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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=navy face=Arial><span style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy'>Mark,<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=navy face=Arial><span style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy'>Our tea house (construction photo </span></font><a
href="http://www.solarpower.co.il/en/?project=700W%20grid%20connectet%20in%20Kibbutz%20Lotan">http://www.solarpower.co.il/en/?project=700W%20grid%20connectet%20in%20Kibbutz%20Lotan</a>
) is a concrete block building with exterior straw bales, earth plastered
interior (on the CMUs ) and on the exterior bales. We've had no moisture
issues. Don't forget extra good (water proof) toe-ups between the bales and
the ground and extensive overhangs.<font size=2 color=navy face=Arial><span
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10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:black'>Alex Cicelsky<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy'>Director of Research and Development</span></font><font
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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=black face=Arial><span style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:black'>Center for Creative Ecology<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=black face=Arial><span style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:black'>Kibbutz Lotan<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=black face=Arial><span style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:black'>D.N. </span></font><font size=2
color=black face=Arial><span lang=DE style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;
color:black'>Eilot 88855 Israel<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:black'>Tel: +972-(0)54-979-9009</span></font><font
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10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:black'>Website: </span></font><font color=navy><span
style='color:navy'><a href="http://www.kibbutzlotan.com/"
title="http://www.kibbutzlotan.com/"><font size=2 color=black face=Arial><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:black'>www.kibbutzlotan.com</span></font></a><o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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style='font-size:12.0pt;color:navy'><a
href="http://www.youtube.com/user/KibbutzLotan"><font size=2 face=Arial><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>www.youtube.com/user/KibbutzLotan</span></font></a></span></font><font
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color:navy'><o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=black face=Arial><span style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:black'>Spend a College Semester at Lotan with
fully transferable credits from UMass Amherst </span></font><font color=navy><span
style='color:navy'><a
href="http://www.kibbutzlotan.com/creativeEcology/peaceJusticeEnvironment.html"><font
size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>Peace
Justice & the Environment</span></font></a></span></font><font size=2
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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=black face=Arial><span style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:black'>Practical Ecology Training &
Permaculture Desing Certification - </span></font><font color=navy><span
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href="http://www.kibbutzlotan.com/creativeEcology/ga/index.htm"><font size=2
face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>Green
Apprenticeship</span></font></a></span></font><font size=2 color=black
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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=black face=Arial><span style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:black'>Put the Earth in your Hands </span></font><font
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href="http://www.goeco.org/project/28/Volunteer_in_Israel_Kibbutz_Lotan_Eco_Volunteer_Program"><font
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& Learn Volunteering</span></font></a></span></font><font size=2
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style='font-size:12.0pt;color:navy'><a
href="http://www.kibbutzlotan.com/creativeEcology/ga/index.htm"
title="http://www.kibbutzlotan.com/creativeEcology/ga/index.htm"><font size=2
face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;text-decoration:
none'><img border=0 width=200 height=200 id="_x0000_i1027"
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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=1 color=navy face=Arial><span lang=AR-SA dir=RTL
style='font-size:8.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy'>אנא חישבו על הסביבה לפני
הדפסת הדוא"ל הזה</span></font><span dir=LTR></span><font size=1
color=navy face=Arial><span style='font-size:8.0pt;font-family:Arial;
color:navy'><span dir=LTR></span> <br>
</span></font><font size=2 color=navy face=Arial><span lang=AR-SA dir=RTL
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy'>فكّروا عن جودة البيئة قبل
طباعة</span></font><span dir=LTR></span><font size=2 color=navy face=Arial><span
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<span dir=RTL>هذه الرسالة الالكترونية</span></span></font><span dir=LTR></span><font
size=1 color=navy face=Arial><span lang=AR-SA style='font-size:8.0pt;
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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=1 color=navy face=Arial><span style='font-size:
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GSBN-bounces@greenbuilder.com [mailto:GSBN-bounces@greenbuilder.com] <b><span
style='font-weight:bold'>On Behalf Of </span></b>nature boy<br>
<b><span style='font-weight:bold'>Sent:</span></b> Wednesday, December 01, 2010
1:15 AM<br>
<b><span style='font-weight:bold'>To:</span></b> (private, with public
archives) Global Straw Building Network<br>
<b><span style='font-weight:bold'>Subject:</span></b> [GSBN] Experience with
Wrapping CMU with Strawbale?</span></font><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><span class=apple-style-span><font size=4 face=Arial><span
style='font-size:13.5pt;font-family:Arial'>Does anyone have experience or ideas
about wrapping an existing or new CMU structure with exterior bales? We have a
client asking about this idea and she is worried about dew point between the
CMU and bales.</span></font></span><font size=5 face=Arial><span
style='font-size:18.0pt;font-family:Arial'><o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><b><font size=2 face=Tahoma><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Tahoma;font-weight:bold'>From:</span></font></b><font size=2
face=Tahoma><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Tahoma'> Chris Magwood
<chris@chrismagwood.ca><br>
<b><span style='font-weight:bold'>To:</span></b> "(private, with public
archives) Global Straw Building Network" <GSBN@greenbuilder.com><br>
<b><span style='font-weight:bold'>Sent:</span></b> Tue, November 9, 2010
5:50:44 AM<br>
<b><span style='font-weight:bold'>Subject:</span></b> Re: [GSBN] Baled
Corn/Maize stalks? Kenya?<br>
</span></font><br>
Would there be any concerns with the high sugar content in maize? It may be a
bit more food-like than many types of straw and perhaps a bit more sensitive to
moisture because of the high sugar? I turned down some maize bales here in
Ontario quite a few years ago because I had these concerns, but then I didn't
have the wisdom of this group to let me know if I was thinking straight or not!<br>
<br>
Chris<br>
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On 10-11-09 5:28 AM, John Glassford wrote: <o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:12.0pt'><font size=3
face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:12.0pt'>G ' day Kelly<br>
<br>
Great to hear of some news on my home Kenya.<br>
<br>
I will be back there next July and if there is anything that I can do please
let me know. I have some good contacts in Kenya through Rotary and some
in government. I did live there for 21 years and still have some relatives
there today<br>
<br>
If corn stalks can be baled then why not! However I am not sure.<br>
<br>
There is a lot of wheat grown in the highlands of Kenya and I also have some
contacts in the farming fraternity there.<br>
<br>
Send me an email off list and I will send you some contact details.<br>
<br>
Kind regards<br>
John Glassford<br>
Huff 'n' Puff Constructions<br>
<a href="http://www.glassford.com.au" target="_blank">http://www.glassford.com.au</a><br>
61 2 6927 6027<br>
In Australia (02) 6927 6027<br>
<br>
Mountains of the Moon 2011<br>
<a href="http://www.mountainsofthemoon.org" target="_blank">http://www.mountainsofthemoon.org</a><o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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