Rikki,<div><br></div><div>The only climates where I would not recommend straw building are those with a serious monsoon season. Monsoon brings on the worst conditions for straw--ambient moisture is quite high AND it's also very warm. Having watched a friends expensive leather luggage disintegrate in the space of a month was a very potent lesson.</div>
<div><br></div><div>John </div><div><br></div><div><br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Fri, Dec 2, 2011 at 11:11 AM, Rikki Nitzkin <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:rikkinitzkin@earthlink.net">rikkinitzkin@earthlink.net</a>></span> wrote:<br>
<blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex;"><div style="word-wrap:break-word">Hi all, <div><br></div><div>I have had a request from a woman about building a SB 1st aid center in India. Does anyone know of any straw buildings in India (other than the tiny hut André made)?</div>
<div><br></div><div>or legal issues for building with straw there?</div><div><br></div><div>I have suggested to the woman that it may be more interesting to build with Cob or Earthbags, if the area she is looking to build in does not get cold in the winter...</div>
<div><br></div><div>Anyone interested in collaborating with this project or financing it can get in touch with me off-list and I will send her the information. I do not know her personally, but she says she is working with an Asociation called "Alzahara"</div>
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