Re: [strawbale] Proposal for introduction

[Catherine Wanek <thelaststraw@strawhomes...>]

Hello Herbert, Jolien, and Simon -- and all the European
network,

Jolien, thank you for your kind words about the latest The Last Straw
Journal.   We do try to fill it with useful information, and
our guest editor, Canadian Chris Magwood dug up a lot of unique technical
tips that should prove useful, especially for the "low-tech"
builders.

We are working on our next issue, the annual Resource Issue, which has
the theme of Community.   We are nearly full with
"content." but would welcome an article from Europe on that
subject -- Community.   Is there someone who would like to
write an article on that subject, representing some specific community or
the general European community?    It could be 600 - 700
words, with one picture -- not a huge task, but we would need it within 2
weeks.

Also, it seems like Herbert's offer/idea below a "strawbale-europe
net" may develop into a form of community...  
Herbert, with your permission, I would like to turn your email into an
announcement, which we will print in this upcoming issue.

Finally, An Offer:  We are interested in promoting SB and natural
building in Europe, so will offer a free "Human Resource
Listing" to all non-north Americans in this upcoming issue of The
Last Straw.  This is basically your name, business, and contact
information, plus 30 words that describe your natural building
services.  If you represent an organization, we can list that too,
together or separately.

Please get this information to us as soon as possible -- The cut off date
will be July 16.
Email it to: <thelaststraw@strawhomes...>  or FAX to:
505-895-3326

Best regards,
Catherine Wanek, Editor

The Last Straw Journal
The International Journal of Straw Bale & Natural Building 
HC66, Box 119 
Hillsboro, NM 88042 
(505) 895-5400 /fax (505) 895-3326 
<thelaststraw@strawhomes...> 
http://www.strawhomes.com


At 08:39 PM 7/3/01 +0200, you wrote:
> Dear Simon, Jolien and all the
> other strawbalers
>
> > Probably the best place to keep this kind of thing would be on the
> web
> > page. We are now FIFTY-SIX people on the list believe it or not, so
> an
> > email with each of our stories in it would be very long...!
>
> Good idea with the webpage. It could also be regional in each country on
> the
> webpages of all networkers. So it is even possible to translate it
> in
> different languages.
> I will do it on
> http://www.baubiologie.at
>
> The idea with the european homepage "strawbale-europe.net" is
> waiting until
> I have the time to translate all articles into english. There are so
> many
> news to add in german that this project needs more time as I
> thought.
>
> Besides this there are so many different welldone strawbale-homepages
> in
> Europe, that I sometimes think, a united homepage in three 
> languages
> (english, german, french) is not necessary.
>
> Probably the better way would be to link to all european SB-sites:
> everyone who has a SB homepage and is in this network links to all
> other
> networkers? And all this together is the European site in different
> languages and with different contents.
>
> So please write your stories ...
>
> Best wishes from Austria
> Herbert Gruber
> asbn
> austrian strawbale network