[GSBN] new members

[Bruce King]

Baleheads --

A small network of folks has been at work adapting natural building  
technologies to Haiti, and it suddenly made us aware that two of us  
are not but should be on this list.  I want to vigorously put forth a  
nomination for:

Mark Aschheim, professor of structural engineering at Santa Clara  
University.  Many of Marks students are at work testing bamboo joinery  
for us, and getting an education in earthen construction, straw bale,  
and the weird but irresistible humor of folks like us.  Mark did a lot  
of the heavy lifting 10 years ago when we (EBNet) conducted seismic  
tests of straw bale walls.

Henri Mannik is both an architect and structural engineer, was working  
with David Mar back during the EBNet test program, and is now out on  
his own doing lots of natural buildings.  He engineered the first  
straw bale building in Haiti, now nearing completion.

Do I hear seconds?

Thanks,

Bruce King, PE
Director of EBNet
Ecological Building Network
the art and science of building well
bruce at ecobuildnetwork.org
PO Box 6397
San Rafael, CA 94903 USA
(415) 987-7271
follow us on Twitter: @EBNetwork

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