[GSBN] Nomination of Paula Baker-Laporte

[Tim Owen-Kennedy]

I'd Love to have Paula as part of this group.

It brings up another question I've been wanting to pose which I think is
pertinent to the down turn in participation and energy at CASBA and
presumably around the world in Straw Bale specifically. I haven't done an
only Straw Bale building for a while and don't consider myself a straw bale
builder. Straw is the most common insulation I use in the Natural and green
buildings I design and build. More and More I think of my buildings as more
or less insulative, massive, and or structural substrates for plaster. I
know some don't plaster their bales but as cavalier as I am I still don't
think that is worth the savings even if you want wood cladding. The most
interesting and valuable discussions on this list for me are often the ones
that are barely connected to straw bale. And I would hate to loose this
community of collaboration or keep people from posing their green or
natural building quandaries to this esteemed group if they don't have
anything to do with straw bale.

SO, I would propose we change our name to the Global Straw Building Network
(to minimize the shift) and open our ranks to the world of excellent
Natural Builders that are trying to look deeply and globally at the
scalability of local building systems and keeping them evolving with
Building Science.

So if this Idea isn't too offensive, there's a few like Michael Smith, Art
Ludwig, and John Fordice and others.

I might be contradicting my desire for fewer and more efficient
communications for this group but consolidating straw building techniques
has become an itch I can't keep from scratching.

Happiness, health, and humor to you all,

Tim



On Fri, Nov 11, 2011 at 10:46 PM, <strawnet at aol.com> wrote:

> I second the nomination. Thanks Martin.
>
> David Eisenberg
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> From: martin hammer <mfhammer at pacbell.net>
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> Sent: Fri, Nov 11, 2011 11:40 pm
> Subject: [GSBN] Nomination of Paula Baker-Laporte
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>  All,
>
> I nominate Paula Baker-Laporte to the GSBN.  As I said in my previous
> e-mail Paula is an architect and leading practitioner (along with her
> husband and builder Robert Laporte) of “light clay” construction in the US.
>  You can see Paula and Robert's beautiful work at www.econesthomes.com,
> and in their book EcoNest.  Having a leading authority on this method of
> construction would be a great addition to the GSBN.
>
> Martin Hammer
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