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links & resources


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
  • 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
  • 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
  • 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
  • Solatube, local company, great product for daylighting
  • Builders Without Borders
  • Natural Building Network
  • National Assocation of Women in Construction
  • California Straw Building Association
  • straw bale + clay plaster - san diego county, california

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