[GSBN] Baling thoughts-brasil

Thu Feb 5 14:08:00 UTC 2009

I have written them, we'll see if I get a response....The web page of  
the people is: http://www.ecocentro.org/en/ if you want to check it  
out...

when is the next deadline for TLS? I could probably write a blurb  
about whats going on in spain last year (world Expo) and this year  
(Gathering in June...). Any limit on # words?

take care,
Rikki Jennifer Nitzkin
rikkinitzkin at earthlink.net
0034 657 33 51 62
Aulás, Lleida

"Tenemos el Derecho y la Responsabilidad de Crear el Mundo en que  
Queremos Vivir"

El 04/02/2009, a las 15:32, Joyce Coppinger escribió:

> Please make the contact, Rikki.
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> on 2/4/09 6:34 AM, Rikki Nitzkin at rikkinitzkin at earthlink.net wrote:
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>> I  know of an association in brasil that has done some SB  
>> work...although I have never talked to them personally. If there is  
>> interest I can approach them about participating in the GSBN...
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>> Rikki Jennifer Nitzkin
>> rikkinitzkin at earthlink.net
>> 0034 657 33 51 62
>> Aulás, Lleida
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>> "Tenemos el Derecho y la Responsabilidad de Crear el Mundo en que  
>> Queremos Vivir"
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>> El 03/02/2009, a las 18:42, Tim Owen-Kennedy escribió:
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>>> Happy solar and lunar new years everybody,
>>>
>>> I've built with Hemp bales but neither corn nor Sugar. Though with  
>>> regard to structure, thermal performance, and ease of construction  
>>> I imagine they would be similar. I don't understand decomposition  
>>> or spontaneous combustion enough to comment authoritatively, but  
>>> in a few conversations I had at a conference with a delegation  
>>> from Brazil they felt that there is very little food source or  
>>> nitrogen left after the sugar cane is processed, and that the  
>>> crushed, extracted, and dry culms would fold easily into bales. I  
>>> believe they call the sugar cane waste Bagasse. I've heard of it's  
>>> exploratory use in clothing, packaging, and both as ash and  
>>> aggregate in concrete. The Brazilians seemed really eager to try  
>>> out the bale building techniques but I see no sign of them on the  
>>> web. Do we have a Brazilian contingent on this list?
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>>> I personally believe that we need to diversify and localize our  
>>> solutions as much as possible, for so many reasons.
>>>
>>> thanks to you all for taking up the challenges in your way,
>>>
>>> Tim
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>>>  On Tue, Feb 3, 2009 at 7:51 AM, Mark Jensen  
>>> <markj at redfeather.org> wrote:
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>>>> Greetings everybody,
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>>>> I was in a meeting yesterday with a man who would like to see  
>>>> sustainable housing in his home land of Kenya. He mentioned that  
>>>> they grow a lot of wheat and rice there, however he asked if I  
>>>> had heard of baling sugar cane or corn stalks. I have not heard  
>>>> of anybody doing this, but have any of you heard of this or have  
>>>> any thoughts of the plausibility of doing such. I'm thinking the  
>>>> culm might be just too big for a baler. I would love to hear your  
>>>> thoughts.
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>>>> Cheers,
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>>>> Mark Jensen
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>>>> Construction Program Director
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>>>> Red Feather Development Group
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>>>> PO Box 907
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>>>> Bozeman, MT 59771-0907
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>>>> T: (406)585-7188
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>>>> F: (406)585-7187
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>>>> markj at redfeather.org   www.redfeather.org <http://www.redfeather.org/ 
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