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Back Issues: 2001



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



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