concerning building a strawbale house, that perhaps you may have already considered. What are the county building regulations like? Can ...
Effective immediately, the mailing address for The Last Straw, the international journal of strawbale and natural building, will change to: Joyce Coppinger,...
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lorena_zeilman
Dec 6, 2011 6:29 pm
Hello everyone, We are looking into building a post and beam straw bale house 30 minutes northeast of Flagstaff, AZ. The terrain is uneven with a couple of...
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RT
archilogic
Dec 8, 2011 5:08 pm
On Wed, 07 Dec 2011, in GSBN Digest, Vol 9, Issue 3 carolatkn@... wrote: Re: Decrement factor of SB walls. ... [snip] (The entirety of the above message...
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Chris
chrismagwood...
Dec 11, 2011 5:27 pm
Hi all, We're going to be holding a Design Your Own Sustainable Home workshop at the Endeavour Centre on January 13-15. The workshop will look at all the...
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Derek Roff
derekroff
Dec 12, 2011 6:09 pm
This sounds like a great opportunity, Chris. Any chance you could webcast and/or archive the video and audio from this program? I can't travel to Canada on...
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pcstockfarm@...
pcstockfarm
Dec 12, 2011 6:11 pm
Great idea. I would pay as well, although we still want to find a way to be there in person. ... From: Derek Roff <derek@...> Sent: December 12, 2011...
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Chris Magwood
chrismagwood...
Dec 13, 2011 8:42 pm
Hi Derek, I'm not sure how I'd capture the weekend in a way that would be useful. It's going to be 18-20 hours of presentation and discussion, which is too...
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David Elfstrom
delfstrom
Dec 13, 2011 9:33 pm
... Subject: [GSBN] Announcing the 2012 International Straw Builder's Conference hosted by Colorado Straw Bale Assoc! Date: Mon, 12 Dec 2011 12:23:21 -0700 ...
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Bill Christensen
billc108
Dec 19, 2011 9:02 am
(apologies for cross-posts) Hi folks, I suspect that many of you have noticed various postings on these lists over the years referencing a 'shadowy cabal'...
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Derek Roff
derekroff
Dec 21, 2011 12:33 am
Technology can really make bad taste come alive, don't you think? As you can read below in more detail, a company called Patch.com is giving away $112,000 to...
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kyleholzhueter
Dec 22, 2011 6:41 pm
Hello. My name is Kyle Holzhueter. I work as a builder, consultant and researcher in Japan specializing in straw bale and earth construction. ...
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Caralee
caraleekanab
Dec 23, 2011 4:31 am
Hi Kyle, We aren't in Arizona, but we're kind of close and you are welcome to visit. Both my husband and I took workshops from the Steens and it was a great,...
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RT
archilogic
Dec 26, 2011 8:17 pm
If you, like I, thought that HRH Habib of the Kootenays (aka Habib John Gonzalez) had one of the biggest hearts around, you'd be wrong. Or at least that's what...
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John Glassford
huffnpuff2003
Dec 26, 2011 10:11 pm
Morning All Balers Just sending this very sad news onto you all. I am sure that you will know what to do. Judy was an amazing lady and one whom I admired and...
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RT
archilogic
Dec 27, 2011 1:50 am
I had neither the honour nor the privilege of meeting Judy in person but rather, just had a handful of opportunities to exchange emails with her. In those few...
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Nancy or David Gray
treequake1944
Dec 27, 2011 2:32 am
Sad news for sure. My condolences to Matts and family. When I was teething as a straw baler, I was always amused by their handle 'Out on Bale', and...
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NDL
nedhera
Dec 28, 2011 2:58 pm
I am very sad to hear that this wonderful lady has passed beyond our priviledge to learn from her. My condolences to her family and to *all* the thousands she...
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RT
archilogic
Jan 6, 2012 1:30 am
(from the GSBN List which Wild Bill-Bob recently made more accessible to the SB World so I won't bother providing the link to the GSBN List archives) On Thur,...
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Bruce King
ecobruce2003
Jan 6, 2012 1:56 am
... Hey out there! Raise your hand if you love GSBN! Yes! Let's give ourselves a big Las Vegas THANK you!!! I really do love GSBN, and should have known...
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John Salmen
johnsalmen
Jan 6, 2012 1:58 am
I would basically agree - I don't see the point of the work and complexity involved in earthen floors - other than the pleasure involved in pointing at the...
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Bill Christensen
billc108
Jan 6, 2012 5:56 am
... Returned to 30kb, as requested. I don't know if my finger twitched when on that setting, but it was at 300kb. Also, they should be going out daily even if...
