Below are photos of the participants, including short audioclips of who they are and what they do.
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On the weekend of Dec. 3-6, 1999 a
group of natural builders met at the Blackrange Lodge in Kingston, New Mexico, hosted by
Catherine Waneck, to begin the process of creating a new organization called Builders
Without Borders. Its aim is to reach out to others around the world and work together to
create a sustainable future. For a complete report on all the exciting things that
happened during the conference and its ongoing activities, please go to www.builderswithoutborders.org Below are photos of the participants, including short audioclips of who they are and what they do. |
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Catherine Wanek, Kingston, New Mexico, is
fascinated with building with straw bales, and has produced several videos on the subject.
She also publishes The Last Straw newsletter which comes out quarterly.
Her e-mail address is blackrange@zianet.com Catherine |
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Steve MacDonald from Gila, New Mexico, has built a dozen homes with straw bales and has co-authored the book Build It With Bales. He also worked on a straw bale project in Mongolia. His e-mail address is somacdonald@gilanet.com |
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Joe Kennedy from Truth or Consequences, New
Mexico, is a natural building architect and has given conferences around the world. His
e-mail address is livingearth62@hotmail.com He is now teaching (2002) at New College of California's EcoDwelling Program in Santa Rosa. It is a three-semester program. For more information go to http://www.newcollege.edu/northbay/ecodwelling.htm |
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Bob Bolles is a co-director of Sustainability International based in San Diego, California. He is a design and building consultant. His e-mail address is bbolles@cts.com |
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Alfred von Bachmayr from Santa Fe, New Mexico,
is an architect and has been involved in natural building since the mid-70s. He also
worked on natural building projects in Fiji. His e-mail address is bachmayr@compuserve.com Alfred |
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Jeff Ruppert from Boulder, Colorado is a civil engineer fascinated with natural building and has been designing and building straw bale houses for the past four years. His e-mail address is jruppert@envisionet.net |
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Sarah Francis from Boulder, Colorado is an
interior designer using natural building materials. Her e-mail address is sfrancis@ecentral.com
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Lucia Battegazzore and Luciano Davyt are from Montevideo, Uruguay and work with the Ecovillage Network of the Americas. Their e-mail address is 7generaciones@jacaranda.org |
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Robert Andrews from Pueblo, Colorado is a straw
bale house designer. His website www.balewatch.com
has designs for 50 straw bale houses.
His e-mail address is e-bale@balewatch.com |
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Derek Roth works in the Language Learning Center of the University of New Mexico in Albuquerque and devotes his energy to exploring ways to conserve our precious resources. |
Other Participants
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