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Back Issues: 1996



Issue #13
Safely Gathered In
A Road Less Traveled By
Designing Consciously
New Resources
Strawbale Design: Towards An Ecological Accounting
Opportunities and Challenges in Strawbale Design
The Limitless Future
Designing with Straw Bales: Possibilities & Limitations
Should I Build a Strawbale House? or Cold Water on a Hot Topic
Designing Strawbale Structures
Passive Solar and Strawbale Building: A Natural Fit
Regional Identity: Questions for the Nebraska-Style House
Notes on Straw Bales: Design from the Edge of the Plate
Biocrete
A Home-Built Stucco Gun
Real Goods Gets Down and Dirty
One More Crack Like That and I'll Plaster You...
Two Ended Bale Needle
The Days of Wine and...Straw
Happy Strapper
Building with Mini-Bales
DragonFire's Top Plate, Stucco Wire, & Foundation Detail
Light Clay-Straw
Thatch and Thatching
Straw Art Tragedy
Cobbing it all Together
Rye-Straw Mattress
The Beautiful Goodness of Mud
The 1995 Natural Building Colloquium
Gathering Momentum
Internet Access Information
Quiet Stirring in the Wheatheart of the Nation
Biofab
Corks Pop! Building Code Standards Adopted
Deciphering Codes
Code—Hard Realities For Some
Sustainability and The Codes
A 48-Year Perspective
BC's AOB Program Gets the OK
A Burning Issue


Issue #14
Research and Development in Canada
One From the Top
From the Courtyard
To Transition
Dedication to Bill Schlecht
RE: Building Codes (or Rebuilding Codes)?
Officially Converted
Alternative Minimum Codes
Code Officials Speak Their Mind
Austin, Texas Code Update
First Strawbale Permit in Austin
The Sivananda Vedanta Yoga Center
WOBO Award
Straw Votes
Codes Comparison
ICBO Certified?
Research and Testing Overview
Nebraska Engineering and All That
Prestressed Nebraska System Testing Summary
Ruminations of a Strawbale Romantic
What Makes This Wall Work, Anyway?
The Canadian Moisture Caper
What Do We Do Now?
Remembering the Goal...
Homeowners Moisture Monitoring Initiative
Moisture Metering Devices
Moisture Metering in the Pacific Northwest
A Strawbale Home in Halifax
Vaulting Lessons
California Fire Testing
Strawbale Floor Insulation
BRAN Research, Testing & Development Funds
Testing, Testing, 1, 2, 3, 4
Information Resources Research and Testing
Penn State—Walking and Talking the Rough Road of Consensus
Portrait of a Champion—A Candidate for Cloning
Habitat II: The City Summit
Rose Morin: Community Building for 20 Years
Back to Our Roots
Meet Me at the Festival
Poured Concrete Bond Beams
Bales Above and Around
The End of An Experiment


Issue #15
Resources for SB Construction 1996
Knowledge in the Making
Very Human Resources
Technically Booked: Building With Earth and Straw
The In Context Institute
Straw Sustainability?
Live in Community
Strawbale Slides
Money in the Bank
Best "News" Available: Environmental Building News
Resources: Virtual Straw Marketplace, Human Resource List, Building Officials Available to Other Building Officials re: Bale Building, Institutions, Educational Organizations, Books, Periodicals, Research & Testing Papers, Periodical Articles of Note, Computer Resources, Bale Sources Uncovered, Tools, Toys & More, Catalogs & Plan Books, Videos & Slides, Financing & Insurance
The 3 Little Pigs, A Modern Tale (pt 1)
Ruminations of Hunter-Gatherer in the Computer Age
Knocking Lancelot From The Horse
What Happens When You Let the Water In


Issue #16
Good Shoes
Rocks in Your Shoes
Notes From the Field
Stone Shoes
Earth Shoes: Earthbags
What About Basements?
Burned Again
A Report from Habitat II



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