Issue #32

Designing for Cold Climates

Importance of Being Airtight

Good Detailing Practices

Strawbale & Rastra

Moisture Monitoring the Strawbale Slab

Cold Climate Cob

Cordwood, Earthberming & Masonry Stoves

Warm Floor Heating

A Strawbale Hot Tub

Canadian Military Workshop

Reports from Poland, Turkey, Mongolia & Strawbale Conferences
Issue #33

The Function of Finishes

Earth Building and Moisture

Designing for Earth Plasters

Mysteries of Mud Revealed

Window Detailing for Plasters

Carbide Lime

Waterproof Stucco

Stucco Pumping Iron

Testing Plaster Permeability

Earth-Cement Plaster

Gypsum Plaster on Strawbale
Issue #34

Strawbale Like A Stressed Skin Panel

Thoughts on Good Detailing

Self-Draining Foundations

A Pier Foundation

Rammed Tyre Foundations

Keeping Strawbale Walls Dry

Walls, No Windows

Simple Pre-Compression

Nailers

Innovative Bale Needles

Mechanizing Straw-Clay

Canadian Military Tries Out Bale Construction
Issue #35

Natural Building & Community

Cohousing: Building a Community

Ecovillages

Creating Sustainable Suburbs

Community Green Building Policy

Community Resources

Human Resource List, Education/Resource Centers, Books, Videos, Catalogs & Mail Order, Internet, CD-ROMs, Building Bale Sources, Physical Resources