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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: "Arial Narrow";" lang="ES">The Mas Franch Cooperative, a
social and ecological initiative, is hosting a series of courses and workcamps
on bioconstruction and permaculture.<span style=""> </span>In
August 2008 we constructed a the round timber structure of a 140m</span><sup><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: "Arial Narrow";" lang="ES">2 </span></sup><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: "Arial Narrow";" lang="ES">meeting hall and cellar, which we will infill
with strawbale and cob, heat with a masonry stove and cover with a green
roof.<span style=""> </span></span><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: "Arial Narrow";">All the courses begin at 19:00PM on the first day and include dinner, and
end at 19:00PM on the last day.<span style=""> </span>The
course cost covers full vegetarian meals, housing in our multifamily 13<sup>th</sup>
century home, didactic resources, and personal insurance, in addition to 8
hours a day of in-class and hands-on learning.<span style="">
</span>All our course costs are negotiable for people who have few
resources.<span style=""> </span>For our workcamp participants
we offer personal insurance, housing, and vegetarian meals, however we ask for
contributions to cover food costs, on a pay-what-you-can system.<span style=""> </span>For more information about the courses below,
or to register, please contact Erika at <a href="mailto:masfranch@masfranch.com">masfranch@masfranch.com</a>,
or phone (34) 972-444-345 (landline) / (34) 626-83-17-14 (mobile).<span style=""> </span>For directions to Mas Franch, please visit <a href="http://www.masfranch.com/">www.masfranch.com</a>.<span style=""> </span><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b style=""><span style="font-family: Arial;" lang="ES">Permaculture<u><o:p></o:p></u></span></b></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b style=""><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: "Arial Narrow";">Course:
Introduction to natural construction and bioclimatic architecture<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: "Arial Narrow";">Instructor: Iρaki Urquνa, Bioclimatic Architect<u><o:p></o:p></u></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: "Arial Narrow";">Dates: 12 14 Sep 2008<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: "Arial Narrow";" lang="ES">Price: 75 (negotiable)<u><o:p></o:p></u></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="border: medium none ; padding: 0cm;"><b style=""><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: "Arial Narrow";" lang="ES">Course: Strawbale Construction with Cob Coat <o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="border: medium none ; padding: 0cm;"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: "Arial Narrow";">Instructors: Maren
Termens and Rikki Nitzkin, both certified with Amazonails Strawbale Innovations,
UK<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="border: medium none ; padding: 0cm;"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: "Arial Narrow";" lang="ES">Dates:
16 21 Sep 2008<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="border: medium none ; padding: 0cm;"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: "Arial Narrow";" lang="ES">Price:
325 (negotiable)<u><o:p></o:p></u></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="border: medium none ; padding: 0cm;"><b style=""><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: "Arial Narrow";">Work Camp: Strawbale Construction
with Cob Coat<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="border: medium none ; padding: 0cm;"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: "Arial Narrow";" lang="ES">Dates: 22 28 Sep 2008<u><o:p></o:p></u></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="border: medium none ; padding: 0cm;"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: "Arial Narrow";">Price:
donation can to cover food costs<u><o:p></o:p></u></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="border: medium none ; padding: 0cm;"><b style=""><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: "Arial Narrow";">Course: Application of the Earthen Body Coat & Installation of low
energy consumption electrical system<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="border: medium none ; padding: 0cm;"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: "Arial Narrow";">Instructor: Tom Rijven, strawbale
and earthen wall builder<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="border: medium none ; padding: 0cm;"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: "Arial Narrow";">Dates: 28 Sep 3 Oct
2008<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="border: medium none ; padding: 0cm;"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: "Arial Narrow";">Price: 325 (negotiable)<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b style=""><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: "Arial Narrow";">Work
Camp: Application of Earthen Body Coat<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: "Arial Narrow";" lang="ES">Dates: 4 - 26 Oct 2008<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="border-bottom: 0.5pt solid windowtext; padding-bottom: 1pt;"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: "Arial Narrow";">Price:
donation can to cover food costs<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="padding-top: 1pt;"><b style=""><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: "Arial Narrow";">Course: Application of Earthen Plaster
Final Coat and Clay Plaster Decoration<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: "Arial Narrow";">Instructor: Tom Rijven, strawbale and earthen wall builder<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: "Arial Narrow";" lang="ES">Dates: 1 15 March 2009<u><o:p></o:p></u></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="border-bottom: 0.5pt solid windowtext; padding-top: 1pt; padding-bottom: 1pt;"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: "Arial Narrow";">Price: 450 (negotiable)<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="padding-top: 1pt;"><b style=""><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: "Arial Narrow";">Course: Popular and Traditional Rural
Catalan Architecture <o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: "Arial Narrow";">Instructors: Mireia Torres, architect, Esaϊ
Rodriguez, geologist and builder, Juan Pedro Franco, architect and
permaculturalist <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: "Arial Narrow";" lang="ES">Dates: 14 - 23 August 2009<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style=""><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: "Arial Narrow";" lang="ES">Precio: 355
(negotiable)<span style=""> </span><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b style=""><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: "Arial Narrow";">Course:
Building a Greenhouse with Permaculture Principles<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: "Arial Narrow";">Instructors: Oscar Gussinyer<span style=""> </span>and Juan Pedro Franco, certified
permaculturalists with Permaculture Montsant<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: "Arial Narrow";">Dates: 3 6 January 2009<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="border-bottom: 0.5pt solid windowtext; padding-top: 1pt; padding-bottom: 1pt;"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: "Arial Narrow";">Price: 105 (negotiable)<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="padding-top: 1pt;"><b style=""><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: "Arial Narrow";">Course: Natural Agriculture<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: "Arial Narrow";">Instructor: Jamie Nicol, natural farmer (Fukuoka)<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: "Arial Narrow";">Dates: 9 13 April 2009<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: "Arial Narrow";">Price: 295 (negotiable)<u><o:p></o:p></u></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="border: medium none ; padding: 0cm;"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: "Arial Narrow";" lang="ES">Instructor: Carles Perez, aquatic engineer<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="border: medium none ; padding: 0cm;"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: "Arial Narrow";">Dates:
5 10 May 2009<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="border: medium none ; padding: 0cm;"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: "Arial Narrow";">Price:
295 (negotiable)<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b style=""><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: "Arial Narrow";">Work
Camp: Building a natural greywater treatment system<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: "Arial Narrow";" lang="ES">Fechas: 11 17 May 2009<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="border-bottom: 0.5pt solid windowtext; padding-top: 1pt; padding-bottom: 1pt;"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: "Arial Narrow";">Price: donation can to
cover food costs<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="padding-top: 1pt;"><b style=""><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: "Arial Narrow";">Course: Cultivation and Multiple Uses
of Winter Wheat <o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: "Arial Narrow";" lang="ES">Instructor: Jamie Nicol, agricultor natural (Fukuoka)<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: "Arial Narrow";" lang="ES">Fechas: 29 junio 1 julio 2009<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: "Arial Narrow";">Precio: 75 (negotiable)<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="border: medium none ; padding: 0cm;"><b style=""><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: "Arial Narrow";">Course: Permaculture Design Certification<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="border: medium none ; padding: 0cm;"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: "Arial Narrow";">Instructors: Oscar
Gussinyer<span style=""> </span>and Juan Pedro Franco,
certified permaculturalists with Permaculture Montsant <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="border: medium none ; padding: 0cm;"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: "Arial Narrow";">Dates: 1 31 July 2009<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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</div><br><br><br><hr id="stopSpelling">> To: quietearth@ukonline.co.uk; who.rae@googlemail.com; renia@mail.muni.cz; micanik@changenet.sk; taddino@gmail.it; daisy@lit.cz; ritanguerreiro@clix.pt; rizman@changenet.sk; robin.ujfalusi@seznam.cz; rowan.simonsen@gmail.com; onniss@tiscali.it; sh@fasba.de; permacultura@libero.it; strawbale@amper.ped.muni.cz; straw_ambies@googlegroups.com; straw_bale_turkey@googlegroups.com; office@tamera.org; tamir_co@hotmail.com; jerve@seznam.cz; leemsart@web.de; tunaozcuhadar@gmail.com; uf_uck@hotmail.com; ucotterlaz@gmail.com; utaherz@t-online.de; varvara_valtchanova@hotmail.com; victorananias@bugday.org; volkerschulz54@aol.com; yradomisli@hotmail.com; zss@hejrup.sk; zkierulfova@gmail.com; SB-r-us@yahoogroups.com; practical-sbc@yahoogroups.com; gsbn@greenbuilder.com; strawbale@listserv.repp.org<br>> From: seed4peace@yahoo.com<br>> Date: Tue, 19 Aug 2008 05:20:52 -0700<br>> Subject: [practical-sbc] european strawbale online network launch<br>> <br>> <br>> <br>> <br>> '<br>> Dear strawbale friends & friends of strawbale friends!<br>> <br>> <br>> Some two weeks ago i was hit by a sudden wave of inspiration and i-can-do-it kind of feelings and i have decided that it was high time we had a united european strawbale networking webpage:) I also decided that it shouldn't be hard to make it happen and that it should be a completely open self-organised web that will be a true expression of our strawbaling community, that needs no management from outside. So here it comes! I came to Denmark to visit my friend Charlotte and shared my excitement with her and she offered to help. So now we have a wonderful domain www.strawbale-net.eu and me and Karen (colleague of Charlotte) are working on the design of the web-site.<br>> <br>> The main purpose of the web is to connect ourselves - strawbaling people across the continent - and to give a good tool to the strawbale interested public. This should be an easy to use, clear web where people can find contact for all the strawbale builders, all the products connected with sb building, find all the events connected to sb building and find their way to the other webs where they can learn more about straw.<br>> As we see and feel it right now the site should have a searchable directory of all the strawbale people in Europe, a calendar of different strawbale events, email list, blog where people can post anything concerning the straw and who knows - perhaps there will be need and will amongst us to add more functions and features in the future! <br>> <br>> As I already mentioned we already have the domain and we paid for the coming years' registration, we also have a designer and person who can be part of setting up the web - this is my danish friend Karen. <br>> - We are still looking for somebody who has knowledge of either joomla or<br>> drupal cms and who would be willing help with setting the web up. You would not be alone doing this, but we also don't want to be alone doing it :)!!!<br>> - The next thing we need and that we don't have is some nice pictures of straw, strawbales, strawbale houses and buildsites, and happy strawbaling people. <br>> - Also we need somebody who feels excited about the whole idea to write a welcome page for the web. I would of course give all the background information needed and support u in whichever way in doing this. <br>> <br>> The kind of pictures we need now to create the identity of the web:<br>> - nice details of straw as a natural material<br>> - details of sb houses which don't show a specific house but represent an ideal of a sb house<br>> - some pics from sb builds with tools in them<br>> - some pics from sb builds with people in them (preferably unknown faces:)<br>> - some landscape pics with grain/straw/strawbale fields<br>> If u r willing to share some of the pictures from your archive u are most welcome to send them to both me and Karen (seed4peace@yahoo.com, karen@antiflex.net). We need pictures that are copyright-free or that u personally made and are willing to share free of charge - of course we would quote the source of the pics.<br>> <br>> As soon as the web will be on I'll send the word out, I hope this will be soon and I'm looking forward to be connecting with all of u folks! Please feel free to connect if u have anything to contribute with:)<br>> <br>> love&straw all around<br>> yours<br>> nora kasanicka<br>> <br>> <br>> <br>> <br>> [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]<br>> <br>> <br>> ------------------------------------<br>> <br>> Yahoo! Groups Links<br>> <br>> <*> To visit your group on the web, go to:<br>> http://groups.yahoo.com/group/practical-sbc/<br>> <br>> <*> Your email settings:<br>> Individual Email | Traditional<br>> <br>> <*> To change settings online go to:<br>> http://groups.yahoo.com/group/practical-sbc/join<br>> (Yahoo! 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