[GSBN] Home Base natural building online library

[martin hammer]

Bruce,

This is a great idea.  To have one place where this ever-growing body of
technical ³natural building² information can be accessed.

Knowing all of what is out there is a challenge (especially as it grows),
but you have a great catalog in hand already, plus what members of this
august list can contribute, and through your other various connections.  I
wonder if your vision is an open library where all ³submissions² are posted,
or if there would be a review /acceptance process before posting.

The example you gave of the page on EBNet¹s website for supporting
documentation for proposed SB code worked very well for our SB code team,
allowing access to a large amount of information to interested parties.  I¹m
happy it seems to be a seed for this much broader plan.  A public thank you
to Bruce and his wonderful wife Sarah for hosting and helping create that
page.  (There is news to report re: the code effort, in another e-mail).

Thanks.

Martin 



On 11/9/12 9:35 AM, "Bruce King" <bruce at ecobuildnetwork.org> wrote:

> 
> 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 authors¹ 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>.  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-documen
> tation>  -- 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
>             ³waswood² ­ castoffs of plywood, OSB, etc
>       paper
>       straw bales
> 1e Polymers
>       tires
>       plastic bags
>  
>  
> 2. Rural ­ by-products of site, farms & landscapes  aka ³natural building²
> 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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