<html><body style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space; ">Hi all, <div><br></div><div>As requested, I talked to people in Brazil who have experience with straw...if someone seconds this motion André can be invited to join GSBN so we have a new country represented. I do not know this person personally, but I feel that in the case of adding members from countries not yet represented in GSBN this is not so important...</div><div><br></div><div>Below you can see the response André gave me, as well as his email. The association he works with IPEC (<a href="http://www.ecocentro.org">www.ecocentro.org</a>) is worth checking out.</div><div><br></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Bradley Hand ITC TT'; font-size: 13px; ">Rikki </span></div><div><div><div>Inicio del mensaje reenviado:</div><br class="Apple-interchange-newline"><blockquote type="cite"><div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><font face="Helvetica" size="4" color="#000000" style="font: 14.0px Helvetica; color: #000000"><b>De: </b></font><font face="Helvetica" size="4" style="font: 14.0px Helvetica">Andre Soares <<a href="mailto:andre@ecocentro.org">andre@ecocentro.org</a>></font></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><font face="Helvetica" size="4" color="#000000" style="font: 14.0px Helvetica; color: #000000"><b>Fecha: </b></font><font face="Helvetica" size="4" style="font: 14.0px Helvetica">9 de febrero de 2009 14:56:16 GMT+01:00</font></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><font face="Helvetica" size="4" color="#000000" style="font: 14.0px Helvetica; color: #000000"><b>Para: </b></font><font face="Helvetica" size="4" style="font: 14.0px Helvetica"><a href="mailto:rikkinitzkin@earthlink.net">rikkinitzkin@earthlink.net</a></font></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><font face="Helvetica" size="4" color="#000000" style="font: 14.0px Helvetica; color: #000000"><b>Asunto: </b></font><font face="Helvetica" size="4" style="font: 14.0px Helvetica"><b>strawbale in Brazil</b></font></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; min-height: 14px; "><br></div> </div><div>Dear Rikki,<br><br>Responding to your email to Rebecca Nathan...<br>We have built strawbale houses in Australia, Brazil and now Portugal (Boom Festival) over the last 15 years.<br>Although in Brazil the best climate for strawbale houses in i the south, our centre (<a href="http://www.ecocentro.org">www.ecocentro.org</a>) demonstrates the technique too.<br>We would be very happy to be part of this network.<br><br>Thank you for the contact.<br><br>Regards,<br>Andre L. Jaeger Soares<br>Ecocentro IPEC - Direção<br>-----------------------------------<br>email: <a href="mailto:andre@ecocentro.org">andre@ecocentro.org</a><br>ph: 55 62 33312111<br><a href="http://www.ecocentro.org">www.ecocentro.org</a><br><br><br><br></div></blockquote></div><br></div></body></html>