<html><head><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html charset=utf-8"></head><body style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space;" class=""><div dir="auto" style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space;" class="">Hello again Global Balers:<div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">We invite all of you near and far to join us for CASBA’s 21st Annual Spring Straw Building Conference, returning this year to Walker Creek Ranch in west Marin County, an hour north of San Francisco, California. Headlining our conference this year is Keynote Speaker architect Craig White of the U.K., presenting on the resilient, scalable use of renewable materials: <b class="">Towards a Photosynthetic Architecture - Renewable Buildings for the Circular Carbon Economy</b><br class=""><div class=""><br class="webkit-block-placeholder"></div><div class="">Craig White is the founder of ModCell, a panelized strawbale wall system. He is a consultant with the Carbon Trust and has worked on the UK’s Low Carbon Buildings Programme. Craig was a keynote speaker at the 2016 International Straw Building Conference in New Zealand. He is also a member of the Embodied Carbon Network's Renewable Materials Task Force. </div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">This year’s conference will features updates on the new strawbale, light straw clay and tiny house codes, sessions on building detailing including airtightness, and much more!</div><div class=""><br class="webkit-block-placeholder"></div><div class="">Registration for the Conference is Open: <a href="http://www.strawbuilding.org/event-2497515" class="">http://www.strawbuilding.org/event-2497515</a></div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">Join us!</div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">CASBA</div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class=""><img apple-inline="yes" id="FDB8A486-1FB6-479F-B2D0-464E02C30CDE" src="cid:5F01257F-8F03-4184-9894-C1DEFAB89156" class=""></div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class=""><div style="font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; 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font-variant-position: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; line-height: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: -webkit-auto; text-indent: 0px; widows: 2; word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space;" class=""><div style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Helvetica; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; line-height: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: -webkit-auto; text-indent: 0px; widows: 2; word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space;" class="">* * * * *<br class="">Arkin Tilt Architects<br class="">Ecological Planning & Design</div><div style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Helvetica; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; line-height: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: -webkit-auto; text-indent: 0px; widows: 2; word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space;" class=""><br class=""></div><div style="font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; line-height: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: -webkit-auto; text-indent: 0px; widows: 2; word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space;" class=""><font size="3" class="">Please Support (or Join?!) my 2017 Climate Ride (bicycling 300 miles from SF to SLO, June 9-13, with a fundraising goal of $5,000 to support Straw-Bale outreach) </font><br class=""><font size="3" class=""><a href="http://support.climateride.org/index.cfm?fuseaction=donorDrive.participant&participantID=4497" class="">http://support.climateride.org/index.cfm?fuseaction=donorDrive.participant&participantID=4497</a></font><br class=""><font size="3" class="">Thank you!</font><br class=""><br class=""><font size="3" class="">David Arkin, AIA, Architect</font><br class=""><font size="3" class="">LEED Accredited Professional</font><br class=""><font size="3" class="">CA #C22459/NV #5030</font><br class=""><br class=""><font size="3" class="">1101 8th St. #180, Berkeley, CA 94710</font><br class=""><font size="3" class="">510/528-9830 ext. 2#</font><br class=""><font size="3" class=""><a href="http://www.arkintilt.com" class="">www.arkintilt.com</a></font><br class=""><br class=""><font size="3" class="">"There is no way to peace. Peace is the way."</font><br class=""><font size="3" class="">— A. J. Muste </font><br class=""></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></body></html>