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<DIV>I just thought I’d let you know I am now home safe and sound form the
European Strawbale Gathering in France. Wow it’s a long flight home to
Australia and while I’m battling the jet lag I’ve been reflecting on what a
fantastic experience it was!</DIV>
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<DIV>I had a great time at the conference and felt that the entire event was a
huge success. From my perspective the speeches were all well constructed,
informative, intelligent and thought provoking. The sharing of ideas and
opinions in such a warm and friendly environment is such a pleasure for
me.</DIV>
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<DIV>The European committee are going strong and are planning to build the
worlds tallest strawbale project. It will be a 7 storey building. It would seem
that most of Europe are using strawbales in the ceiling meeting all the solar
passive standards.</DIV>
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<DIV>I met so many new strawbale builders from all over the world and would like
to nominate two for our forum;</DIV>
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<DIV>Werner Schmidt <A
href="mailto:info@atelierwernerschmidt.ch">info@atelierwernerschmidt.ch</A> <A
title=http://www.atelierwernerschmidt.ch/de/architektur/wohnbauten
href="http://www.atelierwernerschmidt.ch/de/architektur/wohnbauten">http://www.atelierwernerschmidt.ch/de/architektur/wohnbauten</A></DIV>
<DIV>Michel Post <A
href="mailto:info@orioarchitecten.nl">info@orioarchitecten.nl</A>
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<DIV><SPAN lang=EN-US style="mso-fareast-language: nl">We are very busy here at
Strawtec and have a new website so please check out all the great pictures and
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