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<FONT FACE="Arial"><SPAN STYLE='font-size:9pt'>Ciao a tutti in tutto il mondo,<BR>
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A delayed thank you to all who responded to my Italy inquiry. I did manage to see one straw bale house / permaculture center under construction. A great experience. I will report more about this interesting building, its exceptional owner / builder, and a few other things about straw bale in Italy when I get a chance to breathe.<BR>
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For now, thank you Valentina (grazie!), Art, Chug, and David, and mostly to Stefano Soldati, who is a (mostly silent) GSBN member who was very helpful connecting me locally.<BR>
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Fino ad allora . . .<BR>
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Martino Martello (Martin Hammer)<BR>
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PS – Bruce, I have good info for you and Sarah for your September trip.<BR>
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On 7/30/14 7:52 PM, "valentina maini" <<a href="vmaini@mac.com">vmaini@mac.com</a>> wrote:<BR>
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</SPAN></FONT><BLOCKQUOTE><FONT FACE="Arial"><SPAN STYLE='font-size:9pt'>Dear Martin,<BR>
ohhh as an italian living in Spain i would love to be there and meet you... <BR>
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there is a lot going on in Italy at the moment:<BR>
- very "mediatic" house in Rome ! here the web of the architects <a href="http://www.bagstudio.org/en">http://www.bagstudio.org/en</a><BR>
- attached houses here in the region of Marche: <a href="http://www.caseinpaglia.it/">http://www.caseinpaglia.it/</a><BR>
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- the pioneer center of Stefano Soldati near Venice (i think he his in this list) www.laboa.org <<a href="http://www.laboa.org">http://www.laboa.org</a>> <BR>
- the projects of Werner Schimdt i guess you know it <BR>
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- a group in Sardegna island working now with open source- 3d printing with earth and straw <a href="http://www.progettobarega.org/">http://www.progettobarega.org/</a><BR>
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Close to your place of travelling i know very active engineer :<BR>
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</SPAN></FONT><UL><LI><FONT FACE="Arial"><SPAN STYLE='font-size:9pt'> Mariangela Pucci: <a href="marpucg@gmail.com">marpucg@gmail.com</a>, <a href="http://terrasemplice.wordpress.com/">http://terrasemplice.wordpress.com/</a> - <a href="http://www.edilpaglia.it/">http://www.edilpaglia.it/</a><BR>
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Enjoy your travel ! best regards, <BR>
Valentina Maini<BR>
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El 30/07/2014, a las 10:02, martin hammer escribió:<BR>
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</SPAN></FONT><BLOCKQUOTE><FONT FACE="Arial"><SPAN STYLE='font-size:9pt'>Hello GSBN members in Italy (and elsewhere),<BR>
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I will soon be travelling in Tuscany and wonder if there are any straw bale<BR>
buildings in the region I could visit. I will be staying near Pontedera,<BR>
between Florence and Pisa, from August 1-4. Sorry this is short notice, but<BR>
this idea just occurred to me. (Also, I sent this yesterday, but it did not<BR>
go through. Anyone else have this problem?)<BR>
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Any possibilities are appreciated. I've seen straw bales in the fields<BR>
traveling from Rome to Venice. Would love to 'see' them in a building (!).<BR>
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Grazie<BR>
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Martin Hammer<BR>
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