[GSBN] international women's reigning straw bale olympic champions

[Bruce King]

what are my plans for them...?

Thoroughly honorable, I assure you sir.  My plans for them are to use  
as illustration -- I'll soon be giving day-long seminars for building  
professionals on natural building (so far in Victoria and Portland).   
Mostly this will be a survey of how much engineering knowledge we have  
about earth, straw, hemp, bamboo, shipping containers, concrete  
rubble, etc, and how to use it.  But there has to be a bit on  
integrative design, and I couldn't imagine a better single  
illustration than the stunning, come-from-behind victory of the Grrls  
of Peterborough.  Collaboration trumps Machismo again!

If any of you want help training your local engineers, architects and  
building officials -- which is what the seminars are basically for --  
then please give me a shout.  I love this kind of stuff, coaxing minds  
open to the idea of building outside the fossil fuel mindset.

Bruce King
bruce at ecobuildnetwork.org
(415) 987-7271



On Mar 12, 2012, at 10:08 AM, strawnet at aol.com wrote:

> Bruce,
>
> I have some great pics, including the ones that graced the cover and  
> story about the First Straw Bale Olympics in the December 2006 (#56)  
> issue of The Last Straw. I will send jpegs.... what are your plans  
> for them...? Just curious.
>
> And I echo the Birthday wishes for Laura Bartels!
>
> David Eisenberg
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Bruce King <bruce at ecobuildnetwork.org>
> To: Global Straw GSBN <GSBN at sustainablesources.com>
> Sent: Mon, Mar 12, 2012 8:33 am
> Subject: [GSBN] international women's reigning straw bale olympic  
> champions
>
>
>
> Anybody have any pictures of the olympics from the Canada  
> International gathering a few years back?  In particular, of that  
> champion team of international women.  Please send offline if you  
> would.
>
> And a big Happy Birthday to a member of that team, Laura Bartels!   
> You going to defend your team title at the Colorado International?   
> In fact, most of that team is on this list, so promise us you'll  
> assemble again and show us how it's done!
>
> Bruce King
> bruce at ecobuildnetwork.org
> (415) 987-7271
>
>
>
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