[GSBN] Home Base natural building online library

[Oasis Design]

Bruce,

Josuha from Olympia, who I met at the NBC (and have cc'd above) has 
$100k to put together a database of interesting things that were 
permitted. We have (small) funding to put together a cob code compliance 
package online. http://www.cobcode.org is on a similar mission. There 
are doubtless others as well. Each of us needs similar 
resources--funding, web services, content manager, research, editing.

I suspect there would be advantages from joining forces somehow.

Thoughts?

Art



On 11/9/12 8:35 AM, Bruce King wrote:
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>
>
> Greetings, Baleheads --
>
> Some of you may have heard that we had an election here in the USA. 
>  Fair to say that, at least for once, America said no to shrieking 
> anger, and yes to compassion.  It's a fine moment.  The shrieking 
> anger is still very much here, of course, but it won't quite be 
> running the show in Washington for a while.
>
> That's not why I write, but I had to start with that little Yippee.
>
> Ecological Building Network is starting the Home Base Library -- a 
> place where we can host and make accessible an online nexus connecting 
> users with the technical information they need.  Engineering tests, 
> white papers, field reports, codes, and standards will all be 
> made available either as downloadable PDF documents, or by link to the 
> authors' websites.  We will also launch a collection of free, 
> wiki-based guides to natural building techniques, and ultimately 
> establish a physical library and conference facility tied to affiliate 
> universities.
>
> *I ask for help! *This is a big project, and I'm not yet sure how it 
> will be funded, but right off we need help expanding the Joomla 
> website of EBNet, and then also guidance in setting up a wiki-based 
> forum where, we hope, folks like you might be willing to post up 
> simple guides like "earthen floor basics", "choosing straw bales", 
> "bamboo joinery", etc.
>
> I'll be glad to share more about the concept if you write me offline 
> at <bruce at ecobuildnetwork.org <mailto:bruce at ecobuildnetwork.org>>.  If 
> you can help with Joomla or wiki, please let me know.  The beginning 
> of the Home Base Library can be seen here 
> <http://www.ecobuildnetwork.org/strawbale-construction-code-supporting-documentation> -- 
> support for Martin Hammer's straw bale code work.
>
> Thank you from a slightly less annoying US of A,
>
> Bruce King
>
> (415) 987-7271
> Skype: brucekingokok
> Twitter: @brucekinggreen
> *http://www.housetalk.us*
> http://bruce-king.com/
>
>
>
> *Categories*
>
> *1. Industrial* -- /by-products of factories and industry/
>
> _1a Pozzolans_
>
>       slag
>
>       fly ash
>
> _1b Fabrications_
>
>       shipping containers
>
> _1c Concrete_
>
>       rubble
>
>       cast elements
>
> _1d Fibers_
>
>       wood
>
>             "waswood" -- castoffs of plywood, OSB, etc
>
>       paper
>
>       straw bales
>
> _1e Polymers_
>
>       tires
>
>       plastic bags
>
> *2. Rural* -- /by-products of site, farms & landscapes  aka "natural 
> building"///
>
> _2a Earth_
>
>             clay
>
>             natural pozzolans
>
> _2b Fibers_
>
>             straw, straw bales
>
>             wood
>
>             bamboo
>
>             hemp
>
> *3. Manufactured *-- /new products in or entering the marketplace/
>
>
>
>
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