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Dear Colleagues - For a positive perspective on the recent oil spill in
the gulf, here's a link to a YouTube video that showcases hay and straw
as oil absorbers.
<a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k5SxX2EntEo">
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k5SxX2EntEo</a><br><br>
Once saturated with oil, the straw could be inoculated with oyster
mushrooms, which as I understand from the work of Paul Stamets, will
actually eat petroleum.
<a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BelfLIJErek" eudora="autourl">
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BelfLIJErek</a> (also see
www.fungi.com , and his book Mycelium Running, etc.)<br><br>
Thanks to Pete Gang for passing along the first video link.<br><br>
Sincerely,<br>
Catherine Wanek<br>
Co-director<br>
Builders Without Borders<br>
<mail@builderswithoutborders.org><br>
<a href="http://www.builderswithoutborders.org/" eudora="autourl">
www.builderswithoutborders.org<br>
</a>575-895-5400<br><br>
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<blockquote type=cite class=cite cite="">From: Pete Gang
<pete@commonsensedesign.com><br>
To: Catherine Wanek <blackrange@zianet.com><br>
Subject: Cleaning up oil spill with straw/hay<br>
Date: Thu, 13 May 2010 08:01:21 -0700<br><br>
Catherine,<br>
I thought you might be interested in this:<br>
Our miracle material can ameliorate this environmental disaster that's
now taking shape in the Gulf Coast!<br>
Check out this video!<br><br>
<br>
Pete Gang, AIA, LEED-AP<br>
<b>Common Sense Design<br>
</b>145 Keller Street<br>
Petaluma, CA 94952<br>
707-762-4838<br><br>
<i>"It ain't the heat; it's the humility." --Yogi
Berra<br>
</i><br>
<b>Longview Education Associates<br>
</b><a href="http://www.longvieweducationassociates.com">
www.longvieweducationassociates.com</a><br>
707-794-9970<br>
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