<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=""><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html charset=utf-8" class=""><div style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space;" class="">Hello Straw Building Enthusiasts Locally and Globally:<div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">CASBA has received an inquiry from an accomplished television production company looking to feature an off the grid home through its construction. If you or one of your clients, friends or acquaintances have a possible opportunity, please forward this note to them. </div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">Please see Julian Seltzer’s note below. I wish our firm had a project that meets their criteria, but we don’t currently; I’m hoping perhaps someone out there (and in particular with a strawbale project) does. This would be a great way to bring greater exposure to Renewable Materials and Building With Carbon. </div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">Thanks, </div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">David Arkin / CASBA</div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class=""><span style="orphans: 2; widows: 2;" class="">* * * * *</span></div><div class=""><div class=""><br class="webkit-block-placeholder"></div><div class="">
<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=""><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=""><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=""><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=""><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=""><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=""><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=""><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=""><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=""><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=""><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=""><div class="WordSection1" style="page: WordSection1;"><div class=""><div class=""><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;" class=""><span style="font-size: 9.5pt; font-family: Georgia, serif;" class="">I truly appreciate you sharing this project with CASBA. I work for Punched Productions. </span><span style="color: rgb(33, 33, 33); font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 9.5pt; text-align: -webkit-auto;" class="">You can check us out here: </span><a href="http://punched.tv/" target="_blank" style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 9.5pt; text-align: -webkit-auto; color: purple;" class="">http://punched.tv/</a><span style="color: rgb(33, 33, 33); font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 9.5pt; text-align: -webkit-auto;" class=""> </span></div></div><div class=""><div class=""><div class=""><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;" class=""><span style="font-size: 9.5pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; color: rgb(33, 33, 33);" class=""> </span></div></div><div class=""><div class=""><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;" class=""><b class=""><span style="font-size: 9.5pt; font-family: Georgia, serif; color: rgb(33, 33, 33);" class="">About the project:<o:p class=""></o:p></span></b></div></div><div class=""><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;" class=""><b class=""><span style="font-size: 9.5pt; color: rgb(33, 33, 33);" class=""></span></b><b class=""><span style="font-size: 9.5pt; font-family: Georgia, serif; color: rgb(33, 33, 33);" class=""><o:p class=""></o:p></span></b></div></div></div><div class=""><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;" class=""><span style="font-size: 9.5pt; font-family: Georgia, serif; color: rgb(33, 33, 33);" class="">We're currently in a development deal with a network to create an episode about alternative lifestyles for a Building Off the Grid series and we're hoping to cast a build for that ASAP.</span><span style="font-size: 9.5pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; color: rgb(33, 33, 33);" class=""><o:p class=""></o:p></span></div></div><div class=""><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;" class=""><span style="font-size: 9.5pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; color: rgb(33, 33, 33);" class=""> </span></div></div><div class=""><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;" class=""><span style="font-size: 9.5pt; font-family: Georgia, serif; color: rgb(33, 33, 33);" class="">If you are participating in a project that is about to begin construction or know someone who is, I'd love to connect. </span><span style="font-size: 9.5pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; color: rgb(33, 33, 33);" class=""><o:p class=""></o:p></span></div></div><div class=""><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;" class=""><span style="font-size: 9.5pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; color: rgb(33, 33, 33);" class=""> </span></div></div><div class=""><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;" class=""><span style="font-size: 9.5pt; font-family: Georgia, serif; color: rgb(33, 33, 33);" class="">Specifically, we are looking for a project that is completely off-the-grid. Meaning they're building in a very remote location, away from the norms of society, perhaps there is no running water nearby, no town to buy groceries —it doesn't need to be this extreme but can be in that ballpark. It must be a dwelling, it must be in the beginning phases and it must be starting in May or June. </span><span style="font-size: 9.5pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; color: rgb(33, 33, 33);" class=""><o:p class=""></o:p></span></div></div><div class=""><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;" class=""><span style="font-size: 9.5pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; color: rgb(33, 33, 33);" class=""> </span></div></div><div class=""><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;" class=""><span style="font-size: 9.5pt; font-family: Georgia, serif; color: rgb(33, 33, 33);" class="">*<o:p class=""></o:p></span></div><div class=""><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;" class=""><span style="font-size: 9.5pt; color: rgb(33, 33, 33);" class=""></span><span style="font-size: 9.5pt; font-family: Georgia, serif; color: rgb(33, 33, 33);" class="">Email <a href="mailto:julian@punched.tv" target="_blank" style="color: purple;" class="">julian@punched.tv</a> or call <a href="tel:(718)%20422-0704" target="_blank" style="color: purple;" class="">718.422.0704</a><o:p class=""></o:p></span></div></div></div><div class=""><div class=""><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;" class=""><span style="font-size: 9.5pt; color: rgb(33, 33, 33);" class=""></span><span style="font-size: 9.5pt; font-family: Georgia, serif; color: rgb(33, 33, 33);" class=""><o:p class=""></o:p></span></div></div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;" class=""><span style="font-size: 9.5pt; font-family: Georgia, serif; color: rgb(33, 33, 33);" class=""> </span><span style="font-size: 9.5pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; color: rgb(33, 33, 33);" class=""><o:p class=""></o:p></span></div></div><div class=""><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;" class=""><span style="font-size: 9.5pt; font-family: Georgia, serif; color: rgb(33, 33, 33);" class="">Thank you for all your help! </span><span style="font-size: 9.5pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; color: rgb(33, 33, 33);" class=""><o:p class=""></o:p></span></div></div></div><div style="margin-top: 1.5pt;" class=""><div id="gmail-:2yq" class=""><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;" class=""><span style="font-size: 9.5pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif;" class=""><img border="0" id="_x0000_i1025" src="https://ssl.gstatic.com/ui/v1/icons/mail/images/cleardot.gif" class=""><o:p class=""></o:p></span></div></div></div></div></div><div class=""><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;" class=""><o:p class=""> </o:p></div></div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;" class="">-- <o:p class=""></o:p></div><div class=""><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;" class=""><b class=""><span style="font-size: 9.5pt; font-family: Georgia, serif;" class="">Julian Seltzer</span></b><o:p class=""></o:p></div><div class=""><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;" class=""><i class=""><span style="font-size: 9.5pt; font-family: Georgia, serif;" class="">718.422.0704 ext. 108</span></i><span style="font-size: 9.5pt;" class=""><o:p class=""></o:p></span></div></div><div class=""><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;" class=""><span style="font-size: 9.5pt;" class=""><a href="http://www.punched.tv/" target="_blank" style="color: purple;" class=""><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif;" class="">www.punched.tv</span></a><o:p class=""></o:p></span></div></div></div></div><div class=""><br class="webkit-block-placeholder"></div>* * * * *</div><div 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=""><br class=""><br class=""></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div>
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