[GSBN] Bales for Haiti

[Paul Olivier]

It should be possible to find rice straw bales in southwest Louisiana.
Paul
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On Fri, Feb 19, 2010 at 12:01 AM, Derek Roff <derek at unm.edu> wrote:

> It looks like a team of three people will be heading to Haiti in early
> March to build a prototype strawbale building, as part of the relief
> efforts.  Builders Without Borders is trying to support and collaborate
> (with this and other projects).  An immediate need is a source of straw
> and/or bales.  There is rice grown in Haiti, but no evidence of bales, and
> unknown quantities of available straw.  Hand baling, or rebaling, may be
> necessary.  Shipping bales to Haiti has its ironies, but is better than many
> of the toxic and unsustainable materials being shipped there right now.
>
> Does anyone know of a source for bales in Florida?  Along the Gulf Coast?
>  In the Caribbean, including Colombia and Venzeuela?  Most of the obvious
> sources, such as The Last Straw and straw bale finder have been
> investigated, I'm told.  Either regular or jumbo bales might be of interest.
>  Please contact me and Catherine Wanek, if you have any good leads.
>
> Thanks,
>
> Derelict
>
> Catherine Wanek <bwb at zianet.com>
> Derek Roff <derek at unm.edu>
>
> Derek Roff
> Language Learning Center
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> University of New Mexico
> Albuquerque, NM 87131-0001
> 505/277-7368, fax 505/277-3885
> Internet: derek at unm.edu
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