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I spoke with a reporter from the LA Times a few days ago who had
never heard of strawbale construction, so of course he had to change
it to "hay" bales in the article that's mostly about bamboo... but
it does bring up the question of how we ever break into the
mainstream. This subject was so new that when I sent him
descriptions of materials we used in a traveling exhibit a decade
ago, he was so grateful that I got credit for designing buildings
made out of soybeans!<br>
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Are we all living in an alternate universe? Just me?<br>
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Darrel DeBoer
854 Allview Ave
El Sobrante, CA 94803 USA
510-290-3669
<a class="moz-txt-link-abbreviated" href="http://www.BambooBuildingEssentials.com">www.BambooBuildingEssentials.com</a>
<a class="moz-txt-link-abbreviated" href="http://www.DeBoerArchitects.com">www.DeBoerArchitects.com</a>
home page: <a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="http://www.wdyl.com/#bamboo">http://www.wdyl.com/#bamboo</a>
download building codes:
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