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</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--></head><body lang=EN-AU link=blue vlink=purple style='word-wrap:break-word'><div class=WordSection1><p class=MsoNormal><span style='mso-fareast-language:EN-US'>Hi Ian<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='mso-fareast-language:EN-US'>No I haven’t heard of that group.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='mso-fareast-language:EN-US'>I was aware that there were some groups involved in S/B construction.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='mso-fareast-language:EN-US'>After all Ukraine does produce a lot of wheat and straw!<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='mso-fareast-language:EN-US'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='mso-fareast-language:EN-US'>My thoughts were that if there were workshops on producing S/B panels – that may be a fast way of rebuilding?<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='mso-fareast-language:EN-US'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='mso-fareast-language:EN-US'>Also wondering whether some form of straw bale panels may be retrofitted to the front facades of the many damaged apartment buildings ( where they are still structurally stable?) <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='mso-fareast-language:EN-US'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><div><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'>Kind Regards,<br>Bohdan </span><i><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial Narrow",sans-serif;color:gray'><o:p></o:p></span></i></p></div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='mso-fareast-language:EN-US'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><div><div style='border:none;border-top:solid #E1E1E1 1.0pt;padding:3.0pt 0cm 0cm 0cm'><p class=MsoNormal><b><span lang=EN-US>From:</span></b><span lang=EN-US> GSBN <gsbn-bounces@lists.sustainablesources.com> <b>On Behalf Of </b>Margot Hall<br><b>Sent:</b> Thursday, 24 November 2022 4:39 AM<br><b>To:</b> Global Sustainable Building Network <gsbn@lists.sustainablesources.com><br><b>Subject:</b> Re: [GSBN] GSBN Digest, Vol 17, Issue 7<o:p></o:p></span></p></div></div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Hi there,<o:p></o:p></p><div><p class=MsoNormal>Thanks for these Ian, what great people. Here’s hoping they are ok.<o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:12.0pt'>Min<o:p></o:p></p><div><p class=MsoNormal>Sent from my iPhone<o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><br><br><o:p></o:p></p><blockquote style='margin-top:5.0pt;margin-bottom:5.0pt'><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:12.0pt'>On 24/11/2022, at 5:46 AM, Ian Smith <<a href="mailto:ian@lopezsmolensengineers.com">ian@lopezsmolensengineers.com</a>> wrote:<o:p></o:p></p></blockquote></div><blockquote style='margin-top:5.0pt;margin-bottom:5.0pt'><div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p></o:p></p><div><div><p class=MsoNormal>Hi all,<o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal>A client shared a video with me earlier this year of some folks doing prefab straw panels in Ukraine. You can search Youtube for "Ecos Group" and find a series of videos by them. I checked their web address and it's down... hope they're all right.<o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal>It doesn't stop there though... Here are some great shirt-less natural building videos: <o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><a href="https://www.youtube.com/@user-rx4sq6sx3d" target="_blank">https://www.youtube.com/@user-rx4sq6sx3d</a> (1200 subscribers!)<o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal>Bohdan, have you ever heard of any of these folks?<o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal>Ian Smith<o:p></o:p></p></div><div><div><div><div><p class=MsoNormal>Boulder, CO<o:p></o:p></p></div></div></div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><div><div><p class=MsoNormal>On Tue, Nov 22, 2022 at 7:00 AM <<a href="mailto:gsbn-request@lists.sustainablesources.com" target="_blank">gsbn-request@lists.sustainablesources.com</a>> wrote:<o:p></o:p></p></div><blockquote style='border:none;border-left:solid #CCCCCC 1.0pt;padding:0cm 0cm 0cm 6.0pt;margin-left:4.8pt;margin-right:0cm'><p class=MsoNormal>Send GSBN mailing list submissions to<br> <a href="mailto:gsbn@lists.sustainablesources.com" target="_blank">gsbn@lists.sustainablesources.com</a><br><br>To subscribe or unsubscribe via the World Wide Web, visit<br> <a href="http://lists.sustainablesources.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/gsbn" target="_blank">http://lists.sustainablesources.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/gsbn</a><br>or, via email, send a message with subject or body 'help' to<br> <a href="mailto:gsbn-request@lists.sustainablesources.com" target="_blank">gsbn-request@lists.sustainablesources.com</a><br><br>You can reach the person managing the list at<br> <a href="mailto:gsbn-owner@lists.sustainablesources.com" target="_blank">gsbn-owner@lists.sustainablesources.com</a><br><br>When replying, please edit your Subject line so it is more specific<br>than "Re: Contents of GSBN digest..."<br><br><br>Today's Topics:<br><br> 1. Re: SB in the Ukraine (Chris Magwood)<br><br><br>----------------------------------------------------------------------<br><br>Message: 1<br>Date: Tue, 22 Nov 2022 08:59:54 -0500<br>From: Chris Magwood <<a href="mailto:chris@chrismagwood.ca" target="_blank">chris@chrismagwood.ca</a>><br>To: <a href="mailto:gsbn@lists.sustainablesources.com" target="_blank">gsbn@lists.sustainablesources.com</a>, Rob West <<a href="mailto:rob@newsociety.com" target="_blank">rob@newsociety.com</a>><br>Subject: Re: [GSBN] SB in the Ukraine<br>Message-ID: <<a href="mailto:cfe0a3ba-ba0b-3576-0571-b30b4a5fbc78@chrismagwood.ca" target="_blank">cfe0a3ba-ba0b-3576-0571-b30b4a5fbc78@chrismagwood.ca</a>><br>Content-Type: text/plain; charset="utf-8"; Format="flowed"<br><br>Hi Matts,<br><br>I'm guessing that Rob West <<a href="mailto:rob@newsociety.com" target="_blank">rob@newsociety.com</a>> would be willing to send <br>along PDF versions of any of the straw-bale related books from New <br>Society to help out.<br><br>I'm cc'ing him here...<br><br>Glad to know you're still investing in funancial endeavours!<br><br>Chris<br><br>On 2022-11-21 7:55 p.m., Matts Myhrman wrote:<br>> Hey my friends,<br>> David Eisenberg, myself, and our friend Bob Cook are helping a new <br>> friend get info on Straw Bales For Shelter to some young go-getters in <br>> the Ukraine.? 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