ATTENTION!
STRAW HOUSE TOUR
5th Annual, Province-Wide Straw House Tour, Saturday, October 4, 2008, 10am-4pm
The Ontario Straw Bale Building Coalition hosts this annual straw house tour. This is your opportunity to see straw buildings across the province, from Ottawa to Parry Sound to Guelph areas, from earthen plaster to owner-built homes, modern and organic. For more information about the tour, or the OSBBC, visit www.strawbalebuilding.ca
Events
Camel's Back will have a booth/or do a presentation at the following events this year. Here is this year's schedule.
•April 19, 2009: GreenUp, Kingston, Ontario
•April 25, 2009: Green Expo, Peterborough, Ontario www.greenexpo.ca
•May 9, 2009: Port Hope Ecology Fair
•July 9-11, 2009: Mariposa Folk Festival, representing the OSBBC
•August 12-13, 2009: Elorin Sustainable Building and Design Conference, Kingston
Workshops
Everybody benefits from hands-on experience
Whether you are a construction professional or a complete novice, there is nothing like the opportunity to participate in the construction of a straw bale building before attempting to undertake your own structure.
Participants in our hands-on workshops have the chance to experience all the various facets of creating a load-bearing, straw bale building, from foundation to roof. Our small-group format allows each participant to get some straw under their fingernails and try their hands at each stage of the building process.
Plenty of time is alloted for the discussion of different techniques and practices. Our aim is to make available as many options, ideas and possibilities as we can, and our discussion sessions are usually lively and exciting as each participant raises questions, concerns, insights and plans of their own.
Great networking and new friendships
The workshops not only teach a lot about straw bale building, but they begin many new friendships. Plenty of bale-raisings have seen volunteers from past workshops emerge to help out and continue the community spirit that develops at the workshops. We will come and teach workshops at your site...contact us to talk further about the possibilities.
Workshop Schedule:
We don't currently have any workshops scheduled for this season, but would be happy to teach a workshop for you if you would like a small shed or outbuilding built on your property.
Camel's Back
c/o Tina Therrien
P.O. Box 61, Warsaw, ON, K0L 3A0
strawbus@auracom.com