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Outside Compost toilets.
This is an interesting project that I came across in Estonia and is a wonderfully easy and beautiful way to create an outside eco compost toilet. Our very busy and talented friends there from Säästvad...
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Friland Denmark - Straw Bale Building project
We were invited to take part and teach in a Straw bale building project in the wonderful, very welcoming and homely village of Friland in Denmark. Friland is about one hours drive from Arhus and...
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European Strawbale Network. Launched!
This week saw the launch of the new European Straw bale networks website. You can check this at http://www.strawbale-net.eu/About two years ago they came up with the idea to put this project together...
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ESBG 2011
The European Straw bale gathering 2011 will be hosted in the Cezch Republic this time round from the 23rd to 28th of August and is very much looked forward to by all.The ESBG11 will take place in and...
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Working against the weathers..
This is a post that I thought about while putting up our little love shack here in Finland and while working at the same time on rebuilding an old experimental Straw bale house that had very little...
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Repair work on Straw bale buildings.
The stained wall I went to see a customer of mine last month who, for the first time since building his Straw Bale house by the sea in Helsinki 14 years ago has had a leak. This happened in his...
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Ecological roofing.
What is Ecological roofing? Well for me it using a roofing material that does not need to be changed for a long long time and that even after its life span will be recycleable or will easily fit back...
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Happy Christmas to All
Happy Christmas and a really great New Year to everyone checking this blog.May you have a very Natural holiday.Thank you and warm regardsPaul Lynch/ManagerThe Natural Building Company Oy+358 44 2509663...
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Restoration of old Log buildings.
Restoration of old log buildings is beautiful work. The feeling that you get when repairing and old building is one of joy and relief that you are helping to save a wonderful structure. It is almost...
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Straw Bale Networks and Portals, why don't we use them???
I was just thinking of all the different straw balers out there. The different views, different techniques, different regulations and now the different Networks. I checked in to the European straw bale...
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Call for volunteers in Holland
Call for volunteers in Holland on SUSTAINABLE, EXPERIMENTAL, building-project.IN SPRING THE SECOND PART OF A CHALLENGING BUILDING EVENT IS TAKING PLACE IN HOLLAND.Please share within your network.........
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European Straw Bale Gathering 2011 Czech Republic. More information.
Here is the invitation and information from the ESBG11 team.Dear European ‘Straw Baler’,Whether you are involved in straw bale building as a builder, architect, engineer, researcher, educator or...
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Have you got something you would like to share and talk about??
If you have something you would like to talk about related to Natural Building why not send it here to me and I can post it up for you..There is a big movement at the moment and a lot of energy in the...
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Compost and seperating toilets
During my research on waste water treatment in the last few weeks, I of course came across different toilets also and I just wanted to share them with you. I think that tthe type of toilet and system...
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Waste water systems.
I am a little bit behind this month with my blog. A lot of interesting stuff happening at the moment that has taken my attention away from it.I am putting together some keynote presentations to try and...
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Natural busy building...
Hello.Again this month I'm a little late getting my blog out. Times are busy and someone has switched the spring/summer lights on. People are calling for work to be done and its a great feeling.There...
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Summer Courses and Websites to check out.
Here are a list of websites you could check out and book mark for various course listings and goings on this summer.www.naturalbuilding.fi - our own site posting lists of courses that we will be...
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Passive Houses vs. Strawbale Buildings in the Czech Republic
Here is an interesting link on building energy systems written by Max Vittrup Jensen in the Czech Republic. Check it...
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Bill and Athena Steen European Tour August - October 2011
Its official.After a very successful and exciting tour in 2009 Bill and Athena return for another round of workshops, and we are privileged and excited to be hosting one leg of the tour here in...
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