The DVD "HOUSES OF STRAW" is available at www.ecofilm.de (in PAL format) DIRECT LINK: www.oekofilm.de For USA and other NTSC-countries: DVD available at greenplanetfilms.org (DIRECT LINK: greenplanetfilms.org Description of the DVD: Strawbales are a new, interesting building material: it is a sustainable, ocologically sound resource, available in abundance. Strawbale walls achieve highest insulation values and offer a healthy, beautiful living environment. This film is a trailer for a DVD called "Houses of straw", shot in Germany. It shows the recent developments, many examples show the different possibilities of building with straw. In interviews with owner-builders, architects and experts we hear a lot of importants aspects. And: an exciting fire test shows: strawbale walls don´t burn!

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Bales of straw may seem a bit simple, but they're very effective for building a home. They're also great insulation, offering R2 per inch thickness of the wall. Michael G. Smith shows us the straw bale wall they're building at Mendocino County's (California) Emerald Earth Sanctuary. Original content here: faircompanies.com

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Straw bale house conctruction is shown in this movie trailer for the "Building With Awareness" DVD video. Straw bale walls, thermal mass walls, earth plaster techniques, and passive solar design are all explained in this how-to DVD on building with natural materials.

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The Fullmer Family of Fairview, Utah build a straw bale house. A "Phil & Friends Vignette."

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This is a time lapse of the creation of a straw bale geodesic dome. It is located in the newly created 'Bustan Neighborhood' on Kibbutz Lotan in the Arava Valley, Israel. The Neighborhood is designed to house the students of the Ecovillage/Permaculture Design course, The Green Apprenticeship. Find out more about The Green Apprenticeship at www.kibbutzlotan.com/creativeEcology/ga/index.htm

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Follow along and see how its really done, there are some dubious people on youtube that post false strawbale building principles just to dupe people in to buying their plans, mine are free! just message me here and I will send them to you! Ps It honestly makes no sense to wrap a container with strawbales to be honest you might as well do a full strawbale house and not be "contained" HAHA get it?

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Builders Without Borders builds a demonstration strawbale ecohouse on the terrace of the US Botanic Gardens, across from the Capitol Building in Washington DC.

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Check out more of the World's Greenest Homes at planetgreen.discovery.com Check out the first ever straw bale house located in Scottsdale, Arizona.

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See the support beams and roof structure for the straw bale milking barn we are building. Explanation of poles, lumber and Ondura roofing used. See a special way to use a child's toy to help with roofing.

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Straw bales (not hay bales) are a great place to plant vegetables. Here's my start-to-finish results! The straw is an easy, loose place for the plants to spread out their roots. Also, up on the straw bale there is essentially ZERO weeds to pick. (Note: do NOT use a "hay" bale: unlike straw, the hay has lots of seeds and you will have wheat/oats/grass/etc. growing as weeds in your garden!). Straw bales have some benefits like "raised bed" gardening.

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What if you could wrap your home in something as beautiful, breathable, form fitting and environmentally friendly as your own skin? You can! Watch from BGTV's informative and enlightening episode on natural plasters for today's eco-beautiful home. (And it never needs painting!) Here are some highlights.

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This slide show is basic construction of a straw bale and shipping container home. Shipping containers are 8' X 40' and make very strong durable homes. Straw is an excellent insulator and cheap. Together they make a strong, well insulated and inexpensive home. For more solar home designs visit: www.simplesolarhomesteading.com

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This short video is about the myths surrounding straw bale building. It was put together to help deal with the rumors and myths that have been circulating about straw bale building. One of my clients asked me to put this together to show her real estate agent who was telling her a lot of lies about straw bale. I hope you enjoy this. Happy Baling Andrew

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In this segment of Applause, you'll take a tour of a house made of straw - yes, straw - but this is no fairy tale, it's a revolutionary way to design a house with eco-friendly materials and gorgeous results.

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Straw Bale Building Basics -- Can you really build a house with straw? Brian Hodge, a builder with over thirty years experience and Author of 'Building Your Straw Bale Home' answers this question. More information on straw bale building can be found at www.straw-bale-houses.com.

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Paul Lacinski, co-author of Serious Straw Bale, details how buildings made with straw bales are extraordinarily energy efficient, comfortable to live in and fun to build. A partner in Green Space Collaborative, and environmental consulting firm in Ashfield, Massachusetts, Licinski tells of his involvement in constructing houses using straw bales throughout the United States as well as in Mongolia and China. ECU#557

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We just completed the first layer of mortar on our straw bale hen house. In this video we are filling the walls with straw.

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Want to build a fort for the kids? Learn how to set the straw bales to construct a straw bale house, in this free video. Expert: Shelley Jones Bio: Shelley Jones is a professional environmental decorator and lives in her own straw bale home.

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This is not your ancestors' straw hut! Straw bale homes are the new wave in green home building. Why not? Straw is natural, highly renewable, energy efficient, mold & allergy resistant, fire retardant (bet you didn't know that) and one of the healthiest choices you can make for the frame of your green home. The range of designs and architectural features is unlimited. Check out the Santa Barbara dream home host Kevin Contreras built out of straw - it's Zen modern and green to the core.

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A exquisite strawbale house with tile, lime and earth plasters, and stained glass by the owners--and it runs on solar electricity and heating. Designed by Skillful Means.

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We just completed the first layer of mortar on our straw bale milking barn. In this video we complete the walls.

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Want to build a fort for the kids? Learn how to apply the base coat of cement stucco to a straw bale house, in this free video. Expert: Shelley Jones Bio: Shelley Jones is a professional environmental decorator and lives in her own straw bale home.

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Some of the construction of a straw-bale building at the home of Henry Red Cloud on the Pine Ridge Reservation in South Dakota. Our group of teens and adults from 1st Congregational UCC in Brainerd MN spent a week doing volunteer work, meeting people from the reservation, and learning about the culture and history of the Lakota tribe. This building will be used as a demonstration of the technique of using straw bales plastered with mud to build a very strong structure tremendously well insulated and will used as a sort of sacred space for whoever needs to have a gathering. Ceremonies by families or the community for naming, healing, birthday parties, weddings, or memorial services are just a few of the possibilities. It is hoped the straw bale techniques can be used in the future for desperately needed housing for the Lakota on the reservation. Thank you Henry for your vision, humor, and s hospitality. Thanks also to the Re-member Outreach organization for all you do to help these great people who in many ways have been all but forgotten by the nation that stole their land, violated every treaty, and killed them almost to the point of extinction. Their spirit is strong, their hope is boundless, their hospitality and generosity are both gracious and without limit.

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We just completed the first layer of mortar on our straw bale hen house. In this video we mortar the walls and put on a light.

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There are no building codes for most types of natural building. The one material that does have a fair amount of testing and data is straw bale, thanks to California rice growers. "So the rice growers had a very, very strong economic incentive to support the development of straw bale building so they'd have a market for their straw bales which is great," explains natural building expert Michael G. Smith, "but in the absence of that, there's nobody trying to sell dirt, there's no industry out there pushing the sale of clay soil or stones or natural sticks or wood chips. So the question becomes who's going to get behind and really fund the very expensive research that needs to happen to make these things more accessible to people wanting to build to code." Original story here: faircompanies.com

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We just completed the first layer of mortar on our straw bale milking barn. In this video we mortar the walls and examine the building.

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The week long straw bale construction workshop at Turtle Rock Farm was led by Steve Kemble and Mollie Curry of Mudstrawlove. Part 1 takes you from the shaping of the straw bales, to the laying of the bales and filling in with cob.

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This is the video to watch if you are unsure what straw bale building and straw bale construction are all about. I cover the 7 reasons why you should be building with straw bale and show you some beautiful footage of the homes I have built. Enjoy!

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Pura Vida Homes LLC's November 2008 strawbale raising at The Green Residence in Spokane WA. Video courtesy of KHQ, and KAYU.

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In the project that would not end we finally completed the straw bale milking barn for winter. In this series we add doors and windows as well as colored mortar. In a future series of videos we eventually decorate is and celebrate Chrismas in it.

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This video is an introduction to prefabricated straw bale wall systems, presented by Chris Magwood, instructor and project coordinator for the Sustainable Building Design and Construction Program at Sir Sanford Fleming College in Peterborough, Ontario. The project featured here is for a LEED Platinum certified home built by the 2010 class for Habitat for Humanity (Peterborough chapter). For more information on pre-fab straw-bale systems and other nifty natural building info, go to: www.chrismagwood.ca

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This is a set of 9 videos that chronicles a full day on our homestead from morning until night. This video includes working on our strawbale hen house, a reading lesson and a brief rainstorm.

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The straw bale construction workshop at Turtle Rock Farm was led by Steve Kemble and Mollie Curry. Part 2 starts with the making of the window seat and continues through the lime plaster outside and earth plaster inside.

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You must be able to re-tie straw bales in order to successfully build a straw bale house. In this 2 part video I show you exactly how to do this with a new knot that I am using on all my straw bale homes and a pair of high quality stainless steel straw bale needles. You can get the designs for these needles at www.LearnStrawBale.com

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More info at StrawBaleHomeForSale.com There are many catch-words used these days to describe energy efficient homes built with natural materials and respect for the land green, eco-friendly, passive solar, low impact, non-toxic. The property described here is all of these things plus the energy of the artist-owner-builders and all the volunteers and craftsmen whose good will is embedded throughout. Hummingbird is not just a "must see" place but a must "feel". It is a well-designed family home that we utilize as a Bed & Breakfast.HummingbirdSoutherOregon.com This is the perfect set up for someone looking for a place in the country to live, work and pursue passions. We currently use the second 2300 sq ft adobe building as a workshop center with ceramics and painting studios. Imagine a place where there are big, separate spaces for a home business ( with hi-speed internet which is unusual here), home schooling, art and music studios, a shop, or even a winery or brewery! The possibilities are endless. The asking price is $674000. We are willing to carry a contract and will consider any reasonable offer. We want to move closer to family in Portland and our grandchildren are growing up fast!

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Active system to use on strawbale. When using a interior vapour barrier a constant flow of air on the bales will assure low moisture content. In cold climates it's the different tempratures that meet in a thermal mass like insulation. Phase change occurs in the h2o molecules or condensation.This is why the vapour barrier is so important,because moisture from the interior should not be allowed in the thermal mass. The condensation forming from the differental temprature will be closer to the exterior. With air constantly moving over the bales moisture should not accumulate. Any imput is welcome on this subject.

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Grown in a straw bale, these spuds (potatoes) were VERY easy to grow. I had a leftover straw bale from my neighbor's Halloween decorations. I poured some human urine into the bale over the winter and let it compost. In spring, I stuck a piece of a potato in the straw bale, occasionally watered it, and the spuds grew. Harvesting was VERY very easy, with my bare hands just plucking the spuds out of the straw bale. No need to dig. This was great for a sunny spot on concrete. If I had put the straw bale over soil it probably would have been even better since then the roots could have spread beyond the bale.

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Directed by Tona Williams (2005) Starring Randy Gates, Marlin Nissen and Serenity Wehrenberg As seen on Wisconsin Public Television and the Wisconsin Film Festival Featuring the cob wall project at the Willy St. Co-op in Madison, Wisconsin, and the construction of a straw bale home in rural Wisconsin. Synopsis: Organizers, entrepreneurs, and community volunteers at Madison's Willy St. Co-op and in rural Wisconsin build with cob (made with clay, sand and straw) and insulate a home with straw bales. Participants celebrate the fun of natural building and talk about how to change conventional construction so that similar projects can catch on in cities. Includes demonstrations of foundations, cob mixing and wall-building, and lime plastering.

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www.straworks.ca Straworks of Canada travels North America plastering straw bale homes. The owner of Straw Works, Deirdre McGahern is a specialist in plastering straw bales that are exposed to extreme weather environments. The strawworks team uses both cement stucco and natural lime plasters matched to the project needs. They use our plastering tools www.mortarsprayer.com for the interior and exterior plastering .

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