Links
- CASBA – California Straw Bale Builders Association, many links and resources
- The Canelo Project, Bill & Athena Steen, straw bale & natural plaster pioneers
- Bill & Athena Steen's blog
- Audrey Ruland, local San Diego straw bale designer & frequent collaborator
- Tactile Interiors, an amazing natural plaster company in Northern CA
- Ecological Building Network, resource for sb testing data
- US Green Building Council, how green building is reaching the establishment
- Sustainable Sources (formerly Greenbuilder.com), many links and a great calendar
- Distinctive Builders, Alan Schmidt, local general contracting company & frequent collaborator
- Natural Building Network, great calendar and other resources
- International Straw Bale Registry, mapping straw bale buildings all over the world
- PAKSBAB, an international group who are teaching straw bale building to the rural poor living in earthquake ravaged northern Pakistan
- The shake table tests PAKSBAB did to show how well straw bale building can perform in large earthquakes
- Dirt Cheap Builder, source for natural building books & cds
- Amazon Nails ('ammers'n'nails for us yanks), interesting natural builders in the UK
- The County of San Diego's Green Building Incentive Programs, scroll down for straw bale info
- San Diego EarthWorks, info about San Diego's annual EarthFair in April and GreenBuilt Home Tour in October
- The Last Straw Journal, the "industry magazine" for straw bale
- Seabreeze Organic Farm has a straw bale bed & breakfast
- Olive Branch, a great local green building supply store that carries cotton insulation, no VOC paint, etc
- Gallant Energy Consulting, a local company experienced in Title 24 energy calcs for straw bale buildings
- Solatube, local company, great product for daylighting
- Design Forward – Pasedena-based straw bale designer
- Builders Without Borders